Mr. Ploppy’s Monday Tool List – Volume XXVIII – Contextual Advertising Tools

Google Adsense spawned a whole new cottage industry. Raising CTR (click through rate) and CPC (cost per click) soon became important for publishers. Making money based around creating content is not a new idea, but adsense was the first of many tools that made it more of a reality.

So go on…get out there and monetize that content.

Here’s some tools to help start pimping your site :

Contextual Advertising Tools

• Digital Point Adsense sandbox tool
• Firefox Adsense Notifier
• Adsense tools from DWOZ
• Using images to increase CTR – random image generator scripts courtesy of Aaron
• 123promotion adsense example tool

Publisher resources:

• Sell your text link ads – Text-link-ads.com
• Adbrite
• Adsense
• Yahoo Publisher Network Beta Application
• Linkadage – text link auctions
• Mirago contextual ads
• Chitika E-mini malls
• Intellitxt
• Kanoodle
• Miva
• Other adsense alternatives

Top Discussions and Resources for Contextual Advertising:

• Jensense – Contextual Advertising Information
• Graywolf – Adsense tips, tricks, and secrets
• Graywolf’s Adsense Tools
• Google Adsense heatmap
• 6 tips for adsense on forums
• WMW Adsense library – thanks again to Jen for her Adsense expertise.
• SEO book contextual advertising category
• Adsense heatmap for forums

If you have tools you would like to see added to this list, please e-mail ploppy (at) stuntdubl.com

Tags: Search Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, SEO Tools, Google, Google Adsense, Contextual Advertising, Ads