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Congratulations. A related question, and something to open up to others here in the thread, what is the current state of ad networks for low-to-medium volume sites?

I am still mostly using adsense, and haven't had a chance to checkout other options. Are there any other networks worth investigating or implementing or is adsense still the gold standard?

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AdSense is still probably the best bet for lower traffic volumes.

Depending on your niche, there may be some boutique ad networks that could bring in more money at lower volumes (for instance DogTime Media for pet sites: http://dogtimemedia.com/).

Adsense is the only Network that works consistently for me. The others simply don't have the volume of advertisers, especially if your visitor base is not US/UK. Other ad networks rarely seem to venture beyond the bigger markets.

http://www.projectwonderful.com/

never used it personally but it was recommended to me by someone that had for a mid volume site.

The majority of sites that I've seen using Project Wonderful gave been online comics, and since that's a big market for the site, I personally couldn't recommend it for just anyone. While I do think the idea behind it is really nice and a great way to promote smaller advertisers, I've only been able to sell ad space really cheaply since a lot of markets are just underrepresented. Makes me sort of wish PW was a bit bigger.

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