Text Links Sold!
Fri, 29 September, 2006 – 9:51 am
I've had one of our AIS sites sitting on Text Link Ads for a couple of months now, waiting for advertisers to choose our site. I was beginning to wonder if we were ever going to get any advertisers through the system! However last night I checked my email before climbing into bed and had my first Ad approval email from them. A couple of semi relevant links so I approved them. I then checked to see how much we were earning and saw just 75 cents per link. 75 cents for a link for the month? Ah no, looked again and realised that was for the last 3 days of this month!! So that works out to $7.50 per link for a month, pretty cool for a simple link.nnI then woke up this morning to find another ad to approve! This time it's a much more relevant subject, and leaves just 1 spot left. So 3 links in the space of 24 hours off 2 advertisers, after about 2-3 months of silence! For anyone wondering about the site it's a PR4 which possibly confirms what burt was writing on his post about Text Link Ads, as his PR4 site also has links at $7.50 a month.nnHowever, is the PR of a site a good enough reason to determine the worth of a link? Surely these people are advertising because they want the visitors, or is it because they want the backlink? The site in question gets 250-300 visitors daily, yet my business site, which is PR5, gets perhaps 20 odd visitors a day! So in theory if an advertiser is clever on this system they can pay less and get far more exposure for their site.nnAnyhow, $22.50 a month extra is quite nice for 3 simple text links, so fingers crossed they stay. Wonder what happens if more come along when the block is full? Do they start bidding for spots? I really should read the site more! Shame visitor figures aren't taken into consideration (or maybe they are and I've not found that bit!!).
8 Responses to “Text Links Sold!”
Good stuff, I am still waiting to sell a single link across any of the four sites I have the code on
By One Dollar A Day on Sep 29, 2006
It is a very easy AIS isn't it ? The problem is that the TLA site is not very searchable in my opinion, so it's quite hard for buyers to find links to buy!nnI'm going to start rolling out TLA across my whole portfolio - why not?!?
By Burty on Sep 29, 2006
Not sure if my last comment is being moderated or dissapeared into space so I'm trying again (If it double posts, sorry).nnFirst off, congrats on the sales.nnSecond, are you using the single page or sitewide option when selling the links?
By 45n5 on Sep 29, 2006
Whoot
way to go on the sales. I've found Text Link Ads to be one of the better advertisers for my site - makes a decent little amount every month. Trick is to be patient. LOL.nnLike Burty… once my other sites start generating a little traffic I'm hoping to get TLA on them as well - see what happens.
By Empress on Sep 29, 2006
Wow, sorry for missing earlier comments, our broadband is at the speed of mobile dial up today and half my emails are disappearing to boot :(nnODAD - I had to wait a good 2-3 months I think. It makes me wonder if there's a TLA sandbox and once you're out of that they come rolling in!nnBurty - Sounds like a good plan, I've already decided to submit another site once I have the parts of it (like a hidden blog) hooked together. Another PR4 site and going sitewide this time with it.nn45n5 - No previous comment
Thanks for the congrats. The links are just on the front page. I wasn't sure what to expect at first so just treaded carefully. Not sure if I can open them up sitewide now, but I will do on other sites. A friend of mine submitted a PR4 site today for sitewide links and was told he could possibly make around $20 a link per month and $25 per link in his RSS feed, so sitewide and RSS feeds sound like they get a nice amount.nnEmpress - Patience is needed. Nothing for months then effectively 2 'sales' within 24 hours. They're very inobtrusive to me and has to admit much better looking than adsense!
By Sarah on Sep 29, 2006
Thanks for the response.nnMy trial site for text link ads is only a single link from the front page of a PR5 domain. However after a couple months still no takers.nnYour words are encouraging since you've gotten takers with only the single link.nnIf I get too impatient I'll see if my luck changes by adding the listing for an entire site.
By 45n5 on Sep 30, 2006
A PR5 domain? Well you've clearly got the PR for the site. I think burt's right that it's clearly just not very easy for your site to be found on the TLA website. Perhaps see if you can review your keywords and info added for the site and maybe it's a case of tweaking your entry to be found!nnI also wonder if the placement of the links is a factor for advertisers, or whether they even see that. I've not had a chance to sit and search the TLA site from an advertiser's point of view so I may give that a go and see what they see. A friend of mine signed up after I told them what I'd achieved this week and he's placing his links right at the top of his site so it'll be interesting to see what success he has with a prominent ad position (PR4 site too).
By Sarah on Sep 30, 2006
Thanks for the suggestion, next time I log in I'll check the keywords.nnNever thought of that one.
By 45n5 on Sep 30, 2006