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I don't get it. I just read this article which talks about a website making just over $4 a day on adsense. The post also states there were 16 days last year where there were more than 100 page impressions. I get over ten times that number on one of my sites daily, but make less than $0.50 a day. Of course I have a link site, but still... 10 times the number of visitors and 1/8th the income. This makes me sad... What am I doing wrong? |
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I second Alvin's comment. I would click away from your page in a heartbeat. When I first enter a site, what I want is clarity. I want to know what the site it about immediately upon entering. I want to know what you offer, and expect a clear organization of that offer. Good luck! |
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Yup, have to agree. It's all in the design. You have great content and a lot of it, but that wall of text is outright intimidating. Hire a designer to redo it, or at least sketch some suggestions for you. I think it will be worth it.
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I agree with all the above. In the redesign you'll probably be hiding many of the links. Be sure to create a site index page (your current index page is fine for that) so google can have an easy index of all your content.
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On top of the other issues mentioned, I would add that, the whole point of your site is for people to go to other sites. Meaning, when I'm done using your site, I'm not looking at your site anymore, and therefore I'm not clicking on your ads. Compare that to a blog of new content, even if it has far less traffic than you have. When I'm done looking at that content, I might have no idea where I want to go next. Then, an ad catches my eye... So, a site that encourages people to go elsewhere will inherently have more challenges getting a high CTR, in my opinion. Last edited by Richard_Todd; 11-21-2006 at 05:22 PM. Reason: grammar |
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Here's Google's site guidelines: Webmaster Help Center - Webmaster Guidelines | |
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Both Moltar and Steve are correct. Techies tend to ignore adds, especially AdSense ads. You might try some other kind of advertisements geared towards electronics and such like Amazon, Chitika, etc. I've read that most AdSense ads do best with sites that receive a lot of search traffic, but I'm not possitive on that. |
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Still, putting an adsense banner on the top of my page dramatically increased my income these last 12 hours. Maybe it's just the traffic that comes from here that's clicking them though. I'll have to see when this thread dies down. | |
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Btw there is a similar resource to yours, just in case you didn't know about it: Web Developer's Handbook | CSS, Web Development, Color Tools, SEO, Usability etc. |
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But Steve's earning good income from his Adsense even though I suspect majority of his traffic comes from direct too, regular readers. I guess the only explanation is he's getting way too much visitors per day ha! LOL | |
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