How To Monetise Your Blogger Blog Using Infolinks In-Text Advertising

One of the latest forms of internet advertising to grace our computer screens is in-text ads - advertising links embedded within internet text that, when hovered over, produce a relevant pop-up ad. This article explains how to monetise your Blogger blog using Infolinks in-text advertising.

Infolinks isn't the best known form of in-text advertising, but it is the company that pays the highest rate per click, and reviews suggest Infolinks also comes out on top when it comes to providing relevant adverts. I'm using Infolinks to monetise this and another blog, but I'm not currently in a position to review the company as far as earning potential is concerned. Instead, I will provide instructions regarding how to install Infolinks in-text advertising to a Blogger blog, and some introductory advice and guidelines concerning its use. I will, however, mention that there do seem to be one or two categories displaying very few (or no) relevant in-text ads, at this point in time. I assume this is because the Infolinks is still undergoing major growth and, as such, will correct itself, as more advertisers sign up.

Before signing up for an Infolinks account you should realise that not all websites are accepted. It is therefore advisable to wait until you have published at least ten pages of quality content before applying, or your website will simply sit in a queue, until it's ticking whatever boxes are required for acceptance.

Infolinks is incredibly simple to use and install, although the ads do slow down page-loading speed very slightly. Users are able to customise the look of Infolinks in-text ads by switching from double-underlined to single-underlined, with less intrusive dots (although this is not advised), or altering the colour of the in-text links to match those of the website or blog. It's also possible to choose from which category ads are displayed, and set the number of ads to appear on each webpage (the maximum number being twelve). The in-text ads themselves are fairly noticeable to visitors (depending on the settings you choose), so are easy for readers to avoid if they don't wish to see the pop-ups.

How to install Infolinks in-text advertising to a Blogger blog:

• Visit the Infolinks website and sign up for an account.
• Log in and click on the '1-minute integration' tab.
• Press the 'add to Blogger' button (Note: Mozilla Firefox users will be unable to add the widget in this manner, so should copy and paste the html provided before the last BODY tag in their html, or use an alternative browser such as Google Chrome, which works perfectly).
• You will now be redirected to Blogger, where you must sign in and select the correct blog before being able to add the widget.

If you wish to customise your ads use the following instructions:

• Click on the 'advanced integration wizard' tab.
• Choose a colour, and other preferred settings.
• Press save.

If ads are appearing in the wrong parts of your blog - for example, you may have link lists in your sidebars which are being overwritten by infolinks ads - you can easily remove them by editing the html of your blog template to start and stop infolinks at the desired places on your webpage. Full instructions are provided on the 'advanced integration' page, the link to which can be found at the bottom of your 'advanced integration wizard' page. Instructions are also provided for other customisations, including setting the system to display ads based on keywords, which should lead to a higher click through rate (CTR), which translates into higher earnings.