Written on October 3rd, 2007 at 02:10 am by Darren Rowse
Why I Don’t Use AdSense on ProBlogger Anymore
One question that I’ve been asked regularly since launching of the redesign of ProBlogger is ‘why don’t you use AdSense any more?’
AdSense has been used by bloggers almost religiously to monetize their blogs over the last few years. It’s for good reason too - many bloggers make a lot of money from AdSense - however it doesn’t work well on every blog and bloggers should consider their options and experiment with a variety of other income streams to see which works best for them.
Without this experimentation you could be limiting your earning potential.
While AdSense remains my equal highest income earner from blogging on my other blogs (here’s how I make money from blogs) - I decided to remove it here on ProBlogger for a number of reasons - this video explains more of why.
139 Responses to “Why I Don’t Use AdSense on ProBlogger Anymore”
InvestorBlogger
October 3rd, 2007 2:40 am
Thanks… That’s three prominent bloggers I know who have ditched Adsense… wonder who else?
I’ve had very poor results on Adsense on all except my first page. I removed it because it just didn’t do much $2 per month!
Why bother?
Kenneth
MillionDollarJourney
October 3rd, 2007 2:42 am
Great video Darren. Out of all your blogs, which blog works the best with Adsense?
Michael Martine
October 3rd, 2007 2:45 am
If you’re in the metablogging or problogging field, AdSense just won’t do much for you, I’ve found, and for the reasons you say, Darren. It works much better if your blog is about specific things (things which are bought and sold online).
What you bring up about other advertisers distancing themselves from bloggers who run AdSense is interesting. AdSense has become a kind of “lowest common denominator” method. It does look cheap. We have developed chronic AdSense blindness.
The thing to really remember is that while it may pay you a little money and cost advertisers only a little money, in the end it’s really only good for Google. I never liked the “black box” it operates in, where you have no idea how much you’re not getting — you only know what Google decides to pay you.
Great video! Love the videos.
InvestorBlogger
October 3rd, 2007 2:47 am
Yep, I enjoyed the video! Would be nice to have some comparison data to make your point! But well thought out comments.
Jeremy Steele
October 3rd, 2007 2:50 am
I’m not a big fan of Adsense for 2 reasons, #1, for my blogs it usually generated zero results, and #2, Adsense is used on splogs all the time and Google never seems to remove it - I’d rather not be associated with something like that.
Dom
October 3rd, 2007 3:08 am
One of the things that I don’t like about AdSense at the moment is the way Google tends to “experiment” with the design (randomly putting “show more…” type links and lists of categories in, for instance.
I’m currently “phasing out”AdSense. I still have them, but other ad sources (particularly selling ads directly) now make more money than than AdSense.
Darren - I know you’ve done a post about how to do an “About Us” page - how about a similar one on how to do an “Advertise With Us” page - and how to work out what rates you should be charging?
JoLynn Braley
October 3rd, 2007 3:11 am
I remember a post you wrote in the past re: “blogging about blogging” not working well as a topic for Adsense. This is the first that I’ve heard of Adsense cheapening a blog, that’s interesting. There’s obviously a visible difference between a splog and a blog, and I never thought Adsense made a blog look cheap, perhaps I’m just used to seeing it.
In my own experience, Adsense does ok in the health category, but I think it’s important to remain open minded and test out new income streams.
Brad V.
October 3rd, 2007 3:13 am
Interesting post Darren! I’m glad you brought this up because I have been rethinking using Adsense on my own blog. For one thing, it’s not performing very well at all. I’m getting a few clicks a month which add up to about $1. At the rate I’m going, it’s going to take years to get my first check from them.
I’ve also hearing more and more negative things about Adsense and their business practices. Many bloggers have reported working hard to earn that first $100, and then for no reason, Adsense drops them and they don’t get paid.
So right now I’m in the process of looking for a new form of advertising for my blog.
Chino Yray
October 3rd, 2007 3:24 am
Adsense do well for me. Especially since it shows related links to my blog or to the niche of my blog. However, of course there are times that Adsense only gives me less than 1$ a day.
Darnell Clayton
October 3rd, 2007 3:30 am
Adsense does fairly well for me. Not enough to retire, although I am getting a decent check every month (which helps pay for some of the bills).
In my opinion, Adsense works the best around tech blogs and medical sites that are VERY specific in their field.
Example: Instead of starting a blog about social networks, I simply decided to start one on a very popular one outside of the US owned by Google (called Orkut).
The blog does fairly well in AdSense, although on my other weblogs, the affiliate links seem to be kicking butt.
Market Matador
October 3rd, 2007 3:49 am
Unfortunately, AdSense does just well enough. I must admit that it doesn’t payout very well, but $30-50 a month in revenue is a necessity. I wouldn’t be able to run the website, nor have the motivation to do so, without some sort of reimbursement/payment for my time. If I could sell a few 125 x 125 ads, I would gladly have those take the spot of Google’s AdSense.
Nice vid,
-Sam from MarketMatador.com
Donald Mckenzie Jr
October 3rd, 2007 3:52 am
This was a great video. I had a feeling that putting adsense on a blog like this would not do very well as others. A large percentage of people visiting this blogare familiar with the ads themselves. Good move. Keep up the great work man.
Alex
October 3rd, 2007 3:55 am
Darren I do have a question. I know you’re making more now that you switched away from AdSense, but what do you use to scale how much you re-sell ads for?
For example on a website I run I have 2 major ad spots (filled by AdSense currently). Last month the first one made me $864.01. If i were to sell this directly to an advertiser, should I bump it up to $1000 for the month, or more or less?
Meg Meyer
October 3rd, 2007 4:02 am
The soundclip at the beginning of the vid made me giggle. ;)
For Center Of Muse - My main aim with the advertising on the blog is for the blog to pay for itself. So, I can do that without being ultra-aggressive.
I have one very thin adblock immediately under my header, and another big one in the footer. That’s about it for Adsense.
Though, I heard rumors that Google is starting to penalize those that don’t put a “nofollow” on advertising links. Not sure how much credence to give Google rumors.
I run one CJ block & a few experiments, but the majority of my sponsorship is from PayPerPost. And yet, I still only average about one targeted sponsored post per month. I don’t believe in accepting any paying sponsor that comes my way. It has to fit.
I’m going to be experimenting with private ads, in the next couple of months. Selling inexpensive sponsorships where one fee buys a month almost everywhere I write. Good value for the advertiser and I get to try out privatizing. Win - Win - what could be better?
Sincerely,
Meg
Jack
October 3rd, 2007 4:03 am
I’ve heard a couple of other people mentioning that using adsense has affected how other advertisers view their blog. I am currently thinking about using adsense, but my blog isn’t about problogging, and the topics I talk about are quite varied. I wonder if this would be more of a help to getting revenue?
Matt Jones
October 3rd, 2007 4:05 am
AdSense works really badly on blogs with readers who know what it is. That is why I too made the switch to private advertising.
Michael
October 3rd, 2007 4:07 am
Good post on why you removed Adsense. I think you are correct about how Adsense does not perform as well as before anymore. Each day more and more people know about Adsense. Readers like us are very aware of Ads and we are less likely to click on them. I don’t even remember the last time I clicked on an Adsense or any other contextual advertisement. My brain is just ignores the ads anymore. I can’t even see it anymore unless I think to myself, “Let me see whats is showing in Adsense”.
Rob Malon - Automating Websites
October 3rd, 2007 4:07 am
You’re very right, it depends on the nitch. But it also depends on the placement.
You may however see some benefit from at least one ad (and a rearrangement of them). I wrote an article on how to take advantage of the highest CPM’s from adsense a while back. I’ve tested this on a few nitch sites that receive close to 5000 visitors daily. Hope it helps.
http://www.robmalon.com/multiple-adsense-banners-cost-money/
Blog Opinion
October 3rd, 2007 4:09 am
I agree with darren . Going for adsense on your blog is not very important. You should always look for better income stream which one is better. Always look for better.
Gusti
October 3rd, 2007 4:10 am
I have been using Pay Per Post to monetize one of my blogs and I must say that the earnings are satisfatory.
I recently signed for adsense, but I’m not sure if I can get some money with that.
BONTB Monetize Your BLog
October 3rd, 2007 4:13 am
Darren,
I was wondering my self why you removed it but then again thinking that your design isn’t that good for adsense at all. I mean it is for 300×255 between the posts but not on sidebar etc….
I will remove adsense from my blog as well once I receive enough advertisers, but untill then it is no.2 resource to make money.
I just posted my monthly income for September.
http://www.bontb.com/2007/10/september-income-for-bontb/
JoLynn Braley
October 3rd, 2007 4:16 am
I second Dom’s question….”how about a similar one on how to do an “Advertise With Us” page - and how to work out what rates you should be charging?”
Kiltak
October 3rd, 2007 4:16 am
I only use adsense ad blocks on posts that perform really well search-engine wise.. so ads only appear on old articles.. this has two advantages:
1- The blog has a cleaner look
2- My readers are not annoyed by my blatant commercialism
prasanga
October 3rd, 2007 4:37 am
What’s up Darren? For me adsense is not making much yet. I got to get more traffic to make some money.
thanks. Great post.
Jason
October 3rd, 2007 5:01 am
I’ve never had any success with AdSense on a “tech-savy niche blog” like you said, but I get a great CTR for my guitar blog. And those ads are way down at the bottom of each page.
I’ll say that I have made more with AdSense than any other program, but I’m looking forward to working some affiliate programs the right way.
UNMATCHABLE MARKETING
October 3rd, 2007 5:37 am
Great video. I guess he took out adsense, because it wasnt generating enough money, as other types of ads do. John Chow is not using any adsenes on his blog.
Only blogs/websites that have their no 1 target consumers are good to be monetized by adsense.
Where you have tech/business people they wont click. I dont, as long as I dont find something that really stands out of the crowd.
Melody
October 3rd, 2007 5:39 am
I have been becoming very disillusioned with Adsense as well. I have a tendancy to talk about politics and ended up with a lot of political ads from one party in particular. It looked like I was on a platform and I lost subscribers when I put it up. If there was a better way of controlling content, I might not be looking at other options. Then again, the lack of funds coming out of it might be another reason.
Pua
October 3rd, 2007 5:42 am
totally true darren what you say about your problogger audience, which is just not matching the adsense clientele.
i am in your blog on a daily basis but honestly speaking i never clicked any of your adsense ads, main reason being that i am here to learn about blogging and how to improve my blog! i did not even scan your adsense ads. so it was the right move for you to do.
adsense ads on my hawaii blog and sites, are OK so far, as they match my search clientele who is looking for information on hawaii vacation, deals, packages and such. so google adsense ads match my blog posts with additional, supplemental information for the hawaii traveler.
when (if) my blog will do one day the giant leap as your problogger blog did - still a dream to come true with lots of hard work for me down this road - then i can say ‘i don’t need adsense anymore’ because publishers will contact me. i bet you don’t have to contact them!!!
just my humble thoughts from the average blogger. pua
Michael Boateng
October 3rd, 2007 6:04 am
Well I manage about 4 websites, 3 are normal news websites and the last one is my personal blog which i started under a month ago. Infact i have not started monetizing my blog since i dont have so much content.
One the other hand all my three websites are doing good with adsense. I get decent 4-figure value from adsense.
Tribal-Fusion, Value Click Media, Clicksor and BannerConnect are my other incoming earning streams and all these combined give about a quarter of what i get from adsense every month.
So for me Adsense is no that bad.
Gillian
October 3rd, 2007 6:23 am
Darren,
Just to let you know that your video blogs are not working for me.
I figure that I could have picked up all the points in this video in about 20 secs by scanning some of your succinct well-written text. Instead the video took minutes to download (on my broadband cable) so I went and read the SMH till I heard the audio. Now, I’m writing while you’re still talking in the background. The talking head vision isn’t compelling for me. You could have just used an audio file.
I know that you are taking the first steps into video blogging, and learning the ropes so to speak. The next step could be to use it for MUCH more interesting presentations - perhaps we could watch you brew coffee in your kitchen while you natter on about why blogging is like making coffee - (three key points: quality ingredients, tried and true technique, plus discipline).
It’s gotta be more fun than a talking head saying the same stuff we could have read in 20 secs.
Thanks for sharing the journey. Good luck with the next steps.
Cheers, Gillian
Blogging Experiment
October 3rd, 2007 6:24 am
Haha! Darren, we must be thinking along the same lines. I just published a post on my blog yesterday with the title “Why I don’t Use AdSense”. Good to know I’m on the right track I suppose ;)
Chris Jacobson
October 3rd, 2007 6:41 am
Great video post, Darren. I also don’t use AdSense on my blog (well, it doesn’t help that Google banned me for no reason), but nonetheless. :)
Max Powers
October 3rd, 2007 6:41 am
As a consumer website and blog that exposes many scams I could not filter out the ads that I know are scams. AdSense could not help me with this problem to my satisfaction so I had no choice but to drop AdSense.
I even wrote a blog about how so many other consumer websites use AdSense with ads that include the “get rich” and “work-at-home” nonsense.
Don’t you believe we all have the responsibility regardless of the type of blog we have to protect our readers by investigating the ads that AdSense provides?
Thanks for another interesting blog topic.
Max at http://ConsumerFight.com
Loretta
October 3rd, 2007 7:50 am
Darren I think its GREAT that you removed Adsense and your reasons all make wonderful sense. I wish more bloggers would realize that you don’t have to depend on Google for anyyyything. I don’t run Adsense on any of my blogs, it just doesn’t seem to be as profitable as other methods even for a small time blogger like myself.
The new layout here is wonderful, I love it :)
MattS
October 3rd, 2007 8:58 am
I’ve used AdSense on one of my sites and it didn’t do well. I noticed that Google appeared to be retracting clicks from my monthly report so I got rid of it too.
Eddie
October 3rd, 2007 9:37 am
Just a quick chime-in that I agree entirely with Gillian. These videoblogs just aren’t doing it for me. I listened for 3 minutes, and by then you seemed to have most of your points made. I didn’t bother with the rest. I liked the video where you showed everyone your office, because the video actually helped demonstrate your points. But most of the other videos could have just been a couple of paragraphs and bullet points which I can skim through quickly rather than use precious bandwidth and time waiting for a talking to head to deliver the content.
Bob Ong
October 3rd, 2007 10:23 am
I too don’t use AdSense on my blog. Great Video Daren
Simon
October 3rd, 2007 10:55 am
Darren, you say adsense for you rely’s partly on impressions and page views.
It doesn’t for me or anyone else I know, it’s all click throughs. Is google giving you some benefit for impressions and pageviews? You clearly state there is a benefit for that as well as clickthroughs.
I think you may have let something slip, just a thought.
Jeremy Steele
October 3rd, 2007 10:59 am
Simon, as far as I know Adsense also has CPM ads, which don’t rely on clicks.
Stop Smoking
October 3rd, 2007 11:29 am
I have found that adsense works best when you put it on blogs specifically related to a product or service. Problogger is about all aspects of blogging which is just not very specific.
If you had a site on how to get gum out of your hair (or something that addressed a real need) and google displayed ads on how to get gum out of your hair then people would be quite likely to click on the ads.
Adsense works best when your content is specific and is about how to resolve a specific problem.
Brian Auer
October 3rd, 2007 11:58 am
I’m not terribly impressed with AdSense. My CTR is so low (.1% usually) that it hardly makes sense to use it at all. The problem is that smaller blogs don’t have many choices when it comes to advertising. I’m excited to see and try out things like Chitika and WidgetBucks, though I haven’t used them long enough to say that they’re working any better than AdSense.
I was also bothered recently by AdSense because there was a major discrepancy between my AdSense stats and MyBlogLog stats. MyBlogLog was showing up to 150 clicks per day on a single AdSense unit (extra traffic from StumbleUpon) while AdSense showed 2 or 3 clicks. I brought this up with the AdSense team and they told me that their stats were highly reliable and they can’t go by 3rd party stats. Maybe MyBlogLog is showing an inflated number for some reason, but that type of discrepancy still leaves me uneasy. After 8 months of blogging, I’m still pulling in the same $ as I did at 2 months.
Long story short, I’m about ready to give up on AdSense.
MTO
October 3rd, 2007 12:56 pm
I’d be interested in learning more about what you said that some sites were targeting the site, and that in doing so they were finding how to do so for less and less…
Is there any way we, as publishers, can figure out who is doing so? A post on tips on how to deal with that would be cool.
Gisele
October 3rd, 2007 1:19 pm
Darren,
I removed my adsense google ads last month because of the fact that the ads that were served on our blog looked quite cheap. I also found that we were not getting money from our ads, which means that these advertisers were getting exposure and not paying much for it.
You said something quite important. If you are trying to build a “brand base blog”, then you’ll have to either sell ads direct or use the services of an ad agency to give you status that you will never get from serving google ads.
That was an excellent video Darren!
Gisele
http://www.mybeautymatch.com
Carlo Selorio
October 3rd, 2007 1:21 pm
Yep, I’ve been testing adsense to my site and I haven’t made money from all the ton of clicks I’m receiving. I guess its because my blog is in the Internet Marketing and as you said… all my visitors are more tech savvy with having adsense ads on others sites.
Nice insight Darren.
Cheers,
Carlo Selorio
Ishykiel
October 3rd, 2007 1:21 pm
I think that adsense is a good start for someone who has just started their site. Once a site is more established and there is a lot of traffic coming in, then maybe you should try to look at the other alternatives. Frankly speaking, at the end of the day, it is whether the ads you show gets your audience clicking on it and interested in it. It can be adsense or other alternative ads for that matter.
ishykiel - From SGFrens.com
JacksonLim
October 3rd, 2007 1:58 pm
To be honest I just started to take blogging seriously this month, so I am still not in the position to comment about the performance of my Google adsense.
But to me it is interesting to know that there are other method of monetizing my blog, maybe in the future I will do the same with my blog.
Thanks Darren for open up my mind.
John Richardson
October 3rd, 2007 2:14 pm
I have a love-hate relationship with Adsense. With certain keywords the ads that are served up match very well with my readers needs. With other multiple-meaning keywords I may end up with something completely unrelated.
I wish we had category control or some other way to better tune the ads. Without it I sometimes have to restrict words that I use or eliminate certain topics altogether.
You really have got me thinking about other alternatives, Darren.
mike
October 3rd, 2007 2:52 pm
Yeah I keep getting just blog ads and money making garbage ads all the time.
Why can’t Google stop this? The ads pay like .02 cents even if someone does click on them.
I don’t understand how people are making thousands a month with adsense. I kinda don’t believe it really.
Juha Ylitalo
October 3rd, 2007 4:42 pm
One of the biggest decision makers, why I signed up into Google AdSense was the fact that they are willing to make their payments directly to my finnish bank account.
If I were to cash international check, Finnish banks would take heavy fees for it (at some point they were 11EUR, which currently translates to USD15).
Another factor was that it doesn’t take any real effort to try it out. You simply register, get necessary html codes to be attached into your web page and off you go.
Currently my photo albums (with finnish captions, etc.) give me around USD50/month, which I think is pretty decent.
While Google Ads work relatively well for me, AdSense is not good solution for all places. I’ve been practising taji for 5+ years. During that time, I’ve shot few taiji events and made photo album about it. Google AdSense doesn’t work with it, because it was either showing ads about financially competing taiji groups or DVD’s, which are supposed to instruct people on how they can learn taiji on their own. At the end I removed some taiji albums from public view and took all Google ads out from rest.
Glenn -- Write for Blogs
October 3rd, 2007 4:56 pm
I second the request for an Advertise Here page primer, great idea.
Endijs
October 3rd, 2007 7:06 pm
Thanks for video. I never before thought about AdSense in way that it is not well performing in blogs about monetizing, web development etc. Now I will consider other monetizing options when I will start monetize my blog.
Pamela
October 4th, 2007 12:43 am
Thank you for both the video and the post. I just started blogging because of a passion for writing I had long ago which is starting to brew up again, and of course, the possibility of a second source of revenue (first one being graphic and web design). I think what it comes down to when making the decision of using Adsense, is identifying your target market, as you said, and what is of interest to them. I rarely click on Google ads, if I would have seen them here I would have ignored them (as usual) but the Widget Bucks ad did catch my attention.
I know some people don’t care for video posts, but I do think they are a wonderful medium, especially for people with dislexia or other reading/writing disability. I have a very close friend who for years has wanted to fully enjoy the “online experience” but has not been able to because it was such a struggle for him to read and write for that matter. He has been so eager to share his knowledge (plants and exotic birds) but unable to do so. I showed him your post and though your content was not an interest to him, he was very excited about the concept of video and seeing the possibility of sharing his knowledge through a blog using this medium.
Clem Banner
October 4th, 2007 1:52 am
I am glad that I read your post. I think I would have wasted time and not gotten positive results for the blog I was thinking about using it on.
Melissa Donovan
October 4th, 2007 3:48 am
I’ve only been using AdSense for three days on my blog Writing for Writers so I’m still in the early stages of experimentation. I do like the fact that I can customize the content ads to blend in with my site. In the coming months I will be looking at other monetization solutions, for this and another blog that I’m developing, such as Amazon and Chikita. Hopefully in the next six months I’ll be able to provide more solid feedback for a question like this.
Dave Lucas
October 4th, 2007 3:59 am
The jury is still out on videoblogging… keep in mind there are still MILLIONS of dial-up users worldwide. If your page slow-loads due to embedded video(s) or - worse case scenario - freezes or crashes their computer - they’ll NEVER be back. NEVER!
I agree with some that the information in the video would be much better in text. Perhaps you could wear a funny hat next time… ;)
Barbara
October 4th, 2007 4:43 am
Hi Darren,
Another great video.
I have been testing AdSense on my two blogs. One blog is what I would classify as “off beat”, and the other is a “blogging 101″, teaching/sharing blogging information blog.
The off beat blog, gets some clicks, and generates a very small AdSense income, however, my blog, on blogging, gets little to no clicks. (time to remove it)
Like you said, bloggers know why these ads are on our sites, so they are less apt to click on the ads.
Also, too may ads take away from the content. And isn’t that why we blog? To share? To inspire? To teach? To help others?
Blogging for dollars is fine, but content remains “queen” :)
CatherineL
October 4th, 2007 6:11 am
Darren - this is so true. Adsense works really well on a travel site I have, but it just does not work on my business blog at all. It just really depends on what type of blog you have.
Robert
October 4th, 2007 8:10 am
I’ve Only started using Adsense now. I’ve done quite a bit of research on it, So I “think” I know whats going on.
I hate it when I do a search for something in google, and all I find is a page LOADED with adsense and absolutely nothing to do with my original search.
Spanish Fry
October 4th, 2007 10:04 am
“The jury is still out on videoblogging… keep in mind there are still MILLIONS of dial-up users worldwide. If your page slow-loads due to embedded video(s) or - worse case scenario - freezes or crashes their computer - they’ll NEVER be back. NEVER!”
Aren’t you forgetting that Darren’s blog caters for a niche market - bloggers! Generally bloggers are going to be pretty into blogging and have the technology to handle video posts. The jury might be out in some niches, but not the blogging niche.
Nice comments everyone. Although I think Adsense is quite good I just get the feeling that it cheapens a blog. Whether that is represented by income or not is one thing, but if you stick at things for long enough then affiliates and other advertising is bound to be more profitable.
Thoughts?
Will Scott
October 4th, 2007 10:40 am
Video PLAYER sucks. Doesn’t buffer, can’t download, so I get to listen to a bunch of s s st st sta stam stammering. Can’t you put it on google or youtube so I can download it and listen coherently?
thanks.
Bling Finger
October 4th, 2007 11:50 am
Could you please provide transcripts for your videos. I’d love to read what you have to say. Sometimes it’s just not convenient to listen to audio.
TheAdsenseConsultant
October 4th, 2007 2:57 pm
Well I’m glad that I read your complete post because I thought that you were “coming down” on Adsense - but I’m glad to see that you are not.
I’m sorry to see that there are so many people that are disappointed with adsense and/or their earnings from adsense.
I started making adsense money the 2nd month that I joined and I have managed to earn at least the $100 minimum each month so far.
Unfortunately I believe that any blog can be worked with to help optimize it for adsense and there’s no better proof of that than my own (and my clients’) adsense earnings.
Content Writer
October 4th, 2007 4:22 pm
Using Adsense or not on a website depends on both the content and audience one has on his site or blog.
While adsense may be really good for some sites it is not worth a penny in another.
I have tried affiliate ads to a couple of my popular sites where it failed terribly and adsense did not dissapoint me with the earning on that site.
However on another site it was reversal.. Inspite of heavy traffic i was getting very low adsense payout which changed on applying several affiliate ads there…
So it really depends on Both the content and Audience..
Best of luck with your experimenting.
Abel
October 4th, 2007 5:36 pm
A very candid video, I must say. I tried Chitika after learning about it from you, but it flopped. Adsense still works for my site. You’re right to say that testing is important. With different Adsense formats, the results vary significantly (more than 100% in my case). Also if one things works for someone, it might not work for you. The only sure thing is to test it out.
Chino Yray
October 4th, 2007 5:42 pm
exactly content writer. That’s why my adsense is doing good because most of my readers or visitors are new. The Adsense serves as a portal for related information on the content of my blog.
Phill Ill
October 4th, 2007 5:52 pm
We’re a healthy mid size blog and we’ve seen direct advertisers stop and buy huge campaigins directly through Google. But you can’t exactly tell them not to. Then they figure out about all the bonusing they can get and they buy smaller campaign. When Google can’t sell it, they just bonus it rather than pass it through to another network for you. No other ad network does that. It clearly shows how little they think of publishers — even having no problem telling it to you on the days you’re a buyer and then sticking it to you the days you’re a seller. Not even lip service to working together to maximize anything but their profits. Crumbs off the table.
Adsense mustn’t be allowed to go on without giving publishers control over the minimum price to sell at, and control of unsold inventory.
The readers just think there is something wrong whent he same advertisers are over represented day after day.
Whoever programmed in the monthly advice on optimizing that they send was clearly incapable of thinking any such thoughts. We get the same messages every month: give google more impressions and are you sure you want to block the few competitive sites you do. There’s not any nuance or understanding that we might have moved a great number of impressions to places we have more control and earn more. They might even get them back if they competed and sold the advertisers harder rather than give our ads away. I could do that well without.
And the few times i’ve corresponded with a real person they have been rude, told me to go to the spam pit that is supposed to be the forum for help, have ignored any tough question completely, are frequently rude, and never use their names. This is a company that makes thousands a year off us, not a tollbooth operator. This aspect of the business can’t last. hopefully others are rising to the opportunity that they get a ton of credit for creating.
Chris [TK]
October 4th, 2007 8:49 pm
these tips & advices can be applied when you have a really big blog, otherwise you better stick to AdSense…
anyway - any kind of advertising is disturbing for your readers :(
Coen Jacobs
October 4th, 2007 9:35 pm
Nice video, Darren!
I’m experimenting with AdSense right this moment on my blog, but it’s not that effective. Think I leave it this way, untill there is another alternative for me! :)
Jim Kukral
October 5th, 2007 4:46 am
Yes, but will you be trying the new video blocks with Adsense?
make money with google adsense
October 5th, 2007 5:28 am
Who is gonna read this site :(
But truth is truth Darren
tony
October 5th, 2007 7:50 am
I thought about having adsense but for my own blog, it is horrible to say the least. My niche is so used to fake information only new people to the niche click on them.
The rest are only interested in the information.
So I removed my blocks and only have them in the topic and the results are the same but now I get more from reviews and affiliates.
so I agree adsense is not for every blog
Ken Dahlin
October 5th, 2007 10:39 am
Adsense just doesn’t work on sites that have anything to do with web development… I’m almost certain that any clicks I got when I used adsense on my blog were completely accidental, and that’s not good for anyone. I do have other sites that do well with Adsense, especially referral ads. It seems that people in this line of work avoid Adsense ads like the plague.
A Week In The Life of A Redhead
October 5th, 2007 1:03 pm
I removed Adsense because I never got past $50.00 in earnings and their supposed “relivant” ads were awful. I’d have stories of sweet conversations with my son and their take on my blog words (or however they decide what ad links to post becuase it wasn’t the tags I entered there) would be “Want to meet Hot Lesbians?” Now mind you, my 12 year old son MIGHT wonder about that, but the ad was inappropriate to my site… like the Viagra ad they ran when I wrote about my step-fathers death. I hated most of the ad links and spent more time removing the html than running the ad and finally decided it was not worth the low pay out of their ads. Thanks for letting the redhead rant about this one.
Catherine, the redhead
Chris
October 5th, 2007 1:39 pm
Hi Darren,
Adsense works on blogs where there are keywords that directly match up with user’s interests, but doesn’t work well with blogs that deal with current events or other subjects that aren’t narrowly focused and consumer oriented.
Plus, I’ve noticed a lot of tech savvy people use ABP or block javascript to avoid ads. I always try to run ABP myself so I don’t unnecessarily display ads on my own sites.
I’ve found that I can have success monetizing a blog focused on local stories and news with content from TheNewsRoom. I saw an advert for the service on this very blog. I’ve found it useful to be able to add video from a local television station, in addition to all of the other video sources available.
By the way, I couldn’t watch the video because I keep getting an error message “error loading file.” I have a relatively new computer, so I’m sure I need to download a driver or two to get it working properly.
A text recap would be helpful for those situations when a new computer needs a driver or some other tweak to be able to properly run video.
I’ve noticed that a lot of television news stations publish the video script on same page as their video content so that Google picks up the video news story’s keywords.
km
October 5th, 2007 5:38 pm
Nice video, Darren!
i have experimenting with other affiliate program or other ads network . but both of thems doesn’t work very well. Seem like Adsense is better than them.. Any recommendation like us.
Sean
October 5th, 2007 9:07 pm
Darren,
First off love the new design.
Now onto your video about adsense… a year ago I registered adsenseidiot.com with the intention of documenting my attempt to earn a living online with adsense. After a year of twiddling my thumbs and chasing after other ideas I’ve come back to the site and decided to actually do something with it.
I’ll be reading your blog more frequently for idea and motivation, thanks keep up the great work.
BPO.Asia
October 5th, 2007 10:08 pm
You’re right, Darren!
I have taken out Adsense in some of my blogs since they have a lot of rules that hinders the publishers ability to make money from other programs. However, such a move will probably not be suitable for everyone. A publisher should be in constant lookout for multiple income sources and determine which combination will work best for them based on their strengths.
Thanks for the tips!
Dave Lucas
October 6th, 2007 12:54 am
Interesting that Spanish Fry responded to my comment -
““The jury is still out on videoblogging… keep in mind there are still MILLIONS of dial-up users worldwide. If your page slow-loads due to embedded video(s) or - worse case scenario - freezes or crashes their computer - they’ll NEVER be back. NEVER!”
Fry wrote:
Aren’t you forgetting that Darren’s blog caters for a niche market - bloggers! Generally bloggers are going to be pretty into blogging and have the technology to handle video posts. The jury might be out in some niches, but not the blogging niche.
One who followed with comment pretty much supported my assessment:
Will Scott: Video PLAYER sucks. Doesn’t buffer, can’t download, so I get to listen to a bunch of s s st st sta stam stammering.
So, Will and others like him (diehard bloggers) will come back another time, but ONLY as long as the embedded video doesn’t crash his computer…
MY POINT? There are (I repeat) professional bloggers who are dead serious and love problogger.net, but have dial-up and should be given a CHOICE to open and start (or download) video files. The self-starting videos are anathema to dial-up users!
Positive NPV
October 6th, 2007 8:14 am
Great video post. I have recently starting using adsense on my site….I thought it was a must do to monetize your blog. It’s interesting to hear your views and the other comments. i also heard that Google prefers blogs that use adsense and that all other factors being equal, gives better search results for those sites.
kay
October 6th, 2007 8:15 am
Interesting that tech savvy visitors click less on ads. It occurred to me a while ago that I hadn’t been clicking through your ads and that it wasn’t really fair, considering the amount of information and entertainment I get from your efforts. I now make sure to click through an ad on every visit and also do the same with other sites that I view regularly.
Thanks
Kay
Shawn
October 6th, 2007 12:36 pm
I’ve done poorly with Adsense as well. I think you’ve inspired me to drop it from my blog. I’ve been considering it - thanks for the nudge.
novice
October 7th, 2007 9:22 am
Hey I just made the Adsens account and then pasted the code to my blogspot page.Though i get only ublic Ads displayed,When will the Google Ads get displayed so i can monetize.
It may sound funny but i’m novice to this,Please can anyone help me?
Alain
October 7th, 2007 3:24 pm
Hey Darren.
I’ve been following your professional advice for a few months now, and doing my research before deciding to invest time and money into blogging.
I just launched my first blog, http://www.driverslife.com eight days ago. Currently, the only advertisements on the site are Google adsense. So far, I have to be honest, the results have been somewhat impressive! Based on some of the research I have done in regards to adsense earnings, it would appear that my blog seems to be monetizing much quicker than I initially imagined. Of course much to my surprise and happines. I think at some point, I will reach the same conclusion you have in that adsense simply can’t provide me with the kind of advertisements that my target audience can relate to. But until that time, I have to say that I am quite impressed with Adsense and will continue to use it until I can find some better alternatives.
Keep up the great work! Cheers,
-Alain
esofthub
October 7th, 2007 8:38 pm
Darren,
I had a few affiliates reject my application because of the presence of those ad blocks. So when you said advertisers stated their presence cheapened your blog, I can understand that position.
Has anyone here used Yahoo ads? I notice very few blogs have them posted.
Roy
Rodrigo Brito
October 8th, 2007 5:21 am
Hi,
I make a lot of money selling Diamonds and gemstones on-line and started a blog to share info about. I have added Adsense to my blog and started making some $. It’s just on bggining but seens to be a good way to improve incomes. feel free to visit my page and share your experience.
gemstonebox.blogspot.com
Gator
October 8th, 2007 6:23 pm
While I completely disagree with Gillian (I think you’re cute and enjoy your voice), it would be good to have a text link too for dial up users.
My questions: How do you filter out ads that are inappropriate? And now that you are directly selling ad space instead of using Adsense, do you feel more responsibility to ensure that the ads give you credibility?
Googlelady
October 8th, 2007 7:19 pm
I totally agree with you about using adsense and related niche about web development. I wrote something about it some days ago:
http://www.googlelady.com/440/google-adsense-tips-blogs/
Jim Cronin
October 9th, 2007 1:54 am
Some months ago I wrote a piece called:
7 Compelling Reasons Google AdSense Will Ruin Your Real Estate Blog.
Something your readers might find valuable in support of your decision.
http://realestatetomato.typepad.com/the_real_estate_tomato/2007/04/7_compelling_re.html
Viper007Bond
October 9th, 2007 8:58 am
A very interesting video. Thanks!
I personally use Adsense on my decently popular site (but no where near as popular as yours!). I mostly do it because my site manages to usually get spot on ads (either due to targeting or keywords) and frankly, it’s easy and reliable. I don’t have to deal with price picking, etc. etc.
And since my site isn’t in the tier of yours, I can’t rely on having willing advertisers each month (I’ve had some interested, but not on a consistent basis).
Still though, a very worthwhile watch. Thanks again.
Rod from GEMSTONEBOX
October 9th, 2007 9:37 am
I just started using Adsense. My daily 0.20 generator.
Freelance
October 9th, 2007 6:21 pm
I really appreciate what you guys are doing. I also marvel at the amount you guys are making from blogs.
Can anyone help or mentor me on how to make good money from my blog.
My blog address is http://www.freelancez.blogspot.com
Email is freelance911@gmail.com
I would appreciate your useful ideas and comments.
Thanks all for your anticipated quick response.
Cheers!
Mark
October 9th, 2007 7:39 pm
Very interesting. Whilst new to blogging I decided to launch without AdSense on my blog for one of the reasons you mentioned - it looks cheap and doesn’t lend itself to a professional looking website.
It was also interesting to hear the views of your potential advertisers.
sangesh
October 9th, 2007 7:55 pm
This is quite a step you have taken. I will be looking for other income sources too.
T.M. Harris
October 10th, 2007 3:38 am
Honestly, I’ve never been a big fan of Adsense at all.
You seriously have to control the content of your blog, and write so that you PLEASE your blog readers…point blank.
Screw adsense, I like the clickbank checks better. lol
Curtis
October 10th, 2007 12:07 pm
Hmm… Something to think about as a new blogger…
Derrida
October 10th, 2007 4:19 pm
My experience with adsense??? Hmmm…. let me see… $3 a day! Hehehehehe.
Leo
October 11th, 2007 4:13 am
Google adsense is my major income on my blogs right now, I couldn’t find any other contextual ads that comes close. So I guess I’ll stick to it for while, until maybe when my blog visits reaches at least 10K daily.
Ryan
October 11th, 2007 5:10 am
good video. Thanks!
Gerri
October 11th, 2007 10:39 am
Thats a really good vid. It makes sense to experiment with all sorts of ways of moneising your blog to see what works best.
ilya
October 11th, 2007 4:13 pm
I can imagine it doesn’t work when you run a blog with specific (non-product) content. Simply because most visitors read information at your blog and most of the times feel no need to ‘go to step 2′ in the proces…clicking the adds…
Too bad however that there are many affiliate-programs around, but all have their small share of merchants. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was some sort of overal site that let’s you choose from every merchant, no matter through which program they work with adds..
If I registerer at affiliate-program 1 I have 3 merchants that I like to have on the site, the same goes with the other programs..in that way google is easy, they (think) they place adds based on content…
Armaan
October 11th, 2007 10:38 pm
Thanks for sharing your experience, I m a regular reader of your blog. and really like your all tips on adsense/money maker programme.
—————-
http://professionallab.blogspot.com
Hip Hop Ruckus.Com
October 11th, 2007 11:27 pm
I don’t necessarily agree with your views, I have adsense in strategic places on my site and they do very well:
http://hiphopruckus.blogspot.com
Nadim
October 12th, 2007 8:11 am
You have a really to the point video abt what is to be used and what not …. if people study their blogs and opt for the right method it is definately going to monetize..
Regards
artofnet
October 12th, 2007 5:42 pm
Hi Darren,
Why you stopped adsense on problogger, it will affect to your earnings?
If I’m is you I will stopped adsense in a good traffic site like problogger.
But it’s just your decide, I dont have authority to prohibit.
locust
October 12th, 2007 8:26 pm
I agree with your thought on problogger readers ignoring the ads, I have this small blog on seo and nobody ever click on the ads. I think you’re right, people interrested in Seo and more generally webmasters don’t click on adsense ads.
Ginene
October 13th, 2007 9:55 am
I only make an average of 5 cents a day but my traffic isn’t high either. You are correct when you say most of your users are techie savvy. Most of my users come from pregnancy boards and survey boards of people looking for work at home jobs. Once I get the traffic I think I will do good with it.
Resume Wizzard
October 13th, 2007 3:03 pm
Darren your totally right, I do get a lot of clicks, not alot lot but about an 8% click through rate, but 700 clicks and only $80 in revenue isnt going to have me retiring anytime soon.
I still run adsence..but only because of the click rate..but I do run some banners in hopes of monetizing the blog alot better.
Your add space is very valuble and to send it to some one else for .04 cents would be crazy…great post though..your video work is perfect.
CHIRAG
October 14th, 2007 1:40 am
thank you for co-operation
james
October 14th, 2007 3:36 am
Hi Darren, I just wanted to say thank you for these video posts. I am so glad to see that they are happening more frequently as they are one of my absolute favourite parts of the site.
Does anyone in the problogger community know if there is there a way / plans to be able to subscribe directly to the video posts category (such as its own video only RSS feed separate to the main one for Problogger), or a way to get the posts in audio format (they would make a great problogger podcast!)?
The reason that I ask is that there’s such a lot of great content on Problogger that it can be quite overwhelming. In the interests of maintaining productivity and sanity I try to limit the feeds that I monitor to audio and video only wherever possible. I’ve found this is a great way to engage with the same blogs and sites that I know and love (Problogger definitely included here on both counts), without drowning in ‘must read’ material. I also find these alternative formats (audio and video) more informative and easier to learn from.
Anyway, I was just curious. Thanks again!
Mohan
October 14th, 2007 5:04 am
It was on my mind for about 3 to 4 months. Now at midnight when I hit something, your blog appeared. Though I am not getting your voice clearly, I am convinced I don’t need AdSense or non-sense on my blogs too! It has, in fact, spoiled the appearance of my blogs.
Thanks Darren! You inspire me…….
juliemarg
October 14th, 2007 10:35 am
nothing’s working that well right now. I was up to $2.50 - 3.50 a day on adsense and getting a $100 bucks a month but I’m now getting $1.00 to 1.50 per day. I’m not getting anything from linkshare either. Gotta make a new plan.
Marcel
October 14th, 2007 11:59 am
If your making 50 dollars with Adsense, you could probably make $500 with a little creativity and networking.
João
October 14th, 2007 11:21 pm
Hi, Darren.
This is a great video.
Can you tell me what kind of blogs works the best with Adsense? For instance, my blog is a colective portuguese blog. What can i do about those things like Adsense or others?
By the way … i´ve puted a link im my blog to your excelent “Problogger”.
(http://atribulacoeslocais2.blogspot.com)
Thanks.
João
Great video Darren. Out of all your blogs, which blog works the best with Adsense?
designer kid
October 15th, 2007 5:52 am
lol but for me adsense is like food vending machine :)
Tina Kubala
October 15th, 2007 6:30 am
My main blog is a personal blog, so I found adsense to be all over the map with the ads, even picking up my last name for listings that were not even in English.
After two months and 55 cents, I removed them. I figured my other option was to add more, and place them in post, ect. I don’t care to look spammy to make money.
Plus, I believe that sponsored content is the best value to advertisers. I want my blogs to support that ideal as much as possible.
marius sescu
October 15th, 2007 6:06 pm
Hmm, u made me think!
With or without…?
Klodian
October 19th, 2007 6:39 am
I have 1 year with adsense, I dont know what I will doing without google adsense.
Darren
– my opinion; ADSENSE is the best.
Planet Berry
November 20th, 2007 12:11 pm
Darren, thanks for the indepth video as it always help to learn from those that have been down these paths. Visit our site one day!
Trish Jones
November 25th, 2007 10:33 pm
Darren,
You make a very interesting point here about using AdSense …
I removed AdSense from my blog before you did and decided it worked for you because your target audience is those who want to be “Pro Bloggers” compared to my target audience who are entrepreneurs, indpendent professionals and small business owners who want to sell more of their own products and services with their blog.
I personally make more money from affiliate commissions and for that reason decided I didn’t even want to spend more time making AdSense work for me and the important thing I recognized from this post is that you’re not saying it doesn’t work, you’re just saying that whilst it does well on other of your sites, it doesn’t do so well here and I think your reasons are valid and clear. Thank You!
Rajeev Edmonds
November 28th, 2007 9:13 pm
I agree with the primary reason that is explained in removing Adsense Ads from problogger. The visitors on this blog are certainly more educated and aware of Ads then a normal internet user and it is less likely that they will ever click the Ad.
Y. S
December 12th, 2007 12:54 am
Once again, thanks for sharing your experience. I liked it when you said that the viewers of pro blogger know what adsense really is and therefor they are less likely to click on them LOL! … I found that funny and true :)
Personal Development for the Book Smart
December 17th, 2007 5:30 pm
Many people tend to avoid ads nowadays especially adsense ads. So I would say it’s getting harder to make really good money with Adsense.
Maleisie.be
February 4th, 2008 4:55 am
Although I’m a bit late commenting on this article. I myself used to run adsense throughout my site… however, I found that the sites position within other search engines but also Google improved when it was removed. Similar results from their analitics program, I deployed it on a handfull of pages only, this probaly gave Google the impression the site was not wel visited and down the site went. Wether or not all this was a coinsidence, I’m sur eit was not. Personally I cannot be bothered with Googles moodswings anymore. My life got a whole lot better :-)
Alexandru Savin
June 14th, 2008 7:40 am
I have a fresh blog for about 1 month and now I’m mainly trying to get traffic to so I left behind the ads part for the moment, but now I would like to try it. I was wandering what is best idea for a starter to do. Start with adsens or go directly to this kind of ads? Till know, from adsense, I’ve earned a couple of bucks but any way I don’t have much traffic to it.
Dave
June 23rd, 2008 12:06 am
Great post - I have been looking for an alternative to AdSense for a while. I am currently trying out Rubicon, but it ends up that it mostly converts to AdSense anyway (although they get a higher CPM than I do independently which is interesting). Anyway if you know how to monetize a growing image hosting site I’ll be glad to share the profits!
Radu - Marian
July 24th, 2008 4:16 am
Your reasons are eligibles but you forget the main important reason to do not remove adsense! A lot of users gives clicks in all pictures, in all links without understanding. Most users click in a website in all that running.
Am I right ?!
;-)
Suchmaschinenoptimierung
August 3rd, 2008 7:34 am
So after some time problogger did not reinstall Adsense. Seems that your initial estimations were right. Interesting and now that I look at your site and compare it to mine and must say: yes, Adsense does - at least for me - make a website look “cheaper”.
Hmmm - have to think about that for my site as well.
Andreas
joe gelb
October 12th, 2008 8:06 pm
deffinitely adsense can hurt revenue
arshad
October 21st, 2008 1:26 am
Definitely adsense is not the best for bloggers like you , who are considered the top in your niche .But for people like me , it gets difficult to get private ads , so we got to start with adsense and continue earning via it until we become pros in our niches .
Paul Warren
December 7th, 2008 2:41 pm
Thanks for the very interesting article Darren.
I must say, I’m a bit of a late bloomer into blogging, but I’ve well and truely caught the fever now!
My current mission is pretty straight forward…
* Write the content.
* Find the readers.
* Capture our Niche.
…. * Make money.
First three are semi-done, so now we’re onto part four.
We’ll drop back in a month or two and let you know how we’re doing.
Many thanks once again, for allowing us to access your extensive knowledge base on this topic, it’s an awesome reference!
Sincerely,
Paul
Alvaro
February 14th, 2009 11:27 pm
I’m redesigning my blog and don’t intend to use adsense on it anymore. Why? Well, as some people said, it makes your blog or website look cheap, PRETTY cheap. And I have two or three more reasons: 1. adsense ads are UGLY, specially the text ones, they make your site look polluted as hell; 2. sometimes they are 100% irrelevant to the content; 3. they are (and I think this is the worst part) a spamblogs /scrapers / parasites trademark!!! No matter what google does to fight them, spammers always use adsense to monetize. Do you want your site look like that kind of trash? Well, I don’t, so I won’t use adsense anymore.
Netbooks
February 18th, 2009 10:03 pm
I have always shied away from using adsense as I dont want to appear to be seen as partaking in MFA sites
Anna
March 31st, 2009 5:47 pm
I found that Adsense works very well on most of my info or product related sites and it is actually my main source of residual income. However I have not found that it does well on Internet Marketing related blogs. a) The readers are accustomed to the ads b) a lot of the ads are on make money online products, many of which have questionable value/ethics.
I removed Adsense from my Internet Marketing blog, partially due to point a. above, but mainly due to point b. There are too many scams in the field of Internet Marketing and I don’t want to come across as if I am promoting something in that field when I can not personally vouch for it.
I feel that this can mislead some readers, particularly newbies, who don’t always realize that Adsense ads are automatically inserted and are not a recommendation of the blogger or webmaster himself.
So for ethical reasons I remove ads from any site which might pull in questionable ads. I also removed Adsense from a site when I posted an article warning about the fatal side effects of psychiatric prescription drugs. After I posted that, the Adsense ads came along, promoting those same drugs.
But for simple subjects, such as electronics or basic and generally “scam-free” products, Adsense works great.
PMF
April 1st, 2009 8:42 am
As already mentioned, Adsense is not for every blog or website. But don’t be too quick to take it off, specially as so many people here have commented that they only had their ads up for a small amount of time..You didn’t give it enough time, it could of started to work well for you with a little time and effort. Anyway i have a UFO website that gets loads of clicks, problem is, UFO ads are like 0.1 - 0.3 cents a click. So i don’t make much at all. Wish i chose a site subject were the clicks were worth more!
Wayne John
April 10th, 2009 2:17 pm
Certainly interesting. Never thought of AdSense as cheapening the blog, but I can understand how a potential advertiser might see it as such.
I’ve been thinking about changing a few things around on my site in terms of advertising, so was checking out what you have going on.
Do you find the flashy-flashy ones work for or against you? I might be prone to think against, only because like you said in the video, we’re tech savvy people out here. I’m not being faceous, I think you’re right. Your readers are here because they are trying to do something and have already committed themselves most likely.
But, wouldn’t the flashy stuff be a negative when though of like that?
On the positive I think it’s eye-catching.
Just curious what your thoughts are on that. Cheers Darren!
Cenay Nailor
April 11th, 2009 6:41 am
Thanks Darren, it’s good to know my thinking is supported by a professional blogger such as yourself. I removed Adsense on all pages in my blog because, like your blog, my readers tend not to click on them.
I will be creating a couple of niche sites this month, and plan to put Adsense there, since those readers will be most interested in the ad’s (since they are buyers, not readers).
I appreciate your candor.
Cenay’
Riad Marrakech
May 7th, 2009 1:09 pm
Me too 0.00 centimes by day, I thank because I have no visitors lol
Matt
June 2nd, 2009 8:39 am
I have tried many different methods to monetize my sites and blogs.
Adsense works great as much as I hate them sometimes. However, finding very, very targetted quality affiliate programs which offer services on a recurring basis has beat Adsense for me. The key is
laser targetting, quality,and ongoing billing. You really have to hand pick the affiliate programs. I would never completely rely on Adsense as good as they are. You can get lazy with Adsense.
Hooshmand Moslemi
June 5th, 2009 8:41 am
While AdSense is perfect for blogs and websites with high traffic, it could be regarded as the first and easiest money making way for a newly published site.
However, many webmasters decide to not run AdSense on their pages anymore when they reach a point of growing. It’s true that if you optimize your site well for AdSense, you will get higher payouts, but compared to other methods of monetizing, it would not be the best option.
I also decided to not run AdSense on my websites anymore. Although I like it a lot, I thought to give other alternatives a try and increase my earning potential. Besides, affiliate marketing could be more lucrative and exciting.
Darren, I guess you have made the right decision, too and turned your website to a super money maker with tons of other channels. You have combined different methods with various models and also given other bloggers a lot of inspiration.
Problogger Rocks and Darren, You’re the Man!
Peace!
Hooshmand
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