Monetize Your Blog

1.Contextual Advertising

Contextual advertising are basically advertisements that contain links and descriptions of the sites that those descriptions link to. Contextual advertising has become really popular recently because of the ease of implementation, and it doesn't make your page look spammy.

The ads also have appeal because of the way they look like part of your content. The links the ads point to are relevant to the content that is on the page the advertisements are on. This is great for niche websites, where the content can become really specific.

The leading provider of contextual advertisements is Google Adsense. They make it easy to sign up and get going with the ads on your site. You have to be 18 years old to join, and there is a review process of about one week on the site you are trying to implement ads on (don't worry. As long as the page isn't full of spam and keywords, you'll be fine).

There are also other alternatives to Google Adsense. Other contextual options include the Yahoo Publisher Network, Chitika, Clicksor, and others.

Contextual ads is the way to go if you own a blog or a starting-up website. As your website or blog grows older (and I mean by years), you can slowly move on to other ways of advertising.