Using Adsense on a directory

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by scuba5794, Sep 16, 2007.

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    i am thinking of creating a directory site how well does adsense perform on these sites? I am completely new to directories and i wouldn't imagine that adsense would do that well on a directory does anyone know? has anyone had experience with it?
     
    scuba5794, Sep 16, 2007 IP
  2. adsense4money

    adsense4money Active Member

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    I agree, I don't think adsense is good for directories.
    Directories with high PR make money out of paid inclusions mostly
     
    adsense4money, Sep 16, 2007 IP
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    ForgottenCreature Notable Member

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    It all depends on the content of the directory. If it's an high-paying keyword niche, then you're more than likely to make a lot of money.
     
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    adsense4money Active Member

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    Don't think so, CTR is very low! so even if you have high paying keywords (which I doubt you can get form a directory) no one clicks them
     
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    FanAddict Notable Member

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    CTR is indeed very low (on the few directories I have it on) but the clicks I have got were very good $ ;)
     
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    mrfinchy Banned

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    Affiliates would do much better. For example: Web hosts, domain purchasing...
     
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    Abhik ..:: The ONE ::..

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    Agree..
    I got my last click on adsense on the directory in my signature a few days ago.. but that was with a good CPC.
     
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    djrishi Well-Known Member

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    Forget It. You will get very low CTR.
     
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    totalmasala Banned

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    Adsense does exceptionally Well on my directory but you should bring more traffic to earn more then bucks
     
    totalmasala, Sep 17, 2007 IP
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    I think a directory is as good as a blog or content pages.
    It only depends on the content of the pages.

    I'd recommend to increase traffic and PR of your blog with the new free tool BlogRush.
     
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    Sphinks Active Member

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    Adsense and other CPC ads are performing very poor on a directory site. Selling text links or paid listings is the best you can do with a web-directory.
     
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  12. scuba5794

    scuba5794 Active Member

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    thanks for all the input guys it was very interesting reading about peoples experience and how they can differ so much thank you for the help!
     
    scuba5794, Sep 17, 2007 IP
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    based on my experience ctr on the directory is very low.
     
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    Mainly get clicks that pay $0.06 from Yahoo Ads.

    Most days I get one click, and there are so many days I don't even get a click.

    I feel like it is waste putting adSense or YPN ads on directories.
    -- People respect the directory without ads.
     
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    On a directory you really have problems with CTR as most traffic is from SEOs. Unless you can get SERPs for your content to get normal traffic it's just not going to be a viable adsense revenue maker.
     
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