Tuesday, August 4, 2009

What is Infolinks?

What is Infolinks?
Infolinks is an in-text advertising provider, which means it inserts text link advertisements within the content of your website or blog.
The in-text ads will look like double-underline links and, if your visitor hovers is mouse over one of the links, a floating bubble displaying the advertisement will appear. If the user clicks on the bubble, he will be redirected to the advertiser's page and you will earn some money.
If they don't, they bubble will disappear as soon as they move their mouse away from the link.

Who can sign-up?
Infolinks accept small websites and blogs too, you don't need a minimum amount of visitors and, of course, you don't need to pay any set-up fee.


Is Infoflinks customizable and will it alter the appearance of my website?
Infolinks will not alter your website layout and it won't override any existing hyperlinks in your pages.
Once you have created an Infolinks account, the integration into your website is simple: you just have to paste a line of html code into your website or blog and you're ready to start.
Furthermore, you customize Infolinks in many ways, such as locations within your website/blog, appearance and even the amount of ads.
You can also choose to display infolinks only in certain sections or pages of your website.

How much does Infolinks pay?
Just like with most other advertising programs, it all depends on your website's traffic, the amount of regular visitors you have and the stream of new visitors.
Infolinks states on its website that "We seek the advertisers, you get the revenues, and we make sure you keep most of it with the industry’s highest revenue share offer."

When and how do I get paid?
Infolinks pays every month, like most other services, but only if the amount they owe you has reached the 100$ minimum, otherwise you'll have to wait until the next payment cycle (provided you reach 100$ in the meantime). You can choose to be paid via paypal or bank transfer.

How can I check my Infolinks earnings?
To check your current earnings you have to sign in to your Infolinks account and click on the Report tabs. Mind that, unlike other ads services for publishers, Infolinks does not update in real time but is updated once a day instead.

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4 comments:

  1. Is infolinks easily insertable / compatible with a blogspot blog?

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  2. Yes Infolinks is compatible with blogspot blogs and it's easy to insert. Once you have an infolinks subscription, copy the code they give you and paste it into your blogspot blog HTML (make sure to backup the template before you do).

    As a matter of fact I'll post a walkthrough tomorrow, so stay tuned!

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  3. is infolinks better than Kontera ?

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  4. Some prefer Infolinks over Kontera, some don't.
    In my personal experience, Infolinks tends to be more profitable than Kontera.

    But as always I advise you to try both and see which of the two works best for your website/blog

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