Comments on: The Parable of the Lemonade Stand: Is AdSense Costing you Money?

By: Killer Ab Workout

Killer Ab Workout — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:03:08 +0000

Adsense is by far the best program out there. But the problem is that you need to generate about 100 clicks a day to be making any real money. I generate is i work hard about 30 clicks a day. So im far from the 100 click mark

By: PaidSurveys

PaidSurveys — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:01:43 +0000

I don’t understand why Darren has not used Google Adsense on this blog.

By: Houston Librarian

Houston Librarian — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:09:15 +0000

You have to build up the viewership first before ou can go this route. Google adsense makes sense for the upstart blogs out there.

By: Burke Dooney

Burke Dooney — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:44:17 +0000

I always wonder this especially when your getting .10 a click. I really though about not putting adsense on some of my sites and just put something else there instead.

By: Inglid

Inglid — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:01:46 +0000

Hello Darren, because you do not use google adsense on this blog?

By: erick

erick — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:35:31 +0000

Now THAT was a good article. It’s interesting to note that my generic, key word rich domain names have done extremely well as Adsense sites, averaging almost a buck a click, but the “niche” sites have been making more money since i moved them to whypark.com. I expect that I’ll eventually settle on another monetization technique, since whypark’s two click process leaves a lot to be desired, but it illustrates Adsense’s strenghts and weaknesses well. Thanks for the article-was definitely worth reading.

By: Arun Pal Singh

Arun Pal Singh — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:47:37 +0000

Adsense works on some sites very well whereas on others it leaves you dry.

One needs to work out his own model of generating revenue.

I have no complaints against Adsense. When I make my site better, I make more money per clicks.

One thing, not all affiliate products perform that well.

One needs to experiment and decide.

By: make money blogging

make money blogging — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:45:51 +0000

almost more than half of the tips work for me ! yippy, i had an increase of 2000 visitors in two days !

By: George Fourie

George Fourie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:54:04 +0000

I have despised sites that are clogged up for adsense for quite some time.

I couldnt find nothing more annoying that having to scroll down below the fold to actually find useful content.

However, my blog has been converted into a social network and my business model is changing.

Seeing as I have members part of a community, marketing my own affiliate products can appear to be more focused on me rather than the community. Adsense (my first test) or something similar seems to be the way to go.

I am now starting to use adsense to ‘test’ the adspace.

I have found quite a few bloggers who use it tactfully so will keep on testing and see how it goes.

test test test! :)

By: Shivanand Sharma

Shivanand Sharma — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:49:18 +0000

It may be an intelligent step to reach the adword advertisers directly. However, AdSense ads are geographically targeted. Thus what Darren may see in Australia may not be what most of the US readers see. So you may actually end up posting irrelevant ads.

By: scheng1

scheng1 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:44:04 +0000

Funny day for me! I keep on seeing economic concept in whatever I read.
The thriller I’m reading right now talks about maximising utility, this blog post talks about opportunity cost. Another blog that I read earlier talk about demand and supply in China’s real estate market.

By: Electric Ego

Electric Ego — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:16:08 +0000

Adsense is quite targeted advertising solution. Google ensures that they serve relevant ads for their customers as that means higher click-through rate & more profit to both parties and they have been constantly working on to developing the Technology. Agree, some sites perform better with affiliate marketing than adsense, but then there are sites that generate thousands of dollars with adsense only. Thinking the sites that employ adsense are any less credible would be biased.

By: Chris Palmer

Chris Palmer — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:10:27 +0000

To be honest, anything that messes with my design and the purpose of my blog (or websites for that matter) I get rid of it. Adsense is something that always annoyed me about websites.

In fact, I see a website as less credible if they have adsense. It tells me, ‘These guys can’t cut it with their own products or ideas, so they have to turn to making really, really small amounts of money in order to make a living online’.

Of course, this probably isn’t a fair assumption, but at the same time, it’s how I feel. I say this with all respect to those who use Adsense. Just letting you know there are those out there that really frown upon it.

At the end of the day, does it sell what YOU’RE offering, even if you aren’t taking money? In other words, who’s ideas are getting sold?

By: MichaelR

MichaelR — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:22:40 +0000

Very good post. This is the first time I’ve heard about opportunity cost but it defined here very clearly. I think you can apply this too to offline business and you can choose wisely on your decisions.

By: Girish

Girish — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:23:41 +0000

Kevin,
I agree with you , but with Affiliate marketing the main challenge is to find a right affiliate marketing website where we can sign-in.
Take this example
I write about christmas gift at
http://dotgiri.com/2009/12/10/11-christmas-gift-ideas-and-tips-which-make-you-feel-great/

and Google is placing appropriate advertisements on that post but if I try myself I may not be able to find these clients who is interested in advertising and also most of them may not have a affiliate marketing system in place which track the sales.

in the above post calyxflowers advertisement is displayed by google but if I contact them they may not be ready to advertise with me or even affiliate market with me since they don’t have a affiliate marketing setup with them.

what do you think?

By: Lito|TheFilipinoEntrepreneur.Com

Lito|TheFilipinoEntrepreneur.Com — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:26:21 +0000

Yes it’s true that some blogs don’t earn much using adsense but excels in other kind of money making scheme like affiliate programs.

By: Paul Hassing

Paul Hassing — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:04:58 +0000

Many thanks for the learnings, guys. I appreciate your frank, dispassionate discussion of this tricky topic. Best regards, P. :)

By: scott

scott — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:12:07 +0000

Interesting!

Thank you for the helpful advice, really helpful for my new blog!

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By: scott

scott — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:10:08 +0000

Interesting!

Thank you for the helpful advice, really helpful for my new blog!

By: Magnetic

Magnetic — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:55:29 +0000

I don't use Adsense much any more. I have one site about The The Charter For Compassion and I get banner ads for Scientology on it. I hate that as it looks as if I approve of it. Unfortunately that is a Squidoo site so I can't delete the ads. The other thing that makes irrelevant ads appear is when the advertise uses every possible keyword so it appears everywhere. A good recent example of this is the diet advert for "get rid of belly fat". I am sure you have seen it too,