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Should I Sell My 1800 Monthly On Flippa?

by RatRaceWatch
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I will not list the website in order to comply with the rules of the forum, but here are the details:

I have a website that recently made over $1800 last month via adsense.

I've recently added lead generation, and the site is beating websites in the SERP for the main keywords that have sold for $30,000 - $40,000.

The issue I'm having is google recently disabled ad serving for this particular site, I have yet to figure out why, and even though my adsense is still active and I have sent in an appeal, I'm trying to decide whether I want to just let it go.

I'm not sure if the disabling is set on the website which means the new owner inherits the disabled for adsense domain until it complys to the policies that they did not specify.

It's a tricky situation, but it's starting to make some great money with the lead generation.

So my main questions are, can you sell a website like this on flippa (google adsense adserving disabled), what would you have to specify? And do you think I should sell it (I don't know how much it would devalue the site because of this), or should I wait a month for google to respond.

Thanks!
#1800 #flippa #monthly #sell
  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Flippa buyers love Adsense sites, so having a site that is Adsense banned is not a plus. If you make money consistently from the list and can prove it, you can just list that income, but I doubt that Google will enable Adsense for a new site owner on the same site.
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  • Profile picture of the author RatRaceWatch
    Know any good alternatives for medical niche sites?
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  • Profile picture of the author michaelcorvin
    You may want to look for alternate ways to monetize the site..obviously you are getting traffic...find another way to use it.

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  • Profile picture of the author RatRaceWatch
    To Michael: Well thats the point, I can't find anything coming close to the earnings of adsense.

    Miguelito: There is nothing wrong with medical sites. I believe you are referring to pharmaceuticals.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexander K
      Originally Posted by RatRaceWatch View Post

      Miguelito: There is nothing wrong with medical sites. I believe you are referring to pharmaceuticals.
      I had a site many moons ago that dealt with sexual health issues. That's medical in nature, but google told me (despite there being a lot of adsense ads on the subject), that I couldn't run any adsense on it.

      So, google can find things wrong with medical sites (especially if it deals in sexual health).
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    To Alexander:

    It's medical training, I am 100% positive it's not the niche.

    I wish google had a customer service department, instead of just throwing me off a cliff, I would have been happy to work with them. The weird thing is I have other sites set up exactly the same way yet their ad serving wasn't disabled.
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  • Profile picture of the author ronaldmd
    Don't sell it. I think you just need to change the ad for adsense alternative.
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  • Profile picture of the author RatRaceWatch
    Any suggestions for adsense alternatives or CPA offers that are phlebotomy related? Thanks all.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexander K
      Originally Posted by RatRaceWatch View Post

      Any suggestions for adsense alternatives or CPA offers that are phlebotomy related? Thanks all.
      Ouch.. checked the networks I'm on. Found a medical supply company, but it was only for sales. Not seeing much else related.

      I imagine visitors come for the content and information? Could put up a couple CPA zip/email offers and see what happens. $1,000 Walmart GC, Free Lap, etc. Maybe some of the offers would appeal to your traffic.

      Be a total shot in the dark, but might work?
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    If you konw what is working, why not try to get it to 3200 a month by upscaling and outsourcing...and then sell it for extra.
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  • Profile picture of the author RatRaceWatch
    To celente: Because it has been disabled for adsense, hard to find good alternatives. Until google responds and tells me what the heck is going on, and believe me when I say, if thats the kind of message I initially get from them, with a vague message, my hopes are not high that this response will be good.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Perry
    I think someone mentioned CPA. There's gotta be some offers related to your niche on some CPA networks. You could also try selling ad space to others in the same niche.

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  • Profile picture of the author guitarjosh
    I think CPA is about the only alternative you have and judging by the post before mine, it doesn't look good. You may have to consider creating a new phlebotomy clickbank product. . Kind of surprised Google kicked you to the curb, regarding AdSense, for this site. I just went and checked it out and it's a great looking site... and PR3 at that (also like the Education theme). I see you have amazon on there.. no luck there, I guess?

    Strangely, I found one on flippa that is a pr3 and claiming even more earnings... and though it went unsold, the adsense is still active on that site. I'm pretty sure you're aware of the site though.. as your site seems modeled after that site.

    As for selling/transferring the site, AdSense won't be allowed on the site without an appeal.. even from the new owner, so full disclosure is a must. I've picked up 2 domain names over the last year that had previously been banned with regards to AdSense and when placing ads on them, they simply just didn't show and through a lot of emails/digging on 1 of the sites, I found out that was the reason why. I never pursued the reinstatement thereafter though.. as I'd rather not have the big G looking over any site of mine with a fine toothed comb.

    Kind of a bummer situation for you as it stands. Hope you find a solution that you can prosper with.
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  • Profile picture of the author HigherPrThanGod
    My brother has worked in leads for years. I do the SEO sites and I let him try to get the lead clients - I can't talk to those people and don't know how to. He does. So we split comissions.

    Really what you need to do is to find out WHAT companies are advertising on Adsense for your niche/phrases and see if you can contact them to push the potential for your domain. But their may not be much. Even if it is profitable, the lead buyers might be too stupid to understand the value of your domain or they'll stiff on you on the price. It's hard to find that PERFECT client.

    Good luck.
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    • Profile picture of the author RatRaceWatch
      To Josh:

      Thanks for the reply, I am aware of all those sites out there, I monitor flippa frequently. I sent in an appeal to google, but from everything I've read, dunno how it is going to go down.

      The problem is, I would be very happy to be a compliant publisher, wish someone would of went through with me the issues so I could of corrected it.


      Here is the violation message I received for my main page:

      VIOLATION(S) FOUND:

      It is important for a site displaying AdSense to offer significant value
      to the user by providing unique and relevant content, and not to place ads
      on auto-generated pages or pages with little to no original content.

      Your site should also provide a good user experience through clear
      navigation and organization. Users should be able to easily click through
      your pages and find the information they are seeking.

      Please review Google's Webmaster Quality Guidelines (
      Little or no original content - Webmaster Tools Help ) for
      more information.


      Now I tried to break this down:

      They said provide unique/relevant content:

      My content is well written and unique, checked for plagerism via copyscape and plagerisma.net (since I had an article writer), and read over and over for typos.

      So wheres the violation there?

      They said placed ads on auto-generated pages:

      Nope, I have no auto-generated pages (that can't be it).


      Pages with little to no original content

      Again, content is original, quantity is debatable, I know in the grand scheme of things 15 articles isn't an incredible amount, but sites using the same theme as me with just as many or less still have their adsense, and honestly I never wanted to oversaturate with articles in the first place. And 15 articles is too little, wouldn't it make sense to have disabled ads on all the sites with 15 or less which didn't happen and state in their policy your site must have a minimum of i dunno 25 pages?

      Easily click through your pages

      Now this is a no brainer, it's a very simple layout, there is no problem with any pages and clicking through.

      Verdict: I have no idea what google wants, thats why I sent a professional reply saying the message was too vague, I needed them to clarify. But the very fact I didn't get a 3 day warning, and just immediately disabled my ads makes me feel they don't need me :0


      I want to thank you all personally for your suggestions, I hope they keep coming. Believe me when I say, I realize the mistakes in this market (all the eggs in one basket), and adsense is technically our customer so they can do what they want.

      It just is disheartening when you are making that awesome money and it disappears. I've got the SEO and site-building process down, so I'll keep it strong so I can watch the lead generation, I'll probably put some CPA offers as long as they don't make the site look crappy, and I might focus on building some powerful amazon sites who knows. :0

      Sidenote: It's weird because when I got adserving disabled, it was at 2:36pm on 12/9, I have other sites that are with the same thing, built the same way, some with even less articles, and they were not disabled.

      But the weirdest thing is I have been training a friend, he has a site very similar to mine, layout, tools, etc., and we are not connected in any way, and he received the same message at 2:36pm which was very very strange.
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  • Profile picture of the author RatRaceWatch
    To HigherPR:

    Ty for the suggestion, I actually have been looking at some of those schools contacting their advertisements.

    Is anyone aware of any part of the adsense agreement, that bans you from contacting advertisers that use adsense for your other sites with adsense not on it (or ad serving disabled).

    I don't want to get sued here :0

    Thanks,
    Ryan
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  • Profile picture of the author Ben_R
    personally - i reckon should google would let you back in - they are v reasonable and generally from my own exp v gd to genuine h working bloggers-

    also i'd sell asap ---- unless the site could be longer term and you dont need teh cash -

    im saving for a vpa and office stuff so could do with cash

    gd luck
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