Google Adsense Alternative - Bidvertiser

A somewhat different approach to pay-per-click advertising is offered by an entity called Bidvertiser. Although it is difficult to fit Bidvertiser into one of the neat little slots of types of search engine, it does offer another way to participate in pay-per-click advertising where you, the advertiser, have more control than normal in where your ads appear.

Bidvertiser is a subsidiary of Bpath, established in 1997 as an international services provider for websites. Bpath?s approach to business is to develop and offer private label website functions for leading web hosting and domain registration providers. With more than half a million webmasters in its network (over 80% of whom are small business concerns), Bpath offers international solutions that may fit the small business model in the United States.

Bidvertiser is called an ?onsite bid-per-click? option that is a ?3rd generation bidding-based marketplace connecting web publishers with advertisers.? As such, its main concentration is on linking together advertisers who wish to become involved in partnerships, affiliateships, or referral-type programs.

Bidvertiser ads are quite similar to Adsense Ads (See the Pic Below). Its just hard to make out make out the difference.

Pros:

• Minimum Payout 10 $ and Payout Through PayPal or Cheque
• Always have the highest bidders displayed on your website
• Customize the layout of your ads
• Instant Activation of Accounts, So need to wait for your site to be approved

Cons:

• Users feel there are too few advertisers to make this a viable network right now, although it has future potential.
• Ads look too much like AdSense ads and apparently you are not allowed to run both programs on your website.
• No Search / Link Units Ads
• No Referral Program

Update: I asked Google Support if I could display both BidVertiser and Adsense on the same page. So Here is their reply:

“Hello Thilak,

Thanks for your caution regarding competing services. I am happy to say
that according to our program policies, BidVertiser may be displayed on
the same page as Google ads on your site.

A good guideline is that Google AdSense program policy does not permit
Google ads to be published on the same web page as other
contextually-targeted ads. More broadly, our policy does not permit Google
ads to be displayed on the same website as ads that mimic or attempt to be
associated with Google ads.? We do allow affiliate or limited-text links.

For publishers participating in AdSense for search, please note that we do
not allow other search services or query-targeted ads to be displayed on
the same site as AdSense for search.

Our intent with this policy is to be as fair to our advertisers as
possible and to maintain the integrity of the AdWords and AdSense
programs.

For additional questions, we encourage you to visit the AdSense Help
Center (http://www.google.com/adsense_help), our complete resource center
for all AdSense topics. Alternatively, feel free to post your question on
the forum just for AdSense publishers: the AdSense Help Group
(http://groups.google.com/group/adsense-help).

Sincerely,

Rebekah
The Google AdSense Team”