Now a days almost every other site is using sponsored content as a type of monetization. The reason is that, it gets high click through rates and earn more. And the second reason is that the site looks clean and free of ads as the reader doesn’t know that this is sponsored content.
Another thing is that sponsored content is very attractive and catchy to eyes and most of readers click on it thus most of the times it gives high CTR ( click through rate) which means more revenue.
Often most of these networks gives good cpc (cost per click) which some times is higher then adsense and other networks.
Some popular sponsored content ad networks:
If you have heard about these networks, you would know some of them because many of the popular sites that recieves millions of page views every month uses sponsored networks like taboola and outbrain etc to monitize their traffic. Here is the list of some of the popular sponsored ad networks:
This post is for the comparison of taboola and content.ad so i wouldn’t do deep in these other ad networks but these are the top 8 poplar networks that are given above.
Taboola vs content.ad:
The reason i am comparing between taboola and content.ad is that these are best networks and will work for both large and small publishers.
After reading this review you would know which one to choose according to your site traffic.
Taboola review:
Taboola is one of the best sponsored content ad network but the problem is that it doesn’t approve small publishers to use their ads. But it is one of the best monetization option for large publishers who have millions of pageviews per month and want to increase their revenue.
It can be used along with adsense and other high paying networks but it would pay much closer to these other networks, or sometimes it would pay more than adsense.
The only negative thing about taboola is that it doesn’t approve small publishers. Therefore, if you have less traffic, you should go for content.ad
Content.ad review:
Content.ad is another sponsored content ad network that has grown very rapidly in last few year. Though it doesn’t pay very high like taboola and outbrain but its cpc rates sometimes reach equal to adsense and normally it is a bit less than it. But the good thing about this network is that, it let small publishers as well to place ads i.e their approval is very easy and fast.
Here is my full review of content.ad.
Here is how content.ad ads look:
Final words:
If you have a blog/site and you want to monitize it or want to earn some extra money along with adsense etc, then you should use sponsored content as they look natural and pays good as well.
If you site fulfill the criteria of taboola then you should go for it because it is the highest paying sponsored content network. It pays much more then content.ad but it your site traffic is less then content.ad is the best option to monetize your traffic.
What are requirements to be approved by both of them? What are rates per click or CPM for asian traffic?
I think taboola required half millions visits pr month but content.ad approval is very easy. you can even get approval with zero traffic. I don;t know about cpc of taboola but have heard that it is 0.10 plus and for content.ad, i am getting 0.03-0.04 cpc for worldwide mix traffic.
My blogger is not yet approved by google adsense, can i use content.ad?
Yes you can use it, you site would be easily approved. but if you have less or no traffic then even adsense is of no use.
i have written just 6 articles on my blogger. And it has almost 900 views. can i earn from content.ad?
If it is 900 views pr day. then you can earn up to 2$ pr day from content.ad. But i would advise you to buy custom domain and writer regularly on your blog.After that when you start receiving traffic then monition it.
but 900 are the total views of the blogger. should i go for content.ad?
You can place ads but you will earn nothing. i used to do the same in beginning. When i got approved for adsense, i place ads and hope to earn google but due to less traffic i earned nothing.
I used my blogspot blog skyward magazine.blogspot.com to apply but I was not approved. What could b d problem.
fix the reason they have given in rejection email…but i would advice to migrate your blog to self hosted wordpress or add a custom domain to your blogger blog. then it would be much easier for content.ad, adsense and everything…
Disqus or taboola which one is better.
taboola
Do Taboola accept asian traffic.
haven’t tried taboola myself but i think yes. Because i have seen their ads on Pakistani news based URDU sites. which means that they would accept Asian traffic.
boss what about revcontent??
I have monthly 100k active user alexa rank 355k may I get content ad taboola revcontent?
sorry haven’t tried that but i have seen this on many sites so it should be paying good.
Taboola requirement I think too high!
yes
I have about 2k daily visitors on my blog… Do you think content.ad would be suitable and how much do you think I can earn publishing content.ad ads?
yes content.ad is good for you because with this traffic you cannot get approval of taboola….earning from content.ad depends on cpc and no of clicks.
I have a little traffic but yet I am not still yet approved by contend.ad @ http://www.don9ja.com/
your site seems ok. content their support and ask about the reason of rejection so that you can fix it and apply again.
Taboola requirement I think too high!I But i have have about 3k daily visitors on my site… so i can get this add??
i think taboola will approve your site but you can go for content.ad.
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I am trying to approve content.ad but they always denied my blogs. Which may be the problem? I post regularly
don’t know. you can contact them. i always got approval for my sites.
this is my domain http://lambingan.ph/ this domain approve a taboola. but content-ad reject my website. you have any tricks you till me.
don’t know why…if taboola is approved why u need content.ad? taboola is much better.
please tell me how to get approval from content.ad?
read their terms and condition and make your site according to it. then apply for it.
Really got a lot of information from this post.