One of the things that a lot of Adsense Publishers are going through at the moment is called Smart-Pricing. This is where Google pays you tiny money (such as $0.01 or $0.02) consistantly because the clicks you get aren’t good for the advertisers so they reduce your earnings. Now, it is possible to get out of Smart-Pricing, and here is some tips on how to avoid smart-pricing or getting out of it.

• Accidental Clicks - I know you want clicks, but sometimes you may want high paying clicks so put ads in places where people aren’t likely to click on the ads by accident, make them want to click the ads.
• Bad Countries - Now you may not want to do this, but if you’re running a website like a proxy, then you may want to block low-paying countries such as Iran or China because these are the places that advertisers don’t generally like so blocking them will avoid smart-pricing mainly.
• Follow the rules - This may be quite an obvious tip but follow the Google ToS, so don’t ask people to click your ads on your site or don’t put images near ads etc…
• Block Ads - If you’re already in Smart-Pricing, try to block some low-paying ads. You may find that you aren’t in smart-pricing at all, it’s just the type of ads shown.
• Content - Provide better or more content on your website, and try to use more keywords in the content so the Adsense Bot can show better ads on your site, and hopefully more higher-paying.

Follow these tips as much as you can because if you don’t, you may see Smart-Pricing on your site(s) which means you’ll have a big loss of earnings, which could be very bad for people who count on their adsense earnings.

A lot of people recently have noticed that their earnings have decreased because of the earnings per click. I have personally noticed a decrease of earnings on all the sites of mine which is very disappointing, and it looks like I’m not the only one.

Maybe Adsense has started to deteriarate slightly and lost its touch that everyone uses it for.

If your earnings per click get really low, then maybe its time for a change from Adsense, maybe Bidvertiser or Adbrite or a big company like that.

Welcome to the guide which will show you the positives and negatives of the most popular Pay-Per-Click programs, and hopefully give you an idea what the best one is.

First of all, we have the most popular one, Google Adsense. The positives are that it has a lot of advertisers so theres never really a time where you don’t have any ads to display. Also, ads are customizable so you can make the ads blend in with your website. The payment per click can also be be quite high, which is important. However, for some niches, payment per click is incredibly low, and the Terms and Conditions of the program is very strict. Quite a lot of people can’t get into it, and also, quite a lot of people are kicked out of it for small petty things.

Secondly, we have Bidvertiser, another popular PPC Program. The positives are that its quite easy to get an account at, and it has a lot of advertisers too. Payout is very small at $10 too, which means its easy to reach. Unfortunately though, payment is often exceptionally low, although more consistent than Google Adsense.

Thirdly, there is WidgetBucks. This website gives a real nice signup bonus of $25, therefore only needing an extra $25 to reach the first payout. The website is easy to use, and the ads displayed are very interactive. However, there have been problems where stats aren’t updated and 0 impressions are shown even when you know there has been. Also, interactive ads are only shown to US visitors, all the rest of the world see regular ads.

Fourthly, there is Adbrite. Adbrite has a nice Terms and Conditions which means its one of the only PPC website to allow ads to be shown on the proxified pages on proxies. It also has an interesting system where you can review ads to display only the ads you want, or you can automatically accept them. There are some negatives, such as the low payout earned. Adbrite doesn’t seem to get as much clicks as other programs too, that might be because they aren’t related to the content.

Finally, there is Yahoo Publisher Network. This program is obviously good because it has a lot of advertisers since its such a big company running it. The ads look quite like those of Google Adsense too. I’ve heard that payment per click is also fairly decent. However, it is very difficult to get into the program at the moment because its so strict, and its US only too. Many people have been banned for no real reason too, and the program has failed to get off the mark to be honest, as its been in Beta for over two years now.

So, what do you think is the best?