To those that are making $100+/day with Adsense..

I think the real answer is there no general rules, I have sites that are getting $200 a day with 50,000 people a day. However, have a site with 100 people a day pulling in 40 bucks.

Really, 30 visitors is super low for $1. It all depends, and really hard to say.

Would you be able to mention what niches earn such amount of money and where did you locate your ads ?

This is about as good as it gets for me and I don't get it every day. I fluctuate between $20 and $30 per 1,000 visitors. I'm in an okay paying niche, but receive about 50% of my traffic from Europe, Asia and the Middle East which lowers CPC significantly (but still well worth it).

To earn $30 per 1,000 visitors I'm fairly aggressive with ads. 98% of traffic is from social media for my biggest Adsense earner.

However, if you choose a really high paying niche, 1,000 visitors could earn far more than $30.

thx a bunch curtis for sharing this info!!:-)

Is 'annoying' visitors really the direction we want IM to go and is this the reputation us IMers really want??

And sorry, but I think this type of 'ad-spammy template' you talk about implementing is a good reason why people look at this business the way they do ........ with disdain !

USA, UK, Australia is half of the traffic.
This month I´m up to 10,700 page view and 24 EUR

Totally agree with what people are saying above.

I use Adsense to supplement other selling on my sites. An easy thing to do is setup an Amazon review site and add Adsense, that's a good way to start.

AdSense has never really been a top generator for me and once I realized that and moved on to other not-so-mainstream methods of monetization is when I turned the corner.

Think about - there is really no barrier to entry for Adsense or expertise required, do you really expect to make a ton of money?

If it helps I have found that just by having 1 banner add at the top then G sends me the highest cpc adds and general this strategy makes me more money then having loads of adds.

Also the Text Adds definitely make me more money then picture adds. I have the words color coded to the same as my site text so I guess some users think they are a way of navigating through the site.

Sure, here are a few tips that I think are important.

1. Implement Adsense section targeting.
2. Make sure you test various ad block placement options
3. Use a theme that allows plenty of space for you present your content.
4. Determine if you should run text ads only or display ads and text ads.

On many of my sites, I use the Gazette theme by Woo Themes. For me, it has been a steady performer in terms of giving a good user experience AND allowing me to place 2 ad blocks within the content, which is where 99% of my clicks come from.

I use a 468x60 below the title, and a 250x250 above the fold almost 100% of the time whenever I use the Gazette theme.

You can also now use the Experiments feature to test which type of ads are performing best in each ad block.

I hope that helps you,

Sheryl

Robert,

Thanks for your response and advice but you are making several assumptions that are simply not accurate in regards to my business. Allow me to explain:

1. But in all due respect, you seem to be putting all your eggs in one basket.

Adsense is not the only monetization program that I can run on my sites. I have had great success with other companies such as Media.net and BuySellAds, and if necessary I could switch to those companies immediately.

2. Here is the bummer. You are strictly relying on Organic Traffic.

Less than 1% of my traffic comes from Google/Yahoo/Bing organic traffic and I doubt that I would ever feel comfortable relying on a search engine to bless me with traffic that could turn off at any moment.

3. That is why people here at WF are so incessant about building a List and owning your own traffic. Do not rely on Google.

I never said that I rely on Google. In reality, I use other social media platforms, my list and my FB fan page to drive my traffic. I am not sure why you assumed that I was relying on Google but I can assure you that is not the case.

4. I am not trying to sound like a jerk but the party will not last forever. This is reality.

No party lasts forever. Especially not the one that you have mistakenly assumed that I am enjoying at the present moment. Things change in business, this is the only thing that you can count on in business.

5. I would be sure to not quit your day time job if Adsense is your only form of monetization in IM.

WOW. Yes, this was very presumptuous and also condescending. I have not had a "day time job" working for someone else since 1997, which obviously is years before Adsense was invented.

I am well aware of the risks associated with Adsense, and I choose to put my eggs in the Adsense basket because I think that while Google has many flaws, Adsense is not necessarily one of them. I abhor the state of mind of most IM'ers because it wreaks of an eventual sales pitch. On a daily basis, I don't get emails from Google about their latest affiliate attempt to make money off of me or trying to convince me to buy a product that they know I don't really need. Yes, in many ways, Google sucks. But Google doesn't try to send me to squeeze pages so that I can join someone's list of unnecessary follow-up messages. Google's basis for Adsense is simple, they "attempt" to show relevant paid advertisements that are related to what someone is currently reading/viewing on a website. I think that is a beautiful concept. I also think that concept won't work for many "marketers" because it is a concept that is more intended for content publishers. In my opinion, that is why the Adsense party ended for many people.

On a daily basis, I see million dollar companies using Adsense, so I'd like to ask you this question. If you saw a post from million dollar publisher saying that Adsense has worked for them, would you have responded with the same assumptions? Would you have assumed that your limited but successful experience with Adsense somehow trumped theirs and then proceed to let them know that there is a better way? Would you have warned them not to quit their day job because their party would be ending soon because it was only a matter of WHEN not IF it would happen? Hmm...I wonder.

Regards,

Sheryl