Ad Sensing

PayPerLead of course. When you have payperlead ads on your site or blog, you get paid $.50 to up to $25 per click.

Most payperlead companies also have payperaction ads also whereas you get paid dollars when the people that click on ads on your site complete some kind of action like requesting a free sample for something.

Beware… there are membership sites that you have to pay at least $40 a month for access to payperlead companies. There are also companies that will sell you outdated lists of payperlead companies for a 3 digit figure.

If you’d like more info to get started earning dollars for ad clicks instead of cents, let me know and I’ll point you in the right direction without the financial strain.
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It depends on the website. In my case, Adsense is by far the BEST. The main authority website in my niche uses (Entrepreneur.com) Intellxt though, and Intellxt uses them as their main lure to attract us to Intellxt saying they make a lot of money from the program

I have yet to find a website that claims they make more money from alternative contextual ad networks such as Adbrite who have not been kicked out of Adsense. I’ve seen very few people who says they make better with Yahoo Publishers Network.

Get proof of earnings? Unless that person is running a blog or selling you an ebook promoting their "guru" status, they will not show you proof of earnings. But here’s someone who made millions from Adsense http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/06/07/small-companies-google-adsense-is-the-future/ (I have yet to see someone claim to make a million from the other ad networks)

The best way is to find what Adsense alternative works for you by applying to the various ad networks and see which one works best.

Yahoo! Publishing Network (currently in beta and available to US publishers only) http://publisher.yahoo.com/
Intellixt http://vibrantmedia.com/site/web_01a5.htm
Quigo Adsonar http://www.quigo.com/adsonarexchange.htm
IndustryBrains http://www.industrybrains.com
Commission Junction Evolution http://www.cj.com
Kanoodle Brightads http://www.kanoodle.com/about/brightads.html
Clicksor http://www.clicksor.com/affiliate_programs.php
Contextweb http://www.contextweb.com/
Bidclix http://www.bidclix.com/
Bidvertiser http://www.bidvertiser.com/
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here is a good compiled list of adsense alternatives, however I believe Yahoo Publisher is the best paying alternative but unfortunately its only for US residents.

http://www.xitalk.com/good-list-of-google-adsense-alternative-t146.html

cheers
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