If you’re looking for a free, legitimate and steady way to make money online or work from home you should consider writing content and contributing it to ad-revenue sharing writer compensation sites and programs.

What kind of sites and programs are we talking about? Content-based sites like article directories and news, blogger, forum and other user-based communities that compensate their contributors, members and/or users.

What kind of revenue sharing are we talking about? There are 2 common types of ad-revenue sharing models that sites and programs use. There’s the Google Adsense Ad-Revenue Sharing Model and the Site Managed Ad-Revenue Sharing Model.

It’s my article so I get to name them what I want..

(1) Google Adsense Ad-Revenue Sharing Model

This model requires you to have your own unique Google Adsense Publisher ID. If you don’t already have one you can get one by applying directly to Google:

Sites running this model use Google Adsense to serve relevant ads on and throughout the pages of their site. You, as a site contributor, provide the site with your Google Adsense Publisher ID.

These sites then apply your Google Adsense Publisher ID in order to share their Adsense Revenue with you. This is done by allowing Google to credit a percentage (typically between 50% and 90%) of the ad-revenue generated from the pages your contributed content appears.

Your earnings are then directly linked, tracked and reported to your own Google Adsense Account. Google pays you for your accumulated earnings - not the site or program owner.

Site and/or program owners do not have access to your Google Adsense Account. They can only view your earnings. BTW, in case you didn’t know, your Google Adsense Publisher ID is not a secret. Anyone can view a site’s Publisher ID simply by doing a view page source.

However, you can control which sites you approve to use your Publisher ID. So, if you run into trouble with a site that’s running your Publisher ID, you can block it by editing the settings in your Adsense account.

Is all this against Google’s TOS? The short answer is no. But, get all the facts and information for yourself by reading Google’s Terms and Policies. And remember, it is ultimately up to you to investigate the legitimacy and reputation of any site or program.

Are you a webmaster, site owner or program developer? Want to start your own Google Adsense Ad-Revenue Sharing Program on your site? Google calls it Adsense API. Get the details from Google’s Flexible Revenue Share Program first. Plus, here’s a list of sites that provide ad-revenue sharing software and platforms:

(2) Site Managed Ad-Revenue Sharing Model

This model doesn’t require or use your Adsense Publisher ID - so you don’t need one.

Basically, here’s how this model then works:

These sites use Google, Yahoo or other ad networks to serve and display relevant ads on and throughout their site.

Then, using their own site managed member accounts and ad-tracking systems, they share with you their ad-revenue generated from the pages your contributed content appears.

As a contributor, stats and earnings are reported to your site managed member account. You then receive your payments directly from these site and/or program owners.

Although these sites can be a little more elusive regarding exact revenue sharing percentages, CPM and CPC they can be quite profitable.

Both ad-revenue sharing models are widely used on both small and large scaled sites. And, both have become popular methods in establishing a Win-Win situation for content publishers and site owners.

Ad-Revenue Sharing Sites and Programs List:

Google Adsense Ad-Revenue Sharing Model sites marked with a (g).
Site Managed Ad-Revenue Sharing Model sites marked with a (s).

  1. HubPages (g) - Article-style submission site and directory.
  2. eHow (s) - How to articles submission site and directory.
  3. Triond (s) - User-generated article, news, video, media and content site.
  4. Xomba (g) - Article, blog posting, social and community-based site.
  5. Helium (s) - Article, essay, debate and feedback submission community.
  6. AssociatedContent (s) - Articles, news, videos, audio, images, etc.
  7. DotNetSpider (g) - Tech-related articles, tutorials and information.
  8. DigitalPointForums (g) - SEO, webmasters, affiliates & marketing forum.
  9. Squidoo (g) - Articles, news, blurbs and all types of content - community.
  10. Webmaster-Talk (g) - Webmaster forum.
  11. ArticleCodex (g) - Article submission and directory site.
  12. MeshPlex (g) - Tutorial, Wiki submission directory and database.
  13. ShareYourExpertise (g) - Information sharing community.
  14. ScreenDig (g) - TV shows, movies, celebrities and games.
  15. NamePros (g) - Buy, sell and discuss domain names - forum.
  16. BloggerParty (g) - Revenue sharing blogging community.
  17. YouSayToo (s) - Social revenue sharing community.
  18. RateItAll (g) - Consumer based ratings and reviews community.
  19. ArticleWise (g) - Article submission and directory site.
  20. HowToDoThings (g) - How to and tutorial submission site.
  21. SpeakAboutIt (g) - Articles, opinions, information - community.
  22. PrintnPost (g) - Articles and blogging submission and directory site.

Know of another site or program to add to this list? Let me know.

I currently work a few of these sites with both ad-revenue sharing models to different degrees of success. There are pros and cons to each. I have found that creating unique and interesting content on a regular and consistent basis works wonders.

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