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Carbon Ads
Carbon Ads is a developer-focused, contextual advertising network operated by BuySellAds since 2010. It places respectful, privacy-friendly native and text ads on a curated network of hand-picked developer and creator sites — reaching a technical audience that blocks or ignores traditional display ads. Carbon has paid $120M+ to publishers across 900+ sites.
For agents: Developer-focused contextual ad network run by BuySellAds, with native CPC ads on curated developer and creator sites; includes advertiser guides and pricing FA
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- Authority
- 57 reach 11 · trust 10 · quality 21 · freshness 15
- Tier
- listed
- llms.txt
- https://www.carbonads.net/llms.txt
- Sections
- 5
- Links
- 11
- Size
- 1768 bytes
- Popularity rank
- #147396
- Registered
- 2010-02-18
- Country
- United States
- Categories
- Marketing
- For agents
- Documentation: developer or product docs worth reading, nothing to call
- Inferred actions
- Read documentation About these labels
- Audience
- business · agents can: read docs · en
- First seen
- 2026-10-18T15:08:55.320Z
- Last checked
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Their llms.txt
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# Carbon Ads
> Carbon Ads is a developer-focused, contextual advertising network operated by BuySellAds since 2010. It places respectful, privacy-friendly native and text ads on a curated network of hand-picked developer and creator sites — reaching a technical audience that blocks or ignores traditional display ads. Carbon has paid $120M+ to publishers across 900+ sites.
## Guides
- [The Developer Advertising Guide (2026 Edition)](https://www.carbonads.net/blog/developer-advertising-guide-2026): Where to spend a developer marketing budget in 2026 — contextual networks, IDE/CLI placements, AI surfaces, and newsletters.
## For advertisers
- [Native CPC ads](https://www.carbonads.net/native-cpc): Carbon's native, cost-per-click ad format for reaching developers.
- [FAQ](https://www.carbonads.net/faq): Pricing (CPM ranges), the buying process, and how campaigns work.
- [Plan a campaign](https://www.carbonads.net/contact): Start advertising with Carbon Ads.
## Comparisons
- [Best ad networks to reach developers](https://www.carbonads.net/compare): Carbon, EthicalAds, daily.dev, newsletters, Reddit, LinkedIn and Stack Overflow. Pricing, targeting and fit.
- [Carbon Ads vs daily.dev](https://www.carbonads.net/compare/carbon-ads-vs-daily-dev): One ad across developer sites versus ads in daily.dev's own feed. Pricing, targeting and when to pick each.
- [Carbon Ads vs EthicalAds](https://www.carbonads.net/compare/carbon-ads-vs-ethicalads): Both place one contextual ad on developer sites. Reach, pricing, privacy and when to pick each.
- [Carbon Ads alternatives](https://www.carbonads.net/compare/carbon-ads-alternatives): What each alternative is good for, and when Carbon still fits.
- [EthicalAds alternatives](https://www.carbonads.net/compare/ethicalads-alternatives): Carbon Ads, daily.dev, developer newsletters, Stack Overflow and LinkedIn, side by side.
- [We Wrote Our Own Comparison Pages (With Love)](https://www.carbonads.net/blog/carbon-ads-comparison-pages): Why Carbon wrote its own comparison pages.
## For publishers
- [The Carbon network (Circle)](https://www.carbonads.net/circle): The curated network of hand-picked developer and creator sites.
- [Become a publisher](https://www.carbonads.net/join): Apply to run Carbon ads on your site.
- [Placement policy](https://www.carbonads.net/placement-policy): Ad placement standards for publishers.
## Case studies
- [CircleCI](https://www.carbonads.net/case-files/circleci): Advertiser results on the Carbon network.
- [Rollbar](https://www.carbonads.net/case-files/rollbar): Advertiser results on the Carbon network.
## About
- [About Carbon Ads](https://www.carbonads.net/about): Company background — a BuySellAds product operating since 2010.
- [Blog](https://www.carbonads.net/blog): Guides on developer advertising and monetization.
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