Follow me to $100 a day in Adsense in 3 months from 1 blog

[bannor32]

Blogger is a good platform to dip your toes, but as Steve said if you want to build your business it is much better to own your online real estate than to risk having all your hard work disappear at the whim of someone else. Wordpress is also far more customizable with literally thousands of plugins to help you build the site you want.

[Jeffrey Evans]

I've only made it to Page 8 of this thread, so excuse me if this has already been covered.
One of your publications states that:

"Note that Google has limits as to how many Google ads can be used on your page! On one page, you may have three ad units, two search boxes, one link unit, and two referral units."

Somewhere I saw the complete display of possible block sizes, or at least for the ad units, but can't find it again. I don't know if it was on Google or in one of the many pamphlets that come with your book. Can you point me to it?

I'm just beginning a layout in a Wordpress theme, and am somewhat baffled by how to account for the eventual Adsense components, which will necessarily shift stuff around.

Should the Max Banner Ads plug-in be used first, before any content goes in, and if so, does that mean there will be obvious voids in the site while building up some traffic before signing up with Adsense?

Also, from your description above I'm not quite sure whether all the elements described are Google related. For example, the Theme I've started with has a search box, although I assume it's just for the site itself. So, is that counted as one, or does Google take that over, or are they talking about two entirely new search boxes they supply in addition to the one that's there?

Does any of this have anything to do with other marketing companies? In other words, does Google count referrals from all sources, or just their own?

Last, I think, there don't seem to be any rules regulating links to commercial sites from within the text of an article, or did I miss something?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

Other people do use blogger and make money but you have to ask yourself whether you want to build your virtual real estate on a system that could pull the plug on you at a moments notice. For me, wordpress is by far the best system to use.

[bgmacaw]

Originally Posted by bannor32

Blogger is a good platform to dip your toes, but as Steve said if you want to build your business it is much better to own your online real estate than to risk having all your hard work disappear at the whim of someone else.

Don't kid yourself. It can happen even with "self-hosted" WordPress. A hosting company can go out of business or have a massive system failure. A host can cancel your account for exceeding bandwidth. A domain registrar might decide you're a spammer or lose your renewal payment or something and drop your domain.

[Steve Crooks]

Of course but it is about lessening the risks and self hosted wordpress and playing within the rules is by far and away the best option.. At least it is for me anyway.

Originally Posted by bgmacaw

Don't kid yourself. It can happen even with "self-hosted" WordPress. A hosting company can go out of business or have a massive system failure. A host can cancel your account for exceeding bandwidth. A domain registrar might decide you're a spammer or lose your renewal payment or something and drop your domain.

[Steve Crooks]

Hi Jeffrey,

Your Google Adsense account has a page full of the various different ad types you can use. There is a link on your adsense setup page.. https://www.google.com/adsense/stati...AdFormats.html

The max banner ads plugin does a good job of positioning. It doesn't matter so much about putting spacers in to help you with seeing where the adsense blocks will be, you can worry about that later. If you feel it would help then you could always place images in the positions you envisage just so you can get an idea. Also, if you want to use the bigger adsense blocks then you have to ensure that your wordpress theme has enough space for them to fit, just keep that in mind when you are designing your layout.

The search box should be replaced by googles search box (if you want to use it). The seach functionality is configurable by you on the adsense search setup page.

I am not sure I understand your last question but I assume you are referring to whether your content can include links to other commercial companies and stay with the Adsense TOS? Yes, you can link to who you like but just make sure they are "good neighbourhoods". You are ultimately responsible for who you link to.

Originally Posted by Jeffrey Evans

I've only made it to Page 8 of this thread, so excuse me if this has already been covered.
One of your publications states that:

"Note that Google has limits as to how many Google ads can be used on your page! On one page, you may have three ad units, two search boxes, one link unit, and two referral units."

Somewhere I saw the complete display of possible block sizes, or at least for the ad units, but can't find it again. I don't know if it was on Google or in one of the many pamphlets that come with your book. Can you point me to it?

I'm just beginning a layout in a Wordpress theme, and am somewhat baffled by how to account for the eventual Adsense components, which will necessarily shift stuff around.

Should the Max Banner Ads plug-in be used first, before any content goes in, and if so, does that mean there will be obvious voids in the site while building up some traffic before signing up with Adsense?

Also, from your description above I'm not quite sure whether all the elements described are Google related. For example, the Theme I've started with has a search box, although I assume it's just for the site itself. So, is that counted as one, or does Google take that over, or are they talking about two entirely new search boxes they supply in addition to the one that's there?

Does any of this have anything to do with other marketing companies? In other words, does Google count referrals from all sources, or just their own?

Last, I think, there don't seem to be any rules regulating links to commercial sites from within the text of an article, or did I miss something?

Thanks.

[bgmacaw]

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

Of course but it is about lessening the risks and self hosted wordpress and playing within the rules is by far and away the best option.. At least it is for me anyway.

I agree that it is best to have your own domains but I also think people greatly over-exaggerate the potential for problems with Blogger.

Blogger is a cash cow for Google so it's not going anywhere. You just have to play within their rules and avoid things that cause the anti-spam bot's to lock your blog. Even when they do, it's pretty easy to get it back.

Overall I find it's a good option for people who're short on cash and want to bootstrap a niche blogging business.

[Steve Crooks]

I do use blogger but I prefer to think of those blogs as feeder sites. I don't monetise them or anything but they do serve a purpose for attracting visitors to a well optimised article and then feeding them through to my main money site.

Originally Posted by bgmacaw

I agree that it is best to have your own domains but I also think people greatly over-exaggerate the potential for problems with Blogger.

Blogger is a cash cow for Google so it's not going anywhere. You just have to play within their rules and avoid things that cause the anti-spam bot's to lock your blog. Even when they do, it's pretty easy to get it back.

Overall I find it's a good option for people who're short on cash and want to bootstrap a niche blogging business.

[linclad]

bgmacaw,

Thats good advice!!

I hosted 8 sites on hostmonster, I was using very little bandwidth and one morning I woke up and ALL the sites were down, when i called support they said the boss pulled the plug, no explanation!!

All of the sites were wholesome sites so be wary!!

[linclad]

By the way, well done Steve!!

[Steve Crooks]

Just a quick update on the european cruise blog.. I have just noticed a big increase in Adsense earnings today up to around $40 so far, I will write a full report as to why this is on my 100 bucks challenge blog..

[abs007]

Ive come back and read this thread 3 times now. Not start to finish because there are so many pages. I think im gonna give it a go from start to finish and note down some of the amazing points that you mention.

Great thread

[debtfreehispanic]

I'm with you Steven, nothing beats building your blogs with wordpress.

[efrontiers]

Will be waiting for that report Steve, Thanks a lot.

[efrontiers]

Steve, I thought you will be offering a boot camp for adsense with actual earnings. When will this happen? I bought your ebook and is writing articles right now but I don't know where I am heading. My cpc for the specific keyword is just $2.18 but its search volume is 90,500 and competition as I typed the keyword (between two quotes) in google is less than 30,000. I rank in the 13th page so far in Google. What do you think of my future with keeping on doing some backlinking and posting more?

[Steve Crooks]

Hi efrontiers,

The bootcamp is coming but as I got started on the materials, it has kind of taken a new and better direction. It is going to concentrate more on building successful websites and monetization (including Adsense). The materials are taking me a lot longer than I had hoped but I want this to be the best.

Originally Posted by efrontiers

Steve, I thought you will be offering a boot camp for adsense with actual earnings. When will this happen? I bought your ebook and is writing articles right now but I don't know where I am heading. My cpc for the specific keyword is just $2.18 but its search volume is 90,500 and competition as I typed the keyword (between two quotes) in google is less than 30,000. I rank in the 13th page so far in Google. What do you think of my future with keeping on doing some backlinking and posting more?

[bannor32]

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

Just a quick update on the european cruise blog.. I have just noticed a big increase in Adsense earnings today up to around $40 so far, I will write a full report as to why this is on my 100 bucks challenge blog..

Has the revenue continued to increase the past few days? With your dramatic jump in the SERPs are you now getting near your $100/day goal?

[Steve Crooks]

Half way there.. It has been increasing day by day over the last few days. I need to start promoting my site for a number of other "big" keyword phrases and build up the traffic and income that way now as well. I will also dripfeed more and more content which will each target a new keyword phrase also.

Whenever you hear someone talk about growing your site organically, this is essentially what it means. Just keep building good content focusing on good keyword phrases and then get your backlinks out there on many good websites to promote them.. Rinse and repeat.

Originally Posted by bannor32

Has the revenue continued to increase the past few days? With your dramatic jump in the SERPs are you now getting near your $100/day goal?

[pixelcrafter]

Dear Steve,

have you run your adsense bootcamp yet ?

I want to join in.

Please give me some details.

Best Wishes,
Pixel.

[Steve Crooks]

It hasn't happened yet, and I will keep everyone informed about when it will open. I am sorry about the delay but I want it to be right.

Originally Posted by pixelcrafter

Dear Steve,

have you run your adsense bootcamp yet ?

I want to join in.

Please give me some details.

Best Wishes,
Pixel.

[John Blaisdale]

I've just been skimming over this thread and I must say that your results are pretty impressive. I have yet to utilize AdSense as a form of income but I plan to in the near future with a new health related website.

There are definitely clear advantages to using AdSense in order to generate income and it has the potential to be somewhat "passive" over time.

[cienik]

i made 119$ with my brand new blog in 2 month , not bad huh

[pixelcrafter]

Dear Steve,

I'm happy that you want to run the adsense boot camp.
Please allow me to ask questions.

What are the differences between your cash cow ebook with the boot camp?

Do people who buy your cashcow ebook but don't join your adsense boot camp will earn the money from adsense ?

Thanks.
-Pixel-

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

It hasn't happened yet, and I will keep everyone informed about when it will open. I am sorry about the delay but I want it to be right.

[pixelcrafter]

Are you using the same strategy which were explained in this thread ?

Originally Posted by cienik

i made 119$ with my brand new blog in 2 month , not bad huh

[han55]

amazing !!!, that's I want to talk with you steve !!!

[aaajane]

If you're half way there, this means you're at $50 a day and that's not too shabby. Well done, Steve!

Look forward to following this one.

[moralde]

Steve, you're the man! I'm gonna follow these guidelines because they make sense. Thank you for your very generous effort. And Congratulations! As far as my opinions are concerned, you are a great success!

[Steve Crooks]

Of course you can still make money but the bootcamp will be the next best thing to personal coaching plus many other benefits which I will announce when it is finally ready.

Originally Posted by pixelcrafter

Dear Steve,

I'm happy that you want to run the adsense boot camp.
Please allow me to ask questions.

What are the differences between your cash cow ebook with the boot camp?

Do people who buy your cashcow ebook but don't join your adsense boot camp will earn the money from adsense ?

Thanks.
-Pixel-

[pixelcrafter]

Dear Steve ...

Can you give me the rough price estimation of the bootcamp ... so I can save some money from now

-Pixel-

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

Of course you can still make money but the bootcamp will be the next best thing to personal coaching plus many other benefits which I will announce when it is finally ready.

[Steve Crooks]

I haven't worked it out yet but it will be scaleable based on experience level. Sorry for the vagueness but I need to work out my monthly costs that will be involved first..

Originally Posted by pixelcrafter

Dear Steve ...

Can you give me the rough price estimation of the bootcamp ... so I can save some money from now

-Pixel-

[Steve Crooks]

Just a quick update on the progress of the european cruise blog.. It seems that my main target keyword phrase European Cruises has stabalised on the first page of Google, some countries higher than others. Of course you can never take for granted that a site will stay where it is forever but I just want to outline why it has got to the position it is in now and earning good income.

1. Got backlinks from some of the higher page rank sites that already linked to various sites in Google's top 10 for the keyword phrase European Cruises.

2. Set up accounts on some high PR websites with backlinks and anchor text of European Cruises.

3. Articles on Ezine taken up by various blogs.

4. social bookmarking

5. Link exchanges with other sites already listed on Google for the phrase European Cruises.

The next phase will be to target other highly searched phrases and get onto page 1 of Google for those. Phrases like Mediterranean cruises and Norwegian cruises. I believe this will then push the blog up to my goal of $100 a day. Once again, no time limits any more but I will get there.

[pixelcrafter]

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

3. Articles on Ezine taken up by various blogs.

Dear Steve ,

How to do it ?

Thanks
-Pixel-

[pxmedia]

hi,

thanks for a good information related to adsense, i will follow this.....

thanks..........

[Steve Crooks]

You just need to make sure that the articles are good to read and also reasonably popular. Take a look at the popular articles over at ezine and then base your articles on them.. I don't mean copy them either, just take a note of the subject matter and how they are composed.

Originally Posted by pixelcrafter

Dear Steve ,

How to do it ?

Thanks
-Pixel-

[bgmacaw]

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

You just need to make sure that the articles are good to read and also reasonably popular. Take a look at the popular articles over at ezine and then base your articles on them.. I don't mean copy them either, just take a note of the subject matter and how they are composed.

It's also a good idea to put in keyword oriented opening and closing paragraphs like...

While I was looking into booking a Mediterranean cruise this summer I ran across this interesting article about it. I thought I'd share this interesting European cruise information with you today. Enjoy!

<ezine article with attribution>

I thought that the author really covered how to book a Mediterranean cruise quite well although I would have liked to have seen more details about their site seeing in the Greek Isles. What did you think? Was this good info on Mediterranean cruises for you?

This helps insure an open and close paragraph with the keywords you're targeting and boosts the natural feel for the article and why it's on the blog.

[Steve Crooks]

I certainly use the opening and closing paragraph when I am using someone elses article on my site. It is a great way of making the article "fit" onto a website and helps get ranking ahead of other sites that use the same article.

Originally Posted by bgmacaw

It's also a good idea to put in keyword oriented opening and closing paragraphs like...



This helps insure an open and close paragraph with the keywords you're targeting and boosts the natural feel for the article and why it's on the blog.

[faridaziz]

Hi Steve,

I see that your blog made it to Google Top 10
for the keyword "european cruises".

Congratulations!

I followed this thread when you first started with
this incredible project, but then stopped for about
a month...

So, have you reached your goal of making $100 a day
with this blog?


Farid

[Steve Crooks]

Not yet, I am about halfway there though. I am now targeting other highly searched keyword phrases with my backlinking campaign and I hope they will push it up to $100 a day.

Originally Posted by faridaziz

Hi Steve,

I see that your blog made it to Google Top 10
for the keyword "european cruises".

Congratulations!

I followed this thread when you first started with
this incredible project, but then stopped for about
a month...

So, have you reached your goal of making $100 a day
with this blog?


Farid

[Steve Crooks]

I have just been analyzing the traffic patterns of my European cruise blog and noticed an interesting thing. My web traffic is always at it's highest on Mondays and at it's lowest on Sundays! I guess those Monday morning blues at work get people surfing for cruise vacations!

[32paul52]

Just a quick notice - well done steve for the effort- your example to those looking for the "quick buck"

[cool]

Well done steve , i read your book "cash cow guide" to do with adsense , and I'm strongly considering your lead , even though I''m not technically minded

[Steve Crooks]

Give it a go, it is the best and only way of finding out what you are capable of. I can help with any technical issues plus there is a wealth of info and help here on the warrior forum.

Originally Posted by cool

Well done steve , i read your book "cash cow guide" to do with adsense , and I'm strongly considering your lead , even though I''m not technically minded

[bbnet]

Good job, i have just built my blog. I will I will be following your way.

[AffiliateMax]

Originally Posted by blzw

Hi Steve! Is it better to use a Wordpress or blogger? Can your method work using either?

Interesting article here:

"If you want your blog to do better in Google’s search results, Matt Cutts recommends WordPress. According to a presentation Google’s Webspam captain gave at WordCamp San Francisco, Word Press takes care of about 80-90 percent of SEO mechanics.

The presentation, which spans 50 pages, is available at Cutts’ blog in Google Docs or PowerPoint. http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-for-bloggers/ Other than how WordPress helps automatically, Cutts gave tips about how to get a blog to rank better in Google. The two biggest ones are be relevant and be reputable."
Full article at:
Cutts Explains How Blogs Can Rank Higher In Google | WebProNews

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[seobro]

SADsense is funny, today I was on digitalpointless and people were saying goSADy iz crookz, goSADy iz badz, and SADsense has an ad on top with a huge picture of MANica Patrick. HEY, way to go SADsense!

[WallerBlog]

Steve,

I just flipped through all 35 pages of this thread and I must say that even though you didn't make your goal of $100 day, you have still built a site with earnings that that most people would be jealous of. You now have an autopilot site that nearly earns enough to make a mortgage payment. That's nothing to scoff at.

Best of luck to you!

[faridaziz]

Hi again Steve,

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us and it's wonderful to see that
you keep replying our comments and questions...

I have another question and it's about your "Create Article" strategy.


I noticed that you persuade people to write articles for your blog and share
the Adsense revenue. And I personally think that this is a GREAT idea!
So here are my questions:


1. What script are you using for this purpose?

2. How's the performance (numbers of writers joined, traffic increase, etc)?

3. Do you use the writer's Adsense ID for ALL the ads on the article's page?
Or do you mix them with your own Adsense ID?

4. I guess not all articles submitted will be published, right?


Thanks for answering


Farid

[Steve Crooks]

Hi faridaziz,

I have used a content manager plugin that comes with my firepow membership but I have actively used it as such so I cant give you any stats for it. I don't know of any similar plugins but I have no doubt that there is some.

Originally Posted by faridaziz

Hi again Steve,

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us and it's wonderful to see that
you keep replying our comments and questions...

I have another question and it's about your "Create Article" strategy.


I noticed that you persuade people to write articles for your blog and share
the Adsense revenue. And I personally think that this is a GREAT idea!
So here are my questions:


1. What script are you using for this purpose?

2. How's the performance (numbers of writers joined, traffic increase, etc)?

3. Do you use the writer's Adsense ID for ALL the ads on the article's page?
Or do you mix them with your own Adsense ID?

4. I guess not all articles submitted will be published, right?


Thanks for answering


Farid

[Steve Crooks]

Yeah, I saw the presentation as well, it looks quite interesting what Matt Cutts is indicating. It proves what we have known all along about wordpress being a great blog platform.

Originally Posted by AffiliateMax

Interesting article here:

"If you want your blog to do better in Google’s search results, Matt Cutts recommends WordPress. According to a presentation Google’s Webspam captain gave at WordCamp San Francisco, Word Press takes care of about 80-90 percent of SEO mechanics.

The presentation, which spans 50 pages, is available at Cutts’ blog in Google Docs or PowerPoint. Straight from Google: What You Need to Know Other than how WordPress helps automatically, Cutts gave tips about how to get a blog to rank better in Google. The two biggest ones are be relevant and be reputable."
Full article at:
Cutts Explains How Blogs Can Rank Higher In Google | WebProNews

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[pixelcrafter]

Dear Steve,

I want to ask you about few things:

1. I plan to build a site which automatically embed the videos from youtube and install the adsense code there. Am I allowed to do this based on the Google Adsense TOS ?

2. I also plan to track my data with the program called "site tracker". Am I allowed to do this?
So I can get the details of my ads performance

Kindly give me some explanations.

Thanks
Pixel.

[Steve Crooks]

To my knowledge there is no problem with using a site tracker like that so long as you don't alter the Adsense code in any way.

Think long and hard though about automatically adding videos from Youtube as this potentially could violate the Adsense TOS. Videos are subject to copyright like other types of content and any reports of DMCA infringements can be reported to Google resulting in possible sanctions of losing your account. https://www.google.com/adsense/suppo...en&answer=9892

I personally wouldn't use any automated system for adding content unless I know what the content is and that I am allowed to use it without breaking any rules. As always though, do your own research into this as well.

Originally Posted by pixelcrafter

Dear Steve,

I want to ask you about few things:

1. I plan to build a site which automatically embed the videos from youtube and install the adsense code there. Am I allowed to do this based on the Google Adsense TOS ?

2. I also plan to track my data with the program called "site tracker". Am I allowed to do this?
So I can get the details of my ads performance

Kindly give me some explanations.

Thanks
Pixel.