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| Guardian Angel |
 Dec 29 2008, 03:34 AM
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Why Some Bloggers Cannot Make Good Money from Adsense by Richniche While it is true that blogs with high traffic are most likely to make good money from Adsense, this is not always the case. In fact, there are low traffic blogs that are also earning a lot from Adsense and this is what some bloggers do not realize. First of all, the high traffic must come from search engines and not from social sites. This is because social visitors love to read and comment, but they are not looking for something to click. On the other hand, it is the searchers from Google and the like who are eager to find what they need. Secondly, there are bloggers who don’t want to put Adsense on top of their posts. This is because they don’t want to confuse their readers, and ads are really annoying if you don’t need them. Alternatively, visitors are in a hurry and if they did not see what they want, they will leave immediately. Thirdly, content is king and this is what readers want. But if our posts are too useful, they will have no reason to click the ads. However, attracting them to do so is totally different from inviting them. The latter is definitely a no-no unless you want to be banned. Finally, there are a lot of high paying keywords and less competitive ones to choose from. After making a single blog successful, create series of related blogs using the same keywords but with different content. By doing so, you can make money even if only a few are searching them.
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| Guardian Angel |
Dec 29 2008, 05:32 AM
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QUOTE(Texas Jim @ Dec 29 2008, 04:36 AM)  Social website visitor usually don't click. And also choosing the right niche and keyword is one essential factors to make real money from adsense. Some niche just is not worth going into. Thanks for sharing Angel. Are you making money with adsense?  Yes, Jim but it was not consistent. That's why I studied different strategies which includes the above, and applying them now. Since I have proven that they are working, I am glad to share them here.
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| Joyce Faith |
Dec 29 2008, 01:44 PM
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QUOTE(Guardian Angel @ Dec 29 2008, 05:32 AM)
Yes, Jim but it was not consistent. That's why I studied different strategies which includes the above, and applying them now. Since I have proven that they are working, I am glad to share them here.
You should consider adding some affiliate program from clickbank or CJ? It can generate higher return then adsense? Use both? 
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| Guardian Angel |
Dec 29 2008, 02:41 PM
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QUOTE(Miscellaneous @ Dec 29 2008, 12:43 PM) So which are the best methods that helped you make money from adsense? Care to share them? Sure, Jim. For now, I placed ads on top of my post. I know this can distract my regular readers, so I think it's the unique visitors who click them. I also removed the ads at the end of my posts, as nobody seem to notice them. QUOTE(Joyce Faith @ Dec 29 2008, 01:44 PM) You should consider adding some affiliate program from clickbank or CJ? It can generate higher return then adsense? Use both? Unfortunately, I learned that it's harder to make money from Adsense if we place affiliated products on our sidebar. This is because it diverts the attention of visitors. Although I still have them, I seldom talk about them anymore. Furthermore, posts dedicated for Adsense earnings should look different. Just like I mentioned earlier, posts should be completely useful or complete. In this way, visitors who are looking for something will click on the ads.
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| thor2705 |
Dec 31 2008, 01:50 AM
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QUOTE(Guardian Angel @ Dec 29 2008, 09:41 AM)
Unfortunately, I learned that it's harder to make money from Adsense if we place affiliated products on our sidebar. This is because it diverts the attention of visitors. Although I still have them, I seldom talk about them anymore. Furthermore, posts dedicated for Adsense earnings should look different. Just like I mentioned earlier, posts should be completely useful or complete.
In this way, visitors who are looking for something will click on the ads.
You are right about the footer add. Usually it will go unnoticed. To be sincere as a blog reader, I do not click adds, I go there only for the information and if it is none I will leave going to another blog (from the search results) that can give me the information that I am searching for. On the other hand if I am searching foe something specific (let say trees that I can plant in my backyard in Northern Ontario). I will go to the first site that I find. If it doesn't have the information I will go to the most attractive site from the adds, and so on until I find what I need. And this is because the niche. I think the same is in the blogging "industry". You have to find a niche to be able to get good income from your blog.
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| Debbie Johnson |
Dec 31 2008, 02:59 AM
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So, you've added Adsense to your site and you are getting a few clicks. You could be thinking to yourself, how do I get a massive amount of visitors to bump up my earnings? If you're anything like me, you hear those stories about webmasters that have added Adsense and are already earning five figure incomes per month, and you start to see the dollar signs.
So you start brainstorming. You come up with a few ideas: email marketing, ebooks, trial software, etc. The thirst for Adsense dollars (and maybe a few affiliate dollars) is your main drive. Pushing massive amounts of traffic through your site can give you quite a thrill ride.
Then along comes the well known email that markets the traffic exchanges. If you aren't familiar with traffic exchanges, it's really very simple. You see, you sign up for their service (which often times is free) and your website is put in a list. The way the free traffic works is that you surf the web using their browser, browsing sites that are in their directory (or list) and every 30 seconds you can refresh to a new site. As you continue to do this, it builds up credits for your account that you use for other people who are using their browser to see your site.
It's a cyclical service. You see their site, they see yours. And since you can have as many browsers going (among the many traffic exchanges) as your computer can handle, you can theoretically build up a large quantity of hits on your site in a relatively small period of time.
It seems like a great thing, and for many it fills a very necessary niche, so I can't say that the traffic exchanges are a bad service. I would use them in anything else that I am doing. I would, however, make a very big distinction.
First, I know and respect the techs at Google and I know that when they make a new program for their visitors and webmasters to use, they make it for the benefit of everyone. That is the case with their Adwords and Adsense programs, both targeted to helping webmasters make money through advertising (albeit the opposite ends of the scale).
So when I put an ad on my website, I know that I am offering a service to the advertiser (through Google) to reach their target market. And ethically, I should only be paid when I provide that service (someone clicks through that ad to their site). There are extreme ethical problems if you were to use traffic exchanges with the Adsense program to try and cheat the advertiser out of his hard earned dollars. Plus, if you haven't figured out by now, Google knows what you are doing. They have specific ways of knowing what a legitimate impression is, versus what is a hit generated by a traffic exchange. Your numbers quickly dwindle if you use a hit exchange and you run the risk of being kicked off the program.
Plus, often times you have to go through two websites wasting a full minute of your time before you get one hit directed to your website. Building up over time, eventually it all adds up.
Take, for instance, the "surf contests". This is where they tell you who has racked up the most surfing in the week. These numbers are huge... up to 10,000 page loads. When you add it up, that's over 84 hours of one week that is taken up trying to earn an extra 1,000 hits on your site. Not very worth it to me.
The best way to use the Adsense program is with a website that you have that is established and has a constant stream of visitors going through it. That's the goal of the program, make money off of an existing site and its content.
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