Text links are one of the most valuable resources on the Internet, thanks to Google. They not only provide users with a clear idea of what the link is about, but also provide search engines with a way to categorize your website among the millions of other websites out there. Plus, the more incoming text links you have, the higher you'll rank in a search engine for that particular keyword.

In a phrase: text links are gold.

Even though text links are gold, getting them is almost impossible unless you do a lot of work getting listed in various link exchanges. It's tedious, boring, and sometimes your links just disappear for no reason. This is where TextLinkAds comes in: they offer advertisers plain text links -- which Google and other search engines can read -- for a reasonable monthly fee on a variety of websites, while offering advertisers a reasonably easy to use service to better monetize their website.

As an advertiser I'm finding it harder and harder to find websites to place my plain text links on. Often times, publishers will only work with well-established websites, or will just outright ignore your request for a link exchange (thanks to the soaring popularity of automated link exchange requests). TextLinkAds offers a niche-based list of websites, sorted by Alexa ranking and PageRank, so you can purchase a few links on some very highly ranked websites, or a lot of links of lower ranked sites. Either way, you get to choose which website displays what text. And, when the Google dance comes around, you'll be in better shape because of all those valuable backlinks.

As a publisher, TextLinkAds offer you a unique way to monetize your website. Thanks to their system, it's easy to integrate their code into your website: you're not limited to their layout as you can customize their code, or write your own. TextLinkAds also offers to advertise your site listing for you, in exchange for a 50% cut -- a great option of websites that just don't generate enough traffic to sell on their own. If 50% is too steep, you can manage your own sales and keep 100% of the profit. Oh, and they also have a very lucrative affiliate program, paying $25 per unique sign up.

All in all, TextLinkAds offers a very robust service for both the advertiser and publisher. If you need to get your name out there, or just want to get a few extra dollars in your PayPal account, you should consider them to be a part of your business strategy.