Content site and Ad Sense

danny boy · 02-27-2005, 11:52 AM

hi there,
what can you tell me about Google's Ad Sense programme? has anyone had positive experience with that? Is it profitable at all?

a friend told me that if you have a good content site, i mean a site with good and accurate info about a specific topic, you can make good money with programmes like that... whats your opinion?

DOS · 02-27-2005, 11:58 AM

It's very profitable especially if you have a content site about generally high paying keywords (credit cards, insurance, travel, mortgages, etc.)

You can expect an average of about $0.10 per click.

kiwidesigner · 02-27-2005, 11:58 AM

Works very well for me - I have a large site with a good daily visitor rate. To be profitable you really do need a decent sized site plus a "busy" site.

Karen

danny boy · 02-27-2005, 12:21 PM

Mmm... i can see. it seems worth trying...

noob_0001 · 02-27-2005, 07:31 PM

What is the content about? Why not tie some affiliate programs that pay you to the content?

Johan007 · 02-28-2005, 02:45 AM

YES and NO.

It depends on if you can get enough interest for the topic (number of visitors) but also the market. I have a site www.whatconsole.co.uk that gets a lot of traffic but no one ever clicks on the ads and it makes peanuts (literally) about $0.20 CPM

But also I have sites with other content that do much better $1.00 CPM and I know finance sites have a MUCH higher CPM.

Affiliate sites rarely work but if they do I have again seen much higher rates.

The money in advertising is still with the agencies and for that you need a top site with a brand name. Then sites like ebay/datingdirect will give you £10/$20 per registration.

henryq · 03-01-2005, 12:57 PM

Yes, it's very profitable. I made a lot of money with that. And my traffic is not that big. But I own a small online store, so if you have good traffic...