Make Money with Topsy’s Social Modules

March 7, 2011 - Last Modified: April 1, 2014 by Hesham Zebida

Now you can monetize your blog or website with Topsy Social Modules. I’ve got an email from the Topsy guys sharing their new social modules which add realtime social content within your blog that is relevant, topical and fresh.

Topsy’s Social Modules leverage the same proprietary influence algorithm powering topsy.com. If you are using Topsy button you will know what I mean!

I had a chance to try it on FamousBloggers for a few minutes after I got their email to see how it works, and I really like it. It looks cool! So I thought to share with you guys. Maybe you will find it useful for your blog visitors or even make some extra money, as you actually can display relevant ads on it. It could be an addition to your monetization tools.

Here is how the Topsy Social Modules looks like:

The module will Allow you -as a publisher- to display content from influencers across the social web on your blog, so basically you can add it to your blog sidebar. Topsy’s developers have managed to get you covered with some profanity filters, so the content you’ll see displayed is relevant to your blog content and brand safe.

I really like it, and I am a big fan of Topsy button as well. I used to have it on the blog for more than one year since we started FamousBloggers before I switched to the official twitter button. I am actually in love with Topsy’s ranking!

Easy customization!

I like the easy customization panel. It provide realtime results, so you can actually see in realtime how your widget will look like while you are customizing it.

The Topsy Module has two simple panels for customization as you can see below.

Here you can customize it’s settings

And, here you can customize the appearance of the widget

Once you are done with the appearance, you will be taken to the next step which is monetization. It’s a simple checkbox. All you have to do is choose whether you would like to display ads on the social module or not. By checking the box, you are confirming that you want to make money by using the Topsy’s social module real-time ads. Topsy will rotates ads into your customized module, paying you a percentage of the revenue earned by valid clicks on these ads.

The Topsy Social Modules Plugin for WordPress

You can easily install the Topsy Social Modules Plugin on your WordPress blog.

Topsy’s Social Modules add realtime social content within your site that is relevant, topical and fresh. Unlike twitter widgets, Topsy’s Influence Engine ensures your site gets top quality content from influencers

You can setup your module in no time and use the script to display it where you want on your blog or website. It actually has a very neat design.

Give it a try, do some testing, and maybe your blog visitors will like it or you can make some extra money from the Social Module advertisements. I will be happy to hear what you think and how thing work out for you!

{ 23 Responses }

Karan says:

Just installed it, but still confused where are the ads showing up?!
Floria says:

Thanks for showing me the Topsy social module. Any tool that helps with monetization is HUGE. I mean making money from your sites and blogs is the ultimate goal right? If you have any new tips or tools for monetizing your blogs or sites then please post it. Thanks again!
Shiva says:

Sounds pretty cool. The same widget will serve two purpose, provide link to the relevant type of posts to read to the visitor and second the monetization part. Will try this in my new blog
- Hesham says:
  
  Yes Shiva, it's cool! and I love the WordPress plugin as well which makes it super easy!
Mani Viswanathan says:

Good to see the ads placed right at the bottom of the widget. It'll not only provide info. to users but also present an opportunity to visit some quality links (ads).
- Hesham says:
  
  Yes Mani, I agree.. Topsy is thinking good about this by not annoying those who will see the ads and at same time it will get attention of those who would actually find the ad interesting for them!
Fisayo Sanyaolu says:

Hesham, this is a good info. Let me try it out. Thanks for sharing.
Vijayraj Reddy says:

Topsy looks great, i will check it out, thx fo sharing this information....
TJ McDowell says:

So is this similar to an Adsense setup except with Topsy playing the role of Google? In other words, are there advertisers who want to spread the message and Topsy is just serving the ads based on content?
- Hesham says:
  
  Yes, it's similar to that but it's more towards social media as I see it and all revenue generated is on a CPC (cost per click) basis as stated in their Topsy's ads FAQ page, and you also can display your own ads by advertising on the network!
Dana says:

It sounds like an interesting show-off feature that can be perfectly integrate on a blog. Let me see.
Laxmi Singh says:

Now i got to know what is topsy upto... they create so many backlinks on my site. Let us see what we can get extra from it :)
- Hesham says:
  
  That's true!
Justin Germino says:

With all the competing widgets it is probable that people will choose ones that can monetize vs ones that don't in most cases. This is similar in theory to the new Facebook Like for Tags button that puts ads inside the Facebook like button to potentially monetize that functionality as well. I take it only the bottom ad earns revenue, not by clicking anything in the stream itself of your search results?
- Hesham says:
  
  Exactly Justin! I know there is bloggers who are using other widgets which has no monetizing option, Yes, I think it's the ad at the bottom only, and my guess is that Topsy guys don't want to create another noisy widget! Thanks for the info about Facebook tags like, I haven't knew about it!
TrafficColeman says:

Great..I will take a look at it.. "Black Seo Guy "Signing Off"
- Hesham says:
  
  Cool! P.S. would you please use your name in the comment next time?!
Karan Labra says:

New innovations coming out... well, lets hope this one gets big.
- Hesham says:
  
  Hey Karan, the new social module from Topsy is perfect for bloggers who are using similar widgets that has no monetization option!
  - Karan Labra says:
    
    I guess, its high time to give this one a shot! Will try and report back Hesham. Thanks.
Pumama says:

hmm, I don't know clearly about this. Maybe I will give it a try
- Hesham says:
  
  Hi Pumama, the social module is a new addition from Topsy! If you had a chance to try it, please share your experience with us!

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