sox4lifeinPA Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Anyone a user? I've made $2.50 in a week. lol. and no one visits my website. Five Critics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I clicked. That's a shiny nickel from me to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 QUOTE(knightni @ Nov 30, 2005 -> 02:37 PM) I clicked. That's a shiny nickel from me to you. I'm not sure how it works yet, but I've made .50 on some clicks and .10 on others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 hey, who signed up for adsense through my site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipWellsFan Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I know nothing about HTML and running a site but my little ad bar has earned me a cool 12.75$ And that's American! 87.25 more and they send the cheque! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Nov 30, 2005 -> 05:40 PM) I know nothing about HTML and running a site but my little ad bar has earned me a cool 12.75$ And that's American! 87.25 more and they send the cheque! it's so cool. whoever signed up through my site let me know. I'll click on your ads everyday:) (as soon as you make $100 bucks, so do I ) THANKS! what I like about it, is that the ads aren't obnoxious looking or pop up crap and they're content related. So if I see something I like I'll click on it, if not I won't. no harm done. that being said, everyone should go to my site tonight and click as often as you can:) post your sites here and I'll click on your stuff too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 People who come from AOL are most likely to click your ads -- AOL is the short bus of the internet People who come from MSN are the next most likely to click -- Not the brightest bunch of bulbs out there People who come from Yahoo! are next -- Average internet intelligence People who are regular visitors to your site are next -- the College graduates of the internet Finally, the lowest CTR from any one source will be from people who come from Google -- They are the post graduate degree holders of the internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemg311 Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 30, 2005 -> 05:12 PM) hey, who signed up for adsense through my site? mighta been me. I signed up for it after seeing this and cheking it out on ur site. not sure if i checked it out and signed up 5 mintues later in a new browser though. But my website is still in the works. been looking for some decent advertisement opitions though. If i can make my 10 dollars a month hoasting back i will consider it a victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 12:05 AM) AOL is the short bus of the internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 QUOTE(joemg311 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 06:53 PM) mighta been me. I signed up for it after seeing this and cheking it out on ur site. not sure if i checked it out and signed up 5 mintues later in a new browser though. But my website is still in the works. been looking for some decent advertisement opitions though. If i can make my 10 dollars a month hoasting back i will consider it a victory. cool, well, post your site here when you're ready. I'll click on your ads:) and vice versa! haha, because you signed up through me when you make your first 100 bucks so do I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wise Master Buehrle Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Whatever you do PA, don't encourage people to click on them daily. I had a good $70 worth of clicks for a month and I got an email accusing me of using an automated process to jack up my clicks, so they deactivated my account. Google is lamer than hell, and they'll screw you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 wow, thanks Yahtzee. That is lame. can't say that I am surprised though. thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipWellsFan Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 QUOTE(YahtzeeSox @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 11:02 PM) Whatever you do PA, don't encourage people to click on them daily. I had a good $70 worth of clicks for a month and I got an email accusing me of using an automated process to jack up my clicks, so they deactivated my account. Google is lamer than hell, and they'll screw you. Well were you cheating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen.... five critics.com is up and running. check us out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 You need massive amounts of page views to actually make money. I had 50K page views for the month of November, and made enough to cover my hosting with enough left over to buy me a value meal at McDonalds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 (edited) QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 2, 2005 -> 09:07 AM) Ladies and Gentlemen.... five critics.com is up and running. check us out no, it's not... --"The page cannot be displayed" edit: now it does Edited December 2, 2005 by Goldmember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmmmbeeer Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Anyone use that Google toolbar with their Firefox? Any good or just more clutter in the browser? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 QUOTE(mmmmmbeeer @ Dec 2, 2005 -> 04:05 PM) Anyone use that Google toolbar with their Firefox? Any good or just more clutter in the browser? I like it a lot... and if you go to my site, click on the add, and install it... I get a buck. so it's great:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Dec 2, 2005 -> 02:34 PM) You need massive amounts of page views to actually make money. I had 50K page views for the month of November, and made enough to cover my hosting with enough left over to buy me a value meal at McDonalds. I'm almost at 6 bucks in less that 2 weeks. costs me $12 to host, and I have less than 1k hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 2, 2005 -> 06:32 PM) I'm almost at 6 bucks in less that 2 weeks. costs me $12 to host, and I have less than 1k hits. There are plenty of caveats... I attract the same loyal few hundred viewers daily. They refresh often, and have developed ad-blindness.(I don't fault them for this. In fact, I'm glad. I dislike ads too. So the people who click the text ads on my site are almost exclusively one-time visitors) The ads are also generally pushed down the page by higher paying advertisements. Lastly, I've learned that the category White Sox is a very poor performing keyword in terms of CPC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyKongerko Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I started blocking Google ads with Firefox AdBlock as soon as they started distracting me. Looks like Google has also caught the attention of the meatspace advertising industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted December 5, 2005 Author Share Posted December 5, 2005 I've made 13 bucks in less than two weeks. what a great program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wise Master Buehrle Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 11:06 PM) Well were you cheating? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes. But I didn't expect Google to freak out the way they did, thats what really bothered me most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyKongerko Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 QUOTE(YahtzeeSox @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 11:44 PM) Yes. But I didn't expect Google to freak out the way they did, thats what really bothered me most. For future reference, it sounds like Google is holding everyone to their TOS pretty strictly. I found this article on a few blogs: 15 Common Mistakes by Google Adsense Publishers that Violate Terms of Service Google Adsense program is a popular web advertising program which provides a good income source for many websites. There are well defined terms of service to strictly adhere to when participating in the program. On my visit through sites and forums, I daily notice several instances of misuse of Adsense ads. Believe me, if I can see it in a 5 seconds gaze! - so can the Adsense guys. And if they do, you are on your way off the program. So here a few helpful Google Adsense tips, probably many you already know, and few you might gain by knowing now. These adsense faq are all picked from the Program Policies, Terms and Conditions and FAQ itself and presented in a simplified manner. 1. Never click your own adsense ads or get them clicked for whatever reason. You know this one very well. This is a surefire way to close you Adsense account. Never tell your office associates or friends to click on them. Keep a check if your family or children are busy increasing your income by clicking your ads and indirectly trying to stop your income. Dont even think of offering incentives for clicks, using automated clicking tools, or other deceptive software. Adsense is very smart to detect fraudulent clicks. Check the ads which appear on your pages by the Google Preview tool if required. 2. Never change the Adsense code. There are enough means of adsense optimization & customizations available to change the colour, background or border to suit your needs. Do whatever you want to do outside the code, never fiddle within the ad or the search code. They know it when you do. The search code has more limitations to colour and placement, but you should adhere to the rules. The code may stop working and violates the TOS. 3. Do not place more than 3 ad unit and 1 ad links or 2 adsense search boxes on any web page. Anyway, ads will not appear in those units even if you place more ad units. But this is the limit they set, so it is better to stick to it. 4. Do not run competitive contextual text ad or search services on the same site which offer Google Adsense competition in their field. Never try to create link structures resembling the adsense ads. Never use other competitive search tools on the same pages which have Adsense powered Google search. They do allow affiliate or limited-text links. 5. Do not disclose confidential information about your account like the CTR, CPM and income derived via individual ad units or any other confidential information they may reveal to you. However, you may reveal the total money you make as per recent updates to the TOS. 6. Label headings as "sponsored links" or "advertisements" only. Other labels are not allowed. I have seen many sites label ads with other titles. Dont make your site a target in a few seconds gaze. 7. Never launch a New Page for clicked ads by default. Adsense ads should open on the same page. You may be using a base target tag to open all links in a new window or frame by default. Correct it now as they do not want new pages opening from clicked ads. 8. One Account suffices for Multiple websites. You do not need to create 5 accounts for 5 different websites. One account will do. If you live in the fear that if one account is closed down for violation of TOS, believe me they will close all accounts when they find out. You can keep track of clicks by using channels with real time statistics. They will automatically detect the new site and display relevant ads. 9. Place ads only on Content Pages. Advertisers pay only for content based ads. Content drives relevant ads. Although you might manage some clicks from error, login, registration, "thank you" or welcome pages, parking pages or pop ups, it will get you out of the program. 10. Do not mask ad elements. Alteration of colours and border is a facility to blend or contrast ads as per your site requirements. I have seen many sites where the url part is of the same colour as the background. While blending the ad with your site is a good idea, hiding relevant components of the ads is not allowed. Also do not block the visibility of ads by overlapping images, pop ups, tables etc. 11. Do not send your ads by email. Html formatted emails look good and allow placement of these javascript ads. But it is not allowed as per TOS. You do not want impressions registering on their logs from any email even once. They are watching! 12. Keep track of your content. So Adsense is not allowed on several non content pages. But it is also not allowed on several content pages too. Do not add it on web pages with MP3, Video, News Groups, and Image Results. Also exclude any pornographic, hate-related, violent, or illegal content. 13. Do not alter the results after ad clicks or searches - Ensure you are not in any way altering the site which the user reaches to after clicking the ads. Do not frame, minimize, remove, redirect or otherwise inhibit the full and complete display of any Advertiser Page or Search Results Page after the user clicks on any Ad or Search results. 14. Avoid excessive advertising and keyword stuffing - Although the definition of 'excessive' is a gray area and is subject to discretion, yet Google adsense with correct placement, focused content and high traffic will get you much more income than other programs, so excessive advertising is not required. Keyword stuffing does target better focused ads, but overdoing it is not required. 15. Ensure you Language is Supported - Adsense supports "Chinese (simplified), Japanese, Danish, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, English, Polish, Finnish, Portuguese, French, Russian, German, Spanish, Hungarian, Swedish, Italian and Turkish". In addition, AdSense for search is available in Czech, Slovak, and Traditional Chinese. If your web pages language is not supported, do not use the code on such pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted December 5, 2005 Author Share Posted December 5, 2005 hmm, quite interesting. I'll make sure I don't click on my ads anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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