Are the days of making money off adsense numbered?

I'm fairly new to SEO but I've been reading through this forum and it seems like the heyday of making money in this business was 1-2 years ago. Is it still possible to support yourself from adsense advertising or have the new restrictions taken all the profitability out of it?

Thanks for your input.

 

yup i totally agree. heard from last time it is easier to earn, but now so many site have adsense, so it is a lot harder now

 

I won't say that the days are over, but it is definitely a lot harder to make decent money than it used to. Nowadays I have to put in twice the effort to make half as much money as I was two years ago. It's still better than having a real job but I miss the good ol' days where I was earning around.75 per click on average!

If Google would ban MFA sites it would be a lot better program for all of us!

 

I can imagine how some of the early entrants into adsense made a lot of money because so few sites had adsense or text based ads on them. Now, a lot more do, but I guess people will still click on them if they are interested in the ad. Believe it or not, the webmaster community is still very small. It seems likelso many because we are constantly hanging around places like DP.

 

The cream rises to the top.

 

True, true....but adsense certainly ain't what it was...

 

what's an MFA website?

 

MFA site = Made For Adsense (a poor content site made to put adsense on it)

I don't agree you can still make a decent income .

Just my 2 cents

 

why don't you ask this question..

Are the days of marketing and advertising numbered?

 

These days you have to work to gain some profit

 

I'll say it depends. If you have a hugely popular website with tons of hits, you are still going to make some money.
But for small-time MFA sites, they are going to start counting the pennies

 

Cost of entry is getting a great deal tougher which is a good thing for those who're at the top of this game.

Same goes for Adwords and other PPC arenas. Things will only get tougher, those who've got the most automation and are prepared to work will always be at the top.

I would say that the gap between the top earners and the lower earners is getting wider. There's only more money to be made in this arena, however.

 

Way way way waaaay more money to be made

 

There will always be people coming up with new ideas to make mega bucks on adsense, but will you be one of them?

No I don't think the days are over, but I do think you have to be prepared to work very hard and get lucky

 

Rather than thinking argh they got too much competiton, whats the harm of having smaller websites, and not necessarily get page 1 for the main term. Still an easy way to get some increase in your daily $$$$$$$

 

yes these days we have to work too hard to get a decent income from adsense , but after seeing the suddon drop in adsense earnings i have switched to many others , though i have started adsense two months ago , and even i have not crossed the first $100 margin , i say its better u switch to others keeping the adsense alive ,thanx for reading

 

what's your definition of a decent income?
$3000 ?