AdSense Digest

How Many AdSense Pages Do You Have

2007-10-31T06:25:00.000-07:00

How Many AdSense Pages Do You Have: "Work smarter not harder "

Interview with Markus Frind - AdSense Millionaire (Reviewed at WorkHappy.net)

2007-10-29T16:50:00.000-07:00

Interview with Markus Frind - AdSense Millionaire (Reviewed at WorkHappy.net): "Build sites that no one else has done before"

Interview with Markus Frind - AdSense Millionaire (Reviewed at WorkHappy.net)

2007-10-29T16:46:00.000-07:00

Interview with Markus Frind - AdSense Millionaire (Reviewed at WorkHappy.net): "There is no such thing as a secret. When I came home from work I sat down and I forced myself to code for a hour or 2. The enemy was thinking, whenever I paused or started to think I would force myself to type something, its amazing how much you can get done when you just type. There are only 1000 or so sites in the world with massive traffic, and of those mine is the only one that is run by a single person. It's not possible for thousands of people to be as successful as me. For being successful in building sites you need to give something to the surfer faster or better or both. If you want to do pay per click, you just need to be good at picking words to bid on. For that business its just a matter of repetition and fighting boredom. At the end of the day you just need to sit down and DO it. Most people don't."

How I started A Dating Empire « The Paradigm Shift

2007-10-29T16:42:00.000-07:00

How I started A Dating Empire « The Paradigm Shift: " I picked out 'enemies' and did everything I could to defeat them which ment being bigger then them. I refused to accept defeat of any kind, and I constantly forced myself to test new things. I never tried to perfect anything it didn't matter if things didn't work 100% as long as it was good enough I would move onto the next thing."

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T11:48:00.000-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks: "Think beyond AdSense. Look at the bigger, long-term picture, and ask yourself 'If AdSense disappeared tomorrow or five years from now, would my site still have the ability to produce revenue?' "

Unlock the limits of your AdSense earnings potential

2007-10-20T10:53:00.000-07:00

Unlock the limits of your AdSense earnings potential: "There are lots of options, lots of things you can do to improve your bottom line, but if you can't imagine it can get better then it probably won't, so imagine it will and take the proactive steps to make it happen."

Unlock the limits of your AdSense earnings potential

2007-10-20T10:47:00.000-07:00

Unlock the limits of your AdSense earnings potential: "When I switched from solely doing generic content to also incorporate local content as well there was an almost immediate bump that propelled my site to 20K+ visitors a day "

Unlock the limits of your AdSense earnings potential

2007-10-20T10:46:00.000-07:00

Unlock the limits of your AdSense earnings potential: "A couple of years ago I once thought I was at the peak of my online potential with one of my sites, for both traffic and earnings."

Lots of content, What's best AdSense-wise?

2007-10-20T10:19:00.000-07:00

Lots of content, What's best AdSense-wise?: "If I see a LOOONNNGG page of nothing but text, I may not be interested in reading it, but if the bold H tags paint a good overall picture, I can use them to jump to parts I like. also the images give it a warmer, friendlier 'read me' feel to it. "

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T10:06:00.000-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks: "For instance, if the market with the lower click value has fewer web sites that will compete for your audience, it might be a far wiser choice than the higher-paying-keyword sector. "

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T10:01:00.000-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks: "Everything useful I learned about AdSense I got from Webmaster World, and from running AdWords campaigns. I don't think you can really know how one half works unless you understand the other half too. So my best tips are - subscribe to WebmasterWorld, and try an AdWords campaign. "

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T09:59:00.000-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks: "My tip with AS - is never give up. Look at what benefits your viewers and see how best to optimise for them. AS should be secondary. "

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T07:23:00.000-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks: "Work hard and choose a topic you like. "

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T07:22:00.000-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks: "The hard earned secret is that it's a lot of hard work to find what works best for you. Try things, analyze your stats and try again. Just don't spend so much time you forget to improve your sites."

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T07:19:00.004-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks: "If your site is about widgets but widget accessories is the real earner then write some stuff on widget accessories. If you don't, you may well become an authority on widgets but miss out entirely on the high $ clicks for widget accessories. Do both. Time spent on keyword research will be a long-lastin investment in many subject areas. "

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T07:19:00.003-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T07:19:00.002-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T07:19:00.001-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T07:19:00.000-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks

2007-10-20T07:16:00.000-07:00

Lets share our adsense tips and tricks: "work on building a site that will become an authority in your niche"

Are We Responsible In Making Them The 5th Richest Guys In America?

2007-09-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

Are We Responsible In Making Them The 5th Richest Guys In America?: "When I first joined Adsense, I earned only a few cents per day for two years. I was so discouraged back then. But I didn't give up. I continue to create at least one content per day. Now, I am earning an average of $2 per day per website and I have 10 websites. The secret is very simple. You need more traffic to your website in order to make more money. How to get more traffic? You need more content."

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-25T09:31:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?: "Web 2.0 is for me others writing, there might be a better definition. The same as youtube, flickr, facebook and so on do it so much better than me, feed of the hobby market, the desire of people to portray their egos .. Give the silent, technical and mostly artistically inept masses an outlet to their self perceived grandiosity. "

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-24T12:58:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?: "Not sure, around 25 articles on an average day with app. 300-600 words each, so I probably average the 8000 words or so"

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-22T07:21:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?: "The only hard productivity rule I'd suggest is that there should be at least one new and exclusive article or news item on your site every single day, so that your visitors can build your site into their daily routine."

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-22T07:19:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?: "So many people think that quality writing has to be flowery, or stilted, or have big words. Not true. Clear and simple is best."

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-22T07:17:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?: "It's also good to use 'chapters', even within short articles.

To write, also have to read, and read plenty. Try to e aware of techniques writers are using in good articles. For web, those short paragraphs seem to me more important than in print: text may look daunting on screen."

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-22T07:12:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?:
"1. Put at least 10% of your effort into writing the headline. Short, overtly attention grabbing. Humorous if possible.
2. Make sure you have an intro to the article, 50 words max. Don't reveal all in the intro., let it pose more questions than answers. Tantalise your reader to go further into the article. But hint at all the main points
3. After the main body of the article have a conclusion. The conclusion should refer to the intro, it should entice the reader to return at a later date ('watch this space for more') and/or read other pages.
4. Research, research and more research.
5. Keep words simple and precise, sentences direct and precise, paragraphs short and logically ordered. 6. OBSERVE .... and over-report. Always collect more information than you think you need. It's easier to delete than to go back for more.
7. DESCRIBE .... note every single detail, even trivial ones when interviewing or researching. When constructing an article, the trivial often becomes significant.
8. LISTEN .... get inside the head of the person you are interviewing or reading about.
9. Write press releases. Editors desperately need something to write about. Give them a 'bare bones', well constructed press release and they will use it. 10. Use humour, make your audience laugh. Ugly people look beautiful if they make you laugh, the same applies to your web site."

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-22T07:06:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?: "Writing is definitely a 'muscle' in your brain that improves with use."

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-22T03:27:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?: "Ideas sometimes come seemingly through the keyboard, through the very act of writing. Ideas that you had not thought of, and had no idea were going to emerge from your brain. Sometimes, it's as if the act of writing actually creates the content out of thin air. Have you ever had that experience? I sure have, many times.
That's why it's sometimes a good idea to make yourself produce something. Because maybe it will be crap, and maybe you will surprise yourself. You won't know until you stop typing and read over it."

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-22T03:23:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?: "I write maybe an article every week, anything between 1,000 to 10,000 words. And as for pictures, they do speak a 1,000 words and they set you apart from the rest of the crowd. They are the method for providing content on the web at a level that a book (at any reasonable cost) cannot provide. To take that picture requires time in many cases, costs you in others, but readers like them. Words and pictures go together on the web sites."

Link Baiting & Effective Link Building

2007-09-20T14:35:00.000-07:00

Link Baiting & Effective Link Building: "With link building there are essentially 5 types of “hooks” or pages built to encourage links. They are: News, Contrary, Attack, Resource and Humor."

eureka! -- a breakthrough with adsense

2007-09-20T13:51:00.000-07:00

eureka! -- a breakthrough with adsense: "Providing advertising for the benefit of the readers. A page swamped with sneaky Adsense adverts may trick people into clicking, but it's a short-lived fantasy. Clear links relevant to the subject, of use to the reader, will naturally generate interest because of the mutual benefit. Excessive advertising just annoys readers. "

"How do I get more traffic to my blog?" from the Ask Dave Taylor! Tech Support Blog

2007-09-20T11:33:00.000-07:00

"How do I get more traffic to my blog?" from the Ask Dave Taylor! Tech Support Blog: "the core answer is actually pretty easy: the best way to generate traffic for your blog is to reframe the question. Instead of asking 'how to I get more visitors to my site?' you need to be asking the question 'how do I become part of the blogosphere discussion?'"

First $50 day using Blogger!

2007-09-18T17:29:00.000-07:00

First $50 day using Blogger!: "One thing I have been doing is trying to predict who/what will become popular i nthe next few months and make a blog about it. Myspace unsigned artists and Amazon advance sales list are a good indicator. I started the Colbie Caillat blog when she was top of Myspace unsigned. when she got signed and released an album I was in great position in the google searches to take advantage:"

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-05T02:24:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?: "I make pictures picture = 1,000 words 3,000 "

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-05T02:17:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?: "Writing is a bit like sport, in that (a) it requires fitness obtained through daily practice, and (b) the more you do, the better you get. "

How many WORDS do you write per day?

2007-09-01T17:00:00.000-07:00

How many WORDS do you write per day?: "I never updated a site in many many years. So non? Its not about how many words or pages you have. Its not about continually adding stuff for the sake of it. I wrote what I did 7 or 8 years ago for the fun of sharing useful information about a diverse bunch of stuff/hobbies etc. When I finished I had nothing else of any 'real value' use to say. The stuff I wrote I did because I understood more about those subjects than anyone else did. Thats still the case. Its about building a website that people want/find useful/offers something new/saves people money or time/shows them how to do something/shares experiences or whatever. But for it to work it needs to be a new, fresh idea or something that isnt already out there at the very least. There no point in being a 'me too' because it does not work unless you have more to offer than the best of the rest. You site must be head and shoulders above the rest for it to get the natural links and PR to be a success. Just writing more and more pages that you have no passion for to stick ads on is a recipe for mediocrity. Your question. How much content can you produce each day? Is the wrong question. You need to think what can I offer the visitor? Less is more - quality is whats important not pages of text with ads on. "

$300/day Screenshot for the adsense newbies - Page 2

2007-08-30T13:45:00.000-07:00

$300/day Screenshot for the adsense newbies - Page 2: "Yes for this particular niche there are days where you will get mad traffic. That's where your list building comes in handy ! Then you can setup a forum around that site and provide even more resources for those people. Then they keep coming back and adding their OWN content which means less work from you plus quality content. All this adds up, with great SERPS and you have a money making machine."

How I made a million in 3 months.

2006-03-18T03:04:00.000-08:00

How I made a million in 3 months.: "Lots of hard work, and a billion+ pageviews :)
I am without a doubt the top individual adsense publisher in terms of pageviews. Me talking about how I did it won't help you, but here is what i found you need to be successful in adsense.
1. Get a database of IP's so you know where your traffic is coming from. Then create channels for each country. Its not uncommon to see US traffic with a CPM of $5.00 and a CDN traffic at 20 cents and vice versa. If you have access to the hints option, give different hints based on IP. ie if your page is about 401k plans, that won't get you anything outside of the USA.
2. You have to create sites that will bring in repeat traffic. If you think you will get rich off SEO think again. If you create a Free jobs site you could net 30 million + a year if you got big. Club listings site, free religious personals etc would all be big money makers. Look for established markets and offer a service for free and support it with adsense.
3. Have your users create content and lots of it. User reviews of night clubs, Resorts, golf courses etc. Build your site around your users and make them part of your site, don't build your site for consumption.
4. Do not enter markets with a lot of competition monitized via adsense. Try and undercut paid content markets by offering a free service, or better yet create your own market.
5. Keep your site dead simple, it has to load fast and have no more then 2 ads and 1 or 2 pictures other then your logo. Do not confuse your user, give them what they want and give it to them fast.
6. Troll around various forums and if people are not talking about your market, there is a good chance you will make money." markus007

Planning Ahead for Link Building

2005-11-06T12:13:00.000-08:00

"Before I start a site I will have a look at the whole neighbourhood around that subject. Sooner or later I will stumble across 'nests' of quality sites adjacent to my proposed space. Quality means in this sense that they may be quality in the way that they link out, or the way that they are linked to by an authority site, or in some other way.

Before I even start on the site, I will consider how to integrate a honeypot for those particular sites that might encourage them to link to me. Once my site is active, I will try to make them aware of that section." stever

Mine your Logs

2005-10-15T02:32:00.000-07:00

"Analyzing 1-hop queries (visitor arrived via Google, looked at only the landing page, and left), finding clusters of terms that the landing page simply could not have satisfied well, building content to address those queries, redesigning the original page to link conveniently and naturally to the new content, and then letting the stats tell me whether I successfully created a bunch of 2-hop queries or not.

If I can analyze the logs to arrive at a per-page theory about incoming visitor needs, and then prove that theory by building content and confirming revised visitor behavior, then I'm pretty sure I'm building a valuable information source -- even if it's only recognized by individual visitors going after specific queries." ronburk

Build Value

2005-10-15T02:29:00.000-07:00

"Get inbound links from Universities, *.edu websites." fischermx

Love your Site

2005-10-13T08:01:00.000-07:00

"So make a site('s) and love it like your child , feed it and you will see when your child grows it will be a goldmine for you." Paki_no1

Tight Niche, High CTR

2005-10-13T07:37:00.000-07:00

"I have noticed a lot of small things that can have a huge effect on the CTR. As someone mentioned earlier, niche pages work best - this means breaking down your hierarchy into more categories if needed (and possible)" CainIV

Increase CTR using Tightly Focused Pages

2005-10-11T13:28:00.000-07:00

"For my 2� worth of opinion, I'd add that the difference is often how tightly focused each page you put up is. Look, your goal - beyond getting lots of traffic - is to have ads shown on your pages that are truly targeted to your topic on each individual page. Looking around the web, I see lots of pages with very generic AS ads showing. I'd bet a lot that they're the ones getting 1% or less CTR. If someone got to your site from a search engine where they searched for 'red plastic widgets' and your page is about all kinds of widgets, sure, a few will probably click your AS ads. But imagine how many more would click them if your page was all about red plastic widgets (and nothing else). They'll either buy from you, hit the back button, or click one of your highly targeted AS ads that should also be about that type of widget.

So my advice (as someone who averages well over 25% CTR on 11 sites) is to post pages that are extremely focused on one product, idea, or service. Don't stray. If you're tempted to transition into a related topic, put up another page about it! I'll bet your CTR shoots way up if you're stuck in the 1%-3% range right now." Swebbie

Traffic from Forums

2005-10-11T13:18:00.000-07:00

"... most of mine [traffic] comes from forums etc and other sites linking to me because I have some very useful unique content on a bunch of sites / subjects. And I get 100 dollars a day average, over two years with only 1200 uniques, or 3.5k page views daily.

Good useful niche unique content pays." Nitrous

Useful Unique Content

2005-10-08T14:23:00.000-07:00

"Average 3300 daily page views, and 3000 dollars monthly.

For two years.

Secret is GENUINE useful unique content on a few different subject niche / hobby sites. And I seldom add or update anything.
And google search hates me." Nitrous

Ad Placement

2005-10-03T11:19:00.000-07:00

"on the few micro sites I am running (just start up things - special interests of mine) where I have placed the ads in the left hand column, the CTR and CPM have been huge - sometimes 10 times or more my usual placements of leaderboard or right hand column - this seems to me to be the hottest spot, other than stuff right in the middle of the page or 'content'." webpro00801

Test, test

2005-10-03T11:16:00.000-07:00

"biggest pearl of wisdom i can give is the following. ...

test, test and test some more.

the google adsense hot spots are spot on .. just keep testing." OddDog

Paid Advertising

2005-09-22T18:04:00.000-07:00

"I am currently making more off of paid and offline advertising than I do with free search result placement. Sometimes with some good serps, I make more that way. But my point is if search engines die, my business will still be there and flourishing.
Without search engines, I am making just below 1,000 a day profit.

When I see those update threads I just want to cringe.... Most people put their eggs in one basket and have no one but themselves to blame for that.

Its the free search engine traffic that got me started. But I did not let it stop there. I poured a lot of that back into paid online advertising and offline advertising.

I guess the bottom line, is to make your three year plan be as if free traffic is the thing of the past. That would be my advice.

I am doing so well in affiliate marketing that I am about to jump to the other side of the fence and actually have affiliates working for me.

Bottom line: DIVERSIFY Sites and Advertising Sources." JaySmith

Diversify

2005-09-22T17:59:00.000-07:00

"As long as you diversify your sites AND your advertising sources, I can only see the money growing. You will never hear me cry in any of the SE update threads... The main reason I won't is that I treat those results as gravy." JaySmith

Watch your Back

2005-09-22T02:42:00.000-07:00

"Continue to keep one, two or three steps ahead of your competition at all times. Ride new trends, even create some new trends. Always look back in the rear view mirror because there will always be someone there to take over your spot as 'hub' of whatever." davewray

Content with Personality

2005-09-21T15:21:00.000-07:00

"Sites that put a unique spin on a topic or add personality tend to attract more repeat visitors." Margarita

Become a Niche Authority

2005-09-21T15:19:00.000-07:00

"I fell into my niche by accident. I'm at the top of the serps not by SEO, but by simply having worked on my content, become an authority in my niche and generated a lot of regular traffic. In my case there is no shortage of quality advertisers willing to bid to be on my site. I'm also an adwords avertiser so I know what the keyword normally costs, and I'm getting WAY more than that!" david_uk

Niche is Evergreen

2005-09-21T14:20:00.000-07:00

"It's my opinion that a carefully crafted niche site can run almost on autopilot, with very little, if any updating, and remain profitable for years." ken_b

A Content Source

2005-09-21T14:17:00.000-07:00

"People email me info and I add it to my site. Works great, draws a bunch of traffic, isn't really that much work. Pays modestly well." ken_b

Write Articles on the Fringes

2005-09-14T06:01:00.000-07:00

"But there may well be some aspects of your topic that are seldom discussed, or even thought about. Stuff on the fringes, stuff you might not see on every other site in your category.

Now go look at your site, are all those aspects you thought up there?

Now sit down and write, or rewrite, some relevant pages." ken_b

Good Keywords

2005-09-14T05:54:00.000-07:00

" use your imagination.

What if you were an advertiser, for what kind of clicks would you be prepared to pay money?

The answer is that advertisors are likely to pay more money for clicks from people that are ready to order their products. People that are ready to order products are people that just have been informed properly by a quality content website and are satisfied by the information they received. So my advice would be to write an online article about something you are a real expert on. Really try to write the best article on the entire Internet about this topic. Be specific and targeted. The more you focus on very specific details, the better. In the meanwhile, be sure there are enough advertisers related to this topic.

If your article is ready, publish it and paste your adsense-code. You might find your high paying keyword this way. It worked for me..." humblebeginnings

Reinvesting AdSense

2005-09-14T04:19:00.000-07:00

"All my money gets put back out to writers so they can write me more interesting articles." rj87uk

Motivation

2005-09-14T04:18:00.000-07:00

"My cheques usually go straight in the bank.

I have just got back from a holiday to Greece, Italy, Switzerland and Dubai. I had a great time thanks to Adsense.

I think it was even better that I was making money while I swam, baked and had fun in the Mediterranean sun ;)" bts111

Reinvesting AdSense Money

2005-09-14T04:14:00.000-07:00

" don't think this is quite what you mean, but my AS money goes on more and better hosting, development time, and new (photography) equipment to let my site(s) grow.

Through sound investment, all of these are really quite fun and things that I would continue to do more slowly as a public service and for fun if AS wasn't there." DamonHD

Defeat Smart Pricing

2005-09-14T04:09:00.000-07:00

"Product reviews are another goody." Atomic

Present a New Angle

2005-09-12T15:45:00.000-07:00

"You'll need to offer something different - an 'angle' in order to get noticed. When we started our site more than 5 years ago, we had a lot of content and features that weren't available anywhere else. So we got noticed, and linked to. You'll need to find something that we (and our competitors) aren't doing, if you want to make an impact.

We've got a small experimental site in another niche altogether (non travel) that earns more than 10 times as much per page view as our UK Travel site. As a result, we're currently diversifying into other things - we're finding niches that seem to have better earnings potential, and less competition.

Better to dominate a small area - and then branch out, than to fail to get noticed in a more general area." 7_Driver

Let Users Submit your Content

2005-09-12T15:28:00.000-07:00

"My site (or network of sites) is a typical example of database driven, user submitted information. The key is to arrange the info submitted by users so others can easily find what they are looking for. It is not easy and certainly not just a few hours of work / day, it is an entire process, our job actually consists in programming, organizing, categorizing, validating and further optimizing the info submitted by users (members)." zoltan

Database Driven Sites!

2005-09-12T15:20:00.000-07:00

"mine was a fluke, I had an 'in' in a specific industry, put the site online and it hit a nerve and took off like a rocket. Then it evolved over 7 years and I realized people weren't getting what they wanted easily just like they don't on the search engines so I started mining the data for them with one click search entries into the database and the search engine picked up on all these links and it just keeps escalating.

It all starts with a SUBMIT form tied to a database, my visitors actually built the database and I'm just the programmer. If you can find a way to get people interested enough to submit data to your site, you're half way to a database driven site as getting other people to do your work for you is the hard part." incrediBILL

Database Driven Site

2005-09-12T15:13:00.000-07:00

"My site is actually a database displayed as a directory but I can organize and re-organize all my data into useful lists for my visitors based on narrowing the content displaying to more specific topics. I've pre-sifted thru most of the useful keywords and search terms and made 1 link searches so visitors can get very specific things with a single click.

Although my site may be about 'widgets' you can also find lists of 'red widgets' or 'alabama widgets' or 'new york widget repair' and on and on and on. Gives me a multitude of entry points into the search engine and everyone finds just what they want in a few clicks." incrediBILL

Enjoying Feedback Games

2005-09-12T01:41:00.001-07:00

"The point is not that you need the most complex support system in the world, but that if you find ways to construct feedback systems for your writing, you'll likely find the task of writing more enjoyable, even for areas that are not implicitly interesting to you." ronburk

Enjoying Feedback Games

2005-09-12T01:41:00.000-07:00

Make Work More Enjoyable

2005-09-12T01:37:00.000-07:00

" Dividing the work to be done in different ways can have large effects on its enjoyability (e.g., 'mornings I do research and define work items, afternoons I build content to check off work items, and the last half-hour of the day is studying traffic trends.')." ronburk

Fill up the Keyword Space

2005-09-12T01:35:00.000-07:00

"you can take boring topic A and map out an initial universe of a couple of hundred search terms, and begin defining work items for each of these terms (e.g., creation of new pages, enhancement of existing pages). Instead of 'I have to write about X', turn it into the construction of detailed strategy and tactics for building content that takes over the complex keyword space (much of it lying undiscovered, initially) that topic X represents." ronburk

Write Interesting Content

2005-09-12T01:28:00.001-07:00

" basic curiosity about other human beings can translate into an interest in the wide variety of things that they inexplicably are drawn to." ronburk

Write Interesting Content

2005-09-12T01:28:00.000-07:00

" basic curiosity about other human beings can translate into an interest in the wide variety of things that they inexplicably are drawn to." ronburk

Repackage Content by Restructuring

2005-09-12T01:27:00.000-07:00

", you may be able to structure the boring material in a unique way, or spend more time devising graphical aids." ronburk

Write on Topics New to You

2005-09-12T01:24:00.000-07:00

"Writing about a different topic could be unpleasant because it's unfamiliar, and it's more enjoyable to stick to an area where you already have considerable expertise. One approach to simply be aware of that problem and structure your work as a learning project. For example, when you are learning a new topic, you are in a unique position that experts in the field have lost -- you understand exactly what things newcomers are likely to find confusing and misleading. You're in a great position to write tutorials and introductions and 'how I learned about X' pieces.

In effect, for any unfamilar topic area, you are already an expert at one aspect of that topic: the problem of learning that topic. This can help reduce the challenge of tackling new subjects to enjoyable levels." ronburk

Build Stability

2005-09-06T07:04:00.000-07:00

"For me, this is effort done largely instead of things other webmasters are doing, not in addition to. Want to spend time running a link-building campaign? I would rather form relationships with advertisers that result in very relevant one-way inbound links from what Google will likely classify as authority sites for some useful keywords. Want to spend time doing keyword value analysis? I would rather spend time analyzing which advertisers are spending the bucks and pick my keywords up right from them.

Why would I rather spend my time on this approach than the activities most commonly discussed in this forum? Because of my belief that it's exactly what the Smart Pricing system is telling me to do, and will give me more AdSense dollars for the same amount of traffic.

I think Google has been pretty clear about what behavior they're going to reward, so since I'm not smart enough to keep trying to game every new tweak in their algorithms, I would rather just work on giving them what they want. In the case of AdSense dollars, it seems clear to me that they want traffic that converts well for advertisers. In my experience with paper-based publishing, it was awfully hard to figure out what converts well for advertisers without spending some time focussing on, well, advertisers. I see no reason why AdSense should be any different in this regard." ronburk

Adsense Alternatives

2005-09-06T06:58:00.000-07:00

"If you don't think you can build the software to display text ads or process the transactions yourself then AdBrite does it for 25% of the loot, but I do it all myself and just pay the $20/mo for the payment processing service." incrediBILL

Serve Advertisers

2005-09-06T06:49:00.000-07:00

"The game of serving advertisers is what is going to increasingly separate the winners from the losers in AdSense. The losers are going to get the advertisers who aren't smart enough to figure out how to get the best ROI, and who are paying the least amount of money for clicks. The winners are going to become intimate partners with smart, good-paying advertisers (sometimes without their knowledge!), and are going to be in the camp of folks who notice their earnings and earnings per click going up." ronburk

Build More Sites

2005-09-02T01:46:00.000-07:00

"I currently run 10 sites, with #11 in the building process and not indexed yet. I've paid a few writers to write quality articles built around relevant keywords to populate the pages for each site, and I have written many more myself. It's a lot of work, but honestly, it's also a learning process. I feel like I've gone to school on many of the site topics. That's what I was getting at before: don't be afraid to get in there and research a topic, then build a site about it. Time consuming? Sure, but it doesn't have to be that big of a deal. Learn as you go. I'll focus all my time on a new site for a couple of weeks, doing basically nothing else. When I have the skeleton of that site set up, it's just a matter of filling in pages, which I do a bit at a time over a couple of months, as I'm working on my other sites as well.

Remember: most of the people looking for what your site is about are not experts either. I can't tell you how often I get emails from different people thanking me for giving them very basic (but to them, important) information on one of my sites. I think too many webmasters get caught up in thinking their site has to be the end-all be-all, the final word on this or that topic. C'mon, it's a big web, right? Don't try to be everything to everyone, unless that's what you want (and there's nothing wrong with that). Just don't think that you have to be some kind of expert on a topic to build a site about it. I think THAT is what scares too many people off and prevents them from expanding their businesses into other topics.

How did experts attain that status? Someone taught them. When you do research on a site topic, you're learning from someone else. Same thing as the experts - only you're not devoting so much time to get to the expert level. You're just packaging what you've learned and (hopefully) imparting it to others who find your site from a search engine. I remember the first site I built about something I didn't know a thing about beforehand. I was afraid it would be too simple - that people finding the site would not gain anything from it. I was wrong. Trust me, even if you do a little bit of research on the topic, what you then impart will be of major help to someone who knows nothing about it. I know because I got lots of comments about that first "know nothing" site, and most of them were 'thank you' emails from someone who took away something useful from my site. That's very gratifying, and from then on I was unafraid to build sites on topics I knew little or nothing about. Just do it!

Finally, I'll say that I think I'm reaching my limits for a one-man operation. I think about 10-12 sites will be my personal limit. At that point, I'll invest more of the profits into hiring writers and maybe a webmaster to handle the time consuming aspects of running it all. Having said that, I'm sure many others can handle twice as many sites, and some probably can't handle half as many. That's another part of the learning process - you learn your limits. Just don't let the fact that you know little or nothing about something stop you. I feel certain that it does stop too many folks who don't give themselves nearly enough credit." Swebbie

Grow your Revenue Base

2005-09-02T01:06:00.000-07:00

"There's a lot to be said for doing something well and carving out a reputation as an authority in your niche. For one thing, you'll have an opportunity to 'monetize' your content in a variety of ways--not just from AdSense. And if your content is 'evergreen,' your revenue base will grow (thereby increasing your income) month after month, year after year.

In a nutshell: There's a lot more to publishing than the Web equivalent of those weekly throwaway ad supplements that arrive on your doorstep or in your mailbox." europeforvisitors

Focus on your Cash Cow

2005-09-02T01:00:00.000-07:00

"I have a few sites but I tend to gravitate back to the cash cow as a few updates there tend to generate WAY more revenue then spending a ton of time on the less profitable sites.

I understand the need for diversification but there is also the concept of investing the most where it pays the best, just like in the stock market." incrediBILL

Manage Many Sites

2005-09-02T00:52:00.000-07:00

"You just have to take a big gulp and DO IT. Hire writers if you can't or won't take the time to learn enough to write content that will impart useful information. Once you get that first 'know nothing' site out of the way, you'll discover that you've developed a process that you can then repeat. Think Henry Ford and his assembly line. Simple idea that made him a gazillionaire. His IDEA, other people's SWEAT. No different here." Swebbie

Crappy is Short Lived

2005-09-02T00:37:00.000-07:00

"In one of the heated discussions we had before on what defines a scraper site, one proponent of scraper sites proudly boasted that he/she is on the way to 7 figure income. The poster admitted that his/her sites are crap. That was a year or so ago.

A few months (or weeks?) ago, I saw a post from the same person saying that he/she now only earns a few hundred dollars or less. The poster said that his/her site took a hit when G cleaned up crappy sites.

Crappy sites = short term
Good sites = long term

Just figure out what you want a year from now. Others may want to make hay while the sun is up and churn out dozens and dozens of crappy sites. If you're for the long haul, though, you'll stick to quality sites" alika

Ideas for New Pages

2005-08-31T04:09:00.000-07:00

"Check your logs to see the keywords that visitors are finding you with. You may be surprised with another idea for a page. Start working on another page and add it. Keep adding more pages." Sweet Cognac

Experiment

2005-08-31T04:05:00.000-07:00

"and expiriment. That is really what has helped me; expirimenting with different ad layouts, # of ads, placement, colors, etc." uhwebs

Tips

2005-08-24T01:25:00.000-07:00

"1- Have good extensive content.
2- Have a high link popularity." moftary

Many Sites

2005-08-24T01:23:00.000-07:00

"My best advice is not to give up.

In the early days I could have given up so many times. I stuck with it and now have over 30 sites.

Most importantly, I love what I do and would have done it all for free.

Don't give up!" bts111

Quality First

2005-08-24T01:19:00.000-07:00

"I'm with you 100% Freedom, I just launched my second site with that exact philosophy in mind and the traffic is rolling in nicely. I'm also noticing that people are linking to me without me even asking, they just feel that this site is a good resource to offer their visitors." petra

Quality First

2005-08-24T01:17:00.000-07:00

"Actually, if you build a great website for the benefit of mankind, the money will follow. It's a good business plan based on the 'better mousetrap' theory. These days, I worry about the quality FIRST, and then the money, because I know if I have quality, the money will work out just fine.

So far, it seems to be working as I am on track to earn $11k this month alone." Freedom

Rare Content

2005-08-24T01:14:00.000-07:00

"write on a topic you know about. it will help if there is not much information available on the internet on the topic. you will automatically start getting traffic from SE" caran1

Increasing Earnings

2005-08-22T03:54:00.000-07:00

"Mostly it's just a matter of building traffic and growing your site." shiva777

GET Links

2005-08-19T05:52:00.000-07:00

"Write 300 words on a topic related to your site's theme. Impart some truly useful information that the other guy's site visitors will like. Put a short author bio at the end, with a link to your site. Offer it to a few webmasters of sites you'd love to have a link from. Give it to them with the condition that they leave your link in place when they post it. Everybody wins. If you get a bite from a webmaster of a site you really really want a link from, offer the content on an exclusive basis. You get one-way links from great sites that are on-topic. And savvy webmasters jump all over that because you're offering something that's truly of value to them." Swebbie

Ask for Links

2005-08-18T13:44:00.000-07:00

"The link requests that I am most likely to grant go something like this.

Hi Ken;

I own (business name) business in (city/state). We sell (some VERY related product), our website is blahblah.blah

Could we get a link from your site.

Thanks

name
business name
business address
business phone
business email address

If they're site is VERY related, I usually list it. If they want to link back, that's up to them, I don't ask." ken_b

Diversify

2005-08-16T00:49:00.000-07:00

"The important issue is more could be done if you try, and in my eyes any amount of revenue earned ia another revenue stream you have coming in..

Never place all your eggs in one bucket as they say." Seo1

Slashdot Effect

2005-08-16T00:46:00.000-07:00

"$99 a day for several days, right after I was Slashdotted." CheeseburgerBrown

Traffic is King

2005-08-14T23:05:00.000-07:00

"Traffic is king brother... it's what makes the web go 'round... " wyweb

To Get Traffic

2005-08-09T15:48:00.000-07:00

"Assuming that your site has content of intrinsic value ... you should just ...

Submit your site to the ODP, try to get links from quality sites on your topic, and wait for traffic to build via search-engine results and word of mouth." europeforvisitors

Tips

2005-08-09T01:02:00.000-07:00

"1- Have good extensive content.
2- Have a high link popularity.
3- Have a 160x600 skyscraper that blends with your content in both position and colours." moftary

Link Low to High Paying Pages

2005-08-09T00:59:00.000-07:00

"Turn low-paying keywords into higher-paying keywords by replacing ads with copy that routes the user elsewhere. An example:

/widget.html displays ads that are paying about .03/click, because it's a really broad term that advertisers don't want to pay much for. However, /widget-repair.html displays ads that are paying about .75/click, because advertisers have found that people who actually click on an ad for repairing widgets are likely to turn into significant paying jobs.

So, take the AdSense off of /widget.html. Instead, design your own 'advertising' whose goal is to route the visitor to /widget-repair.html. Links like 'Wondering how you would ever get your new widget fixed?' 'Learn how much it might cost if your widget breaks.' etc.

The attractiveness of this technique depends largely on the ratio between low-paying and high-paying clicks. If the ratio is big, you have little to lose by foregoing ads in favor of trying to route the user to a higher-paying page. Of course, as usual, your ability to write copy that serves the advertiser well and other factors can greatly influence the results.

The more general rule here is to be aware of the likely payout for each page of content you create, and look for opportunities to feed traffic from lower-paying pages to higher-paying pages. If you do this from the viewpoint of getting truly qualified prospects to the high-paying advertisers (as opposed to just looking at the payouts of each page), your results will be better and longer lasting." ronburk

Adsense Placement

2005-08-09T00:53:00.000-07:00

"Adsense placement? Horizintal Adlinks at the foot of the page right after the last line of text seem to be doing quite well for me :)" send2paul

Get Traffic First

2005-08-09T00:50:00.000-07:00

"Can't let this one pass by. It's all to do with SEO. Get the people to your pages first. Worry about 'heat maps' etc later. I read somwhere that the best thing to so with a website is get it set up - and DON'T put any ads on it to begin with. Let it get 'settled'. Create links. Increase content. Then - place ads - maybe 8 months to a year later." send2paul