Mobile Advertising

Re: Winksite – Monetize Your Mobile Site with Advertising from Google AdSense or Admob.

GOOGLE: Setting Up Your Mobile Site to Display Ads From Google AdSense

Set-up at Google AdSense

Log into Google AdSense ID at http://www.google.com/adsense and create an account if you do not already have one (can take 1-2 days after submitting your application to Google.)

Click the ‘My Account’ tab near the top.

Scroll down to the bottom of the ‘Account Settings’ page to the ‘Property Information’ section.

Your Google AdSense ID is the alphanumeric code next to ‘AdSense for Mobile’ and typically starts with: ca-mb-pub-

Set-up at Winksite

Enter the Google AdSense into your mobile site’s “Advertising Preferences” page accessible from your Account “Dashboard” or “Edit Site” Main Menu (see Monetize Your Site | Advertising Preferences).

Select “Display Google AdSense Ads”

Select ad position and placement on your site templates/pages.

Hit the “Save” button at the bottom of the set-up form.

ADMOB: Setting Up Your Mobile Site to Display Ads From Admob

Set-up at AdMob

Log into AdMob at http://www.admob.com and create an account if you do not already have one.

Click the ‘My Sites’ tab near the top.

If you have not set up a site for use with AdMob, click ‘Add Site’ and use the address of your site which is: http://winksite.com/username/foldername

On the ‘Manage My Sites’ page, the alphanumeric AdMob Site ID is displayed.

Set-up at Winksite

Enter the AdMob Site ID into your mobile site’s “Advertising Preferences” page accessible from your Account “Dashboard” or “Edit Site” Main Menu (see Monetize Your Site | Advertising Preferences).

Select “Display AdMob Ads”

Select ad position and placement on your site templates/pages.

Hit the “Save” button at the bottom of the set-up form.

Note: For either Ad Network option you do not need to insert any code on your Winksite mobile site. You ONLY need your Google AdSense ID or your AdMob Site ID.

Winksite drives a lot of mobile pages views. Over the years, most every ad network on the planet has approached Winksite about monetizing our mobile traffic. We always played with the idea of signing up, but we don’t view Winksite’s traffic as “ours” alone. As we see it, publishers who trust their content and communities to Winksite’s care provide Winksite with great value just by showing up. The traffic and impressions are mostly there because of the efforts of our 25 thousand publishers and the audience they attract.

We can’t unilaterally profit from that traffic like the other feed mobilizers and site building tools. They have it wrong and are ripping off the publishers. At best their share of the revenue share is too high — at worst — they take it all.

It took a while for us to figure out the obvious — make it drop dead simple for a publisher to insert either Google Mobile AdSense or AdMobs ads into their mobilized feeds, mobile Websites, and communities at Winksite — and take NO revenue share.

All a publisher needs do is:

Register and create a mobile site.
Enter their Google AdSense ID or AdMob Site ID.
Select ad position and placement on their site templates.

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