Monetize Your Blogroll – Do you?

by on 28. Jul, 2009 in Money Ideas

I was recently thinking about the importance of a blogroll.  When I first started blogging 2 years ago, bloggrolls were a big deal.  It seems that some bloggers are not really utilizing their blogroll.  I am about 6 months into this blog and I have really neglected my blogroll section.  I have a total of 4 sites listed in my blogroll and they are all mine, 2 are other blogs that I own and 2 are blog directories that I own.  It is about time that I focus on this part of my blog.  Some  bloggers link to other bloggers that they respect, and others use the blogroll to exchange links with other bloggers.  Both of these are great uses for the blogroll section, but I am interested in monetizing this section of my blog.  Here are 3 ways that I am going about monetizing my blogroll.

  1. There are several sites out there that act as the middleman for bloggers that want to sell their blogroll space and link buyers.  There are two major players in this space right now ; Blogroll Please and BlogRolled.  These sites claim to pay up to $30 per link to the blogger.  I signed up for both services today, and I will follow up amd let you know how things are going.
  2. Webmaster forums are a great place to buy and sell links. In the past, I have had a lot of success with the Digital Point forums.  They have an entire section that is dedicated to the buying and selling of links.  It is very simple, all you have to do is start a thread and mention the pr of your blog, the niche, and the amount you are charging per month.  Sit back and wait for your inbox to fill up with interested buyers.  I have not sold links on DP for this blog, but I have for other blogs that I own as well as some static sites that I own as well.  Talk about quick and easy money!
  3. Direct advertising- As part of my advertising options, I am including text links as an option.  I am hoping to deal direct and cut out the middleman if at all possible.  If you are interested in advertising rates, contact me through the contact form and I will email you my rates.

I am hoping this is will contribute nicely to my bottom line.  I am curious to see how you guys are using your blogroll?

Let me know if you are just linking to bloggers you like, doing a link exchange or if you are also making money with your blogroll.

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40 Responses to “Monetize Your Blogroll – Do you?”

  1. Earn Online Cash 10. Apr, 2010 at 12:04 am #

    I have not incorporated blogrolls too much into my blog. Its probably great for SEO but I feel it just takes traffic away from my Blog and your visitors will be more prone to leave your site. I want to keep them on my site as long as possible!
    .-= Earn Online Cash´s last blog ..Aweber autoresponder review? Is Aweber A Good E-mail Company? =-.

    • Dan Keller 11. Apr, 2010 at 6:09 pm #

      @Earn Online Cash, You make a good point but if you can make money from it, I have no problem having jump off my blog for a bit.

  2. mk akan 27. Feb, 2010 at 12:17 pm #

    i never thought of this…but am a bit scared about it..i read a post that talked about Google frowning on too many links on the blog roll.Google sees it as link farms…

  3. Cheat codes 01. Feb, 2010 at 11:30 am #

    You can try deleting comments/messages and it may appear successful, but it will likely return the next day at certain times.
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  4. Jayce 28. Dec, 2009 at 10:08 am #

    Never try these. How are them?
    .-= Jayce´s last blog ..How to hack Facebook account profile =-.

  5. Pavan Somu 27. Nov, 2009 at 7:20 am #

    I have used text-link-ads.com first, but I left it. Now I will re-use it. Let see the improvement.
    .-= Pavan Somu @ Techvilla.Org´s last blog ..Best Monetizing Plugins For Your Blogs =-.

  6. work at home 05. Nov, 2009 at 10:04 am #

    Hi I have registered both of your said website for monetize my blogroll, but I am not getting any offer till now.

  7. Banner Stands 05. Nov, 2009 at 9:58 am #

    Great post. We don’t blog roll but this article really has persuaded us to.
    .-= Banner Stands´s last blog ..Christmas Special Roller Banner Offer =-.

  8. finance articles 04. Nov, 2009 at 2:42 am #

    I have sign up on blogrollplease with my PR 2 blogs, but I never get the job. have you any tips?
    .-= finance articles´s last blog ..Important Things to Find Payday Loans Lenders =-.

  9. work at home 01. Nov, 2009 at 1:15 am #

    I have already sign up on the two sites for monetizing my blogroll. But till now I did not get any offer from advertiser.
    .-= work at home´s last blog ..Increase my work at home blog page rank =-.

  10. monika 31. Oct, 2009 at 8:28 am #

    i never sell links google will penalize for that.well like your post got some good point here.thanks.
    .-= monika@hostels Sydney´s last blog ..Sydney Summer the Festival season =-.

  11. george 26. Oct, 2009 at 10:07 pm #

    one advice is that of you are concerned about SEO then try not to add more then 20 links to your blogroll else it would look spammy
    .-= george@travel insurance reviews´s last undefined ..If you register your site for free at =-.

  12. george 26. Oct, 2009 at 9:41 pm #

    thanks for the info
    often newbie stare at blogroll and think of it as a link collection , your post should be telling them how profitable these blogroll could be
    .-= george@age concern travel insurance´s last undefined ..If you register your site for free at =-.

  13. work at home 23. Oct, 2009 at 1:04 am #

    Thank you dankeller. I did not know before that I can sell link on blogroll also. I will definitely sign up the blogrolling servie.
    .-= work at home´s last blog ..List of dofollow blog that I use to comment =-.

  14. punks 11. Oct, 2009 at 6:02 pm #

    i use text-link-ads dot com. Works preety good for me.
    .-= punks´s last blog ..Medical makeup =-.

  15. steve 08. Sep, 2009 at 2:13 pm #

    I have used the digitalpoint forum before with good results – there is also the warriorforum which has some good contacts for creating backlinks etc
    .-= steve@affiliate marketing online´s last blog ..Top 10 Tips – Affiliate Marketing Online =-.

  16. proxyman 03. Sep, 2009 at 2:17 am #

    signed up with text-link-ads.com

    lets see how its works !!!

  17. jess (SEO) 27. Aug, 2009 at 2:47 pm #

    great tips..i think everyone should.. blogroll its a very important section of a blogg.. but you have to know how tom manage it…

  18. Ste 23. Aug, 2009 at 10:13 am #

    Forums are indeed a great way, but be careful not to get ripped off. It’s easily done, and you can have no comeback.

    I didn’t know of the services you are going to try, I’m going to have a look now.

  19. yanjiaren 17. Aug, 2009 at 11:33 am #

    Hello again. I am sorry I am late to give you your award but I couldn’t log in for days and just managed to log into my blog today. Can you send me the url and image links for your ad space please? God bless and hope you are keeping well.
    .-= yanjiaren´s last blog ..WE ARE BACK! I couldn’t log in to this blog. =-.

  20. Ricky 06. Aug, 2009 at 11:23 pm #

    I never thought of monetizing blogroll until now. I need to monetize my blog also. It will really help me.

  21. Shadow 02. Aug, 2009 at 9:31 pm #

    I thought selling links is bad and you can get penalized by google for that matter..isnt it true?
    .-= Shadow@Compute Live´s last blog ..Download Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 E and N Editions =-.

  22. gautam hans 02. Aug, 2009 at 5:06 am #

    Blog links have never worked for me:). Nobody buys any links at my blogs so i have stopped monetiing just using adsense.
    .-= gautam hans´s last blog ..50+ Awesome Twitter Tips to become a Pro =-.

  23. Sire 01. Aug, 2009 at 7:41 pm #

    Blogrolls being what they are I don’t think that Google would know whether they were paid links or not.
    .-= Sire@ WassupBlog´s last blog ..July Stats Up Thanks To Commission Junction =-.

  24. Extreme John 31. Jul, 2009 at 8:40 pm #

    I don’t currently monetize my blog roll, well at least not in the conventional ways.

    I have recently thought of adding one thing to my blog roll that might give me a little added benefit but nothing with money.
    .-= Extreme John@Extreme John Blogging and Business´s last blog ..Yellow Book Customer Service FAIL =-.

  25. Make Money Online 31. Jul, 2009 at 9:57 am #

    I’ve 2 blogroll actually, one is named as Network Link and another one is Featured sites. I monetize the featured sites area and do link exhcnage with the network link. It’s cool to make money with the blogroll but you need to insert NoFollow attribute to the external link, otherwise you’ll be getting banned by Google for selling text link.

    Regards,
    Lee
    .-= Make Money Online´s last blog ..10 Blog Commenting Strategies That Drive Traffic =-.

  26. Toan Nguyen Minh 31. Jul, 2009 at 8:45 am #

    Yes, Google will ban your domain.
    .-= Toan Nguyen Minh´s last blog ..10 Steps To Build a Photo Page for WordPress =-.

  27. Tech-Freak Stuff 31. Jul, 2009 at 8:07 am #

    I have heard that selling links on your website might result in the Domain being banned from the Google index! How true is that?
    .-= Tech-Freak Stuff´s last blog ..What is encrypted code in WordPress themes? =-.

  28. Toan Nguyen Minh 30. Jul, 2009 at 11:49 pm #

    I nerver heard about Blogroll Please and BlogRolled. Thanks for sharing, Dan ^_^
    .-= Toan Nguyen Minh´s last blog ..100+ Ways To Become A Better Writer =-.

  29. Asswass 29. Jul, 2009 at 5:38 pm #

    I don’t have a blogroll, I use the top commentators widget and call it “My VIP List”. If you comment on my blog then you’re a VIP of my blog.
    .-= Asswass´s last blog ..How do you advertise your Blog or Website? =-.

  30. DiTesco 29. Jul, 2009 at 12:22 pm #

    Monetizing blogroll or any text link for that matter is somewhat tricky as Mr G is always on the lookout:) Don’t get me wrong, I do use this method as well, and one that has worked pretty well is LinkWorth. They have been around for a while and are reliable. I have not experimented with the sites you have mentioned but I probably will try it.

    BTW, I found your website through the interview you gave on the F Club on New Media Bloggers
    .-= DiTesco´s last blog ..285 Million Free PDF eBooks? =-.

  31. sham 29. Jul, 2009 at 11:20 am #

    One of de means to make money..cool
    .-= sham´s last blog ..How to Access Windows Registry from Java-API’s =-.

  32. bbrian017 29. Jul, 2009 at 9:11 am #

    Hi Dan we at blogengage also offer a forum dedicated to exchanging link and this includes blog roll links.

    http://www.blogengage.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=7

    As you mentioned Digital Point is also an
    amazing way to exchange or sell links too.

    To avoid the issues Dougs talking about I simply exchange links it’s much easier.

    Nice write up
    .-= bbrian017´s last blog ..Blog Engage Blog Forum =-.

  33. turisuna 29. Jul, 2009 at 8:15 am #

    I prefer to do direct ad, people say that google will slap our PR if they know that we sell the links on our blog, btw it’s easier to bargain the price :)
    .-= turisuna´s last blog ..Moments that scare man =-.

  34. @yourkeywords 29. Jul, 2009 at 4:15 am #

    Well, I Fear if Google penalize us for selling links.. i meen putting up in blogroll.. is it true?
    .-= @yourkeywords´s last blog ..Google’s OO Yahoo’s OO Facebook’s OO =-.

  35. Chethan T 29. Jul, 2009 at 4:14 am #

    Excellent Tip…
    Nice Visiting Your Blog

  36. Doug Dillard 29. Jul, 2009 at 3:14 am #

    We have just been using our blogroll as links to our products and affiliate links… but they have not brought us in any money yet. It is probably better if we exchange links with like-minded websites.

    Now isn’t selling links one of the reasons John Chow got in trouble with Google before? I am not sure, but I thought that was one of the reasons.
    .-= Doug Dillard´s last blog ..Our First Meetup.com Experience =-.

  37. George Serradinho 28. Jul, 2009 at 11:59 pm #

    Having your site listed on someone’s blogroll can have it’s advantage. My links page has loads of links to all kinds of websites. I would love to have my site on your blogroll.

    P.S. You have already been on mine for sometime now.
    .-= George Serradinho´s last blog ..Serious Monday Roundup #2 =-.

  38. alex 28. Jul, 2009 at 11:02 pm #

    I’m using those 2 ones as well: backlinks.com as well as text-link-ads.com. The second one pays you ~$10 per link @pr2
    .-= alex @ Making money easy´s last blog ..raising money online =-.

  39. Stephen 28. Jul, 2009 at 10:02 pm #

    I have tried several Text link brokers before and found the most use out of them by selling my links and then converting it into buying links for myself. I did this for quite awhile but I have stopped recently. I wanted to see if these are hurting my PR or not.

    Also, I probably would go through the digital point forum or any other direct method as this is a much worthwhile payout. simply cut out the middle man when you know what you are doing.
    .-= Stephen@Inspirational Words´s last blog ..Inspirational Poem About God By Thomas Merton =-.