There are many, many ways of advertising. Banner ads, links, rss, email – advertising has long since been used as a way to get your image and brand out their quicker and easier. One of the oldest and easiest forms of online advertising is link ads, and one of the largest link ad networks is Text-link-ads.com.
What Is Textlinkads (TLA)
Textlinkads is an advertising network that allows advertisers to place text links on sites and site owners to add their site to a directory of site for potential advertisers to put their link on.
I’m sure you’ve seen people selling link ads on their site. Links are the most traditional method of online advertising because they are straightforward and to the point. Many people also believe text based links offer better SEO than graphical advertisements because they are more direct.
Why Use It
A common question that many would ask themselves is “do I really need this service?”. From time to time, I have found myself asking myself that exact question. I have been with TLA for about 8 months now, but have continued to contemplate whether I should drop off or not. Still, I continue to stick with them.
From an publishers point of view, TLA helps more potential advertisers find your site, which is a good thing. In return, they take 50% of the link price for each link space they fill on your site.
Arguably, it’s easy to say “I can sell links on my own for more without a service like this!”. While it is true, TLA helps connect you to a much broader audience of potential advertisers. Other methods like forums tend not to be as successful because if your link prices are fairly high, average forum members will not be able to or have the willingness to pay excessive prices for ads. Usually the average advertising crowd is looking for a much cheaper solution, so TLA can reach a more “targeted” crowd of advertisers willing to pay more for what they get.
How Your links are Valued
TLA values link prices based on numerous factors including site traffic, theme, ad position, and link popularity. For example, here at Devlounge our link ads found in the sidebar of every page are currently $45/month at the time of writing. Prices can and will fluctuate, so as a site grows so will the cost of advertising.
TLA also has two tools for calculating the estimated amount of money you could be making a month. The TLA Link Calculator asks for your site url, category, and how many links you’d like to have on your site (up to 10 or more). You are then asked to pick the general location you would find the ads and whether or not they would be site-wide or on a single page. If we were to have 10 or more ads here on Devlounge, we could be making an estimated $230 a month. The closer you place ads to primary content, the more the estimated value rises.
TLA also has a blog juice calculator which will compare your site to similar sites in the same general category. This can come in hand if you plan on valuing your own ads in comparison to other sites and figuring out where you’re focus areas are in order to move your sites ranking along.
Set it and forget it
TLA is the perfect solution for anyone who wants to advertise on their site but does not want to worry about dealing directly with advertisers. By letting TLA do the work, you will lose a cut of your potential income if you sold the ads yourself, but you will allow advertisers to find you and you won’t have to do any negotiating; instead just sit back and wait for your monthly payment.
Feed hungry links
A few months ago Textlinkads also introduced RSS Advertising. As a publisher member you can download a plugin for different blogging platforms and offer rss advertising to potential advertisers. With the increasing popularity of feeds, RSS is becoming another popular form of advertising, and TLA can also help handle that.
If you’re interested in finding out more on Textlinkads, be sure to check them out. You’ll need to sign up to browse the marketplace listings of add your site to the marketplace.
Note: The above was a paid review from Reviewme. As always, are reviews are fair and accurate, regardless of whether they were paid or not.
