Here's my secrets: Note most people already know this. Use the 300x250 smack in the middle of the page. Remove borders. Keep the page ugly so they leave (By way of my ads)
Don't waste time on low click value topics. My worst sites get a whole 3 to 4 cents a click, and my better ones do 75 cents to a buck.
Have lots of different sites that you personally connect with, grow them or change them gradually overtime. ________________________ Personal Online ATM under $10
Once you have the traffic A/B split test all the add posititions/colours/sizes. Use some code to actually split test, dont try one thin one week then something else the next. Use your channels to work out what type pf pages you need to make more of. Tf you are getting poorly targeted ads and have used up all your competitive ad filter slots then start using the adsense tagging to highlight your good stuff for the ad spider. Sacrifice a medium sized goat on the first full moon after the googlebot visits your homepage.
Start a different blog for each niche you can write about. Write in niche that has good payout. Target not so net savvy visitors... Blend the ad well. and remember this
There really is not secret. It is a combination of factors. However the biggest thing bar none is to build pages and add content! Don't let all of the other Internet Marketing that promise riches get in the way or overload you with info so you jump around too much..
Ok I think my sites sum up a few like problems people mentioned. One of my sites is like a gold mine that isn't being mined (So lots of traffic (and I mean LOTSSSS but its like a ratio of 1000:1 click rate) but low clicks) and my other sites are good click rates, but low low traffic. Funny funny stuff. Traffic helps definitely, it does make money even with really no secrets or tricks at all. However, sometimes your subject may not be good. Maybe one day I'll figure out some way to get more clicks, but for now I am going to be satisfied with the little I make with all my consistent traffic. I wonder though, why no one shares any like, "examples" of their work, like I guess every1 keeps it a secret, like no one goes "Well I get 3000 users a day and make 300$ a day" or "Well I get about 200 users a day and like 15$ a day" or something like that. Whatever. My advice to others? Get Traffic, Blend ads, then later unblend them, then blend them again later. Also don't use big ads. Also make content people will really love. Some may even just want to click on your ad even if they dont care just because they like your site i guess.
buy lots of links from sites simular to yours from pr3 and above, always ask for the first page or the the most popular page on the site. dont spend more then you can afford and swap links with other webmasters. if your site has no pr ranking you probley have to buy links. with enough content and incoming links from from high ranking sites you should jump to pr3 or better in just months where theres traffic theres clicks.
The key to my small success has been quality content that's getting people to spread the word on my site.
My secret is that search engine traffic gives me 5x CTR than random website traffic. Yay for 30% CTR.