Editor’s note: This article was first published in September 2010. Infolinks’ ad formats and Google AdSense program policies have changed since, so current compatibility between the two should be checked.
Some of you will already have seen the new advertising system that some blogs and websites are adding, called Infolinks: a new way to monetize a blog or simply to make it more profitable. I was the first to wonder about it, given how restrictive Google AdSense‘s policies are when it comes to adding other advertising systems.
Well, after looking into it on the Google AdSense forum itself, they confirm that the two advertising systems can coexist perfectly well on the same blog without any risk under Google AdSense’s policies. In fact, rather than an alternative to AdSense, we should see it as a complement.
As for how profitable Infolinks is, bloggers all agree that it earns less than AdSense. That’s nothing new, partly because Infolinks ads don’t ambush visitors or get in the way of their browsing. As with AdSense, visitors click only if they’re interested.
On the other hand, any real income only comes once you reach a minimum level of traffic. Clearly, if you get 100 visits a day, neither Infolinks nor AdSense is going to make you money.
I’m told they’re honest and reliable when it comes to paying, which is very important given everything that goes on in cyberspace.
So that’s all. I’d simply like to thank and congratulate Infolinks for giving bloggers the chance to earn more, since, as you all know, advertising for Spanish-language sites is scarce.
Featured image: Hsien-Hsien Lei, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr.
