Saturday, August 5th, 2006...6:59 pm by Leroy Brown
Text Link Ads Review
One of the hottest income streams in the blogging world is Text Link Ads ( affilliate link). Basically, it is exactly the way it sounds – you get paid for having text link ads on your site.
How does it work?
Simply go to the Text Link Ads website, and sign up to be a publisher. It can take a few days to get your approval ( or rejection! ) so be patient. You’re approved based on your site, its content, and traffic. Once you receive your approval, you get to configure your ads to your liking. You can choose how many ads you’d like to display, and whether they’ll appear on a single page on your site, or on the entire site. Be careful when you’re choosing! These decisions will affect how much each link is worth. For example, if you decide to have 10 ads instead of 4, each ad will be worth less. You may have more potential overall, but less income per link.
Once you’ve made these decisions, you can customize the colors to match your site. Remember, you want your ads to blend in, not stick out. That merely creates an eyesore. After that, simply select your site’s blogging platform, and follow the instructions. If you’re a Wordpress user, there’s a simply to install plugin available. A word of warning to Movable Type users – the script included is not reliable, and may cause problems. On my last remaining Movable Type blog, I have to add the links manually. On my Wordpress blogs, the process is completely automatic. You can, of course, request that you personally approve each link. I don’t worry too much about is, as I check my site daily, so if something funny pops up I’ll notice it quickly.
That’s pretty much it. Once your script is installed, your site is listed on the Text Link Ads website. You’ll get an email each time a link is sold, and your money can be deposited into your PayPal account. Whatever the link is sold for you split 50 / 50 with Text Link Ads.
If you’re not sure if Text Link Ads is right for you, they do have a nifty Link Worth Calculator that gives you a pretty good idea of what a link on your site is worth. The placement of the links also has some weight – so make sure they’re prominent to maximize your earnings!
Update: I have an updated review of Text Link Ads over at the Green Llama.
11 Comments
August 7th, 2006 at 11:10 am
How do the Text Link Ad payouts compare with Google Adsense? I have had success using the Text Link affiliate referral program, but have yet to become a “publisher.” How do your results compare?
August 7th, 2006 at 11:46 am
Jason,
So far, I definately earn a lot more with Adsense than I do with Text Link Ads… though on a few sites that’s not the case. On two of my sites, Adsense performs very poorly, and I’ve had great results with TLA.
Am I going to get rich off TLA alone? Not a chance. But you can use it with Adsense, so it doesn’t hurt.
Really it depends mostly on the traffic levels you serve. Some TLA publishers command in excess of $200-$250 per link. Multiply times 8 links, and divide in half for the publisher’s share – that’s some healthy money.
June 7th, 2007 at 7:04 am
I heard of this program. My blog is too small for now… Too bad.
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Hi,
Thanks for sharing your comments! I recently started a new service called Panizon, and I have found your review helpful.
Thanks,
Mike
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Where does the screenshot found on TLA come from? I’m using TLA, but the screenshot they have of my site is a 404 page, … probably taken while the site was down due to maintenance. I need to update that image. Where? Thanks!
November 11th, 2007 at 9:40 am
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April 23rd, 2008 at 4:21 am
I can seem to find the minimum PR for joining. Help anyone?
May 18th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
@Tom: Certainly all of the sites I’ve used TLA with have been accepted into the scheme when they obtained PR4.
I’m not sure if that’s a hard and fast rule – if your traffic and link popularity is high you might get in with a lower PR.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Another similar program is Etology. I’ve been using this service for a few months now and so far I’m quite happy with the results. I haven’t had a chance to advertise with this system yet, but as a publisher I love the freedom to sell ad space based on my own prices. Check out this review that I wrote for more info.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Well I heard nowadays this site has been banned by Google.I wonder why?I see some reviews about it and it’s hard to have my site approved there because of low pagerank
February 26th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Thank you for your review of the Text Link Ads program. We appreciate you sharing your opinion and doing the research needed to fairly evaluate the service. We have seen fit to link to this article in our independent Text Link Ads Reviews section. Anyhow, keep up the good work spreading truth.
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