Hi, Im new to submitting to directories. I'm wondering when submitting to relevant directories, would having adsense ads on your website reflect negatively and sway the editor to not including your site? Or in your experience, it has no effect? If you check out my site in my sig, im planning to put adsense ads on the front page so it blends in with the news and latest articles.. Do you think editors will look negatively at this and reject me for inclusion in the directory? Build backlinks/traffic first, then put on ads? Or put on ads while building backlinks/traffic? Thanks!
Well, seeing how you have headings above your adsense ads, I would probably delete your site from my submission queue without looking much further. I didn't even look at your content, I just saw dual 300x250 adsense boxes on there with headings and figured that was all it was about. But, maybe you have some good content on there.
Hahah Those are not adsense ads.. That is actual content.. i formatted them to look like adsense ads. I'll ad in the google ads later in the middle but not right below the headings..
I belive most directory admins will approve your website if the ads are not intrusive; just go ahead submitting them. If you feel like you are rejected for this reason, also think about the texts you enter for the site title & description. If they are a too promotional it may cause the site not to be accepted. Good luck!
Most directories would not punish you for ads unless it seems that your entire site is overrun with the ads.
thanks for the replies guys... its my first site.. im planning to take the steady route and just add article after article for a few years. Then at that point, it'll be a monster! too many people seem to want to put up a site and profit from it right away. patience is key!
Correct, there are no shortcuts in this game. Keep up the good work, the current site is very good for a startup one
Actually, if I were you, I would not wait that long. I would ensure it generates a good amount of daily traffic and then add adsense. You are treating your site like a buisness and so you should look to generate ome income from it as soon as possible. By the way, a great fan of Buffet's investing principles. I think your site could do really well. Perhaps, you cpuld provide a section on companies that meet the filters that Buffet employs, which would really get some people interested.
Hi I had a look around your site and liked it a lot, if you are planning to write and add articles regularly to your site might I suggest that you do 2 versions of the same article one for your site and another that you can distribute to article sites, relevant ezines and newsletter compilers this should get you some great one way back links and also some highly targeted traffic, allowing you to earn some money while your site is picked up by the search engines and your site grows in size and authority. Good luck