Looking for help marketing a jokes site. The site is getting close to some big keywords in Google. I currently have adsence on the site. The click through rate is just over 3%. The site is a little low on quality content but I am working on this. What would DP member advise for other income methods? I notice many other jokes site have pop ups. Not sure if this is a necessary evil for a profitable jokes site? Would like to hear other member experience especially if the have jokes/entertainment sites.
My humour site doesn't earn big money, but a couple of hundred dollars per month is worth having, especially considering that the work involved is actually fun. I would stick to adsense, focus on adding quality content and building traffic. Jokes sites will only ever earn a very small amount per visitor, but the best sites get a heck of a lot of visitors which makes up for it. Obviously, your site will not be the best if it has pop-ups all over the place, you need to stay focused on pleasing your visitors. You can tap into the traffic of more popular sites through link partnerships. You often see a "top referring friends" section which can actually generate quite a lot of click throughs, and improved link popularity. See the example at the bottom of http://www.funny-stuff-central.com/funny-stuff.php You should also be able to double the click through rate above by experimenting with ad positions. Hope that helps, Riatsala