The Death of Adsense - Is Scott right on?

[RKramkowski]

Hi,

I'm quite new to all the inernet marketing techniques, approaches, etc. but have been learning all that I can in order to minimize the number of wrong paths I go down.

I just finished reading The Death of Adsense and based on what I've read in the past, what he writes sounds totally plausible and makes perfect sense. So, my question in getting started and, more importantly, getting started right, is Adsense one of the places to go? For those of you that have done Adsense for quite a while, have you experienced the significant drop in revenue for the same number of clicks and purchases as he describes? If so, it seems like a lot of work for a small return - that's not working smart in my book.

So for all of you Adsense gurus out there (and the rest of you that have had Adsense income in the past) - weigh in... have you experienced what he describes?

Bob

[Lynn Terry]

Hi Bob,

There's an interesting thread on the topic (of the report) here:
http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com/f ... hp?t=12463

And my recent blog post about the report, which you can find here:
http://www.clicknewz.com/178/death-of-adsense/

There is still plenty of money to be made with Adsense, and contextual advertising in general, if done right. Which means unique quality content and proper optimization.

What this report outlines, and I assume is leading up to, is alternative methods of earning money with content-based websites. I am looking forward to seeing what he has to say (or even pitch) in part two of the report.

[angelaaa]

I haven't read the free reports yet but I can tell you that my adsense reveunue has declined quite substantially over the last year or so. This month I haven't even reached the $200.00 mark and it's over halfway through. It used to be that when I checked to see how much was earned for the last seven days or so I would average well over $200.00 - that's not the case today.

But, I can tell you that even though the revenue has declined I think it's still worth it. $400.00 p/month is better than zero dollars per month. And if you are involved in other projects where you are able to earn a few dollars over time... well... that's time well spent.

Now you got me all pumped to share my earnings with my readers. I meant to do that earlier this month and for some reason forgot. So, I'm off to blog about it and will catch this thread later I'm sure.

Lynn ~ I love your forum.

Thanks you guys,

Angela

[angelaaa]

[Lynn Terry]

[angelaaa]

[Marc Meole]

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Some other tips:

1. Good quality content- you want to have repeat visitors. Give the a reason to come back.
A commom mistake is to just load up you pages with key words...don't fall into that trap. Give the visitor some value

2.Dont make you ads "stand out". Be sure to blend them into the site. Makew them look as though they are just part of the site.
A neat trick is to line up the ads under pictures.
Example: you have 3 ads displaying you line up 3 pictures next to the ads. You will see an increase just with that tip alone.

Like Lynn that was just quickly off the top of my head...there is much more. I'll post some more tips in a bit.

[angelaaa]

[Lynn Terry]

If you are interested in the Images with Adsense technique, I have more on that posted as a Quick Tip on the Midnight Marketing Snack site:



Good info