Ajith asks:
I just create a Blog, and put a topic about Online income on it. After that I signed up for Google adsense, but my application got rejected. They said create your own website and resubmit, and website should be active for 6 months before I can apply for Adsense. Can you tell me what the problem is? Below is the mail I got. The blog I applied with is www.investmentincomes.blogspot.com
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Hello,
Thank you for your interest in Google Adsense. Unfortunately, after reviewing your application, we're unable to accept you into Google Adsense at this time.
We did not approve your application for the reasons listed below.
Issues:
- Unacceptable site content
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Further detail:
Unacceptable site content:
In order to participate in Google AdSense, publishers' websites and application information must satisfy the following guidelines:
*Your website must be your own top-level domain (www.example.com and not www.example.com/mysite).
*Your domain must have been registered and active for at least 6 months before you apply for AdSense.
*You must provide accurate personal information with your application that matches the information on your domain registration.
*Your website must contain substantial, original content.
*Your site must comply with Google AdSense program policies: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py which include Google's webmaster quality guidelines: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769#quality.
If your site satisfies the above criteria in the future, please resubmit your application and we'll review it as soon as possible.
Regards,
The Google Adsense Team
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Answer:
Google is always against duplicate content and would go any extend to get rid of it. I had a quick look at your blog and found that the same content could be found on around 180 other sites on the internet. The blog has duplicate content!
Write something of your own and re apply. Give an impression that you are going to continue writing. Chances are quite high that you will be counted in! Once you get approved, please let us know about it here.
All the best!
How to earn with Google Adsense?
Raju, Swarnava and Joseph ask:
I have a blog / website and I am new to adsense. How do I go about increasing my earnings?
Answer:
This seems to be the question on every mind. Let’s have a look at the road map for earning so that you end up getting what is on your mind.
To start with, let me say that Adsense is not a “get rich quick” scheme. To earn a decent sum from adsense you need to put in effort consistently. Let’s look at the main factors that influence earnings with adsense.
Content = Traffic
Content is rightly named the 'Holly Grail' of Internet. It is so important that it can influence all other factors that affect your earnings. So take care to get it right. Keep on adding fresh unique content to your site / blog. Good content gets good back links. This takes your site high up the search engine rankings and brings you lot of quality traffic.
Type of Site you have
Since you already have a website / blog, this point may not be relevant. But it can certainly be used while you plan your next site. CTR is one of the important things when it comes to earning with Adsense or any CPC based ads for that matter. CTR differs across verticals. Sites on certain topics get high CTR while some others doesn’t. For example sites that cater to technically oriented visitors gets a lower CTR when compared to sites having general public as visitors. This because the techies are very much aware of ads and tend to ignore them. Similar is the case with forums. Forums are infamous for their notably low CTR. So, plan sites around topics that get a high CTR.
You Niche
Certain keywords pay more per click. If your site is built around such keywords, you will make money with the same number of clicks. Choosing such a topic to build a site can earn you heavy sums (if executed well). That said, it is better to go for a topic that interests you if you are thinking long term. Such a topic would keep you glued on.
Your visitor type
While adsense determines the pricing of clicks from your site, it takes into account “how useful the leads generated from your site re to the advertisers”. This is shown in the form of smart pricing. If a decent percentage of the leads you generate turn out to be useful to the advertisers, they deem your clicks valuable and you get paid well for every click. Generally sites that have visitors capable of purchasing (like grown up people) are on the safer side. The geographic location from where you get visitors can also judge the earnings.
High CTR
CTR is something that can alter your earnings almost instantaneously. There are a number of factors affecting CTR – ad placement, colors, ad format and so on. We have a set of article for improving your CTR. It’s called the CTR Wednesdays. A post on increasing the CTR is made every Wednesday. Have a look to improve your CTR.
I have a blog / website and I am new to adsense. How do I go about increasing my earnings?
Answer:
This seems to be the question on every mind. Let’s have a look at the road map for earning so that you end up getting what is on your mind.To start with, let me say that Adsense is not a “get rich quick” scheme. To earn a decent sum from adsense you need to put in effort consistently. Let’s look at the main factors that influence earnings with adsense.
Content = Traffic
Content is rightly named the 'Holly Grail' of Internet. It is so important that it can influence all other factors that affect your earnings. So take care to get it right. Keep on adding fresh unique content to your site / blog. Good content gets good back links. This takes your site high up the search engine rankings and brings you lot of quality traffic.
Type of Site you have
Since you already have a website / blog, this point may not be relevant. But it can certainly be used while you plan your next site. CTR is one of the important things when it comes to earning with Adsense or any CPC based ads for that matter. CTR differs across verticals. Sites on certain topics get high CTR while some others doesn’t. For example sites that cater to technically oriented visitors gets a lower CTR when compared to sites having general public as visitors. This because the techies are very much aware of ads and tend to ignore them. Similar is the case with forums. Forums are infamous for their notably low CTR. So, plan sites around topics that get a high CTR.
You Niche
Certain keywords pay more per click. If your site is built around such keywords, you will make money with the same number of clicks. Choosing such a topic to build a site can earn you heavy sums (if executed well). That said, it is better to go for a topic that interests you if you are thinking long term. Such a topic would keep you glued on.
Your visitor type
While adsense determines the pricing of clicks from your site, it takes into account “how useful the leads generated from your site re to the advertisers”. This is shown in the form of smart pricing. If a decent percentage of the leads you generate turn out to be useful to the advertisers, they deem your clicks valuable and you get paid well for every click. Generally sites that have visitors capable of purchasing (like grown up people) are on the safer side. The geographic location from where you get visitors can also judge the earnings.
High CTR
CTR is something that can alter your earnings almost instantaneously. There are a number of factors affecting CTR – ad placement, colors, ad format and so on. We have a set of article for improving your CTR. It’s called the CTR Wednesdays. A post on increasing the CTR is made every Wednesday. Have a look to improve your CTR.
Proxy server killing Adsense?
Abhishek Bafna asks:
I got a mail on 28th July 2008 from Google Adsense with Subject "Google Adsense Account Disabled". I was really shocked seeing it as I didn’t know what possible reason could be for disabling. I read in a forum and got to know it can be caused by invalid clicks. It’s strange for me to see these clicks, where those come from and if I publicize my site how can I protect from some users who purposefully do this?
I have made an appeal though and hope to get my queries answered and get my account to normal state.
I am IT employee working for ____ Company, whenever I update my blog I used to send email to friends to review and comment on it as it’s about technology updates or some useful information related to IT. To my dismay I see that my account is disabled for which I am not aware what possible reason could be.
My company uses proxy servers to connect to the internet making it seem to the outside world that all traffic is coming from one IP. Can this be the reason?
Answer:
Protecting Adsense
Google has sophisticated ways of monitoring each and every adsense account. These systems are aimed at maintaining the advertisers’, publishers’ and Google’s own interests. But when it comes to protecting your adsense account, you need to be vigilant and be aware of what is going on. You can read this answer -a solution for click fraud and this post on making adsense competition safe.
Your case may be due to invalid clicks. As for the source of the clicks, we need to have a deeper look at your logs. It may be that your peers might have unknowingly clicked regularly too.
Proxy Server vs Adsense
All traffic from within a proxy server supported network would seem to be from the proxy’s IP. But Google’s systems, I believe, are sophisticated enough to know this. How monetizing the leads (visitors who click on the ads) generated from your site are. Are they of any good to the advertisers? Advertisers have access to numerous reports on Adwords by which they can easily spot the site which sends good leads and the ones that are not. Even if a site sends leads from a proxy supported network, it can’t harm you adsense if the leads it send can do what the advertiser want’s them to.
All said, always think long term and go hand in hand with the Google ToS.
I got a mail on 28th July 2008 from Google Adsense with Subject "Google Adsense Account Disabled". I was really shocked seeing it as I didn’t know what possible reason could be for disabling. I read in a forum and got to know it can be caused by invalid clicks. It’s strange for me to see these clicks, where those come from and if I publicize my site how can I protect from some users who purposefully do this?
I have made an appeal though and hope to get my queries answered and get my account to normal state.
I am IT employee working for ____ Company, whenever I update my blog I used to send email to friends to review and comment on it as it’s about technology updates or some useful information related to IT. To my dismay I see that my account is disabled for which I am not aware what possible reason could be.
My company uses proxy servers to connect to the internet making it seem to the outside world that all traffic is coming from one IP. Can this be the reason?
Answer:
Protecting Adsense
Google has sophisticated ways of monitoring each and every adsense account. These systems are aimed at maintaining the advertisers’, publishers’ and Google’s own interests. But when it comes to protecting your adsense account, you need to be vigilant and be aware of what is going on. You can read this answer -a solution for click fraud and this post on making adsense competition safe.
Your case may be due to invalid clicks. As for the source of the clicks, we need to have a deeper look at your logs. It may be that your peers might have unknowingly clicked regularly too.
Proxy Server vs Adsense
All traffic from within a proxy server supported network would seem to be from the proxy’s IP. But Google’s systems, I believe, are sophisticated enough to know this. How monetizing the leads (visitors who click on the ads) generated from your site are. Are they of any good to the advertisers? Advertisers have access to numerous reports on Adwords by which they can easily spot the site which sends good leads and the ones that are not. Even if a site sends leads from a proxy supported network, it can’t harm you adsense if the leads it send can do what the advertiser want’s them to.
All said, always think long term and go hand in hand with the Google ToS.
Are article directory submissions really helpful?
Deeksha Paliwal asks:
You have done a really nice job on your blog and it is also very much helpful for SEO and adsense purpose. I am a new comer in this field and I started my work at home and have so much financial problem that I m not able to take any kind of own domain and hosting service. Are article directory submissions really helpful to get visitor on blog and site and is this the best way of SEO?
I have an adsense account since 1 and half months and till now I earned only 3$. I am not getting enough visitors to my blog based on online shopping. Please have a look of my blog: www.onlinebabyproducts.cc.cc and please provide me feedback and what should I do to promote my blog.
Answer:
Thanks Deeksha for the feedback on this blog. Glad that you found the info helpful. Before we go into answering, I would like you to read this post where I wrote about creating a website with zero investment.
Article Submission for SEO
There are a lot of article directories out there and the numbers are ever growing. People are flooding them with well written (and not so well written) articles. What might be the reason for this trend?
Yes! This is one of the best ways to some quality back links, better rankings and better traffic. In addition to the search engine dominance of these articles, you also will get a decent flow of traffic (from the RESOURCE BOX) if your articles are well written and some ezine publisher chooses it to be published in his ezine (or web site). While this is one of the ways in which SEO is done, this is just the tip of the SEO ice berg! This is one of the many steps involved.
Promoting your Blog
You are a very new publisher and you blog is new too. During the first few months of blogging, you shouldn't look at your income. Build content and income will follow.
I guess there’s something wrong with the URL. Pls leave a comment with the right URL. I don’t review blogs here SEO wise, what I can offer are some quick tips on your ads.
For promoting your blog you can read this article on making your blog better.
You have done a really nice job on your blog and it is also very much helpful for SEO and adsense purpose. I am a new comer in this field and I started my work at home and have so much financial problem that I m not able to take any kind of own domain and hosting service. Are article directory submissions really helpful to get visitor on blog and site and is this the best way of SEO?
I have an adsense account since 1 and half months and till now I earned only 3$. I am not getting enough visitors to my blog based on online shopping. Please have a look of my blog: www.onlinebabyproducts.cc.cc and please provide me feedback and what should I do to promote my blog.
Answer:
Thanks Deeksha for the feedback on this blog. Glad that you found the info helpful. Before we go into answering, I would like you to read this post where I wrote about creating a website with zero investment.
Article Submission for SEO
There are a lot of article directories out there and the numbers are ever growing. People are flooding them with well written (and not so well written) articles. What might be the reason for this trend?
Yes! This is one of the best ways to some quality back links, better rankings and better traffic. In addition to the search engine dominance of these articles, you also will get a decent flow of traffic (from the RESOURCE BOX) if your articles are well written and some ezine publisher chooses it to be published in his ezine (or web site). While this is one of the ways in which SEO is done, this is just the tip of the SEO ice berg! This is one of the many steps involved.
Promoting your Blog
You are a very new publisher and you blog is new too. During the first few months of blogging, you shouldn't look at your income. Build content and income will follow.
I guess there’s something wrong with the URL. Pls leave a comment with the right URL. I don’t review blogs here SEO wise, what I can offer are some quick tips on your ads.
For promoting your blog you can read this article on making your blog better.
Make a website with ZERO spending?
Dr Sachin Goyal asks:
Is there anyway to make my own website online without spending anything?
Answer:
This question is part of a set of 5 question asked by Dr. Sachin Goyal. You can find all of them here.
Yes, there is! There is in fact a hand full of methods to start your own website without spending a dime. Let’s look at the most popular ones.
Blogs
Most blogs available out there are free to join. Start a Blog and start posting. A blog provides all what is required to get started and start earning. Once you feel that you have got what it takes to make money online, you can always upgrade to your own website / domains. The advantages of blogs include:
1. Simplicity and easiness to handle
2. Search engine friendliness
3. Connecting with readers using the comment option.
4. Returning loyal visitors.
5. They provide unlimited band width
5. They are free.
Examples: Blogger, Wordpress
Free Sub-domain Sites
Some sites freely allow you to make sub domains on them. A site made on a sub domain from Google pages would look like yoursite.googlepages.com. Such sites too have their share of advantages that include:
1. Highly customizable
2. Provides file (other than images) uploading
3. Most provide unlimited band width
4. They are free too.
Examples: Geocities, Google Pages
Free Hosts
You may use the 000webhost [affiliate link] for free hosting. They provide you get 350 MB of disk space and 100 GB bandwidth and there is no any kind of advertising on your pages. Their terms and conditions say that they may suspend your site at any time. That said, I haven’t used their service and can’t give you my personal experience with them.
Make good use of them and get started to make your online presence felt!
Is there anyway to make my own website online without spending anything?
Answer:
This question is part of a set of 5 question asked by Dr. Sachin Goyal. You can find all of them here.
Yes, there is! There is in fact a hand full of methods to start your own website without spending a dime. Let’s look at the most popular ones.
Blogs
Most blogs available out there are free to join. Start a Blog and start posting. A blog provides all what is required to get started and start earning. Once you feel that you have got what it takes to make money online, you can always upgrade to your own website / domains. The advantages of blogs include:
1. Simplicity and easiness to handle
2. Search engine friendliness
3. Connecting with readers using the comment option.
4. Returning loyal visitors.
5. They provide unlimited band width
5. They are free.
Examples: Blogger, Wordpress
Free Sub-domain Sites
Some sites freely allow you to make sub domains on them. A site made on a sub domain from Google pages would look like yoursite.googlepages.com. Such sites too have their share of advantages that include:
1. Highly customizable
2. Provides file (other than images) uploading
3. Most provide unlimited band width
4. They are free too.
Examples: Geocities, Google Pages
Free Hosts
You may use the 000webhost [affiliate link] for free hosting. They provide you get 350 MB of disk space and 100 GB bandwidth and there is no any kind of advertising on your pages. Their terms and conditions say that they may suspend your site at any time. That said, I haven’t used their service and can’t give you my personal experience with them.
Make good use of them and get started to make your online presence felt!
What is Link Exchange?
Dr. Sachin Goyal & Rajpal asks:
What is link exchange? Is it legal and can I use it on my blog with Adsense?
Answer:
This question is also part of a set of 5 question asked by Dr. Sachin Goyal. You can find all of them here.
Link Exchange
Link exchange is a widely used method for getting traffic, search engine rankings and high page rank (PR).
Consider two websites A and B. Now if website A has a link on it that points to website B and website B has a link on it that points to website A, then this is called a two way link exchange. Similarly, there is also a three way link exchange.
The most valued links are one way links. In this case the website A gets a link from website B, but doesn’t link back.
Google Engineer Matt Cutts recommends a webmaster to make other sites in the same industry aware of their own site. This can be achieved by link exchange. However take care not to do it extensively with a motto to push up your PR, you may be flagged as spam. Also beware of linking to bad neighbours, this can do mare harm that not linking at all!
What is link exchange? Is it legal and can I use it on my blog with Adsense?
Answer:
This question is also part of a set of 5 question asked by Dr. Sachin Goyal. You can find all of them here.
Link Exchange
Link exchange is a widely used method for getting traffic, search engine rankings and high page rank (PR).
Consider two websites A and B. Now if website A has a link on it that points to website B and website B has a link on it that points to website A, then this is called a two way link exchange. Similarly, there is also a three way link exchange.
The most valued links are one way links. In this case the website A gets a link from website B, but doesn’t link back.
Google Engineer Matt Cutts recommends a webmaster to make other sites in the same industry aware of their own site. This can be achieved by link exchange. However take care not to do it extensively with a motto to push up your PR, you may be flagged as spam. Also beware of linking to bad neighbours, this can do mare harm that not linking at all!
Is Googlecashcow fake?
Dr Sachin Goyal asks:
I have some queries about Google adsense. I will be really obliged if u could answer them.
1. What is the difference between Google adsense and Googlecashcow?
2. Some people say that Googlecashcow is a "fake" product, is it true?
3. What is the meaning of link exchange?
4. Is there anyway to make my own website online without spending anything?
5. How is all this connected to making money?
I am sorry for putting so many questions here. I tried a lot of internet search but couldn't find to the point answers and ended up getting totally confused.
We also have Mathi asking a similar question on Googlecashcow.
Answer:
First of all don't feel sorry Sachin, for asking so many question! I'm here to answer what you ask!
Let’s split the answer over a set of posts as you have more than one question. In this post I will answer the first two and the last one. You can find the answers to the other two by clicking on them.
Google Adsense vs Googlecashcow
Google Adsense which is the most reputed advertising program on the internet today an advertisement serving program run by Google. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image, and video advertisements on their websites. These advertisements are administered by Google and generate revenue on either a per-click or per-impression basis. Adsense is free to join and website / blog owners (publishers) can use it to monetize their site’s traffic very well. Once you join Adsense, you can get a small piece of adsense code that when used on your website / blog will display ads that are served by Google. When a visitor (at a publisher’s web site) clicks on these ads, the publisher gets paid.
I do not have any personal experience with Googlecashcow. Their website is down at this time too. Many people think that this product is from Google, if you thought that too, then you have seriously mistaken it! Googlecashcow is from some local vendor and is in NO way affiliated to Google.
I have some queries about Google adsense. I will be really obliged if u could answer them.
1. What is the difference between Google adsense and Googlecashcow?
2. Some people say that Googlecashcow is a "fake" product, is it true?
3. What is the meaning of link exchange?
4. Is there anyway to make my own website online without spending anything?
5. How is all this connected to making money?
I am sorry for putting so many questions here. I tried a lot of internet search but couldn't find to the point answers and ended up getting totally confused.
We also have Mathi asking a similar question on Googlecashcow.
Answer:
First of all don't feel sorry Sachin, for asking so many question! I'm here to answer what you ask!
Let’s split the answer over a set of posts as you have more than one question. In this post I will answer the first two and the last one. You can find the answers to the other two by clicking on them.
Google Adsense vs Googlecashcow
Google Adsense which is the most reputed advertising program on the internet today an advertisement serving program run by Google. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image, and video advertisements on their websites. These advertisements are administered by Google and generate revenue on either a per-click or per-impression basis. Adsense is free to join and website / blog owners (publishers) can use it to monetize their site’s traffic very well. Once you join Adsense, you can get a small piece of adsense code that when used on your website / blog will display ads that are served by Google. When a visitor (at a publisher’s web site) clicks on these ads, the publisher gets paid.
I do not have any personal experience with Googlecashcow. Their website is down at this time too. Many people think that this product is from Google, if you thought that too, then you have seriously mistaken it! Googlecashcow is from some local vendor and is in NO way affiliated to Google.
Adsense on Software Crack Website?
Rock asks:
I want to create a blog for software and games which will contain some the full version software including some cracks / keygens or serials. So I want to know if Google allows adsense along side cracks / keygen or cracked software. Because when I first applied for adsense, I made a site for software with lots of full versions software in it, but my application was rejected. But later on I have seen lots of sites which have software with cracks but still use adsense. I hope you understood my question. I will be hoping to get my answer soon…
Answer:
Though placing ads on software / game review sites are perfectly accepted, Google prohibits the use of Adsense on sites with hacking / cracking related content. Also using adsense with copy righted content for which you do not have permissions to host is a strict no-no. Providing serials or key gens can invite other burdens too.
The fact that some other publisher is using it on such sites is not in any case an excuse for violating the TOS. It’s a matter of time before Google flushes out these sites from the Adsense program.
Hope that answers your question and brings an end to your long wait!
Also have a look at other things that can get you banned from adsense.
I want to create a blog for software and games which will contain some the full version software including some cracks / keygens or serials. So I want to know if Google allows adsense along side cracks / keygen or cracked software. Because when I first applied for adsense, I made a site for software with lots of full versions software in it, but my application was rejected. But later on I have seen lots of sites which have software with cracks but still use adsense. I hope you understood my question. I will be hoping to get my answer soon…
Answer:
Though placing ads on software / game review sites are perfectly accepted, Google prohibits the use of Adsense on sites with hacking / cracking related content. Also using adsense with copy righted content for which you do not have permissions to host is a strict no-no. Providing serials or key gens can invite other burdens too.
The fact that some other publisher is using it on such sites is not in any case an excuse for violating the TOS. It’s a matter of time before Google flushes out these sites from the Adsense program.
Hope that answers your question and brings an end to your long wait!
Also have a look at other things that can get you banned from adsense.
Would I be paid anything? Or simply nothing?
Clement asks:
My doubt may sound a bit odd. But I need an answer. Will I get money only if my visitors click on the ads? Shouldn't I be paid for publishing those ads in my site? If a million people visit my site and none of them click, would I be paid anything? Or simply nothing?
I'm anxiously waiting for your answer.
Answer:
You have asked this question at the right time, I just answered a related question on CPM based ads. You can go through it to aid better understanding.
There are two kinds of ads that Adsense serves:
CPC based ones (Cost-per-click)
CPM based ones (Cost-per-1000-impressions)
The CPC based ads will pay you only if your visitors click on them. With CPM based ads, you get paid (though small) for just displaying them on your site. So if you have CPM based ads and a million hits, you will get paid!
Pls comment for any clarification.
My doubt may sound a bit odd. But I need an answer. Will I get money only if my visitors click on the ads? Shouldn't I be paid for publishing those ads in my site? If a million people visit my site and none of them click, would I be paid anything? Or simply nothing?
I'm anxiously waiting for your answer.
Answer:
You have asked this question at the right time, I just answered a related question on CPM based ads. You can go through it to aid better understanding.
There are two kinds of ads that Adsense serves:
CPC based ones (Cost-per-click)
CPM based ones (Cost-per-1000-impressions)
The CPC based ads will pay you only if your visitors click on them. With CPM based ads, you get paid (though small) for just displaying them on your site. So if you have CPM based ads and a million hits, you will get paid!
Pls comment for any clarification.
Distinguishing CPC based ads from CPM based ads
Sidharth asks:
1. How do we distinguish between cost-per-click ads and cost-per-1000 impressions ads?
2. In case of cost per thousand impressions ads, how do we get paid? I mean, after 1000 impressions do we get some money into our account automatically?
3. What if I want to select only cost per 1000 impressions type of ads?
Answer:
Here are your answers.
1. You can’t distinguish (at least by documented means) between CPC / CPM based ads. Thinking that only image ads are CPM based is not true. There are also text ads that are CPM based. Advertisers are given the choice to make there ads either CPM based or CPC based.
2. CPM based ads generate revenue when ever they are displayed. The revenue generated would though be very small.
3. In order for a CPM based ad to appear on your site, it has to produce an effective CPM (perform) greater than the sum of the individual text ads that would otherwise appear. Google has an ad serving system that serves the maximum performing ads. So if you ads are not getting clicked by your large traffic, the ad serving program may try switching your ads to CPM based ones.
Alternately, you can mail the adsense team to serve you CPM based ads only.
1. How do we distinguish between cost-per-click ads and cost-per-1000 impressions ads?
2. In case of cost per thousand impressions ads, how do we get paid? I mean, after 1000 impressions do we get some money into our account automatically?
3. What if I want to select only cost per 1000 impressions type of ads?
Answer:
Here are your answers.
1. You can’t distinguish (at least by documented means) between CPC / CPM based ads. Thinking that only image ads are CPM based is not true. There are also text ads that are CPM based. Advertisers are given the choice to make there ads either CPM based or CPC based.
2. CPM based ads generate revenue when ever they are displayed. The revenue generated would though be very small.
3. In order for a CPM based ad to appear on your site, it has to produce an effective CPM (perform) greater than the sum of the individual text ads that would otherwise appear. Google has an ad serving system that serves the maximum performing ads. So if you ads are not getting clicked by your large traffic, the ad serving program may try switching your ads to CPM based ones.
Alternately, you can mail the adsense team to serve you CPM based ads only.
$3 Keyword paying 50cents?
Adeel asks:
Few days ago I found a keyword paying more than 1 us dollar per click (if clicked by visitor it should have given 3 dollars) but it’s giving me half a dollar when clicked by visitors. The blog is new and has only 4 posts till now. Can you tell me why it’s not paying me maximum?
Answer:
The $3 that was shown against a keyword is what advertisers are willing to pay for that keyword and not what you will get when someone click on an ad (related to that keyword)
Advertisers will be bidding for the first position for a particular keyword. When the number of advertisers bidding for a keyword increase, the bid values increase too, pushing it (the keyword) into the high paying league.
When an advertiser pays $3, you should be aware that a portion of it will go to Google and only what is remaining is paid to you. As for now, Google hasn’t published the percent that they take.
Again, there is something called smart pricing that comes into picture in this case. This depends on how useful (to the advertiser) the leads you send to the advertisers’ sites are. If you can send more visitors who buy (or does something that an advertiser wants) to their site, they will be willing to pay more for each of your visitors. This will highly increase you earnings.
Stay tuned while we come up with an article on smart pricing!
Few days ago I found a keyword paying more than 1 us dollar per click (if clicked by visitor it should have given 3 dollars) but it’s giving me half a dollar when clicked by visitors. The blog is new and has only 4 posts till now. Can you tell me why it’s not paying me maximum?
Answer:
The $3 that was shown against a keyword is what advertisers are willing to pay for that keyword and not what you will get when someone click on an ad (related to that keyword)
Advertisers will be bidding for the first position for a particular keyword. When the number of advertisers bidding for a keyword increase, the bid values increase too, pushing it (the keyword) into the high paying league.
When an advertiser pays $3, you should be aware that a portion of it will go to Google and only what is remaining is paid to you. As for now, Google hasn’t published the percent that they take.
Again, there is something called smart pricing that comes into picture in this case. This depends on how useful (to the advertiser) the leads you send to the advertisers’ sites are. If you can send more visitors who buy (or does something that an advertiser wants) to their site, they will be willing to pay more for each of your visitors. This will highly increase you earnings.
Stay tuned while we come up with an article on smart pricing!
Time taken for relevant ads to appear?
Ajith Reddy asks:
I have created some posts related to Adsense keywords.
How much time will it take for the ads related to that Keywords to appear?
Answer:
You will start getting ads that are related to your content soon after your sites gets crawled by the Google bot. After you place ad code on a page, the bot will crawl it as soon as it is free. This can be instantaneous or may take up to a couple of hours.
You can also use Section targeting for giving emphasis to certain areas on your page. Knowing how adsense works will prove to be an added advantage.
How to Contact Adsense?
Mohan asks:
Please tell me if I am banned for invalid click activity or not. Where should I contact and what should I ask them?
Will they ban users for having multiple advertising programs like adsense? As soon as I pasted the code of a different advertising program (Pay per play) I got banned immediately the day after. Quite amazing! And all of my sites were genuine sites with 0 invalid clicks and spamming.
P.S: I didn’t receive any emails regarding the ban as well.
Answer:
I would like to know if you are able to see Google ads on your site. If yes, you are not banned. Also, they will send an email to users getting banned. Since you haven’t got that either, you probably may not be banned. Anyways, I CANNOT confirm this, only the Adsense guys can!
You need to contact them (Adsense Support) through this form or email them at adsense-support AT google.com with your query. You may tell them that you are not able to log into your account (as you told in the scrap).
And using other programs that have adsense-look-alike ads is against the ToS and this may get you in trouble.
Pls tell me if your ads are still visible (as comments)
Please tell me if I am banned for invalid click activity or not. Where should I contact and what should I ask them?
Will they ban users for having multiple advertising programs like adsense? As soon as I pasted the code of a different advertising program (Pay per play) I got banned immediately the day after. Quite amazing! And all of my sites were genuine sites with 0 invalid clicks and spamming.
P.S: I didn’t receive any emails regarding the ban as well.
Answer:
I would like to know if you are able to see Google ads on your site. If yes, you are not banned. Also, they will send an email to users getting banned. Since you haven’t got that either, you probably may not be banned. Anyways, I CANNOT confirm this, only the Adsense guys can!
You need to contact them (Adsense Support) through this form or email them at adsense-support AT google.com with your query. You may tell them that you are not able to log into your account (as you told in the scrap).
And using other programs that have adsense-look-alike ads is against the ToS and this may get you in trouble.
Pls tell me if your ads are still visible (as comments)
Solution for Click Fraud?
Robert McDaniels asks:
I don’t want to worry all time thinking of getting banned due to click fraud. I have in mind to program a server side script that after a click on the adsense, remove the adsense for the user that generate the click, but it requires that I change the Google Adsense code! (And this, I know, is a violation of the TOS). So, is there a solution for click fraud?
If my competitor makes a cache of my page and makes 100 clicks, how I can defender myself?
Why doesn’t Google change the TOS introducing, simply:"from an IP, only the first click in a day are considered"!
Thank you and congratulations for your blog!
Answer:
Thanks Robert, for your feedback on this blog.
If you already know that your competition is clicking on your ads for getting you banned, it’s high time that you closely follow your stats (reports in adsense). Keep an eye on your CTR and watch out for any unusual activity. If you find that something is wrong, inform it to the adsense team through this form.
Google is well aware of this and they are doing there best to protect the interest of their advertisers. These clicks will not be counted in your earnings. However you can report it using the above form.
And finally, if Google had introduced such a phrase in their ToS, many valid clicks would not have been counted and would have brought loss to Google and publishers alike.
Tip: You can read also read How to get banned without even knowing about it?
I don’t want to worry all time thinking of getting banned due to click fraud. I have in mind to program a server side script that after a click on the adsense, remove the adsense for the user that generate the click, but it requires that I change the Google Adsense code! (And this, I know, is a violation of the TOS). So, is there a solution for click fraud?
If my competitor makes a cache of my page and makes 100 clicks, how I can defender myself?
Why doesn’t Google change the TOS introducing, simply:"from an IP, only the first click in a day are considered"!
Thank you and congratulations for your blog!
Answer:
Thanks Robert, for your feedback on this blog.
If you already know that your competition is clicking on your ads for getting you banned, it’s high time that you closely follow your stats (reports in adsense). Keep an eye on your CTR and watch out for any unusual activity. If you find that something is wrong, inform it to the adsense team through this form.
Google is well aware of this and they are doing there best to protect the interest of their advertisers. These clicks will not be counted in your earnings. However you can report it using the above form.
And finally, if Google had introduced such a phrase in their ToS, many valid clicks would not have been counted and would have brought loss to Google and publishers alike.
Tip: You can read also read How to get banned without even knowing about it?
What can I do to make my blog interesting?
Kumaran asks:
1. What can I do to make my blog interesting?
2. If I click my own ads what will happen?
3. How do I place high paying ads on my website?
Answer:
You can follow the tips mentioned in this article on making your blog shine. Write on something that interests you and naturally what you write too will become interesting!
I assume that you mean to ask about accidental clicks that happen on your own ads. We had answered a question on accidental clicks earlier. Pls go through it. And if you meant to click your own ads for inflating your income, that would mean to be a violation of Google ToS and invite a ban!
Writing about some topic that can have high paying ads is what you should do to get high paying ads. We have whole article on how to make use of high paying keywords here. Also you can find some high paying keywords here.
Earnings: One Ad Unit vs Many
Adeel asks:
I have heard if we have only one Ad in our blog we earn more per click. Is it true??
Answer:
This is a tricky question so I thought of posting it separately from the question with which it was asked with. Hope the answer is tricky too ;)
Google Adsense shows the ads with maximum earning potential on the ad space that you provide on your site. When I say earning potential, I do not mean earnings per click.
Total Earnings = no. of clicks x Cost per click
For some ads, the number of clicks (CTR) may be high and Cost per click (CPC) may be low but still can manage to have a high earning. For some other ads, the CTR may be low and the CPC may be high but still won’t have high earnings! Now Google brings up ads that will deliver you the maximum earnings.
Now into the question, let’s take this case. You are having a long page, requiring users to scroll down the page. Now it will be always better to have ads at both ends of the text. Another example is a Forum or message board pages. It’s better to have ads between posts. All this requires you to have multiple ad units to gain maximum visibility.
Google advices to place the ad that appears first in your HTML code in the most visible position so that they can deliver the ads with maximum earning potential to it.
So in effect if (that is a big if) you can manage to place a single ad unit that is visible enough such that you have a healthy CTR, you will have a higher earnings.
Again, remember that placing 2-3 ad units will have a better chance to be visible!
I have heard if we have only one Ad in our blog we earn more per click. Is it true??
Answer:
This is a tricky question so I thought of posting it separately from the question with which it was asked with. Hope the answer is tricky too ;)
Google Adsense shows the ads with maximum earning potential on the ad space that you provide on your site. When I say earning potential, I do not mean earnings per click.
Total Earnings = no. of clicks x Cost per click
For some ads, the number of clicks (CTR) may be high and Cost per click (CPC) may be low but still can manage to have a high earning. For some other ads, the CTR may be low and the CPC may be high but still won’t have high earnings! Now Google brings up ads that will deliver you the maximum earnings.
Now into the question, let’s take this case. You are having a long page, requiring users to scroll down the page. Now it will be always better to have ads at both ends of the text. Another example is a Forum or message board pages. It’s better to have ads between posts. All this requires you to have multiple ad units to gain maximum visibility.
Google advices to place the ad that appears first in your HTML code in the most visible position so that they can deliver the ads with maximum earning potential to it.
So in effect if (that is a big if) you can manage to place a single ad unit that is visible enough such that you have a healthy CTR, you will have a higher earnings.
Again, remember that placing 2-3 ad units will have a better chance to be visible!
How can I get highly relevant ads?
Adeel asks:
Thanks a lot for guiding me till now. I have 2 more questions:
How can I get highly relevant ads? (as the ad code is automatically placed on clicking page element (in Blogger) and then adding the adsense element)
Answer:
You are welcome Adeel. I'm looking forward to answer more of your questions here.
I’m splitting your question across two posts due to its relevance. This post has the answer to your first question. Pls find the second question on placing a single ad here.
Back to your question: Getting highly relevant ads!
Adsense relies a lot on your content for bringing you targeted ads. While you may already know this, it’s also to be noted that you need to have text based content for better targeted ads (as the crawlers are not as smart as you in understanding the images in your site!) So add a lot of content to the pages and you will get relevant ads.
You can also use section targeting to give emphasis on certain sections of your text that you find more important.
Again I would like to remind you that Google Adsense will automatically bring targeted ads to your site. That is a built-in property of Adsense and is the force behind its huge success. If you place the same piece of code on two different web sites: one about cars and the other about gardening both will still have targeted ads! Ie; the site about cars will have ads related to cars and the one about gardening will have ads about gardening!
Thanks a lot for guiding me till now. I have 2 more questions:
How can I get highly relevant ads? (as the ad code is automatically placed on clicking page element (in Blogger) and then adding the adsense element)
Answer:
You are welcome Adeel. I'm looking forward to answer more of your questions here.
I’m splitting your question across two posts due to its relevance. This post has the answer to your first question. Pls find the second question on placing a single ad here.
Back to your question: Getting highly relevant ads!
Adsense relies a lot on your content for bringing you targeted ads. While you may already know this, it’s also to be noted that you need to have text based content for better targeted ads (as the crawlers are not as smart as you in understanding the images in your site!) So add a lot of content to the pages and you will get relevant ads.
You can also use section targeting to give emphasis on certain sections of your text that you find more important.
Again I would like to remind you that Google Adsense will automatically bring targeted ads to your site. That is a built-in property of Adsense and is the force behind its huge success. If you place the same piece of code on two different web sites: one about cars and the other about gardening both will still have targeted ads! Ie; the site about cars will have ads related to cars and the one about gardening will have ads about gardening!
If Adsense Account Gets Banned ?
Punit asks:
Can I make another acct. with same name & address if I get banned once? Can I have a second acct. with same address but diff name? Can I get my back banned acct?
Answer:
As per Google ToS, a person is supposed to have only one account. Once banned, the ban holds for a life time and you may not apply for a new account.
You may go for an appeal here if you get the email telling that your account is disabled. You can find the appeal form here.
In most of the cases a disabled account would NOT be reinstated. If banned, you may try some of the Adsense alternatives on your site. You can also try this work around when your adsense account gets banned.
As always, prevention is better than cure. So you may go through this article on things that can get you banned as well.
Can I make another acct. with same name & address if I get banned once? Can I have a second acct. with same address but diff name? Can I get my back banned acct?
Answer:
As per Google ToS, a person is supposed to have only one account. Once banned, the ban holds for a life time and you may not apply for a new account.
You may go for an appeal here if you get the email telling that your account is disabled. You can find the appeal form here.
In most of the cases a disabled account would NOT be reinstated. If banned, you may try some of the Adsense alternatives on your site. You can also try this work around when your adsense account gets banned.
As always, prevention is better than cure. So you may go through this article on things that can get you banned as well.
Got $1.58 a Click?
Adeel Akhter asks:
I have few more questions.
1. A net friend showed me his adsense account (by print page) he had 1.58 dollars in his account and only one AD click. I am shocked! Can you please tell me how it is possible to earn 1.58 dollars by only clicking 1 ad?
2. Please also guide me exactly what are keywords. Should we post them in our posts or are they keywords for searching?
Answer:
Welcome back Adeel. I think we have recently pretty much covered these questions. Always feel free to go through other questions asked here too.
Regarding your first question, it’s very much possible to earn $1.58 per click by using a high paying keyword. We also had a hand full of high paying keywords published here a few days back.
Now, to your second question. Keywords are those buzz words around which a page is written. For example, if you have a page written about ‘body building’, your keywords are body building and words relating to it. You can find this article on using high paying keywords useful.
If you can do it right, you will be sky rocketing your income!
I have few more questions.
1. A net friend showed me his adsense account (by print page) he had 1.58 dollars in his account and only one AD click. I am shocked! Can you please tell me how it is possible to earn 1.58 dollars by only clicking 1 ad?
2. Please also guide me exactly what are keywords. Should we post them in our posts or are they keywords for searching?
Answer:
Welcome back Adeel. I think we have recently pretty much covered these questions. Always feel free to go through other questions asked here too.
Regarding your first question, it’s very much possible to earn $1.58 per click by using a high paying keyword. We also had a hand full of high paying keywords published here a few days back.
Now, to your second question. Keywords are those buzz words around which a page is written. For example, if you have a page written about ‘body building’, your keywords are body building and words relating to it. You can find this article on using high paying keywords useful.
If you can do it right, you will be sky rocketing your income!
Clicks with ZERO Earnings?
Rock asks:
Today when I checked my adsense account I see there were 37 page impressions with 2 clicks, but no earnings (but those clicks count) Pls tell me why these 2 clicks did not generate earnings but they were still count as clicks? This thing has happened with me before also 2/3 times.
Answer:
Welcome back Rock. This question has been asked quite a few times to me. Here’s your answer.
Google closely monitor all adsense publishing websites manually as well as with their sophisticated programs. Their systems can figure it when an invalid click occurs and it does n’t allow earnings for those clicks to be credited to your account. But you will still see the clicks being shown in your reports.
Although I don’t have proof, I believe that a click on a PSA can also make this happen!
Again, stay tuned for a post on How to avoid PSAs!
Today when I checked my adsense account I see there were 37 page impressions with 2 clicks, but no earnings (but those clicks count) Pls tell me why these 2 clicks did not generate earnings but they were still count as clicks? This thing has happened with me before also 2/3 times.
Answer:
Welcome back Rock. This question has been asked quite a few times to me. Here’s your answer.
Google closely monitor all adsense publishing websites manually as well as with their sophisticated programs. Their systems can figure it when an invalid click occurs and it does n’t allow earnings for those clicks to be credited to your account. But you will still see the clicks being shown in your reports.
Although I don’t have proof, I believe that a click on a PSA can also make this happen!
Again, stay tuned for a post on How to avoid PSAs!
Launching CTR Wednesdays!
Announcing the launch of CTR Wednesdays! - a series of articles on increasing your CTR
Find the very first post in the series on Increasing your CTR through Section Targeting.
Stay tuned for more articles in this series every Wednesday!
Find the very first post in the series on Increasing your CTR through Section Targeting.
Stay tuned for more articles in this series every Wednesday!
Made For Adsense (MFA) Sites
Vinoth Thompson asks:
Hi Rakesh,
I have been really tracking you in the orkut. And I used to read all the forums, and I learnt everything from you. Thnx A Lot. Keep the Good Work.
Q 1: I read in a Forum about MFA ads (Posted by You), and I used Competitive Ad Filter. But I think I am still getting the MFA ads. Pls assist http://vinothompson.blogspot.com/
Q 2: My CTR is as low as 3% - 4 %. My visitors never click Ads. I will be Satisfied If I get around 7 % - 10 %. What should I do?????
Answer:
I’m glad that you had been tracking all my posts. Thanks a zillion for the feedback and suggestions (He had given me some suggestions on template and subscriptions) While you have already noticed some changes, you will soon find the subscription box too.
Now let’s get into the answers.
I tried loading your site; it was taking a bit too long to load. I would suggest making your home page a bit lighter.
Made For Adsense (MFA) Sites
Sometime back there were a set of people who used to make a killing by adsense-adwords arbitrage. They used to bid small at Adwords to get traffic to their sites which in turn had high paying adsense ads and very little useful / original content.
Then something better happened. Google put them below the iron hammer. Google calculated a Landing Page Quality Score for all landing pages. As you can find here, MFA sites would not be have a good score and they will have to increase their minimum bid for displaying ads. This has wiped out most MFA sites from the Adwords / Adsense network. And I didn’t spot any when I visited your page as well.
They were made to make a minimum bid (threshold) to qualify to pay more for Adwords ads as their Landing Page Quality Score was low.
Increasing your CTR
Your CTR depends on a variety of factors. This include
Hi Rakesh,
I have been really tracking you in the orkut. And I used to read all the forums, and I learnt everything from you. Thnx A Lot. Keep the Good Work.
Q 1: I read in a Forum about MFA ads (Posted by You), and I used Competitive Ad Filter. But I think I am still getting the MFA ads. Pls assist http://vinothompson.blogspot.com/
Q 2: My CTR is as low as 3% - 4 %. My visitors never click Ads. I will be Satisfied If I get around 7 % - 10 %. What should I do?????
Answer:
I’m glad that you had been tracking all my posts. Thanks a zillion for the feedback and suggestions (He had given me some suggestions on template and subscriptions) While you have already noticed some changes, you will soon find the subscription box too.
Now let’s get into the answers.
I tried loading your site; it was taking a bit too long to load. I would suggest making your home page a bit lighter.
Made For Adsense (MFA) Sites
Sometime back there were a set of people who used to make a killing by adsense-adwords arbitrage. They used to bid small at Adwords to get traffic to their sites which in turn had high paying adsense ads and very little useful / original content.
Then something better happened. Google put them below the iron hammer. Google calculated a Landing Page Quality Score for all landing pages. As you can find here, MFA sites would not be have a good score and they will have to increase their minimum bid for displaying ads. This has wiped out most MFA sites from the Adwords / Adsense network. And I didn’t spot any when I visited your page as well.
They were made to make a minimum bid (threshold) to qualify to pay more for Adwords ads as their Landing Page Quality Score was low.
Increasing your CTR
Your CTR depends on a variety of factors. This include
- Ad position
- Ad size
- Ad colour
- Type of content
Most often, many people overlook one thing that influences CTR. This one thing is the main reason behind the success of Adsense. You guessed it right!
It is the contextual nature of ads. You need to have highly relevant ads to get your users click!
A way to increase the relevancy of ads is to use section targeting. You can make the number of posts that appear on the main page limited and direct users to your individual post pages so that you get better targeted ads that gets clicked.
We will very soon have articles on Increasing the CTR, and [edited] using section targeting.
Stay tuned!
How do I use keywords?
Sidharth asks:
I have a blog registered on blogspot.com
My questions are:
1. How do I use keywords and put them into my blog. I have come across some good keywords and have a good knowledge of keywords and competitions and all... but where do I put them in my blog?
2. I keep modifying and viewing my site too often, as a result of which some impressions increase automatically. Is this ok or it violates Google TOS?
3. How do I know my Google page rank
4. Is pinging by pingomatic safe?
Answers:
Let’s start with your last question and them move up.
4. Ping-o-matic
This is a service to update different blog search engines that your blog has been updated. Using Ping-o-matic to ping the different services is perfectly ok if you use it reasonably. Never over use it or you will be flagged for spam by different servers.
3. Knowing your Page Rank
You can use the Google toolbar to know your Page Rank. In fact, Google toolbar is a must have tool for any Blogger / webmaster. It can be of great use when finding possible link partners.
You can download it here for free. There are also a lot of web based tools for checking the PR.
2. Viewing my site too often
We recently answered a similar question on “increasing your impressions”. Please go through it.
1. How do I use keywords
Write plenty of articles relating the keywords you found and then post it on your blog.
Take care to mentions these keywords once or twice per paragraph and through out the article body. But be cautious not to use it too often, this can be considered as keyword stuffing by certain search engines. Once done, you can post these articles (rich in keywords) the same way you do with other posts. Don't forget to go through the things to know while using high paying key words.
You may also want to give a post title that has the main keyword(s) in it. Keeping in mind that each post is a separate file, you only need to mix 2-3 keywords in a single post or you can dilute the keyword density. Make sure to write more posts so that you can cover more keywords.
Tips:
You may also be interested in how to make your blog shine.
I have a blog registered on blogspot.com
My questions are:
1. How do I use keywords and put them into my blog. I have come across some good keywords and have a good knowledge of keywords and competitions and all... but where do I put them in my blog?
2. I keep modifying and viewing my site too often, as a result of which some impressions increase automatically. Is this ok or it violates Google TOS?
3. How do I know my Google page rank
4. Is pinging by pingomatic safe?
Answers:
Let’s start with your last question and them move up.
4. Ping-o-matic
This is a service to update different blog search engines that your blog has been updated. Using Ping-o-matic to ping the different services is perfectly ok if you use it reasonably. Never over use it or you will be flagged for spam by different servers.
3. Knowing your Page Rank
You can use the Google toolbar to know your Page Rank. In fact, Google toolbar is a must have tool for any Blogger / webmaster. It can be of great use when finding possible link partners.
You can download it here for free. There are also a lot of web based tools for checking the PR.
2. Viewing my site too often
We recently answered a similar question on “increasing your impressions”. Please go through it.
1. How do I use keywords
Write plenty of articles relating the keywords you found and then post it on your blog.
Take care to mentions these keywords once or twice per paragraph and through out the article body. But be cautious not to use it too often, this can be considered as keyword stuffing by certain search engines. Once done, you can post these articles (rich in keywords) the same way you do with other posts. Don't forget to go through the things to know while using high paying key words.
You may also want to give a post title that has the main keyword(s) in it. Keeping in mind that each post is a separate file, you only need to mix 2-3 keywords in a single post or you can dilute the keyword density. Make sure to write more posts so that you can cover more keywords.
Tips:
You may also be interested in how to make your blog shine.
What are channels?
Aditya Agarwal asks:
What are channels? How do I use it?
Answer:
Channels are a great way to track the performance of your ads. They come in handy when you got to identify where exactly the clicks that paid you came from. They are really easy to set up too. As you know, one of the things that determine your adsense success is how much you tweak your ads. Keep on experimenting to know what works for your site.
How do you do it?
It's through channels. You can make channels for separate ad units in such a way that their names can be used to identify the ad unit it corresponds to, it's colour and position. Typical channel names can be like 'site1_blue_bnr_top', 'site1_ash_link_right'. Now you can keep displaying these ads for a week or so, till you gather enough data. This will give you a better idea of which ad unit performs for you.
Try changing the colour, position and size of your ads units. Create channels for each changed unit and gather data from your adsense reports. Figure out what works for you and stick to it.
Channels can also used to do A-B split testing. I'm coming up with an article on performing A-B split testing with channels easily.
Stay tuned for it!
What are channels? How do I use it?
Answer:
Channels are a great way to track the performance of your ads. They come in handy when you got to identify where exactly the clicks that paid you came from. They are really easy to set up too. As you know, one of the things that determine your adsense success is how much you tweak your ads. Keep on experimenting to know what works for your site.
How do you do it?
It's through channels. You can make channels for separate ad units in such a way that their names can be used to identify the ad unit it corresponds to, it's colour and position. Typical channel names can be like 'site1_blue_bnr_top', 'site1_ash_link_right'. Now you can keep displaying these ads for a week or so, till you gather enough data. This will give you a better idea of which ad unit performs for you.
Try changing the colour, position and size of your ads units. Create channels for each changed unit and gather data from your adsense reports. Figure out what works for you and stick to it.
Channels can also used to do A-B split testing. I'm coming up with an article on performing A-B split testing with channels easily.
Stay tuned for it!
Accidentally Clicked Your Ads?
Harish Babu asks:
I have clicked on my own ads accidentally.
Will Google ban me? What do I do now?
Answer:
Hi friends,
I was on travel during the weekend and couldn't post. Hope you all had great weekend too!
I would like you to take care not to click on your own ads. But then, while testing your site, it can happen accidentally and Google is well aware of it. They have told in their [link: show link to Google post]blog[/link] that they are aware of this and there is no need to mail them for such an accidental click.
Google monitors your account continuously and can flag out invalid clicks. Though you may not see it in your account, the credit for such clicks are reduced. This is done so that their advertisers would not have to pay for such clicks and hence to protect their interests.
I would also mention the Adsense Preview tool here. You can use the adsense preview tool to have a look at what ads you will get on a particular page. Through the preview tool, you may also check out the sites to which your ads link to. This is a free tool from Google and you can download it here.
Suggested reading:
14 Easy ways to get banned from Adsense!
I have clicked on my own ads accidentally.
Will Google ban me? What do I do now?
Answer:
Hi friends,
I was on travel during the weekend and couldn't post. Hope you all had great weekend too!
I would like you to take care not to click on your own ads. But then, while testing your site, it can happen accidentally and Google is well aware of it. They have told in their [link: show link to Google post]blog[/link] that they are aware of this and there is no need to mail them for such an accidental click.
Google monitors your account continuously and can flag out invalid clicks. Though you may not see it in your account, the credit for such clicks are reduced. This is done so that their advertisers would not have to pay for such clicks and hence to protect their interests.
I would also mention the Adsense Preview tool here. You can use the adsense preview tool to have a look at what ads you will get on a particular page. Through the preview tool, you may also check out the sites to which your ads link to. This is a free tool from Google and you can download it here.
Suggested reading:
14 Easy ways to get banned from Adsense!
Clicking Your own Ads from Different IPs ?
Abhishek asks:
1. What if I keep on clicking ads thru diff IPs, but the same computer? Actually I have a dial up connection, so my IP address changes every time I disconnect.
2. If you have your own site, then how do you earn? I mean just through adsense or is there any other way too?
Answer:
1. I would advice you not to click on your own ads. This is against the Google TOS and you can get banned by doing so. Once banned you are banned for ever, although there are some work-arounds. There are complex algorithms that are employed to track the click patterns. Simply, it’s not worth the risk to click your own ads. Always think long term and it’s easy that many people thing to get a decent traffic. Go through this article on how to make your blog better.
2. Once you have a web site with decent traffic figures, the monetizing possibilities are endless. The simplest and quickest to set up is adsense. Keep experimenting with your ads and figure out what works best for you. Believe me; work works for another site may not work for you. But then, there are certain things like, size of the ad unit that may work well in most sites. There are a handful of similar programs, but the best one is Adsense.
Another way to monetize is through affiliate programs. You can join some affiliate program that sells stuff that would interest your users. Do a little up selling on your site and send users to the sellers sales page. When your users buy, you get a commission.
Yet another option to monetize is by selling your own products. The easiest of them is information products like ebooks. You may be an expert in your own field and if you come up with some ebook, your users will be more than eager to buy.
Hope that would help you in monetizing better.
1. What if I keep on clicking ads thru diff IPs, but the same computer? Actually I have a dial up connection, so my IP address changes every time I disconnect.
2. If you have your own site, then how do you earn? I mean just through adsense or is there any other way too?
Answer:
1. I would advice you not to click on your own ads. This is against the Google TOS and you can get banned by doing so. Once banned you are banned for ever, although there are some work-arounds. There are complex algorithms that are employed to track the click patterns. Simply, it’s not worth the risk to click your own ads. Always think long term and it’s easy that many people thing to get a decent traffic. Go through this article on how to make your blog better.
2. Once you have a web site with decent traffic figures, the monetizing possibilities are endless. The simplest and quickest to set up is adsense. Keep experimenting with your ads and figure out what works best for you. Believe me; work works for another site may not work for you. But then, there are certain things like, size of the ad unit that may work well in most sites. There are a handful of similar programs, but the best one is Adsense.
Another way to monetize is through affiliate programs. You can join some affiliate program that sells stuff that would interest your users. Do a little up selling on your site and send users to the sellers sales page. When your users buy, you get a commission.
Yet another option to monetize is by selling your own products. The easiest of them is information products like ebooks. You may be an expert in your own field and if you come up with some ebook, your users will be more than eager to buy.
Hope that would help you in monetizing better.
FREE! 20 High Paying Adsense Keywords - 2nd Anniversary Special
Hey friends,
It has been exactly two years since we started off with our Orkut community for Adsense. On this occasion, I personally thank all of you for being active in the community. I also thank Syed Sinofer who did a great job as a moderator there.
Of late, I've been getting a lot of queries on high paying keywords and thought of giving away some of them here today! As promised, here comes your 20 High Paying Adsense Keywords. These keywords were randomly picked from a big list (we will post the whole list soon) and varies from 2$ to 38$.
Asbestos lawyers
Auto insurance quotes
Bankruptcy
Boat insurance
Buy email list
Car insurance rates
Direct marketing
Family law attorney
Insurance agent companies
Marketing by email
Mesothelioma attorneys
Microsoft email marketing
Opt in email list
Small business marketing
Student health insurance
Target email marketing
Term life insurance
Unemployment insurance
Web design
Work at home
TIP: Here's an article on How to Use High Paying Adsense Keywords
Stay tuned for the big list soon...
Make the best of it!
Rakeshsgk
It has been exactly two years since we started off with our Orkut community for Adsense. On this occasion, I personally thank all of you for being active in the community. I also thank Syed Sinofer who did a great job as a moderator there.
Of late, I've been getting a lot of queries on high paying keywords and thought of giving away some of them here today! As promised, here comes your 20 High Paying Adsense Keywords. These keywords were randomly picked from a big list (we will post the whole list soon) and varies from 2$ to 38$.
Asbestos lawyers
Auto insurance quotes
Bankruptcy
Boat insurance
Buy email list
Car insurance rates
Direct marketing
Family law attorney
Insurance agent companies
Marketing by email
Mesothelioma attorneys
Microsoft email marketing
Opt in email list
Small business marketing
Student health insurance
Target email marketing
Term life insurance
Unemployment insurance
Web design
Work at home
TIP: Here's an article on How to Use High Paying Adsense Keywords
Stay tuned for the big list soon...
Make the best of it!
Rakeshsgk