Comments on: Adsense Experiment: OVAH http://electrolicious.com/2005/09/adsense_experiment_o Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:05:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ariel http://electrolicious.com/2005/09/adsense_experiment_o#comment-5917 Ariel Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:56:19 +0000 #comment-5917 For those who are curious, I've added AdSense to <a href="http://hooping.org">hooping.org</a> and it is <i>kicking ass</i> over there, making up to 10x a day what I was making over here. This is a little suprising because traffic is less than half of what Elish gets. This leads me to think that the biggest factors in its success there are: 1. targeted tight-focused content; 2. daily new visitors coming from searches, links, etc. For those who are curious, I’ve added AdSense to hooping.org and it is kicking ass over there, making up to 10x a day what I was making over here. This is a little suprising because traffic is less than half of what Elish gets. This leads me to think that the biggest factors in its success there are: 1. targeted tight-focused content; 2. daily new visitors coming from searches, links, etc.

]]> By: dave f http://electrolicious.com/2005/09/adsense_experiment_o#comment-5918 dave f Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:11:52 +0000 #comment-5918 Traffic isn't the only factor, though. Even if your site is all about one subject, the amount of money you make is largely determined by what that subject is. Some ads pay dollars per click, some pay 2 or 3 cents per click. The other thing is that your "regular" visitors don't keep clicking ads after the first few days you puy them up. In order to make money on adsense, you have to have a steady stream of <i>new</i> visitors. The only real way to accomplish that is to make your site about something that people search for quite regularly. That, too, can be problematic with a personal blog. Traffic isn’t the only factor, though. Even if your site is all about one subject, the amount of money you make is largely determined by what that subject is. Some ads pay dollars per click, some pay 2 or 3 cents per click.

The other thing is that your “regular” visitors don’t keep clicking ads after the first few days you puy them up. In order to make money on adsense, you have to have a steady stream of new visitors. The only real way to accomplish that is to make your site about something that people search for quite regularly. That, too, can be problematic with a personal blog.

]]> By: katherine http://electrolicious.com/2005/09/adsense_experiment_o#comment-5919 katherine Mon, 12 Sep 2005 21:48:29 +0000 #comment-5919 . . . yeah . . . I ended up not even joining in . . . unless you're Dooce and get 20,000 hits a day, it just doesn't pay :) but then I read these guys comments and go, hmmmmmmm. . . maybe I'll join in and do the amazon referral thing . . . . . . yeah . . . I ended up not even joining in . . . unless you’re Dooce and get 20,000 hits a day, it just doesn’t pay :) but then I read these guys comments and go, hmmmmmmm. . . maybe I’ll join in and do the amazon referral thing . . .

]]> By: dave http://electrolicious.com/2005/09/adsense_experiment_o#comment-5916 dave Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:04:45 +0000 #comment-5916 In order to get a lot out of adsense, you need a very topic-specific site. Personal blogs don't generally lend themselves to that, because they're too broad. People who click adsense ads are people who come to a site looking for information on something very specific, and then see ads related to that particular something. I don't use it on my personal blogs, but I've done quite well with adsense on some other sites that are more narrow in focus. I've got one right now that's paying me about 8 dollars a day. In order to get a lot out of adsense, you need a very topic-specific site. Personal blogs don’t generally lend themselves to that, because they’re too broad. People who click adsense ads are people who come to a site looking for information on something very specific, and then see ads related to that particular something.

I don’t use it on my personal blogs, but I’ve done quite well with adsense on some other sites that are more narrow in focus. I’ve got one right now that’s paying me about 8 dollars a day.

]]> By: Randy Charles Morin http://electrolicious.com/2005/09/adsense_experiment_o#comment-5914 Randy Charles Morin Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:22:11 +0000 #comment-5914 BTW, I have an Adsense/Adwords blog where I discuss these issues. http://www.kbcafe.com/adwords BTW, I have an Adsense/Adwords blog where I discuss these issues.

http://www.kbcafe.com/adwords

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