Any major tips for achieving consistent Adsense revenue?

Andrew Maule · 08-10-2008, 02:28 PM

I know there is basic golden rule that any idiot understands: get traffic.

But are there any other big points that one should keep in mind when approaching this (making money with Adsense). I have had Adsense on many of my sites over the years with considerable traffic combined and after 1 year going I will soon be receiving my first $100 check. That's too long. Granted I did nothing to make the money that's just pennies a day. Any golden rules for maximizing adsense potential? Thanks in advance.

Mark Brian · 08-10-2008, 02:30 PM

There must be a problem with your ad placement. Are they blended with your content?

martinp · 08-10-2008, 02:34 PM

Go with high paying niches - despite the competition it's still the only way to make any decent money, make sure you have your adsense highly visible above the fold, keep your sites very simple - dont give your visitors too many options to click on.

If you give an example of one of your sites maybe people could give you some more suggestions...

XFactor · 08-10-2008, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsleep99

I know there is basic golden rule that any idiot understands: get traffic.

But are there any other big points that one should keep in mind when approaching this (making money with Adsense). I have had Adsense on many of my sites over the years with considerable traffic combined and after 1 year going I will soon be receiving my first $100 check. That's too long. Granted I did nothing to make the money that's just pennies a day. Any golden rules for maximizing adsense potential? Thanks in advance.

More details needed:

-How many original articles do you have on your sites?
-Are they keyword rich?
-Do you add content each week?
-How do you go about building your backlinks?

- John

bndr · 08-10-2008, 02:50 PM

I would like to hear some advice too.
It's been 1 month since I started my website and so far I earned only 3 dollars. ;(
I posted about 40 articles(all unique).
I get only 40-60 people a day.
Maybe my problem is that my site is in Russian,and is concentrated on russian people.

SpeedDemon · 08-10-2008, 03:56 PM

Like the others have said: simplify your ad placement, blend the ads with your site, and get backlinks and traffic. I don't even worry about high-paying keywords when I first build a new site. (I do make sure the niche itself is profitable, of course.)

After a few months of getting decent traffic to your site, you can look at trends of what people are searching for and tweak your keywords around to better fit that.

Simon_Sezs · 08-10-2008, 04:53 PM

I wouldn't focus on high paying keywords as there is a quality score built into how much you get paid.

Instead, do your keyword homework and search for keywords within your niche that get traffic and gun to get to the first page of google. High SE engine ratings + high traffic keywords = money. That is the bottom line and the equation you should be working on...

Andrew Maule · 08-10-2008, 05:20 PM

What's the best way to find high paying keywords? This is one part of adsense that has gone straight over my head. A few of the sites I had that were getting better traffic I have put on the back burner while I started up some better sites (trial + error kind of). You can check out Gluten-Free Pizza | TheGlutenFreeFoodList.com - Gluten Free and Celiac Disease Information and News I feel the ad placement on here is pretty good, I don't know if this constitutes good placement though. Anxiously awaiting tips thanks

steveweber · 08-10-2008, 08:11 PM

There are some tools out there which estimate what areas pay and also what maximum Adwords bids are. However, they are not too reliable.

Mostly you can just look at what the ads are advertising. The higher the cost of the item or service they are selling, the higher the Adsense ad will pay usually.

Pool Pump ads will pay more than dog collar ads for example.

Andrew Maule · 08-10-2008, 09:04 PM

Ok I see, thanks a lot

captivereef · 08-10-2008, 10:06 PM

build your site arourd keywords that get 2-5 searches per day becasue they are easy to rank for and then sumbit article at a rate of 1-3 per day to the five top directories. write your articles aound kewyords that get 10-25 seraches perd day. social bookmark your site and all its pages at a rate of 1-2 per day and you should get a good stream of traffic and clicks

Mark Brian · 08-10-2008, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsleep99

What's the best way to find high paying keywords? This is one part of adsense that has gone straight over my head. A few of the sites I had that were getting better traffic I have put on the back burner while I started up some better sites (trial + error kind of). You can check out Gluten-Free Pizza | TheGlutenFreeFoodList.com - Gluten Free and Celiac Disease Information and News I feel the ad placement on here is pretty good, I don't know if this constitutes good placement though. Anxiously awaiting tips thanks

The ad placement there is the problem. It is not blended and it is an obvious ad. The best location for maximum CTR is within your content, not on side bars. Try the 250x250 and other square ad units and place then within your posts, just after the post title and watch your CTR increase significantly. As for keyword pricing, try SpyFu

Richard HAN · 08-10-2008, 11:30 PM

Here's some tips that I use. Hope it's helpful to you...

1. Build sites on ultra competitive niches.
2. Put up a few (3-5) original articles on the site.
3. Put up an optin form to build a list.
4. Put up several hundreds articles (get from directories). It's your choice whether you want to link to them.
5. Mail snippets of the articles to the list built in step 3. Use autoresponder to automate this. Don't call it a newsletter though.
6. Make sure you add adsense on all pages.

Promote... Rinse and Repeat.

You should be able to make in excess of $100 per day with this.

Mark Brian · 08-10-2008, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard HAN

Here's some tips that I use. Hope it's helpful to you...

1. Build sites on ultra competitive niches.
2. Put up a few (3-5) original articles on the site.
3. Put up an optin form to build a list.
4. Put up several hundreds articles (get from directories). It's your choice whether you want to link to them.
5. Mail snippets of the articles to the list built in step 3. Use autoresponder to automate this. Don't call it a newsletter though.
6. Make sure you add adsense on all pages.

Promote... Rinse and Repeat.

You should be able to make in excess of $100 per day with this.

Interesting strategy. Do you rewrite the articles you get from directories and do you make them accesible publicly?

kcgeorge · 08-11-2008, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard HAN

Here's some tips that I use. Hope it's helpful to you...

1. Build sites on ultra competitive niches.
2. Put up a few (3-5) original articles on the site.
3. Put up an optin form to build a list.
4. Put up several hundreds articles (get from directories). It's your choice whether you want to link to them.
5. Mail snippets of the articles to the list built in step 3. Use autoresponder to automate this. Don't call it a newsletter though.
6. Make sure you add adsense on all pages.

Promote... Rinse and Repeat.

You should be able to make in excess of $100 per day with this.

Nice strategy.I am working on a site that will be hosting Adsence too.However,i wanted to know if you did make $100 per day with only a site or if you've got more than one site.

Richard HAN · 08-11-2008, 01:43 PM

imb

No, I do not rewrite the articles that I got from directories. And, I do not make them accessible publicly. By that, I mean I don't link to them whether in my articles or sitemap. The only way any human gets to them is via the snippets in my newsletters.

kcgeorge

No, I did not make my $100 per day via Adsense on 1 site. What I mean is... It's possible to make $100 per day with only 1 site with adsense but unless you have huge traffic (new and recycled), it's gonna be difficult.

I do have sites making close to that though. But, it's not $100 per day per se. Rather, once the income is average out over the entire month, it's close to $100 per day.

Think a combination of Adsense + other onsite monetization + list marketing etc.

Bishop81 · 08-11-2008, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard HAN

Here's some tips that I use. Hope it's helpful to you...

1. Build sites on ultra competitive niches.
2. Put up a few (3-5) original articles on the site.
3. Put up an optin form to build a list.
4. Put up several hundreds articles (get from directories). It's your choice whether you want to link to them.
5. Mail snippets of the articles to the list built in step 3. Use autoresponder to automate this. Don't call it a newsletter though.
6. Make sure you add adsense on all pages.

Promote... Rinse and Repeat.

You should be able to make in excess of $100 per day with this.

That's exactly what I'm attempting with my new site. Step 5, though, you say to not call it a newsletter. What do you call it, then?

Richard HAN · 08-11-2008, 11:27 PM

I just offer an ebook when they sign up for my list. Then, on a weekly basis, I just send them an email telling them "a new article has been posted" followed by the article title and snippets in the email body. Don't mention anything about newsletter in the email as then it would be a breach of Adsense TOS.

On the article page itself, it is just a normal article page. Just a title, adsense block and then the article content. Plus, maybe a new optin form to cross promo your other newsletters. If you use wordpress, this is managed easily.

Hope this helps.

.

LivingCovers · 08-15-2008, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard HAN

Plus, maybe a new optin form to cross promo your other newsletters. If you use wordpress, this is managed easily.
Hope this helps.
.

Great tip there Richard. However, i don't quite understand the 'new optin form' you mentioned. Does that mean you'll have to set up another optin form on the same page in your site to cross promote your other newsletters? What about the optin form that captured your previous subscribers? Where'll that be placed?

Loads of questions, right!

Thanks.

105724 · 08-15-2008, 07:09 PM

to mrsleep99

Here's a link to a keyword tool for volume.
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
here's a link for price
High Paying Adsense Keywords for mortgage

I think thats what you were looking for.

and ps, here's my webs ite, - www.wealthmatrixreview.com

flashgordon · 08-16-2008, 10:49 AM

Great tips, I've just started some of this and it seems to be working with the opt-in form. Good idea on not calling it a newsletter. I just say "updates".

entrepenerd · 08-16-2008, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imb

The ad placement there is the problem. It is not blended and it is an obvious ad. The best location for maximum CTR is within your content, not on side bars. Try the 250x250 and other square ad units and place then within your posts, just after the post title and watch your CTR increase significantly. As for keyword pricing, try SpyFu

I have to agree with IMB on this one. Your ad placement and ad type are the problems. Most visitors have become blind to banner ad styles. I would try to stay away from Adsense ads other than the text-only version. Also, you need to integrate the ads directly into your content. Go with a large square or rectangle format that is the first thing in your article. 250x250 would be good or 336x280 (although it may be a little too large for your current theme), and make the text of your article "float" around the ad. You should also try to incorporate and ad unit at the bottom of your article as well.

Make sure that you don't go over your allotment of ad blocks per page. You'll probably need to remove the sidebar ads when your adding in the new blocks into the content.

mrmcd · 08-17-2008, 08:43 PM

Absolutely!!!

Build a list and keep bringing your subscribers to quality articles with Adsene. (You're welcome to check out my signature for a free 25 minute where I explain it in detail)

leekhinc · 09-03-2008, 03:00 AM

I have alot of adsense blogs with single post.

Sometimes I get click from these blogs that I created years ago. And the traffic is free.

What I noticed was the domain name plays an important role on how google ranks you.

If you blog url is weightloss.blogspot.com, I am sure you will get alot of traffic.

VinceNouvel · 09-03-2008, 03:35 AM

Read Joel Comm Book, The Adsense Code. They cover all the stuff from ad placement, etc. I do recommend you to spy on some other website that also monetize their web using adsense. Esp those big guys who earn a lot from adsense. Cheat from his web page, how did they put things together. You might learn something on the way. This is how I optimize mine...

08-10-2008, 02:28 PM	#1
Andrew Maule Articles-Written.com War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, USA Posts: 1,883 Blog Entries: 6 Thanks: 79 Thanked 206 Times in 52 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Any major tips for achieving consistent Adsense revenue? I know there is basic golden rule that any idiot understands: get traffic. But are there any other big points that one should keep in mind when approaching this (making money with Adsense). I have had Adsense on many of my sites over the years with considerable traffic combined and after 1 year going I will soon be receiving my first $100 check. That's too long. Granted I did nothing to make the money that's just pennies a day. Any golden rules for maximizing adsense potential? Thanks in advance.
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08-10-2008, 02:34 PM	#3
martinp HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 284 Thanks: 2 Thanked 23 Times in 1 Post	Go with high paying niches - despite the competition it's still the only way to make any decent money, make sure you have your adsense highly visible above the fold, keep your sites very simple - dont give your visitors too many options to click on. If you give an example of one of your sites maybe people could give you some more suggestions...
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08-10-2008, 05:20 PM	#8
Andrew Maule Articles-Written.com War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, USA Posts: 1,883 Blog Entries: 6 Thanks: 79 Thanked 206 Times in 52 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	What's the best way to find high paying keywords? This is one part of adsense that has gone straight over my head. A few of the sites I had that were getting better traffic I have put on the back burner while I started up some better sites (trial + error kind of). You can check out Gluten-Free Pizza \| TheGlutenFreeFoodList.com - Gluten Free and Celiac Disease Information and News I feel the ad placement on here is pretty good, I don't know if this constitutes good placement though. Anxiously awaiting tips thanks
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08-10-2008, 08:11 PM	#9
steveweber Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Southard, Oklahoma, USA. Posts: 630 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 6 Thanked 61 Times in 33 Posts	There are some tools out there which estimate what areas pay and also what maximum Adwords bids are. However, they are not too reliable. Mostly you can just look at what the ads are advertising. The higher the cost of the item or service they are selling, the higher the Adsense ad will pay usually. Pool Pump ads will pay more than dog collar ads for example.
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08-10-2008, 09:04 PM	#10
Andrew Maule Articles-Written.com War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, USA Posts: 1,883 Blog Entries: 6 Thanks: 79 Thanked 206 Times in 52 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Ok I see, thanks a lot
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08-10-2008, 02:30 PM	#2
Mark Brian Spartan Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: PH Posts: 689 Thanks: 56 Thanked 60 Times in 36 Posts	There must be a problem with your ad placement. Are they blended with your content?

08-10-2008, 02:50 PM	#5
bndr Still Learning Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 43 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I would like to hear some advice too. It's been 1 month since I started my website and so far I earned only 3 dollars. ;( I posted about 40 articles(all unique). I get only 40-60 people a day. Maybe my problem is that my site is in Russian,and is concentrated on russian people.

08-10-2008, 03:56 PM	#6
SpeedDemon Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: California Posts: 51 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Like the others have said: simplify your ad placement, blend the ads with your site, and get backlinks and traffic. I don't even worry about high-paying keywords when I first build a new site. (I do make sure the niche itself is profitable, of course.) After a few months of getting decent traffic to your site, you can look at trends of what people are searching for and tweak your keywords around to better fit that.

08-10-2008, 04:53 PM	#7
Simon_Sezs BlueFart in a WH World Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 347 Thanks: 2 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	I wouldn't focus on high paying keywords as there is a quality score built into how much you get paid. Instead, do your keyword homework and search for keywords within your niche that get traffic and gun to get to the first page of google. High SE engine ratings + high traffic keywords = money. That is the bottom line and the equation you should be working on...

08-10-2008, 10:06 PM	#11
captivereef Senior Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,574 Thanks: 0 Thanked 49 Times in 33 Posts	build your site arourd keywords that get 2-5 searches per day becasue they are easy to rank for and then sumbit article at a rate of 1-3 per day to the five top directories. write your articles aound kewyords that get 10-25 seraches perd day. social bookmark your site and all its pages at a rate of 1-2 per day and you should get a good stream of traffic and clicks
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08-10-2008, 11:30 PM	#13
Richard HAN Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 517 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Here's some tips that I use. Hope it's helpful to you... 1. Build sites on ultra competitive niches. 2. Put up a few (3-5) original articles on the site. 3. Put up an optin form to build a list. 4. Put up several hundreds articles (get from directories). It's your choice whether you want to link to them. 5. Mail snippets of the articles to the list built in step 3. Use autoresponder to automate this. Don't call it a newsletter though. 6. Make sure you add adsense on all pages. Promote... Rinse and Repeat. You should be able to make in excess of $100 per day with this.
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08-11-2008, 01:43 PM	#16
Richard HAN Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 517 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	imb No, I do not rewrite the articles that I got from directories. And, I do not make them accessible publicly. By that, I mean I don't link to them whether in my articles or sitemap. The only way any human gets to them is via the snippets in my newsletters. kcgeorge No, I did not make my $100 per day via Adsense on 1 site. What I mean is... It's possible to make $100 per day with only 1 site with adsense but unless you have huge traffic (new and recycled), it's gonna be difficult. I do have sites making close to that though. But, it's not $100 per day per se. Rather, once the income is average out over the entire month, it's close to $100 per day. Think a combination of Adsense + other onsite monetization + list marketing etc.
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08-11-2008, 11:27 PM	#18
Richard HAN Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 517 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I just offer an ebook when they sign up for my list. Then, on a weekly basis, I just send them an email telling them "a new article has been posted" followed by the article title and snippets in the email body. Don't mention anything about newsletter in the email as then it would be a breach of Adsense TOS. On the article page itself, it is just a normal article page. Just a title, adsense block and then the article content. Plus, maybe a new optin form to cross promo your other newsletters. If you use wordpress, this is managed easily. Hope this helps. .
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08-15-2008, 07:09 PM	#20
105724 RJW-NZ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hobbit Homestead, New Zealand. Posts: 132 Thanks: 9 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Any major tips for achieving consistent Adsense revenue? to mrsleep99 Here's a link to a keyword tool for volume. https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal here's a link for price High Paying Adsense Keywords for mortgage I think thats what you were looking for. and ps, here's my webs ite, - www.wealthmatrixreview.com
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08-16-2008, 10:49 AM	#21
flashgordon HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rocky Mountains Posts: 234 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Any major tips for achieving consistent Adsense revenue? Great tips, I've just started some of this and it seems to be working with the opt-in form. Good idea on not calling it a newsletter. I just say "updates".
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08-17-2008, 08:43 PM	#23
mrmcd Marketing Innovation Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Australia, Finland (currently) Posts: 314 Thanks: 14 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts Social Networking	YES Absolutely!!! Build a list and keep bringing your subscribers to quality articles with Adsene. (You're welcome to check out my signature for a free 25 minute where I explain it in detail)
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leekhinc Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 60 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Any major tips for achieving consistent Adsense revenue? I have alot of adsense blogs with single post. Sometimes I get click from these blogs that I created years ago. And the traffic is free. What I noticed was the domain name plays an important role on how google ranks you. If you blog url is weightloss.blogspot.com, I am sure you will get alot of traffic.
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09-03-2008, 03:35 AM	#25
VinceNouvel HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 228 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Any major tips for achieving consistent Adsense revenue? Read Joel Comm Book, The Adsense Code. They cover all the stuff from ad placement, etc. I do recommend you to spy on some other website that also monetize their web using adsense. Esp those big guys who earn a lot from adsense. Cheat from his web page, how did they put things together. You might learn something on the way. This is how I optimize mine...