Adult Adsence/Adwords?
I’ve received a few questions about using Google Adsence on adult sites. Don’t do it! It violates the Adsence Terms of Service and will get you Adsence account shut down- no warning, no debate- your done.
So what can you use that allows you to place a small bit of code on your pages and have content based ads (including adult!)? Etology is the solution. Etology is a newly established Web 2.0 advertising network that has many features that I think will make it a highly competitive option to Adsence. I have placed it on almost every website I run including my non-adult sites. I no longer use Adsence on any of my sites. Etology lets you pick the ad space size and shape and name your own price for the ad space.
You can instantly place the short code on your page(s) and it will be filled with generic, content based ads until someone purchases the ad space on your site. Etology handles the billing for the space and management of the ad- you do nothing but the initial code placement. When the ad expires it is replaced by the next purchased ad or reverts back to content based ads. Your ad space will have a link on it to purchase the space and your ad space is shown on the Etology web site under the appropriate category for its type. I price my ad space according to the site traffic, ad size, location and my mood at the time!
Seth Godin, famous marketing guru and author uses Etology on Squidoo Adult Lenses. If its good enough for Seth I’m listening- more on Squidoo in a future post! There’s the other side of Etology too. That is- buying ads to promote your sites. You can either find ad space by locating it on participating sites or simply visiting Etology and scrolling through the categories and drilling down into the ad space listings. Not quite as complicated or targeted as Google Adwords but that’s a plus.
Etology offers a great ad selling and buying service. It is nowhere near as complicated as what Google or Yahoo offers and is adult website friendly. Still in Beta but nothing but functional, Etology is something all adult webmasters need to take notice of. Remember- you heard it here first.