Blog Monetization: Facebook Instant Article Vs. Adsense
Monetizing Your Blog Through Instant Article on Facebook
Adsense and Amazon are the most popular choice for blog monetization. Both of these platforms do not have any traffic requirement. You can get instant approval from Amazon but you will have to meet content quality requirement for Adsense. Adsense and Amazon are not the only monetizing options for website, you can use a lot of other options. Instant Article is a feature on Facebook that allows users to monetize their websites. If you own a self-hosted website and have a Facebook page, you can easily make money from Instant Article.
In this article, we will be discussing on Facebook Instant Article.
What is Facebook Instant Article?
Instant Article is website monetization program from Facebook that can be used by website owners who have Facebook page. When you are approved for Instant Article, Facebook will run ads on your website and you will earn from ad engagements and ad impressions. When you are approved for adsense, your site will display Google ads, likewise, when you are approved for Instant Article, your site will show facebook ads, and you get paid by Facebook. Google is the biggest online ad network whereas facebook ads is the second biggest ad network. Therefore, by using Instant Articles, you will earn really well.
How to Use Instant Article
To use Instant Article, you will have to fulfil certain criteria such as:
Have a website with a lot of articles
Have a Facebook page
Have 20k visits on your Facebook page in the last 28 days.
Should meet Instant Article and partner monetization policies.
Should be based in the countries where monetization is available.
If you meet first three requirements and do not know if monetization is available or if you meet partner monetization policy, go to Creator Studio on Facebook and check all eligibility criteria.
How to make money with Instant Article?
Once your application for Instant Article is approved, facebook will start showing ads on your websites. These ads will appear on your website only when visitors view your website on Facebook browser. In other words, when visitors click the link you shared on the facebook page and view on Facebook browser instead of other web browsers, your web page will display ads and you will earn for impression and engagements.
How much money can you make from Instant Article?
It depends on how many people click on the link you shared on your Facebook page. The more people click your website link, the more ad impression and engagements, thus, the more earning. Since you need at least 50k visits on your page in the last 28 days to get approved, you can expect decent traffic from your facebook page, and earn decently.
Making Money With Adsense
If you have been working online for some time, you might already know about Adsense. It is Google’s Advertising program for publishers (website owners). You can use Adsense on Blogspot blogs, self hosted websites, and youtube. You can make money through ad impression and ad clicks. How much you earn per 1000 ad impression and ad click depends on your traffic’s location.
Is It Really Easy to Make Money With Adsense?
If you are active on forums and discussion boards, you will find that almost everyone is giving tips on how to make money with Google Adsnese. Adsense being one of the most valuable monetization option for website and youtube, it is also one of the most discussed topics among online earners. Sadly, in a hope to gain exposure people who have no direct experience with Adsense are also giving tips on how to make money with Adsnese. If you check discussions on forums, you will see that most people have never used it but are giving tips on how to make money with Adsense.
Let me put this straight:
If you want to use Adsnese on your website, it is very likely that you will never be approved. You might try again and again but still never get approved. They don’t give you exact reason, so it is difficult to get approved. Even if you are approved, you might not earn through Adsense. You need thousands of daily views even to earn a buck or two.
If you want to use Adsense for youtube, you have high chances that you will be approved (if you have managed to reach monetization threshold). However, you might have difficulty in making money as you need thousands of daily views even to earn negligible amounts.
Do you know why a lot of people get banned by Adsense?
Well, people are so desperate to earn that they end up violating Adsense rules. They will always tell you, they were wrongly banned by Adsense but that is just a lame excuse.
How Can You Make Money With Adsense?
I have been using Adsense for 3 years on my blog and a youtube channel. Based on my experience, I can tell you Adsense is not a get rich quick scheme. If you have patience and if you work persistently, you will start making some money in the long run. You will also have to learn the open secret of making money from websites and youtbe, which is ranking high on searches and marketing on social media platforms.
