One of the most surprising things I have learned about selling advertising from my websites over the years is the enduring nature of the text link advertisement.
A Brief History Of Text Link Advertisements
Initially selling text links on your blog or website was popular because advertisers knew they could improve their search engine rankings by purchasing text links from various related websites, all pointing back to their website, thus increasing their organic search rankings in Google.
Around the peak of the text link selling craze I was making as much as $700 a month from third party services and another $500 or so selling links myself directly on my blog, charging between $50 and $100 a month.… Continue Reading »