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Discussion in 'AdSense' started by protesto, May 4, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hi guys,

    I'm running an IM blog for 8 month. I'm getting about 1000 uniques a day but I earn verry little from adsense.

    All my posts are about favorite IM clients like MSN, Yahoo, Skype etc. But adsense is serving ads from MFA sites, corporate and enterprise companies. That's causing smart pricing, my clicks are not converting into sales.

    So I'm looking for another ad option. Should I use affiliates ? If I use affiliates, then what should I try to sell ? As you know IM programs are generally free and my visitors are coming for free tools and addons, they are not intended to buy something.

    Any advice appreciated.
     
    protesto, May 4, 2007 IP
  2. wpking

    wpking Banned

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    #2
    I think adsense is the best option. Experiment with your ad placement.
    Best of luck.
     
    wpking, May 4, 2007 IP
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    wwwbug Peon

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    it is a good idea to run more ads on your site ,instead of running adsense only ,affiliate market are an easy way to make it ,and you can try reseller market and drop shipper market too .If you have any question for affiliate market you can pm me .
     
    wwwbug, May 4, 2007 IP
  4. protesto

    protesto Peon

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    I've removed adsense for a while. But normally my adsense CTR is very high. I do not need a new ad placement, I need high paying ads.
     
    protesto, May 4, 2007 IP
  5. protesto

    protesto Peon

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    What kind of products should I affiliate ? I've tried webcams and internetphones before, but could'nt sell anything :(
     
    protesto, May 4, 2007 IP
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    tbarr60 Notable Member

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    You can try text-link-ads.com. They are an ad broker that will sell links on a page or site wide. You might make a couple hundred dollars per month.
     
    tbarr60, May 4, 2007 IP
  7. protesto

    protesto Peon

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    I personally hate selling links. I think google will soon penalize these kind of sites.
     
    protesto, May 4, 2007 IP
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    wwwbug Peon

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    you can try wordtracker and some seo tool for it ,i can not open your site ,so i don't know what your site refer
     
    wwwbug, May 4, 2007 IP
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    Fabian.JH Active Member

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    You can try Kontera too. Or CPC affiliate programs.
     
    Fabian.JH, May 4, 2007 IP
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    Big0ne Well-Known Member

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    Protesto I got same problem. I got some money from MSN related niche but I think I could earn more.
     
    Big0ne, May 4, 2007 IP
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    pozer Active Member

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    I have MSNM related site and I'm receiving relevant ads and am quite satisfied with the earnings. I tried affiliates but couldn't earn much.

    I have filtered a lot of MFA sites long time ago, maybe that helped me.
     
    pozer, May 4, 2007 IP
  12. Big0ne

    Big0ne Well-Known Member

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    Ye, let's stick with Adsense for now.

    Ps: I'm glad to see Slovenian ppl here. Pozdrav :D
     
    Big0ne, May 4, 2007 IP
  13. pozer

    pozer Active Member

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    Who is Slovenian? :) I'm your neighbor from the east :) Pozdrav!

    protesto, I was getting very low cpc first year but after year and a few months my cpc increased for ~40%
     
    pozer, May 5, 2007 IP
  14. protesto

    protesto Peon

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    I was getting only 4 or 5 cent per click from adsense. I'll use amazon affliate for while, but I don't expect success. :(
     
    protesto, May 5, 2007 IP
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    pozer Active Member

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    I just remembered there is smiley central affiliate program on Axill.com, they are paying $1.3 per lead, maybe you can try them because your visitors could be interested in smileys for instant messengers
     
    pozer, May 5, 2007 IP
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    lifuchi Guest

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    Try Kontrea or Bidvertiser as an alternative.
     
    lifuchi, May 5, 2007 IP
  17. pozer

    pozer Active Member

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    I wouldn't call bidvertiser alternative, with bidvertiser you will get only untargeted ads so I don't think many people will click them
     
    pozer, May 5, 2007 IP
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    I suggest having the ads where it has the links to things like 'start a random webcam chat; watch a random video'. At the moment, I am not seeing ads other than the link ads you have at the top.
     
    qwestcommunications, May 5, 2007 IP
  19. protesto

    protesto Peon

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    Thanks, I've signed up with your ref link and give a try ;)
     
    protesto, May 8, 2007 IP