My Adsense Earnings Are RIDICULOUS!

[Johnny O]

That doesn't sound right to me unless your traffic is coming from junk sources. if it's coming from search engines or articles your earnings should be much better than that, no matter how untargeted your pages are.

Today I've had only 30 page views on a site I've done nothing for in weeks other than write a single article and I've made 4.50 so far and it's only 9 am. What is your page layout looking like?

The only time I've ever seen such low returns out that kind of traffic is when the traffic source is poor quality.

Originally Posted by mongo22

Hi guys, just joined the site. Love the information you are providing. Good conversation. My blog is 4 months old, but I average about 1000 views a day. It hasn't translated to much profit. I make about $1 or less a day and was thinking about dumping Adsense after I get my first $100 check. I'm up to about $94. I changed the location of my ads & from what I'm reading, I probably need to work on my keywords.

Thanks for all the information. I'm hoping I can use it to better monetize my site. My primary goal is usability & as little user irritation as possible, but also would love to make a few more bucks along the way.

[ebizza]

For Warriors on the forum wanting to earn lots of money with adsense:

How I make 15K a month at AdSense - Black Hat Forum

[Heuristic]

My Adsense earnings used to vary from 2 cents to $2 per click. I eventually got rid of the really cheap clicks by only displaying one ad/page. Although my CTR took a bit of a dip, I started earning more per click. That was 4 months ago and it has remained steady.

As an added bonus, my blog now looks less cluttered and more appealing.

[viryabosmith]

Originally Posted by justifyleo

I am slowly building my adsense dollars too and these tips are all great. I just switched to image.

Will appreciate tips on how to convert to image/text
Thanks,

[Mrs S]

Originally Posted by opportunitiesaplenty

Try making your headlines red instead of the more traditional blue. I got an statistically significant increase in CTR from this.

I changed mine to red a few weeks back and CTR fell through the floor - I always thought that red was a colour to avoid on line as it's hard to read. Interesintg how you experienced the opposite effect.

[Mrs S]

Originally Posted by viryabosmith

Will appreciate tips on how to convert to image/text
Thanks,

Head into the manage ads section and select the ad you want to change and you can then select image only text only or a mixture of both as Google sees fit.

[Boonee]

Coz,
Haven't heard from you in a while. Just wondering how your site is doing?

Happy New Year,
Bridget

[cozandeffect]

Originally Posted by Boonee

Coz,
Haven't heard from you in a while. Just wondering how your site is doing?

Happy New Year,
Bridget

Hi Bridget,

The site's earnings still hover around three dollars per day, which I think has to do with the fact I've been writing new pages for the site, but not building backlinks.

I have over 240 pages of content, and about 200 have been indexed.

There seems to be a balance between creating new content and building backlinks that I've yet to figure out. For now I'll just keep creating content, and use Angela Edwards backlinks (which averages out to one new link every day).

While it'd be nice to see more money rolling in, I figure if I just stick to the basics, it'll work itself out.

Best,

Coz

[Boonee]

Coz,
Thanks for the update and stick with it! Please let us know when you break through the $3 barrier. I know you will.
Also, I was wondering has your traffic increased or is it still about the same?

[locke]

This sounds like a very interesting approach, I will try it and report back.. People should remember to push their own advertising, the goal should be to eventually ditch adsense for higher paying corporate sponsorships!

[Glassjaw009]

I too had the same problem with Adsense at one point in time. It looks like your traffic is probably fine. Adsense is a strange beast in that it's EXTREMELY dependent on your niche and it's commercial representation out in the field. Here are a few scenarios that lead to a low CTR.

- Non-Relevant Ads

- Lack of Advertisers

- Bad Placement

- Lack of Commercial Intent in your keyword.

Hope this helps!

[DarkTangent]

I do not know what the current discussion is on the topic but i would like to ask that what are you doing in terms of ad optimization on your page. To my knowledge if you can manage to get the traffic the clicks should come.

A part of the traffic always clicks the ads, what ever is going on the page.

Thanks

[valiantbearded]

As I mention earlier than, I don't want to quote the correct traffic number. The setup is a simple two column site with the adsense below the title.

[richa1291]

Hi, i got banned by adsense, how do i start again