just want some pointers on how to increase earnings. $10 would be nice. i've tried these: proper content ad placing increase traffic for increase traffic, i've tried these: submit to directories ping directories join traffic exchanges promote through emails and forums any one has other wyas to increase traffic. without paying for advertising? (i don't even earn my own money yet)
1) the site is in my sig. 2) i don't know. 3) active for 6 monmths already. started AD (and opening the site to the world) a month ago. $2.12 as of today.
Add something every day to keep popular with the SE spiders Get active in forums Submit (unique) articles for syndication. The latter can generate a lot of traffic over time if your articles are well written and appropriate: Here's a list* : Articles submission sites of PR6 or better [ http://dadsense.com/get-traffic-free/free-traffic-through-articles.php ] Articles submission sites of PR1 to PR5 [ http://dadsense.com/get-traffic-free/free-traffic-through-articles-pr5-1.php ] *(updated from another here at DP) .
Yeah, if you don't know your keywords you won't ever get consistent high cpc's. Get tools like wordtracker to show you what's popular and then open an AdWords account so you can see what advertisers pay for those clicks on those words. The higher they pay, the higher your cpc potentially. With proper on page SEO and relevant IBLs Google will know what to show in your adsense boxes.
You should try reading Googles TOS... "What this means is that I agree to display some ads on my page (the ones you see on the left side of the page), and in return they pay me some money for having visitors come here."
you must optimize your site for a varity of KW ... because each keyword bidding by advertisers is different.
You forgot about link exchanges. You may want to consider buying Seo Elite or Arelis. Those programs allow serious webmasters to skyrocket their links exchange programs and maximize traffic.