Coinciding with Google closing the acquisition of rarely used ad network DoubleClick, today they announced the launch of a new Ad Manager service.
Google Ad Manager allows you to serve, rotate and target ads from AdSense, other ad networks and your own ads. It’s basically a cut down version of what Double Click offers larger [...]

You may recall that only last week I posted that I was testing Kontera.
Well, today I’ve taken the decision to remove them from Money Blogger.
I really don’t like removing potential sources of revenue, but Kontera just had to go. Here’s the main reasons behind my decision:

The Javascript was slowing down page loading times [...]

I’m currently testing Kontera on Money Blogger, but it’s one of those things I have a few reservations about.
I’ve been using it on my personal blog for a couple of months and click throughs and revenue are pretty good.
But I just don’t like the look of the ads.
The Kontera ads on this page are [...]

Last week, I took a look at some AdSense optimisation tips for beginners. This week, I want to do something similar, but for AdWords. I’ve already done one article of Adwords Tips, but it’s such a wide subject I wanted to do an update.
Many bloggers use AdWords to advertise their blog, but it’s quite [...]

MediaWhiz, owner of both ShoppingAds and AuctionAds have merged their ad networks under the ShoppingAds name.

The new ShoppingAds features a combination of CPA (cost per acquisition) and CPC (cost per click) payouts, although it seems only “Premium” publishers get access to the CPC ads.
As to how you become a “Premium” publisher, that appears to [...]

I had an email from a reader who asks:
“You encourage people to subscribe to your blog’s RSS feed, but how do you make money from them if they never see the ads on your site?”
Well firstly, it’s always a good idea to give people that reason to visit your site, even if they usually [...]

As a special New Year offer, I have a single 125×125 ad spot on Money Blogger for sale for just $50 a month.
This is great value, especially since Money Blogger is growing so rapidly. As an example, the Text Link Ads spot made $100 last month alone!
If you’re interested in advertising on Money Blogger, [...]

Over the last few days, several people have asked me about Google Adwords and how to run an ad campaign for their blog there.
Adwords is a very complicated beast, and a comprehensive guide is well beyond the scope of this blog, but I thought I’d get together a few tips for those of you [...]