The Benefits of Text Link Ads

HEADS UP: This post is full of referral links to my account at Text Link Ads. I get a small kickback for any new accounts that sign up following my links and some people might find that a bit shady. If you want to just go straight to their site without any resulting benefit to me then use this direct link to text-link-ads.com and check it out.

If you own and operate a site with a PageRank of 4 or higher you owe it to yourself to at least look into selling text ads on your site. The basic idea behind text ads, without getting too technical, is that you’re selling a small piece of real estate on your site to give an equally small boost to your advertiser’s site when it comes to search engine rankings.

I’ve been using Text Link Ads to sell links on three of my sites since December of 2006 with varying degrees of success. The process is simple: you insert their code on your site, they begin selling links for a set price based on your PageRank and traffic and then you split all income 50/50. I approve all ads before they go live and between the Ohio Sports Report, the Michigan Sports Report and i am jack’s design I average about $15/month of income per link (after Text Link Ads takes their cut).

It’s now reached the point that if I simply maintain my current monthly income from TLA I’ll have covered all of the bandwidth and hosting costs for i am jack’s design three times over by the end of 2007. I know that sounds like chump change but for the amount of time and effort it takes it’s more than worth it.

May 8th, 2007 | Money, Side Projects | 3 Comments

3 Comments

  1. hmm, I’ve never tried textlinkads before, but I might try it sometime. I’ve bookmarked this thread for future use if I decide to go with them ;)

    Comment by TB — January 2, 2008 @ 4:02 pm

  2. This is the first time I’ve ever seen anything about the PR requirement at TLA. I’ve read loads of FAQs & such on the site and haven’t seen anything about it… only clue I get is when blogs get rejected without a reason given.

    Of course, things may have changed since the last time I tried anything there several months ago

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    Comment by Selif — March 6, 2008 @ 12:13 am

  3. I don’t think their PR requirement is official. I’m just saying that based on my own personal experience.

    Remember that TLA is the focus of a Google witch hunt so they aren’t going to just come on out and say they only want sites that can pass PR juice.

    Comment by Link — March 6, 2008 @ 8:32 am

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