Feedvertising: Monetize your RSS

Text Link Ads today launched a new service aimed at bloggers looking to monetize their feeds. If you're using services like Feedburner or Google Adsense you probably realize that ads in RSS feeds are a bit of a hard thing to come across.

Most services require you to have an extensive readership or ask that you meet some criteria that are a bit above the average blogger. Text Link Ads has launched a new service that aims to change that.

First off, you have the ability to add your own links to the your feeds. If you check out my current FeedBurner feed you'll see that there is a link advertising my digg Integrator plugin floating around the bottom of one or another entry. In time, hopefully, that will be replaced by text ads purchased by advertisers.

For WordPress users there's also a plugin that will make incorporating ads much easier than before. One little line of code and you're ready to go.

Having the ability to monetize your blog as well as advertise your own services in the your feeds is a nice addition that should make most bloggers happy. Give it a try and check back if you find it helpful.