Anyone marketing anything online, particularly in the affiliate marketing space, needs a good variety of PPC/CPM/PPV traffic sources to work with especially since google is becoming increasingly unreasonable in its attitude. So I thought I’d post up a hopefully useful list of advertising platforms and traffic sources that I have steadily added to over the last few days.
Please note that this list is also not necessarily a recommendation – while I’ve used most here personally, some I haven’t and obviously some sources will work for certain offers/verticals better than others, and some will allow certain offers, while others won’t. I’ve added a brief comment for each traffic source just to give a vague idea of what it offers.
There’s a bit of everything here, from first-third tier search networks, inline text ads, contextual ads, banner display networks, retargeting specialists, in-game ads, in-video ads, PPV adware popups, self serve media buys to full on ad exchanges. Something for everyone and every budget anyway!
Hopefully you’ll find this useful, and discover a new source of (cheaper!) good quality clicks or two to add to the usual suspects!
List updated 02-25-2018
http://www.adside.com – self serve ppc contextual inline text ads
http://www.reseauselect.com – banner and offline targetted at quebec
http://web.blogads.com – banners/text ads on high traffic blog network
http://elephant-traffic.com – ppv type ads on parked url’s – cheap
http://mediatraffic.com – ppv ads
http://casalemedia.com – self serve banners
http://www.widgetbucks.com – self serve text/widget ads
http://tribalfusion.com – media buy banner network
http://adclickmedia.com – self serve interstitials, banners, and contextual widgets
http://premiumaccess.com – premium banner ad network
http://kontera.com – inline contextual text ads
http://www.adroll.com – self serve banners
http://pubmatic.com – ad network
http://bidvertiser.com – contextual and banner ads
http://cpmstar.com – banners display aimed at gaming sites only
http://adengage.com – banners/text, similar to adbrite, allow weekly buys
http://finditquick.com – text ads
http://technoratimedia.com – banners
http://chitika.com – search related contextual display ads
http://www.mediawhiz.com – banners/display, media buys
http://cpxinteractive.com – banners/display, media buys
http://clicksor.com – banners
http://advertising.com – display/benners, media buys
http://www.interclick.com – banners, high volume media buys
http://adtoll.com – banners/display/text ads, adbrite clone, cheap
http://valueclickmedia.com – banners, display/media buys
http://google.com/adwords – you already know about this…
http://advertising.aol.com – variety of solutions on AOL inventory
https://adcenter.microsoft.com – search and content text/contextual ads
https://marketingsolutions.yahoo.com – search/content contextual ads
http://miva.com – cheap search ads
http://www.specificmedia.com – banners/video display, media buys
http://www.canoeklix.com/accueil – text ads on the canoe.ca network
http://undertone.com – premium banners/display/media buys
http://7search.com – cheap search/direct domain ads
http://advertising.microsoft.com/ad-network – microsoft banner display/media buys
http://adbrite.com – display/contextual ads
http://www.adconion.com – video/banner ads, media buys
http://myads.com – self serve banners on myspace & a host of Fox network sites
http://facebook.com/ads – self serve ads on failbook
http://plentyoffish.com – coming soon self serve ads
http://www.collective.com – media buys, banners/display
http://buysellads.com – self serve banners on a range of design blogs
http://sponsoredtweets.com – sponsored twitter posts
http://ad.ly/ – more twitter ads
http://trafficvance.com – good ppv ad network
http://www.tattomedia.com/advertisers/ – banners/display/media buys
http://platform-a.com aol banner ad/media buy network
http://www.adready.com/ads/public – display ads/self serve banners on yahoo sites
http://adsonar.com – text ads on high traffic US site
http://adblade.com – self serve display ads, very good service
http://adsdaq.com – banners/media buying exchange
http://traffiq.com – self serve banners, media buy type thing
http://openx.org/market – banner exchange on open x ad network
http://adbuyer.com – media buying search/display exchange
http://searchfeed.com – search/contextual on parked pages. shit.
http://www.isocket.com/ – closed beta, but will be banner/display ads
http://www.rightmedia.com/ – self serve banner exchange
http://www.etology.com/ – banners/text ads, cheap
http://pulse360.com – ads on good high traffic inventory
http://www.bidplacesb.com/ – self serve banners, owned by AOL
http://advertising.ezanga.com – cheaper search and contextual
http://www.leadback.com – retargeted ads at search traffic
http://appvert.com – farcebook apps ads, display
http://trianads.com – failbook app ads, display
http://www.burstmedia.com – banners/display/media buys
http://offerpalmedia.com – socialmedia app ads
http://userplane.com – social media advertising for media buyers
http://adchap.com – ads on various social sites, hi5, facebook, bebo et
http://cubics.com – social media ads
http://adknowledge.com – cheap ads, slow approvals
http://rockyouads.com – social media display ads
http://statusplug.com – ads on facebook fan pages
http://zohark.com – facebook app ads
http://xtendmedia.com – banner/display media buys
http://advertisers.federatedmedia.net – cpm banners on good inventory of sites
http://www.adperium.com/directads – display banners, self serve, similar to adbrite
http://z5x.net – display banners, media buys, large inventory
http://www.dsnrmg.com – display, media buys, unknown quantity/quality
Update: 02-25-2018 | Additions to original traffic source list inc. European ad platforms:
http://traffictaxi.net – self serve banners/display/popunders – global
http://www.adconion.com – display/media buys, good for Europe
http://www.hi-media.com – display/media buys, mainly European traffic
http://www.adpepper.com – European banner display + Affiliate network
http://www.ad2onegroup.com – media buys on premium UK, Irish & Aus. sites + Ebay UK
http://www.pamojamedia.com – Adify powered, banners for African traffic
http://www.shenetwork.se – Adify powered, target Swedish women
http://www.smowtion.com – display banners, most South American inventory
http://www.trafficsynergy.co.za/adrands – banners, South African traffic
http://www.utarget.co.uk/v6 – UK display/rich media/video, owned by Fox
http://www.unanimis.co.uk – display/video media buys, UK traffic
http://www.mirago.com/media – UK/French/German contextual/search ads
http://www.harrenmedianetwork.com – Media buys, South American/Hispanic traffic
http://www.filiado.com – Media buys for Brazilian inventory
http://www.exoclick.com – Text/display on various inventory. Similar model to adbrite
http://www.directaclick.com – Owned by Fox, media buys, US Hispanic traffic
http://www.aim4media.com – Display media buys, European traffic
http://www.adverline.com – Media buys, good quality French/Euro inventory
http://www.accelerator-media.com – UK banners/media buys
http://www.specificmedia.co.uk – Media buys/display on UK/Euro premium inventory
http://www.globalinteractive.com – Smaller scale banner/pop media buys
http://www.adtegrity.com – Media buys/display, high volume
http://revtwt.com – advertising on twitter
http://zedo.com – display/media buys
http://adjuggler.com – display/media buys
http://www.trafficmarketplace.com – display/email ads, media buys
http://www.neoedge.com – static/video in game adverts
http://www.realtechnetwork.com – Variety of formats, self serve platform
http://www.rubiconproject.com – media buys, nice interface/inventory
http://www.tremormedia.com – media buys, good range of new formats
http://www.yume.com – in-video ads, media buys
http://www.vibrantmedia.com – inline contextual/rich ads, media buys
http://www.intergi.com – banners and static/video in-game adverts
http://www.glammedia.com – media buys, display, very good inventory for female demo
http://www.megaclick.com – banners on 2 high traffic file share sites
http://www.interclick.com – media buys, display, high volume
http://www.bannerconnect.net – media buys/banners, good european reach
http://www.snap.com/advertisers – text/inline type ads
http://www.brightroll.com – media buys, banners/video
http://www.directcpv.com – cpv, self serve popups
http://adonnetwork.com – banners, contextual, search – self serve
http://admob.com – mobile ads, now owned by google
http://leadimpact.com – formerly zango – pops/CPV ads
http://www.mobclix.com – mobile ad exchange
http://marketplace.sitepoint.com/categories/buy-advertising-space – small direct banner buys
http://inlinks.com – inline contextual ads, like Kontera
http://adoori.com – ppv popups – self serve
http://admedia.com – self serve inline contextual text ads like kontera, also display ads
http://www.industrybrains.com – now called adHere – text ads on mainly tech related sites
http://www.mochimedia.com – self serve in-game ads, 300×250 only
http://www.trafficjunky.net – self serve display/banners, good volume inventory
http://looksmart.com – self serve search/contextual text ads
http://linkworth.com – self serve contextual/inline text ads and good SEO services
http://intermarkets.net – display/banners – media buys
http://izea.com – self serve sponsored tweets/blog posts
http://holanetworks.net – media buys targeting hispanic demo only in USA
http://www.adoptim.com – in-video, text and banner ads
http://www.ampkeywords.com – self serve text ads
http://www.criteo.com/ – Retargeting
http://advertise.com – self serve text, search and display ads
http://affinity.com – search, parked pages, text ads – good 2nd tier inventory
http://www.cbsinteractive.com/advertise – media buys on very high traffic CBS site inventory
http://aditall.com – produce and run video ad campaigns
http://fetchback.com – Retarget the ones who didn’t sign up first time
http://engagebdr.com – media buys on high traffic inventory
http://www.reddit.com/ad_inq – self serve direct ads on reddit.com
http://about.digg.com/ads – sponsored ads on digg.com
http://www.juicyads.com – Display on adult inventory, flat rate buys per week/month
http://www.linkworth.com – Banners, inline, contextual, plenty of cheap inventory
http://adfunky.com/ – Display/rich media, some high traffic inventory
http://www.retargeter.com/ – Retarget the ones who didn’t sign up first time
http://www.reduxmedia.com – Display, media buys, some good blog inventory
http://www.admanage.com – Contextual, inline & display, pops, parking, decent volume
http://www.mythings.com – Retarget the ones who didn’t sign up first time
http://www.adxpansion.com/ – Display/banners on adult inventory
http://www.ero-advertising.com/ – Web & mobile display/banners on adult inventory
http://www.xa.net/ – Display/retargeting ad exchange
http://www.blacklabelads.com/ – Text & banners on adult inventory – adult version of adbrite
http://youyield.com/ – Interstitial full page ads
http://www.advertisespace.com – Direct display buys on small-ish inventory
http://www.adborsa.com/ – Display ads for largely Turkish demo
http://interstitials.net/ – As the name suggests, interstitial ad network
http://www.salemwebnetwork.com/ – Display ads on Christian website network
http://sitescout.com – Self serve display, RTB, huge volume & good inventory
http://www.ad4game.com/ – Display ads specifically aimed at gamer demo
http://www.afterdownload.com/ – Ads on download thanks/confirm pages
Update: 02-25-2012 |
As above, this is not meant to be a particularly exhaustive list, I just figured I’d post it as I had them all noted down and someone may find it useful. There are also some good retargeting options thrown in there as well. If you know of other ad networks, then add them in the comments. That lot should keep you busy testing for a while anyway….
Enjoy!
