AdSense alternatives for a small-to-medium website
Hi everyone,
I’m interested in hearing about the experiences of small-to-medium publishers getting around 100,000 pageviews per month.
Google recently disabled my AdSense account, which had been active since 2019. For the past year, I had been using it to monetize my website without any previous warnings or significant issues. Apparently, they objected to the placement of one ad unit, even though it had been in the same position for about a year. The account was disabled just before I was due to receive a substantial payment.
This is mainly a warning for anyone who relies heavily on AdSense: it may not be as reliable as it appears. Even if you try to follow the policies, Google can eventually disable your account with very little explanation. Their appeal response did not provide any specific or useful information either.
I’ve now started looking for alternatives and realized that there don’t seem to be many—or perhaps I simply don’t know about them.
Has anyone tested another reasonably reputable network that doesn’t rely on aggressive pop-ups, forced redirects, or other questionable practices? What kind of CTR, CPM, or RPM are you seeing?
I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences.