Im a complete newbie with half a dozen good content websites but yet to earn that 1st dollar.... driving traffic is a challenge for me at the moment.
yeah like a lot of the people here, i am very sceptical about this... i have used it in the past and have never had any success more than a few pennies per click...
I think I earned about 20 bucks last year with about 8 K impressions.. Just 3-4 sites though with Adsense. Click rates will vary depending on the actual time. Alot of the advertisers are in the US , so basically when you get clicks over here on this side of the pond - I dont think the competition is very high, thus the low click rate. Also, it would be people have a certain amount of money per day - If they have exhausted all their money in the Stateside time - it would cause the clicks to be worth pennies late in the night because there is no one competing for that impression. I could be wrong though.
I am not much lucky with google adsense for search. I am getting enough searches but users avoid the sponsored listings
It depends on your website type. If you have some big site where people love to use search, your revenue may increase. But on the other hand, if it is niche based or smaller one, its a waste of time.
what were the figures you were earning without google search, compared to those earnings now? As someone already said, double of nothing isn't much. although double of $$$ is