tracking click-throughs on direct ads

I've started using Adsense recently, and am finding it much better than
I expected. (So far it's paying enough to cover health insurance for me
and my children! Not bad for just having started.)

There are a couple of companies interested in advertising directly on
my site, though. They sell products that are highly relevant to my
topic and that would be useful for my readers. Maybe I should not
restrict myself to Adsense.

What do you think is the easiest and/or best way to track
click-throughs on individual ads that are not managed through Adsense
or other services? I'm a scientist, not a programmer, so I really don't
want to write something from scratch.

Thanks....

Paula Burch
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"PBurch" <PaulaBurchTemp@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I've started using Adsense recently, and am finding it much better than
> I expected. (So far it's paying enough to cover health insurance for me
> and my children! Not bad for just having started.)
>
> There are a couple of companies interested in advertising directly on
> my site, though. They sell products that are highly relevant to my
> topic and that would be useful for my readers. Maybe I should not
> restrict myself to Adsense.
>
> What do you think is the easiest and/or best way to track
> click-throughs on individual ads that are not managed through Adsense
> or other services? I'm a scientist, not a programmer, so I really don't
> want to write something from scratch.

Just sell add space fixed price, and let people pay *before* the ad period
starts.


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John Bokma wrote:
> "PBurch" <PaulaBurchTemp@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've started using Adsense recently, and am finding it much better than
> > I expected. (So far it's paying enough to cover health insurance for me
> > and my children! Not bad for just having started.)
> >
> > There are a couple of companies interested in advertising directly on
> > my site, though. They sell products that are highly relevant to my
> > topic and that would be useful for my readers. Maybe I should not
> > restrict myself to Adsense.
> >
> > What do you think is the easiest and/or best way to track
> > click-throughs on individual ads that are not managed through Adsense
> > or other services? I'm a scientist, not a programmer, so I really don't
> > want to write something from scratch.
>
> Just sell add space fixed price, and let people pay *before* the ad period
> starts.
>
>

Amen to that. I've been burned a couple of times with people wanting to
place ads on my site and never paying. If they're unwilling to pay for
it up front, make them give you something.

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