Coming Soon to a Blog/RSS Feed Near You
By Merle http://MCPromotionsPress.com

Advertising has always been part of our society. Online it's
no different, and the number of ad options seems to increase
daily. The latest target of advertisers is Blogs/RSS.

A Blog is similar to an online journal where daily or weekly
rantings by the publisher are posted. RSS stands for "Really
Simple Syndication" and is a way to distribute your Blog or
Web page updates via the Internet. Anyone can subscribe to
your RSS feed, which they'll do using a "news reader," and
be notified of any new updates or postings.

This new type of advertising is still growing and evolving and
the majority of ads being served are not graphical but text-
based in nature. Advertising in Blogs and feeds has a slow
growth area, as Blogs still have not reached the mainstream,
primarily due to the fact that readers are not yet included within
a browser's interface. In the future, browsers will come with this
option built in.

One difficulty with RSS feed advertising is the number of
different software packages (news readers) available. Instead
of one or two standards, there are hundreds of options to
choose from.

As a publisher, you can earn cash by selling ads on your Blog
yourself, or you can use a third party ad service and run their
ads on your site.

So what are some of the benefits to Blog/RSS advertising?
Well, unlike email ads, there is no problem with filtering/blocking
and this format is 100% opt-in, so delivery of your messages is
assured with no S-p-a-m complaints. You're also not competing
for attention with hundreds of other messages in an already over
crowded inbox of the end user.

Let's take a look at some of the options and trendsetters in this
new advertising arena.

1) Simple Ad Feed Management & Server:

http://pheedo.com/publishers/

Service that allows you to place ads into your RSS or Atom feeds.
Easy to use turnkey system, they have a large pool of advertisers
or you can send your own advertisers to sign up thru their site. All
ad activity is trackable and reports can be generated showing click
thrus and ad views.

2) TypePad: http://www.TypePad.com

An online Blogging service starting out at only 4.95 a month. Typed
pad has recently partnered with Kanoodle to integrate their contextual
ads into their Blogs. This is an add on option for users and is not
mandatory or forced on subscribers.

3) Blogger: http://Blogger.com

Owned by Google, this free online Blog service allows its users to
sign up for their AdSense Program. By displaying their contextual
ads on your Blog, you'll be paid for every click thru. For more on
Adsense see http://www.tinyurl.com/4uakh

4) Overture: http://Overture.com

Overture has partnered with Feedburner.com to deliver ads into
several feeds, including mobiletracker.net. Overture's contextual
ad technology is relying on Feedburner's processing expertise
for help in delivering the ads.

5) Feedster: http://www.FeedSter.com

Feedster has started placing sponsored links in their feeds and
recently started offering Kanoodle's context ads. Users of
Feedster who want "ad free feeds" will have to pay an annual fee.

6) MoreOver: http://MoreOver.com

Moreover can deliver ads thru RSS, but the publishers don't make
the money; Moreover does. To see a listing of their free RSS news
feeds, go to http://Moreover.com/RSS

They also offer free "ad supported feeds" that non-commercial
websites can display on their websites. For more see
http://FeedDirect.com

7) SimpleAds.net: http://www.SimpleAds.net

A free ad network for Bloggers to promote their Blogs via other
users Blogs. You can create your own ad that is rotated across
their ad network.

8) BurstMedia.com : http://BurstMedia.com

BurstMedia recently launched their own Blog advertising service.
Currently they have over 22 Blogs in their network that all together
generate over 9 million pageviews a month. Advertisers can
choose to target by location or content.

Anytime you see the Net's "Big Boys" involved in a new technology,
you can bet there's money to be made. Blogging and RSS feeds
advertising is indeed the wave of the future, so if you don't want to
be left behind, catch a ride while there's still room on this trendsetter
train.

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About the author:

Merle of WebSiteTrafficPlan.com offers a F-r-e-e ebook and an
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