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ADSENSE
1. Your blog is new Your blog is barely a month old and you're
expecting a fat Google Adsense cheque? Are you kidding me? Come on, it
doesn't work that way. What you should focus on right now is building
a good blog, creating your profile as a professional blogger and
working on your content. I didn't get my first check till after a year
I started blogging.
2. Your traffic is too low! Google Adsense won't work for you if all
you get is a couple of hundred page views daily. Let me tell you
something, even a thousand page views is not enough. You need
thousands of page views to make money with Google Adsense. This is
different for micro niche blogs targeting high paying keywords though,
but if you're a new blogger just starting out, forget about Google
Adsense earnings for a while and concentrate on increasing your
traffic . The mathematics is simple: the amount of your traffic is
directly proportional to your Adsense earnings
3. Your niche isn't good for adsense Ads appearing on your blog has a
lot to do with your site's content. If you blog a lot about sports,
you're likeley to get sports related ads on your site and a lot of
bloggers in this niche often complain about extremely low CPC. Also,
if you own a personal blog, you're likely to get lots of irrelevant
ads displayed on your blog. Some niches are alright to blog about but
the CPC (cost per click) of ads shown is just too low.
4. Your traffic source matters When most of your traffic comes from
social media , referring sites and direct visits, you're likely to
have a low CTR (click through rate). One thing about having a huge
percentage of search engine traffic is that it's very good for
adsense. Now, someone searching google for something will be desperate
to get answers at all costs and when such person sees a related ad on
your site similar to his / her search query, there's a high
probability of clicking that ad. Working on search engine optimization
is extremely is very important and you should note that search engine
traffic leads to a higher CTR.
5. Your category of visitors count It's alright to write for geeks and
bloggers like you but hey, these people can recognize a google ad when
they see one. Checking my Google account history, the last time I
followed a Google ad was 2010! Now, if your site content is tailored
only for people like me, you'll probably be having a very low CTR. I'm
not saying you shouldn't write for other bloggers and adsense
publishers like you, I'm only trying to make a point here. Again,
returning visitors are already used to your site layout and are
naturally blind to ads, new visitors are more likely to check out your
ads. This is why you need to have contents that are more likely to
generate clicks.
6. Your ads are positioned wrongly The way you position your ads
matter a lot and you should keep changing this to know which works for
you. Also, your color combination matters. It's alright to blend it
with your template as Google advises but then again, this doesn't work
with all templates. Keep changing your styles and postion till you
find the perfect spot to place your ads. As a recommendation (which
you don't have to take) , you may put one under your title, another
below your content and a skycrapper on the sidebar or a leader board
under the menu. Like I said, it's only a recommendation and you don't
have to take it. What works for me may not work for you.
7. Too many ad networks I understand you're desperate to make money
with your blog at all costs and you don't want to put all your eggs in
a basket, that's why you have like ten ad networks on your blog. It
doesn't work that way. Less ads, more content is the key, trust me. If
you work on these six points, you earnings should increase in the next
few months. Hey, if you think I omit something, I would like to know
it.
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