Google adsense is no longer a good source of site revenue since they introduced smart pricing - whereby as a publisher you will likely only make a few cents for a click
As Google adsense has always “stolen” your visitor in return for the adsense payment, publishers did not like it, but put up with it - but now it isn’t worth losing your site visitors for peanuts
I’ve just joined a new ad network who’s ads open up a new browser window when clicked - so you get paid for the click, but get to keep your site visitors
As your site visitors stay on your site, there is a good chance they will stay around long enough to click some more ads - meaning more money for you
On my test site, click values are averaging 15 cents per click which is pretty good as its a niche site - and I’m running generic ads
There are lots of “generic” ads available, such as digital cameras, computers, etc. - though surprisingly you can find ads for “niche” markets - ads are found by performing a keyword search
You can select a “back up” category so that your site doesn’t display white space if your main category has no advertisers currently
After finding matching ads you get the ad code to paste into your site’s web page, and the code will rotate other matching ads when the page is refreshed - so there’s usually lots of good ads displaying on your site’s pages
These “Tad” ads are better looking than boring old Adsense text ads - and the Tad ad blocks display a product graphic, information, comparative pricing
Perhaps the best part is the “price comparison” one of my ads is displaying prices from 3 different stores - $81, $110, $112, and as people like bargains I think people will click the ad
Anyway I like these ads, below are links for the ad program, a free Wordpress rotator that will handle these ads, and a demo site where you can see some “Tad” ads rotating (along with Clickbank ads)
“Tad” Adsense Alternative
Free Wordpress Banner / Text / Script Rotator
Example Blog Rotating Ads