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Sponsored reviews are usually characterized by love/hate emotions among bloggers and readers. Some feel they pollute a blogger’s writing, others don’t mind. Personally, I don’t mind sponsored reviews as long as they are adequately marked and are still a benefit to the reader. Enter SocialSpark.

Note: for the sake of up front disclosure, this article itself is a sponsored review, you can tell by the graphic that appears below the post.

SocialSpark is a relatively new service created by Izea (the makers of PayPerPost). Luckily for bloggers and readers alike, SocialSpark has set up a strict code of ethics that governs sponsored posts. For example, all links automatically carry a “no follow” tag. This protects bloggers against search engine…

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Web publishers and advertisers alike are always looking for new sources of revenue and advertising. The other day I came across TNX.net: Text Links MarketPlace, a service that facilitates the purchasing and selling of text links. Although there are other services available that do similar things, TNX has several features for publishers and advertisers that make advertising process simple, yet still able to allow precise advertisement control.

For Web Publishers

The main advantage of using TNX for webmasters is that you are able to sell links on every page on your website, rather then just your home page. While other services only have site-wide links, dynamic page links greatly increase the earning potential of your website. Also, with…