Adsense has done wonders for my daily webcomic site, http://yirmumah.net Without getting into things that break the GTOS, I can clearly say I've made more with adsense then I ever did toiling away trying to sell books or merchandise based on my comics. I've encouraged other webcomic creators I know to use it as well, and not just slap them on the pages, but to utilize al lthe great tools Google gives you, and some of the fantastic links and resources/tips here at DPF. Doing a daily webcomic, I'm lucky in the fact that I have fresh content through the week, which google seems to love, and my daily blog as well, which ties it all together. One thing that bugs me, there are other people who say with the amount of unique traffic I get, I should be doing even BETTER with my adsense, so I'm always on a mission to improve it.... I'm constantly tweeking things there, and I never seem to be happy with my layout. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know. I refer you to the main page at http://yirmumah.net , and then I have adsense running on my archives page at http://yirmumah.net/archives.php I've also thought about ditching my main page, and just doing a full blog setup and begin running my site directly from the wordpress blog engine, which is really flexible. I've setup a sort of test page at http://yirmumah.net/hq which is currently under slooow construction as I ween myself into being better at the CSS stuff-- (piece of cake really)
You need to read this thread: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=17104 Everyone who has implemented the image coupling technique is reporting great increases in CTR and revenue. You aleady have the advantage of being an artist so I think you should try it ASAP! AmCy
Yeah, I've read all through that thread and I have it on my to-do list to try that out. Actually popping the colorful RSS links above my bar there for now has done good as well.