Comments on: Should You Make Money With Adsense?

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By: Monterey Marketing Lab (Neal)

Monterey Marketing Lab (Neal) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:16:08 +0000

Hey Ryan,
From my experiences, the viability of adsense depends a lot on the topic you’re writing. A competitive subject could be worthwhile, but if you write on a somewhat obscure hobby or something that’s not heavily monetized, the clicks might not be worth very much to you. A click for one topic might get you $1 while another could get you $0.05.
-Neal
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By: Web search optimization

Web search optimization — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:49:25 +0000

This is a really interesting post thanks. I’m considering using Adsense for one of my sites but tend to find dealing with Google very frustrating!

One great method of increasing your earnings on Google is to refresh old content on a regular basis. This will appeal to Google and your site will appear more regularly in the rankings. While you may need a lot of impressions to make more money, the more pages you have that are regularly accessed the easier this will be.
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By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:58:41 +0000

Hi Ryan,

In my debt niche I find that the CPC and CTR% are higher than quoted above (I would be more specific but I think it’s against the Adsense TOS!). Using my figures would mean having to get 15,000 clicks via 500,000 page views per year. I’m nowhere near this figure but it seems a bit more achievable!
Neil´s last blog ..Solve Your Debt Problem – Talk About It

By: Mike Olson

Mike Olson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:23:00 +0000

I think it is wise to wait until you have the traffic prior to jumping into Adsense. Otherwise, when people come to your blog or website they may decide that it is just one big advertisement and not even care about the content.

I know I get really irritated with websites that have so many advertisements that I cannot get anything out of my experience there. The miniature pop ups are the worst, where you accidentally drag the cursor across some keyword and a little balloon comes up blocking the view of content underneath.
Mike Olson´s last blog ..Jun 17, Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles, Natural Gas Cars

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:53:25 +0000

Daniel,

What I tried is called Content Targeting. So, you open your post, go into html mode, then select a paragraph or section of your post and “mark” it for adsense ads to display keywords you selected or listed in this paragraph. Then you publish your post with the adsense code (don’t forget to put a channel up not just for your url, but each adsense unit) in it, open the adsense preview tool and check the ads google will display on your post. Deselect the ones you don’t like and then save. Then I created a ad in adwords for this particular post, and bid for the lowest relevant keywords I could find (less than 0.03 $ per click). Wait a day, and see what happens, it is quite amazing. You pay 0.03$/click and can make from 0.39$ up to 10$/click. In the begining I thought this would never work, but boy was I wrong…… Give it a try.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:03:25 +0000

Great post and even greater comments. I own quite a few websites and it took me 6 months (basically on trial and error ) to figure out what works best on each website.
On some niche sites, you can sell advertising space to advertisers directly. We usually sell space on 6 to 12 months basis, but remember the cost of sales to canvass advertisers, place ads, manage ads, accounting, invoicing, and administration is incurred.
On the other hand, Google Adsense does that for you. Yes, it requires some manual labour to configure, adjust, improve, but once you have optimised your website, you will see the magic work. Content targeting and wrapping ads on the left hand side under your post title works best. Obviously, it depends on a number of factors, and the utmost important is traffic!!!
We have started a blog dedicated to Google Adsense Tips. Check it out on http://www.googleadsensetips.net.

Thanks

Mike

By: Kharim

Kharim — Mon, 17 May 2010 01:03:45 +0000

Adsense is a great way to make money online but you need lots of traffic to make it work efficiently.

I am on my way of collecting my first adsense payments
Kharim´s last blog ..How To Increase Google AdSense Revenue

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:34:30 +0000

I’ve found that beneath the post title using a 336×280 adsense block works best, again, because that’s where the reader’s eye focuses first. If you do a search on google for “adsense hotspot” you’ll probably find a graphic showing the best places to put your adsense.
Peter´s last blog ..Discover Bank Review: High Yield Savings Account

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 13 May 2010 04:26:44 +0000

Ryan,

Thanks for the reply! I’m leaning towards just implementing adsense now like you suggest, but am asking a few others for their opinions.

I have a question though. If you say that the left corner of a post is the best, why do you and Christine (money funk) put yours on the right side? Just curious.

Thanks for the input.
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