Websites are the major source of income for millions of people. Make money for a website or blog owner is not a big task. There are a dozen of methods available online, but not all are success. So, before choosing any method, take decision carefully. You may also visit some marketplace forum like ezine, V7N, Warrior marketplace and also post your website/blog for review to choose best programs.

1. PPC Advertising Networks

Pay Per Click (PPC) is an online advertising model used on websites, in which advertisers pay only when their ad is clicked. Basically you need to sing up with the network and paste some script snippets on your website. The network will than serve contextual ads (image or text) relevant to your website, and you will earn some amount of money for every click. There are many networks under this category. Google AdSense is the most popular network under this category.

The income through PPC advertising depends on the traffic level of the website and CPC (cost per click). CPC depends on topic of website like loan, mortgages, financial products and more…  The source of the traffic can also affect the income. Organic traffic performs better than social media traffic or direct traffic because these visitors are already looking for that products or information.

List of popular CPC advertising networks:

• Google Adsense
• Yahoo! Publisher Network (YPN)
• BidVertiser
• Chitika
• Clicksor

2. CPM Advertising Networks

CPM advertising networks is similar to PPC networks but with some differences. CPM stands for Cost per Mile and it refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions. For example, a blog that have average 10,000 page views monthly displaying an advertising banner with $1 CPM, therefore they will earn $10 monthly.

There are different value of CPM rate with the position of the ad and the format. You can get minimum $0.10 to $15 per 1,000 impressions. CPM advertising work well on website with high page views like online forums, magazines ………

List of popular CPM advertising networks:

• Casale Media
• Burst Media
• Value Click
• Advertising.com
• Tribal Fusion
• Right Media

3. Direct Banner Advertising

The direct banner advertising methods is very popular. Selling your advertising space is perfect for every website/blog. You set your own rate, you save your commission. There are two type of favorite advertising banner 125*125 & 728*90. For getting advertisers for your website need to have a big traffic.

4. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing is an online based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliate for each visitor brought by the affiliate’s marketing efforts. The affiliate marketing has four core players: the merchant, the network, the publisher (also know as affiliate) and the customer. Affiliate marketing is most popular methods on the internet to make money. Here you promote a product and after making a sell you got a commission. There are also major two types of advertising, CPA (cost per action) and PCL (cost per lead) based.

List of popular affiliate marketplaces and networks:

• Commission Junction
• ClickBank
• Azoogle Ads
• Link Share