Link Building with Text link Ads
I’ve decided to slowly work ads into this blog, partly to make some money (at least enough for hosting), but mostly to experiment with some of the newer non-AdSense advertising programs. First up is Text Link Ads*. Right now, I have none :). They would be located in my sidebar menu, under the label that says “Sponsors”.
Applying to Text Link Ads is easy enough, but it seems that things go much smoother if you have a PageRank of 4 or greater. Now it’s just a matter of waiting for advertisers to buy links on your site. We’ll see how it goes, and I will be happy to report on any progress. Of course, you will be able to see progress as my Sponsors area (hopefully) fills up.
Here is where you would go to buy a link on my site: Sponsor Fresh Yields. Because my Alexa ranking is so low, it only costs you $15 a month to get your link on a PR4 blog. If you buy a link, I will also dedicate at least one blog post reviewing your site, using keywords where appropriate.
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
March 27th, 2007 at 9:17 am
[…] other day I wrote about implementing Text Link Ads here at Fresh Yields. Well, that went over so well (I still have no sponsors), I decided to try out another advertising […]
March 27th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Way to go Adsense Free Steve!
If you want to boost your price for TLA on your site work on getting your Alexa rank up. The easiest way, install the toolbar yourself. (If it doesn’t drive you crazy)
Best of luck!
Chad
September 23rd, 2007 at 8:46 am
Be wary of advertisers that place a hard link to another site in your page code. Google has an interest in making sure that serps and pagerank mean something, and the devil’s money you take now may come back to haunt your site later.
Think I’m full of hot air? Go search “Text Link Ads” on Google and tell me where they rank in Google’s search results.
December 21st, 2007 at 2:02 am
does this really work
December 21st, 2007 at 2:04 am
does this really work.anyone tried it .can someone give an reveiw.
February 18th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I’ve used Text link ads before. I guess it may have helped in the SEO, but I spent over $300 a month and only got about 10 hits from the links. Is this par for the course or did i just pick the wrong sites?
March 8th, 2008 at 4:43 am
It does work, but the income from it may not be all that much.
April 30th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Thank you,
I will register text-link with your aff account later.
Also, do you give discount for multiple months purchase link on this blog?
Thanks
May 12th, 2008 at 12:01 am
i would like that very much not much luck for me, you are truly outstanding
May 27th, 2008 at 7:46 am
I know that text links work pretty well, but isn’t there something special that you have to do to them so that you don’t get penalized by Google? Are they supposed to be nofollowed?
July 7th, 2008 at 7:07 am
I still don’t understand why Text-Link-Ads uses Alexa ranking as a basis for accepting bloggers, when Technorati ranking seems to me a better option. But since they are the ones paying, might as work on their requirement of at least a PR4. Good luck.
August 7th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Well your site helps me a lot.