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Vaibhav asked in Computers & InternetInternet · 1 decade ago

What is ur view towards Google Adsense?

The website-owners, tell me how Google AdSense is performing for u and what r the best-ways to make money?

Also, is there any other website which is providing the same facility?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I've been with Adsense since it opened its doors to the public in June 2003. I am doing VERY WELL with Adsense earning 5-digits a month from the program.

    Other programs similar to Adsense are:

    Yahoo! Publishing Network (currently in beta and available to US publishers only) http://publisher.yahoo.com/

    Intellixt http://vibrantmedia.com/site/web_01a5.htm

    Quigo Adsonar http://www.quigo.com/adsonarexchange.htm

    IndustryBrains http://www.industrybrains.com/

    Commission Junction Evolution http://www.cj.com/

    Kanoodle Brightads http://www.kanoodle.com/about/brightads.html

    Clicksor http://www.clicksor.com/affiliate_programs.php

    Contextweb http://www.contextweb.com/

    Bidclix http://www.bidclix.com/

    Bidvertiser http://www.bidvertiser.com/

    The amount you can earn from contextual advertising including Adsense will depend on the

    1. Responsiveness of audience to the ads = A travel website that provides information on travel to Spain will attract visitors looking for ways to arrange their travel and spend money on their vacation to Spain. Your site provides the info, but the ads will provide hotels, travel agencies, tourist destinations, car rentals -- ads that are likely to get the attention of the users of your site. This is a site that will most likely do well with Adsense. However, if you are a gaming website where the main purpose of the user is to play games on your site, then Adsense will not perform as well.

    2. Ad format = some types of ads do better than others depending on your content and layout. In our case, large rectangles in the middle of the content is the best, while leaderboards do not generate as much as income. Skys are the worst for us. Experiment and measure the results via channels and see which formats work best for you.

    3. Ad placement - check Google's heat map as they have tested where the best placements are https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer....

    4. Ad colors - sometimes ads blended into the content works wonders, but sometimes ads that contrast your site colors work best

    5. Number of ad units on a page = we are allowed maximum of 3 ads + 1 ad links + 1 search box on a page. Maximize the allowed number based on the resulting look of your page (you don't want an overkill of ads). Users going to your page and reading your content may ignore the banner or rectangle at the top of the page, but may click on the ad at the bottom of the article

    6. Smartpricing - the big unknown in Adsense. No one knows how this actually works. But it can affect the pricing of the ads on your site. If the advertiser paid for $0.50/click - but your site is smartpriced - then the cost may be discounted lower (e.g. $0.25). So you may try to develop a site based on high paying keywords but if smartpricing gets to you, then you may not get as much per click as what you are expecting from your keywords.

    Here is Google's explanation of smart pricing https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?a...

    Google's smart pricing feature automatically adjusts the cost of a keyword-targeted content click based on its effectiveness compared to a search click. So if our data shows that a click from a content page is less likely to turn into actionable business results -- such as online sales, registrations, phone calls, or newsletter signups -- we reduce the price you pay for that click.

    Experiment with the factors above (except smartpricing, which you can't control), and see which combination works best. Remember though that not all sites do well with Adsense - even if you get gazillions of traffic but your visitors are not interested in looking for ways to spend their money, they won't be interested in your ads and won't click.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think Its a good idea, although u would need plp to go to ur website first ! which u cant do !, because what google adsense does is that it hosts ur add onto ur site and plp who view it and feel like it to pay u for what so ever it may be, a product a donation, or something else. But the thing is that targeting less traffic sites may not be a good money making scheme. As the saying goes, u can draw a horse to the water but u can't make it drink from it.

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