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Why do people who monetize with Adsense buy domains?

by Tre81
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I was recently browsing this forum and notice there are many people who either had a decrease in rankings or have had their Adsense account banned altogether.

It would seem to me if your business model is to use Adsense, it would present a lot less risk to use a free blogger instead of buying domains and hosting only to lose everything when big G swings the gavel. I've read about far too many people who were making a full time income from Adsense and then the next day....POOF! It was all gone.

I know a lot of people are going to respond with " you own the site and content" but if your method is monetizing a site with Adsense, then it seems that "owning the site" really isn't that important at all.

Lately, I've been reading several other sites and I've noticed guys building "churn and burn" sites but they minimize the risk by using Blogspot, Hubpages, or Squidoo.

This method just makes more sense to me.

I guess this question is presented more towards you mid level to high Adsense earners.Am I just flat out wrong for thinking this way are there some hidden benefits I'm overlooking here.

So for all of you guys with 30 or more sites, tell me what you guys think.
#adsense #buy #domains #monetize #people
  • Profile picture of the author mikelmraz
    Originally Posted by Tre81 View Post

    I was recently browsing this forum and notice there are many people who either had a decrease in rankings or have had their Adsense account banned altogether.

    It would seem to me if your business model is to use Adsense, it would present a lot less risk to use a free blogger instead of buying domains and hosting only to lose everything when big G swings the gavel. I've read about far too many people who were making a full time income from Adsense and then the next day....POOF! It was all gone.

    I know a lot of people are going to respond with " you own the site and content" but if your method is monetizing a site with Adsense, then it seems that "owning the site" really isn't that important at all.

    Lately, I've been reading several other sites and I've noticed guys building "churn and burn" sites but they minimize the risk by using Blogspot, Hubpages, or Squidoo.

    This method just makes more sense to me.

    I guess this question is presented more towards you mid level to high Adsense earners.Am I just flat out wrong for thinking this way are there some hidden benefits I'm overlooking here.

    So for all of you guys with 30 or more sites, tell me what you guys think.
    The monthly cost of a single site is negligible. Owning a site gives you the freedom to choose your content and monetization methods. You can also sell the site in the future, which brings up the value of your whole 'business'. The upside is much more than the downside.
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    • Profile picture of the author wtatlas
      If Google bans your adsense account then you won't be able to make money from adsense no matter what type of website you have, free or otherwise. It is your account that is banned, not a website.
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      • Profile picture of the author JamesHellwig
        Originally Posted by wtatlas View Post

        If Google bans your adsense account then you won't be able to make money from adsense no matter what type of website you have, free or otherwise. It is your account that is banned, not a website.
        That's a scary thought.

        I often think AdSense is the last resort of income. If selling your own products, banner space or promoting affiliate programmes isn't making money only then do you need to add AdSense (I do have a couple of sites with AdSense on myself for the record).
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      • Profile picture of the author Tre81
        Originally Posted by wtatlas View Post

        If Google bans your adsense account then you won't be able to make money from adsense no matter what type of website you have, free or otherwise. It is your account that is banned, not a website.
        Which sort of validates most of my point. Using this business model(Adsense), I just couldn't justify spending money when google has that type of power over my business.

        White-hat, ethical websites, are getting banned daily without even so much as a response from Google as to why. In a way, you have to adopt the "get all you can before you're banned" attitude the black-hatters have when referring to Adsense.

        Its just demoralizing to see numerous publishers hard work destroyed by algorithms, which I doubt most of Google employees could explain themselves.
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  • Profile picture of the author Meharis
    Originally Posted by Tre81 View Post

    I was recently browsing this forum and notice there are many people who either had a decrease in rankings or have had their Adsense account banned altogether.

    It would seem to me if your business model is to use Adsense, it would present a lot less risk to use a free blogger instead of buying domains and hosting only to lose everything when big G swings the gavel. I've read about far too many people who were making a full time income from Adsense and then the next day....POOF! It was all gone.

    I know a lot of people are going to respond with " you own the site and content" but if your method is monetizing a site with Adsense, then it seems that "owning the site" really isn't that important at all.

    Lately, I've been reading several other sites and I've noticed guys building "churn and burn" sites but they minimize the risk by using Blogspot, Hubpages, or Squidoo.

    This method just makes more sense to me.

    I guess this question is presented more towards you mid level to high Adsense earners.Am I just flat out wrong for thinking this way are there some hidden benefits I'm overlooking here.

    So for all of you guys with 30 or more sites, tell me what you guys think.

    Tre81,

    One way to get around that issue, will be having your own site, with your
    own product and driving traffic to your site without being G dependent.

    Meharis
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    • Profile picture of the author Tre81
      Meharis, I agree whole-heartedly. I was sort of just playing devil's advocate by saying that with Penguin and all the other algorithm games Google plays, I would hate to have to find another means of monetization for 30, 50, or even 100 sites if I solely built them to utilize Adsense.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alex Mensah
        Originally Posted by Tre81 View Post

        Meharis, I agree whole-heartedly. I was sort of just playing devil's advocate by saying that with Penguin and all the other algorithm games Google plays, I would hate to have to find another means of monetization for 30, 50, or even 100 sites if I solely built them to utilize Adsense.

        You can always try and sell off the sites and then put your thinking cap back on so see other avenues you can profit from instead of adsense.
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  • Profile picture of the author run
    That's why the most repeated and bored phrase happen to be written again and again; "Don't put all of your eggs in one basket".

    That's a doubt for the people who use Adsense as their business model.
    I don't know why if sites purposely build for Adsense, and Adsense account was banned; the sites will be trashed!
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    I just wanna tell you that most of the links in the signature are trash and/or a trap to make you pay!
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  • Profile picture of the author hipeopo02
    most people who get banned blame the banner. it's lack of understanding of how to go about doing what they want to do that is the problem not the domains.
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    • Profile picture of the author rapatterson
      Having your own site gives you future options in case Adsense doesn't pan out, but the traffic is there for that niche.
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  • Profile picture of the author gabibeowulf
    Just because you're using blogspot, hubspot or squidoo it doesn't mean it's better. You can end up working on your lenses or whatever, just to see them shut down. You don't have any control over it.

    And that's not the only risk... what if Squidoo receives a Google penalty and all the content is devalued?

    And if you're using revenue sharing sites that don't require your publisher id.. your account may be protected, but you're splitting the money.

    The "churn and burn" approach to Adsense sites doesn't work anymore.

    -Gabriel
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    I always like to control as much of my business as possible....

    As soon as you need to base your business on the success of another business that is the weakest link!

    Owning the domain is just one way of securing the future of your business

    Danny
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  • Profile picture of the author cpwebsite
    Most of the time people don't lose there site and rankings if they built them up fairly in the first place. If you bought a bunch of backlinks or use software built ones and expect to get away then you may lose all your income. But if you provide quality content and do manual marketing (forum posting, blog commenting) and build up your backlinks over time, there is a lot smaller chance of being hurt by Google.
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