Since I started blogging over 2 years ago, I have been looking for the best ad networks to help me monetize my blogs; I have tested a number of them, and in most cases I found many not worth putting them on my sites. Although display of ads won’t earn you a fortune, it is a good way to generate passive income on your blog.
So while I continued to test and look for better ways to monetize my blogs, I came across Ezoic, first I was reluctant to try them out, but I got convinced by one of their account managers to test out their services on this site, never did I know that, this will be one of my biggest earners online. I have used Google AdSense, The Moneytizer, Media.net and Word Ads on my sites, but when I started Implementing Ezoic on one of my sites, it was performing way better than all these networks and even beyond my expectations. It’s been over 5 months now (at the writing of this post), and when I look back, I think I could have started even earlier with Ezoic!
What is Ezoic?
Ezoic is an ad testing platform that helps publishers improve their website’s revenue and user experience. A website would comprise of elements like content, page structure to social icons and plugins. We also have ads, on many websites. The Ezoic Ad Tester App helps publishers optimize ad performance.
We have 2 main factors that would affect ad performance:
- The position of the ad on the page
- The way the combinations of ads can dilute one another
Ezoic Ad Tester App allows you to set ‘’place holders’’ on your site where ads of varying sizes are tested. The system tests different combinations of ads and sizes on each page. The combinations that make the most money, while still promoting good user experience will be shown to the majority of your website users.
In normal circumstances, testing ads is a challenging task and also takes time when done manually. The Ezoic Ad Tester App lets you do this automatically. The App can run thousands of tests per day on your site. It designs, analyses and implements successful ad combinations. So you are assured of results sooner, which gives you time to focus on content. The Ad Tester brings more benefits like increased ad income and improved usability.
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You can install the Ad Tester app for free by signing up for an Ezoic Account and navigating to App Store Tab. Note Ezoic allows Bloggers to implement Ezoic for free on their sites but if you want enhanced features and even more increased earnings on your site, you can choose to pay for these additional features.
So is Ezoic Best alternative to Mediavine?
Mediavine has some similarities with Ezoic but I prefer Ezoic because of the flexibility publishers have with their accounts. Ezoic publishers have control of the ads displayed on their sites, in fact you can Switch on/off Ezoic completely or only allow 50% or less traffic to Ezoic version of your site which is not the case with Mediavine. Implementing Mediavine means you give them control of the number and type of ads displayed on your site. Choosing to work with Mediavine means, you won’t work with other ad networks. So you have to remove ad codes from other networks from your site, which is not the case with Ezoic. Ezoic even allows publishers to link other ad networks you are working with through their platform, although this is an optional feature. When you join Mediavine, and accepted, you sign a contract with them, if you do anything that goes against the contract, then you stand losing your account and lastly, to join Mediavine, you need 50,000 sessions a the previous month per Google analytics, while for Ezoic, they only need 10,000 website visits monthly to Sign up with their standard option. Ezoic network has another option for publishers with sites that have less than 10, 000 monthly page views called Access Now. If your site doesn’t have high traffic you can opt for this other option.
You may also read:
- Why Media net is the Best CPA Affiliate Network
- Reasons why Media net is the best alternative to Google AdSense
- How to Make Money Blogging
Comments
81 responses to “Is Ezoic the Best Alternative to Mediavine?”
This article is very informative
I use Ezoic and have been curious how it compares. Thanks for a comprehensive review!
Hi, thanks for comment.
Thank you for this information. I have not used either yet, so this advice is helpful.
I appreciate your feedback!
Great information!
Glad to find information for alternatives out there besides adsense. Great information.
Hi Neecee, thanks for the feedback.
Do you mind doing a comparison between, Adsense, Ezoic and Mediavine RPM? I think that would be extremely interesting.
Thank you,
Jeremiah
https://graciousquotes.com/
Thank you for reviewing Ezoic. I have one of my blogs with Mediavine and thinking about adding the second blog.
I may try Ezoic for this one.
What kind of PRM (sessions-based not page views-based) Ezoic shows now and what was it in 2019?
My Mediavine 2019 yearly avg RPM was ~ $20. This year it’s close to $14-$15 due to recent economic downturn.
I hadn’t heard of Ezoic before. I have a couple of sites with Mediavine, but would be interested in learning more about Ezoic. Thanks!
Okay great.
Thank you for this review. Been thinking about these two to find out which is best for my blogs.
Hi, am glad you found this post helpful!
Hi,bro my website PV 27000/month
may i use mediavine？
https://www.pi001.com
Mediavine, does not approve on Page views but sessions. Normally sessions are less than page views. I would advice you test Ezoic as you grow your blog to meet the requirements of mediavine.
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I really wanna to apply for Ezoic, but seems my site not yet meet their requirement. Gotta work harder on it. Thanks for sharing tho.
Glad to learn that. When you reach 10K visits you can apply!
I was encouraged by a friend to try this out recently and then happened across this article!
Thank you for sharing 🙂
– Nyxie
http://www.nyxiesnook.com
Appreciated.
Hi John! This company reached out to us recently. I had never heard of them before besides via your website. Are you still getting good results from their services?
Yeah, Incase you would like to apply let me know, I can help you!
Hi John,
Thanks for your post.
I was approached by an EZOIC representative and carried out my own due diligence on the company as I’d never heard of them.
After a few emails and questions, I eventually accepted their offer only to be told that I didn’t have enough visitors.
I’m not too far off from attaining that number and will definitely take them up on their offer. I was planning on applying to Mediavine but this seems like the better option as I do have some hard-coded ad codes on my website and it’ll be a nightmare to remove these. (Thanks for this information).
Jacqueline
Hi Jacqueline, thanks for your feedback. I use Ezoic on my site. How many visitors do your site receive on an average per month? Maybe I can advice you.
I hadn’t heard of this one before, I need to check them out! #GlobalBlogging
Thanks for visiting.
Ezoic work well on Tech websites?
Hi, in fact tech sites are some of the best performing sites using Ezoic.
never heard of this one before will check out for my blog.
Hi Shilpa, thanks for visiting.
Hi, Very Good Article. I really appreciate it. Now you got one regular visitor to your website for new topics. Keep up the Good Work Thanks for always sharing. Nicole Graham
This is such an informative post- I’ve never used either but definitely will be in the future!
Soph – http://sophhearts.com x
Appreciated.
I never really thought of using Ezoic but it definitely sounds like a great option to optimize my website performance!
Okay, for me I was a bit skeptical when I first came across Ezoic, once I got convinced by their account manager, I tried it, and I was really amazed by the results. Actually I tripled my ad revenue and also improved my site loading speed and performance, and since then I have used it till today.
This app sounds interesting and very handy for improving a website performance!
True.
Hi John,
Great post. Have you heard about AdThrive? It is a good AdSense alternative too.
Yes, but they have a big traffic requirement that very few bloggers can reach.
I have never monetized my blog – perhaps I should start looking into it! I get pretty decent amounts of traffic 🙂 x
Hi, I really appreciate your feedback.
Wow this is full of great information Thanks for sharing!
Welcome Bethany.
Welcome.
Not familiar with any of these ad platforms. If im honest, I have not explored the the possibility of monetizing my blog. Part of it is due to lack of knowledge or no now.
I appreciate your feedback.
I hadn’t heard of Ezoic before. I have heard of mediavine but my pageviews are too low. Thank you for sharing this platform.
Welcome.
I’m about to sign up with them, and they’ve been trying to get me since they first launched. so far they seem pretty successful
Hi Jasmine, I use Ezoic, and am sure you will get great results with them. Give them a try. Thanks.
Now all this is totally new to me. I have had my website up for less than a year now and have yet to monetize yet– still figuring out the ins and outs. Definitely going to use these tips to help me get on that asap!
Thanks for your input.
Haven’t heard of this platform before, but I’ll definitely check them out. Thanks for sharing!
Welcome.
I hadn’t heard of Ezoic before. I would love to check it out sometime.
Thanks Shannon.
Ezoic is the best alternative so far and thanks for introducing me to Ezoic
Thanks for dropping by.
My good friend is a fitness blogger and could really benefit from your post. I’m going to be sharing your tips; thank you!
Hi Sara, am happy to learn that. I hope, this guide, will help him or her start earning online blogging through Ezoic or Mediavine.
I hadn’t heard of Ezoic before but I am definitely going to be checking it out now. I hear such mixed reviews of Mediavine so it is nice to know of an alternative.
Glad you found this useful.
I had never heard of Ezoic until this article. I feel like more and more, we’re getting some creative alternatives to making money with blogs and that’s a big deal to me. I feel like the more customization we receive in the future, the more enthusiastic people will be to blog. Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks for the insightful feedback.
I like that you can have control over that ads with Ezoic. Sounds like an interesting ad platform. I’ll check it out.
Hey Stephanie, thanks for your feedback.
I wasn’t aware of Ezoic before reading your post. Thanks for sharing more information on it!
Hi Alexandra, glad you now know there is an alternative to Mediavine.
Hi John , thanks for your comparative review of how Ezoic is way better than Media Net. I would surely recommend Ezoic to my blogger buddies.
Hi, its mediavine not media net. Have seen several people mistaking it for media net.
Ezoic sounds like it’s definitely worth a try. I love the approach they take to their platform.
Hi Stacie, that is the reason I use it on this site. Thanks for visiting.
Wow thank you so much for sharing Ezoic with us,I’m glad you did,when I start using blue hosting I will definitely start using this ad!
Thanks for visiting.
Oh wow, thanks for recommending Ezoic, I’m trying to monetise my blog so I’ll look into it.
Nicola
http://nicshealthylife.co.uk
Hi Nicola, actually I have received great results with it, I would recommend you check it out!
I know media.net is not doing anything
Hi Janice, am comparing Ezoic with mediavine, and not media net.