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How Do I Choose the Best CPM Advertising Networks?

By Alex Newth
Updated: May 17, 2024
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Cost-per-mile (CPM) advertising networks are networks that pay publishers a set amount for every 1,000 page impressions. The ads will show up right on the website itself or will manifest as pop-up or pop-under ads. Choosing the best CPM advertising networks depends on much more than how much the network pays per impression. Other important considerations, especially if the publisher wants to keep his website audience, are the quality of the ads, the visitor threshold of the CPM network, whether CPM advertising networks can run simultaneously, and whether the networks accept the website’s country of origin.

Ad quality is always a question and consideration when choosing CPM advertising networks or any other advertising schema. Ads that appear on the page are generally considered more natural and less annoying than pop-up or pop-under ads. What the ad itself is saying also may help keep visitors or push away the website’s intended audience. For example, if the CPM network shows adult ads but the website is supposed to be kid-friendly, this can alienate the audience.

Most, but not all, CPM advertising networks have a visitor threshold that publishers must exceed to be accepted into the network. If the threshold is higher, it is generally regarded that the publisher will be paid more and the ads will be of a higher quality. This threshold is very strict, so if the website owner has a website garnering 600 impressions per month and is trying to apply for a CPM network with a 10,000 impression threshold, the network will not accept the publisher.

To maximize advertising programs, some publishers try to run two or more networks on the same page. CPM advertising networks are somewhat more lenient on this issue than other advertising schemas, but not much. The publisher should always check the terms of use to see if several networks can run at the same time, because running separate networks simultaneously without consent from the network will cause all the networks to abandon the website owner. The publisher may even have to pay back some of the profit he or she made from the network.

CPM advertising networks are generally very fussy about what countries they will service. This is either because advertisers prefer some countries over others or that some countries will not generate the same profit as advertising in other countries would. The publisher should — prior to signing up — check the terms and see if the CPM network is willing to show advertisements on the publisher’s website.

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By neelu — On Sep 22, 2015

I've worked with Adzonal and I am seeing good CPM rates and on time payment.

By themagnifi — On Aug 28, 2014

Very complete information. It is so hard to find a good ad network. It really took me a while to find the right one. I would strongly recommend adtomatik. Amazing worldwide reach and not to mention the ecpm. The best adnetwork I've discovered. And I did try many others, also the most popular ones. I still choose Adtomatik.

By anon274800 — On Jun 13, 2012

Yes that's true of being a webmaster. If your blog or site has traffic, you can easily get a good income from your website traffic. There are many good cpv and cpm program running these days. Like edomz cost per view (pop) network and chitika and many others, where you can earn a good ecpm rate.

By anon258212 — On Mar 31, 2012

Excellent information. Nowadays, CPM and CPV advertising is more popular because, being a webmaster. you can earn from every visitor you get into your website. There are some very good programs running like google adsense, chitika, edomz.com and many more. You can search and earn money from your blog/website traffic.

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