There is a new program out called WidgetBucks, which offers a new way for you to monetize your website or blogs. It's similar to Google Adsense, but it's based in impressions.
They have a $25 sign up bonus, and a referral program, where you can earn a 10% commission for 12 months on people you refer. Not bad.
I just placed the WidgetBucks ad on my Ning community at http://www.PetBoogaloo.ning.com . I must say that I like the ads it serves up. I think the ads are actually relatively entertaining to watch. (Google Adsense is boring in comparison).
It seems that they serve up ads mainly in the computer, electronics, video, and camera type of niches. I was lucky that they had an option for the pet market.
I have several other sites where I'd would have liked to add WidgetBucks, but their other ad categories don't fit my markets.
From their control panel, you can select the category of ads you want, or you can have their spider crawl your site and decide what kind of ads to serve up. I'm not sure their spider is as robust as the Google spiders, where the ads are really tied to the content. I tried it on my toy site, but the camera ads kept showing up, so I decided to just keep Adsense on that for now. There may have just been a delay factor there. I don't know.
Other news facts:
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Automated, scalable ad units complement other networks such as Google AdSense and Yahoo! Publisher Network
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Product offers from 30,000 merchants, including top brands such as Amazon, Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, NewEgg, Macy's and Gap
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Publishers and bloggers earn money every time consumers click WidgetBucks ad content on their sites and are linked to a merchant's offer
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MerchSense automatically matches products with editorial content, meaning consumers receive more engaging, meaningful and relevant ads
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Flash-based widgets, presented in part as top 10 lists, cover 100 different categories, 300+ configurations and buying trends of 100 million online shoppers
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Constant monitoring auto-optimizes widget rotation based on success rate
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For a limited time, publishers and bloggers receive a $25 sign-up bonus
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Mpire, the company offering WidgetBucks, was founded in 2005. Mpire is backed by Ignition Partners and former eBay executive Richard Rock.
Rita Wilhelm
My Blog
A few of my websites are:
SnapMonkey.com , PetBoogaloo.com and
GiftBasketMessageBoard.com
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