1) CPC Advertising Networks:

CPC ( Cost Per Click ) networks are the most popular way to monetize any website. Basically you will need to sign up with the network and then paste a piece of code on your website. After that the network will serve ads related to your website content and you will earn money every time those ads are clicked by a visitor.

CPC earnings depend very much on 3 factors: the niche, the design and the traffic levels of your website. Highly competitive niches (e.g. business niches) have higher earnings than the low competitive ones, and Ads which are blended with the website content get more clicks than the separated ones.

Popular CPC networks:

- Google Adsense

- Adbrite

- Clicksor

- Bitvertiser

2) CPM Advertising Networks:

CPM ( Cost Per Impression ) networks are also a popular way for monetizing websites especially those with high page views. In CPM networks you get paid for to the number of impressions that the ads on your website will generate.

Good CPM networks are actually hard to get into, especially if your website is new and doesn’t have enough traffic yet. most of these networks require that your website is getting at least 10,000 page views per day.

Popular CPM networks:

- Tribal Fusion

- Casale Media

- Burst Media

- Value Click

3) In-text Advertising Networks:

In-text networks will place links just inside your text. These links often come with a double underline to make them different than the normal links. Once a visitor hovers the mouse on these links the advertisement will popup, and you will earn money only if the visitor clicked on that displayed advertisement.

Some webmasters make good money out of these but others do not like to use this kind of networks because of the they are kinda annoying for the website visitors.

Popular In-text networks:

- Kontera

- Vibrant Media

- Info Link

4) Selling Text Links:

Here You can sell text links directly through your website or you can use a specialized networks to automate this process for you, but they get a share of what you sell.

Popular text link marketers:

- Text Link Ads

- Link Worth

- Ask2Link

- Link Brokers

5) Monetization Widgets:

These are widgets which allow you to monetize your website. Some of these behave as text link ads while others behave as affiliate links.

The main thing which makes these ads different is that they act as web widgets which make it easier for the user to just plug and play them on any website.

Popular monetization widgets networks:

- Widget Bucks

- Smart Links

- Scratch Back

6) Pop-ups Advertising Networks:

Pop-ups are actually a common way of advertising on the Internet, but we all know how annoying they are for the website visitors. If you are trying to make as much money as possible you could use these, but If you want to generate loyal visitors and grow up the traffic you probably should avoid using them.

Popular pop-ups networks:

- Pay Popup

- Adversal

- Popup Ad

7) Affiliate Marketing Networks:

Affiliate marketing is a very popular way of advertising on the Internet. Here you have a merchant that is willing to allow others to sell its products in exchange for a commission. This type of advertising is also called cost per action (CPA) or cost per lead (CPD).

In order to find the suitable affiliate program for your website, you can use individual companies or you can join affiliate networks.

Popular affiliate marketing networks:

- Commission Junction

- Link Share

- Click Bank