When Visitors Complain about In Text Ads Sometimes, despite their subtleness and clear advantages to the website’s publisher, visitors do complain about the introduction of in-text ads to a website. Most often, this would happen when a website has a community of regular visitors who are not always open to changes. From my experience, the number of complaints will be very low when compared to the number of visitors and they will also disappear after a short while. Nonetheless, sometimes a publisher must deal with the complaints. This is especially true when the complaining visitor is an important...

Ecological Search – Plant a Tree with a Click Most of us use Google every day. Many times. Most of us are also aware of Global Warming. In fact, our own usage of computers – and even using Google – contributes a little to the climate deterioration. But there is an alternative search option that gives back to Earth. MyGoodPage.com is a Google-based search engine that utilizes revenues from advertisers to Do Good, as they call it, and right now, it’s focused on planting trees. From the user’s point of view, the website looks very much like Google, and since it’s powered by Google, the...

The Potential of In Text Advertising and the Mobile Web The combination of In Text advertising and the Mobile Web holds great potential for advertisers. The combination of actual permission from potential customers to view an advertisement that is related to a specific term together with the location and additional information from the mobile network can yield high conversion rates for advertisers. Especially local advertisers. This combination also promises publishers high revenues from their websites. But some changes are still required. The Mobile Web Experience and In Text Ads The Web is going...

Search Bubbles within In Text Ads Have you ever hovered over an in text ad double underline link only to find a bubble that offers to search more information about the highlighted term? This is a Search Bubble. When clicking on a search bubble, the visitor is lead to a landing page with search results for that certain highlighted term. Clearly, this is not exactly an advertisement, because the visitor is only offered search results and not more related content from an advertiser. But you do see quite a lot of these search bubbles among other in text ads… Where are they coming from? And more importantly,...

The Original: Double Underline Links In text advertising comes in many formats. The original and most recognized format for the hooks – the highlighted terms which carry the ad bubble – is the double underline. But there are other formats that could be more suitable for your website and it’s important to know the differences. I already wrote a tip relevant to this topic: use a distinct format for in text ads. In text ads should be subtle enough not to interrupt uninterested readers, and yet they should send a clear signal to readers informing them about available additional information. Using...

In Text Ads on your Site are Not merely a Money Machine After a few months with in text ads on your website, you will probably get used to the monthly payments and accumulated revenues. At this stage, many publishers tend to think of in text ads as a simple money machine. The integration was easy and after some optimization they require no maintenance. But then, sometimes the average earnings change – either up or down – and publishers hurry to ask: What happened? Before rushing into conclusions, it’s better to understand the industry in which in text ads networks operate. This can shed some...

Technology Background In order to better understand in text advertising, some technological background is required. I’m not going to dive into the code structure here; in fact, I’m not the right person to attempt that… but I do think that some basic clarification could help when considering this method. Also, the leading in text ads networks utilize different technology and the following analysis may be helpful in choosing the right partner for you. The Magic a Little JavaScript Does When you integrate in text ads on your website, all you’re required to do is insert a little piece of JavaScript...

I Want In Text Ads on my Site OK. I’m convinced. I understand the advantages and I want to tap into this hidden treasure. I want in text ads on my site. But… You know, there are so many hurdles to jump over, so many people objecting the idea – my visitors and community members, the authors and editors, the website’s designer and the IT team, even my boss… I need some answers. Well, here they come. Visitors and Community Members Always have Something to Say “Dear Webmaster, Why do I see double underline links? What’s with the new in text ads? I loved your website the way it was before!” Dear...

Now that I’ve already come up with the top ten reasons not to use in-text ads and given you ammunition against your in-text-loving friends, you might even find yourself joining them… So, to be on the safe side, I thought it may be useful for you to also browse through the top 10 advantages and benefits of in text ads on your site. The issues are quite similar, but the angle of view is reversed. I also deal with most of these issues elsewhere in more depth, but this list can prove to be handy as an overview. 1. In Text Ads are Quiet When reading content online, we all got used to reading continuously...

Online Publishers get Together to Create a Wacky Video What do thousands of publishers who work with the same in text ads network have in common? Well, first, they all operate a website, but that’s a given that derives from the very definition of an online publisher. What else? Usually not much. But lately, several publishers from around the world came together to create a wacky video, as part of an initiative for the New Year from Infolinks. Double With A Bubble If you’ve been following this blog, you know that I don’t often mention Infolinks here, as I’m trying to avoid...