Ad Networks & Content
Monetize websites, blogs, and web apps with display advertising — from AdSense approval to Ezoic and Mediavine graduation strategies.
What Platforms Actually Keep: All-In Fees Across 16 Ways to Earn Online
Every comparison quotes headline platform fees and ignores payment processing. Adding both changes the ranking — and Substack's widely repeated '90%' is really 86% at $100 and 83% at $10.
Twitch Affiliate vs Partner: The Gap Between 25 Followers and 75 Viewers
Becoming a Twitch Affiliate takes 25 followers and an average of 3 viewers. Partner needs 75 average viewers across six streams a month. The distance between those two numbers is the whole story.
AdSense Revenue Share: How Much Does Google Actually Keep?
Publishers get 80% — but also about 68%. Both figures are Google's own, they measure different things, and confusing them is why RPM estimates never match reality.
AdSense vs Ezoic vs Mediavine: The Entry Requirements Changed, and Most Guides Haven't Noticed
Ezoic now wants 250,000 monthly active users and Mediavine measures revenue rather than sessions. The 10,000-pageview and 50,000-session figures still being quoted are out of date.
What You Actually Keep From a Substack Subscription (It's Not 90%)
Substack's 10% is the headline, but Stripe takes three more bites. Here's the real arithmetic on a $10 subscription, and why annual plans quietly pay you more than monthly ones.
AdSense Ads Not Showing? How to Tell a Broken Setup From an Unfilled Ad Unit
Blank spaces where ads should be usually mean one of two very different things. Here's how to check which, the code faults Google actually lists, and the CSS that collapses unfilled units.
Core Web Vitals on an Ad-Supported Site: The Three Numbers and What Ads Do to Them
LCP, INP and CLS explained with Google's exact thresholds — plus why display ads attack all three, and the fixes that keep revenue without wrecking the scores.
How to Get Your Site Into Google Discover (And Why Most Publishers Never Do)
Discover can send more traffic than Search, but you can't rank for it — there's no query. Here's what Google says decides eligibility, and the one meta tag most sites are missing.
Where AdSense Ads Can and Can't Go: The Placement Rules That Get Accounts Banned
Google's ad placement policies in plain English — the layouts that trigger invalid-click penalties, the labels you're allowed to use, and how to lay out a page so it earns without risking your account.
"Ad Serving Has Been Limited" on AdSense: What It Means and What Actually Fixes It
Google limits ad serving for two specific reasons. Here's how to tell which one applies to you, how long the limit typically lasts, and why most of the advice you'll find online makes it worse.
Rejected for "Low Value Content"? Here's What Google Is Actually Measuring
AdSense's vaguest rejection message, decoded against Google's published content guidelines — the self-assessment questions reviewers effectively apply, and what to change before you reapply.
How AdSense Actually Pays You: Every Threshold, the PIN, and the Payment Date
The $10 and $100 thresholds explained, what triggers the PIN letter, the deadlines that stop your ads if you miss them, and exactly when money lands each month.
How to Get a Brand-New Website Indexed by Google Search
The three technical requirements Google actually states for indexing, how to submit a sitemap correctly, and why 'not indexed' is usually a crawl problem rather than a quality one.
How Many Articles Do You Need for AdSense Approval? The Honest Answer
Google publishes no minimum article count — every number you've read was invented. Here's what the eligibility requirements actually say, and the questions that genuinely decide approval.
How to Get Your Website Approved for Google AdSense: The Complete 2026 Checklist
A field-tested, policy-accurate walkthrough of exactly what Google looks for before approving a site for AdSense — and the specific fixes that turn a rejection into an approval.