[vishenda]

I've just been reading another thread about being kicked out of Adsense for the wrong people clicking the wrong links too many times on the wrong sites at the wrong time. Whatever ...

Is it worth all the bother? I know some people make loads of money by writing articles and having whole sites with the right content etc. I don't want to do that. I like writing. I don't want my content or writing style hampered by what some Adsense guru says.

They make your site look untidy. I know we should monetise but I prefer text links and nicely designed banners, old fashioned as they are.

I don't really get it. Why do I want competitors advertising on my sites anyway? I feel I must have missed a class somewhere!

So ... how much money do you guys make from Adsense? Let's see if it's worth all the trouble.

[journeyoftheanimals]

Well I have adsence on my site and have been happy with it for the most part. When you set it up you can chose from like 4 different styles of ads including simple text links.

I have not earned much money from them yet but that is because I do not have much traffic. Plus my ads are not on many pages of my site and I am working on changing that as I write this.

I also have a question for anyone who reads this. Can we block certain ads? I am working on opening an online pet supply biz. Since I will be selling pet supplies I do not want ads from places like petco, petsmart and soforth. Like vishenda said "Why do I want competitors advertising on my sites anyway?"

[Josephian]

i was banned from adsense a year ago (unfairly) but in all honesty, it's the best thing that ever happened to me.

[Sporkman]

Originally Posted by Josephian

i was banned from adsense a year ago (unfairly) but in all honesty, it's the best thing that ever happened to me.

What reason did they cite?

[Allurre]

Its always an option for more cash, but I wouldn't find it necessary or a great help unless you hare securing high traffic on a daily basis. Otherwise, it would just disturb the viewer =)

[Creadiv]

Yes, you can block competitors sites in your adsense campaign. It is an option that you have in your control panel.

Adsense ads don't need to be disturbing to your readers. If you stye them to reflect the look of your site you can basically place them anywhere and have readers not be like ewww ads.

For example. The IP House, What's My IP Address? I made a 1 page site to show me the ip address of the network I am on. I added some adsense links right between my two content areas. I don't think that those ads are distracting at all. They do not get alot of clicks because they aren't really needed, but I don't think they take away from the site at all.

Josephian,

Why were you banned, and why was this a good experience?

[journeyoftheanimals]

Originally Posted by Creadiv

Yes, you can block competitors sites in your adsense campaign. It is an option that you have in your control panel.

Adsense ads don't need to be disturbing to your readers. If you stye them to reflect the look of your site you can basically place them anywhere and have readers not be like ewww ads.

For example. The IP House, What's My IP Address? I made a 1 page site to show me the ip address of the network I am on. I added some adsense links right between my two content areas. I don't think that those ads are distracting at all. They do not get alot of clicks because they aren't really needed, but I don't think they take away from the site at all.

Josephian,

Why were you banned, and why was this a good experience?

Talk about not taking away from your site. I looked at the page, closed the window and thought to myself that I read something wrong and there were no ads on the site. But then I read your post again and then looked at your site again and it still took a moment to find the ad. Very well placed.


I believe that Google adsence can be very good source of money. I mean not huge amounts but if you get enough traffic to your site the adsence can easily be enough to pay for your hosting and then some. When my site first came online I could make upwards of $5 a day. Unfortunately I believe that a lot of the traffic in the beginning was spammers. Since the spammers have seen that there is nothing on my site for them they have tapered off and so has my traffic.

If you are not too sure about adsence then here is one idea. If your site has multiable pages (since most do). Then figure out what are the 3 most visited pages on your site besides the index. Try to place an adsence ad on those 3 pages and see how they do for like 2 months. Then you will see what kind of money they bring in and also if you think they are worth it.

I have more to say but do not want to hijack the post too much.


Adam Burgi
JOTA HOME

[consumertreehouse]

I was kicked off of adsense as well, about 3 months ago. They claimed that I was clicking on my own ads in order to generate income, not true. I have also read that this happens to a lot of other people as well.

I really had to question this, because I was suspended the day before I was to recieve my largest payout from them to date and I have read recently that this has happened to several other individuals too.

It works for some people and not for others. I think being banned from them is probably a good thing, since my eyes were opened to all the other advertising outlets.

Good Luck

[journeyoftheanimals]

Originally Posted by consumertreehouse

I was kicked off of adsense as well, about 3 months ago. They claimed that I was clicking on my own ads in order to generate income, not true. I have also read that this happens to a lot of other people as well.

I really had to question this, because I was suspended the day before I was to recieve my largest payout from them to date and I have read recently that this has happened to several other individuals too.

It works for some people and not for others. I think being banned from them is probably a good thing, since my eyes were opened to all the other advertising outlets.

Good Luck

May I ask what amount that was?

[o2smedia]

when i 1st started with adsense i didnt give it much attention and now im all about adsense...I even started a site to help other make money with adsense. I persoanly make 300-400 monthly from it and with my new site printnpost i have some authors about to break $100 monthly already.