Lots of Traffic, no Earnings

Well, it's difficult to say without seeing your site. What sort of keywords do people use to find you?

What keywords are people using to find your site?

What type of Adsense ads do you have on your site?

What is your CTR?

Without more information (or seeing this site) this question is impossible to even attempt to answer. With those traffic numbers you should be able to earn much more than you are. Could tweak adsense colors, formats, locations of ads, try other ad networks, get leads, etc...

I've PMED all 3 of you, I'm not sure I'm allowed to post my website here.

Thanks

Sorry,
LARRY

I can't PM you I've got a limit or something... :/

No problem buddy. Careful what kind of info you put out in public... Adsense has some strict policies regarding this. On another note, I can tell you if you get the monetization right with 600 people coming to your site daily, you can earn some cash. Something else to consider, you can also get paid for leads which sometimes means simply capturing an email address, zip code or something simple like that and companies may pay you $1 or more in some cases. Just something to think about.... Adsense isn't the only game in town.

Seen the site and yes i think you will make a lot of money from it.

The biggest thing that usually leads to a breakthrough in situations like yours is answering a simple question:

- WHO are the people who come to your site, and WHAT do they really WANT?

Apart from that, here are my observations:

After looking at your site, here is what I think

- There were just a couple of ads, so I'm assuming that you've taken the Adsense off. Otherwise the placement of the ads could be part of the issue

- You could possibly charge for the App review service - but that link is broken so I'm not sure how it works.

- Before you chose your keywords, did you check how much they would pay out, even if people click?

- Finally, it may be that you have chosen a market that is not very "click conducive". Not all markets are created equal.

- Your site could also do with a bit more personality. The writing at the moment is a bit impersonal. Plus, your article titles could do with a lot of improvement.

They need to engage the reader, make them curious. Again, what do your readers really want to read? What would make them want to come back?

What would cause them to talk about what they read on your site?

Just relating the technical stuff is not enough.

Here is a common misconception: people think that the more traffic you get, the more money you make. Actually this is only true if:

- You have high quality, motivated traffic
AND
- You have something they are really looking for.

Well, when you start a business you should ALWAYS do at least basic research to find out the earning potential.

The good thing is, you have learnt a lot of important skills like getting traffic - in fact a lot of people would like to learn how you did that. You can actually make some money from that.

As far as selling the site is concerned, ultimately it's your decision - it's not even clear whether or not it will make you money.

You'd definitely have to rework a lot of things - the content may be good for search engines but it's not the strongest for your visitors.

So weigh your options - the least you can do is to put in ads within the content itself. Just do a Google search for ad placement suggestions.

You can easily get an Adsense plugin, place the ads in the articles see what happens after a week/month.

But yeah, you should probably put your skills to a more profitable market - but do your research first!

whats your niche? did you try pay per impression? there must be a way to monetize any traffic even if its porn or gambling lol

My first course of action would to be to build a list.
Second I would work on bonding that traffic and cut down bounce rates such as allowing comments.
Third you might try contextual links in your content to affiliate offers. Here you don't drastically change the Aesthetics of your site.

I wish I could see your site to be able to structure my comment better. But first I will suggest you quit google adsense and see what those audience really want. How do they get to your site. Which keyphrase lands them on your site. Check your traffic stats.

You can profit from any audience, even if what they want is free stuffs. There are several CPA on free stuffs. I won't waste my time with adsense.

Lateef

why is he banned?

Your ad position is likely to be at the wrong place.

Simple. Join a CPA network and get email submit banners there. They do not have to buy to make money. You get paid per lead. However, read careful their guidelines and requirements, especially the allowed methods to send traffic, because they can shut you down.

With Adsense you get paid pennies. However, if more traffic comes to your website it tends to multiple. But for 600 visitors a day, CPA would work best.

Chris

Hi all,

Warrior forums banned me for Private messaging?

Also, I'll PM you all my site + email so you can contact me.

Guru_Marketing, I'm going to look at CPA thanks alot for the suggestion )

I'm confused how CPA can help me, as its Cost Per Action? This is going to be worse for me? If they're not even clicking an Ad, surely they wont complete an action?

I have the same problem as the OP. I get 500 UV / day - 78% from the traffic is organic. I'm trying to earn with AdSense, but until now I only earned a few pennies.

I am also building a list, but most of the people don't sign up. Should I try a CPA network?

What can I do, change the ad network?
My visitors don't click on the ads nor do they subscribe. I'm in the blogging niche.

OP has been banned..

I work for Lunarpages.com and we see spammers always hit sites with fake traffic and seems like its legit.

-Lunar Ninja

Try testing ad placement. I usually go for header, in the post, and in the sidebar.

And once you have a CPA sites to promote then go to FB and make a Fun page then gather more likes to earn money.

I sent you a message. Please respond and I will give my Adsense placement advice for your website.

Like others have said. Ad placement and color will improve your odds of people clicking on ads. I run a website that also gets thousands of visitors a day, and simply moving the Adsense around makes a huge difference.

Erm it is strange if you have so much traffic coming to your website but you are not making any money from Adsense. There are lots of very good content in this thread If I am you and I have a website that focus on just one topic, I will build a list from it so that I will have more control of the traffic as I can email them whenever there is a new post on the website.