I think over the last few entries in this blog, it’s been a bummer of a trip. I’ve not really meant it to be that way - it was just the way I felt at the time if you will. I guess frustration had set in and I’m totally not really happy with the way Google Adsense has been working on my sites, bummed about the lack of traffic to a few of my sites. Not this one mind you - I’m totally lovin’ you guys who come by regularly… *kisses*. But I will admit I was in a bit of a funk.
I’ve come to realize that Google is a big player in the blogosphere/website world. I’ve come to realize that it doesn’t really perform very well on my sites. That may be in part to the fact that I don’t have tons of traffic yet coming into some of those sites and that will obviously be detrimental to clicks… d’uh - no brainer there. But I’m trying to rack up my $100 dollars from them before I switch over to something else… maybe back to AdBrite or CrispAds - I need to find a quality CPC engine. Because even though Google hasn’t been raking in the bucks - I’ve consistantly made “something” with them - while my CPA campaigns have been rather “few and far between” in sales. When I make a sale… I do a little jig because I make more in one sale than I do for a whole month with my CPC friend Google. Again that is partly because of the lack of traffic.
So what do I have to do - get more traffic - and I “want” to do it organically - through real search engine results or people who search because they really want to read about what I have to say. Makes sense right? I have tried buying my traffic for a few sites, and honestly I’ve had zero return on my investments. The only cool thing I’ve had happen when I’ve bought traffic - is people LOVE the free stuff. They’ll sign up, and then go away. I never see them again - get the free stuff and move on. I do it too - I don’t blame them. But it’s frustrating. I know now that I need to make a couple of my sites “sticky”. Now to find that “sticky” stuff to make them come back over and over - until, lets say that they finally buy something.
I’ve heard that a prospective buy has to view the item 6 times before they actually make the purchase.
Is that true? It’s starting to look that way for some of my sites.
So I’m going to keep plugging away at my sites, adding the content / products daily if possible. See where it takes me and hopefully this month I have a fabulous Google Adsense experience and I can make my $100 (which is something like $40 dollars away… ) and start trying out other CPC engines that have a lower payout rate.
Later gators!
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November 9th, 2005 at 2:33 pm
keep your head up empress!
I’m not sure how much traffic you get here, but assuming you get a few visitors (unlike my current site lol :-), a couple constructive notes maybe (keep in mind I don’t know what I’m talking about):
If you do get a visitor via google they are more than likely arriving at a permalink page like this one. If I look around the only add i see here is a small text link add for “free ipod mini”…
Now if this were my site I would consider dropping a “large rectangle” google adsense box “centered” directly after your content instead of the ipod thing.
I only suggest this becuase the one site I have with significant traffic (eh average 300v/day) my earnings went from 10/month to 30/month overnight with this change, but everybody’s got a story right? lol Point, there’s no compelling or noticable add for me to click here to begin with, they only appear to me on your homepage.
Good Luck!
November 9th, 2005 at 3:28 pm
What a fabulous idea! Make it big and in your face
I’ve been tinkering around trying different ways to spice up the $$ for this site… and maybe that’s what I need - instead of blending stuff together, making it apart of the site… maybe a more “in your face” approach might work.
It’s worth a try
And thanks for the input - I really appreciate it!
November 11th, 2005 at 12:11 pm
Empress, I’ve been having the same struggles with Adsense too. The funny thing is, my traffic has picked up overall, with the bulk of the increase coming from Google - and my CTR has just plummeted!
So I’ve decided from now on to not worry too much about Google traffic on sites where the bulk of the income is coming from Adsense. I find MSN visitors are great, and then Yahoo. Not sure if you’ve found this to be your experience, too.
Anyway, hang in there. I always find that I’ll feel down for a few days, with nothing happening, and then I get a sale, or an unexpected check in the mail, or have a raving mad and wonderful Adsense day. Chitika has also been working well for me, too.
November 14th, 2005 at 10:05 am
Thanks BJ… I totally appreciate the feedback - and knowing that I’m not the only one having struggles with Adsense. I’m hoping that with the christmas holidays coming up soon that things will pick up sales/adsense wise. I’m also going to push the Chitika ads a bit more and see what happens.
November 26th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
I have only made a total of 42 cents with my Google adsense. I think my main problem could be with advertising. Do you know anything about blogspot and any that has made money.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:39 am
I’m not too sure myself how Blogspot does in terms of making money with adsense. How long has your blog been live? It might depend on the traffic you’re bringing into the site - you need A LOT of it, or a really high paying keyword or two to make the clicks worthwhile.
You might want to try expanding out on your advertisers. Try other PPC companies (Bidvertize, AdBrite, etc) and see what happens. You might eventually want to get off blogspot and get your own domain name.
Those are just a couple of ideas for you. If you try something different - let me know, I’d love to hear how you’re making out online