Comments on: Why You SHOULD use AdSense on Your Blog

By: Riza

Riza — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:53:41 +0000

One thing I have struggled with is where to show ads on blogs. If you show too many ads, you turn off users. If you show too few, then you don’t make anything. To solve this problem, I’m working on a new product I’m calling Empty Space Ads which is a way to show ads to users in white places on blogs and other sites.

I’m a small developer, so I’m looking for beta users to try it out and give me feedback. I’m pretty excited about this, because the users who have used it tell me that it helped them out but of course I need more users :)

Anyway, if you’re interested, feel free to sign up for a beta on http://www.emptyspaceads.com/beta

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:09:06 +0000

I am just starting to blog and have been reading about adsense. Why are some people banned because others clicked on their ads? Isn’t that the purpose of adsense, to get people to click on the ads and visit the site?..i dont understand….

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:51:27 +0000

Adsense is a great way to moneytise your blogs. I choose not to use it at this stage for my own blog.

By: Brad Hart

Brad Hart — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:38:09 +0000

I have noticed that once not so long back most of the big names in blogging were recommending adsense, but these days you see neither hide nor hair of it on their blogs…

By: abby

abby — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:11:49 +0000

I have a question: If I get reach a 1000 viewers, do my ads switch, because right not I only get money if they click on the add, but I read if it changes to a different type of add, it will be partly based on the page impressions. I would love some clarification.
THANKS

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:12:08 +0000

I will use it for my travel guide.

By: South Bay Mom

South Bay Mom — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:20:58 +0000

One more question (sorry!)…It has come to my attention that I may have to many ads on my site. Does anyone have any advice how you know when you have overdone it?

By: South Bay Mom

South Bay Mom — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:13:45 +0000

I am a newbie (my site is a few weeks old) and my latest CTR (click-through-rate) is 3%. Just wondering if this is low, high, or typical? Perhaps we could take a poll: What is your CTR?

By: EssDub

EssDub — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:46:13 +0000

Great article. Just starting to generate some decent traffic and ad views across a few domains. Good times to come.

By: Free XBOX 360 Elite

Free XBOX 360 Elite — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:56:11 +0000

Not a huge fan of ads but this is helpful regardless

By: Andrea_R

Andrea_R — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:43:48 +0000

Blogads worked far better for me, a C-list blogger. ;) It’s hard to get into (you need an invite) but you can place as many adstrips as you like, setting the price. It’s pretty consistant, and if you can get people signed up under you, you also get a cut.

A blog such as this would make a killing. :D

BlgoHerAds is also working well, but they are also a niche network, and often close signups. Primarily geared towards women bloggers, they recently opened up to more.

Why worry about CPM or pay per click when you can just get paid to show an ad for a certain amount of time?

By: Jeremy Steele

Jeremy Steele — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:49:45 +0000

$400,000? So that’s probably nothing these days with the weak dollar, right? ;)

By: Post On Fire

Post On Fire — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:09:41 +0000

I found that it really depends on the niche of the blog. I’ve tried several niches and I found out that the payout per click differ largely from niche to niche. For instance some financial niches and health niches pay way more than technology niches.

Also, the advertisers type…. some niches you’ll find big advertisers that need more branding than sales and they really don’t care how much they pay per click. Other smaller niches have lots of different affiliate offers and they don’t bid much.

It also depends on the content itself. For instance if you’ve lots of high paying keywords in a page that has ads, the system will pick high paying ads that are related to these high paying keywords.

So it’s a good idea to have different alternative ad network including AdSense and test which one is more profitable… you never know which one will work better for you niche.

By: South Bay Mom

South Bay Mom — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:05:00 +0000

Very informative article! I just started a blog a few days ago and, yes, you can add Adsense with no traffic (at least I did). I know your probably very busy, but if you have a chance could you take a look at my site and let me know what you think of my ad placement? I am a newbie and my hosting company told me I could only add Adsense in the sidebar, so that is what I’ve done. Also, if you would be interested in exchanging links I would really appreciate it!

By: Not John Chow

Not John Chow — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:40:05 +0000

I just started my first blog in November. So far, my Adsense account is at $0.65. I know that it will grow with my readership, but I think for the small, first time blogger, Adsense and their minimum payout of $100.00 is a bit daunting.

By: Young

Young — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:07:42 +0000

This post is so good that I will translate it into Chinese in my Essential Blog.

By: yukitee

yukitee — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:53:47 +0000

very informative and simple to understand post. i have put up my blog with Adsense for quite some times already, but i have yet to see any income from Adsense.

you did mention about optimizing the Adsense ads, may i know what exactly it means and how to optimize besides changing the position and the color of the ads?

i appreciate your kind advice, thanks.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:33:18 +0000

Off topic: This is my entry to win the Premium News Wordpress theme. =p

On topic: Implementing adsense is as easy as ABC, however, to really succeed at it later is terribly frustrating. It requires a lot of hardwork and time to blend, optimize and test the ads. It took me more than a year to get my first 100 bucks, pathetic. Traffic ain’t an issue for one of my blogs, but low CTR and eCPM are getting on my nerves.

By: Maritzia

Maritzia — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:55:42 +0000

I have AdSense on my blog, but don’t get much out of it (probably because I don’t post much). However, I have it on my main website, and it pays for both my domain and my husbands every year, and it’s a seriously niche site. I mean, seriously. It’s for women considering religious life in the Catholic Church *laughs*. How much more niche can you get.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:42:56 +0000

i also enjoy AdSense but i have one complaint: they limit you to three ad units per page.

this means that when you try to put ad units between your blog posts, they will only display after the first three blog postings and then stop. i get a blank box after the fourth posting on my blog.

i’ve read elsewhere that Blogger blogs now have the means of implementing ads between blog posts but lots of folks have complained about the three ad unit limit.

i’m hoping Google will reconsider the three ad limit. from everything i’ve read, you want ads as close to the actual content as possible and having them appear immediately after the blog posts should be a no brainer were it not for the ad unit limit.

thanks for the post, darren.