Advice with Video Game Forum ?

[mike2010]

Our video game forum has gradually been increasing traffic over the years. Were at about 5000 unique visitors a day / 10,000 page views a day. About 2000 of those visitors are google keywords regarding video game related content.

I'm only making about $10 a day with the site. Something just feels very wrong about that.

My current advertisers are Google Adsense & Burst Media. I tried applying to Casale Media and Tribal Fusion, but they rejected saying that i'd have low advertiser demand.

We dont sell anything specifically on the forum, just a place to hang out for the most part. But my google keyword ratio is going up by the day it seems. ( I use VBseo as well )

Any help out what types of programs I should look into are much appreciated. I just signed up with LinkShare, But it always seems like those programs sell anything. Maybe I need to try again.

I feel for 5000 visitors / 10,000 page views a day I should be making out better. Dont you guys think so as well ?

happy thanksgiving guys, btw.

MB

[StoutFiles]

No, forums generally don't make much due to people not clicking ads. Game content has horrible eCPM. Mix them together and there you go.

[Tommybs]

--ed triple post for some reason.

[edited by: Tommybs at 7:46 am (utc) on Nov. 27, 2009]

[Tommybs]

--ed triple post for some reason.

[edited by: Tommybs at 7:45 am (utc) on Nov. 27, 2009]

[Tommybs]

Just a thought but have you looked at amazon associates or something similar?You could promote new games, or games that your users regularly talk about.

[mike2010]

I'll look into Amazon Associates, thanks.

And you're right, Stout. They do have horrible CPM's.

[danay]

gaming campaigns on a CPL may be something you may want to test out, since there are a ton of new ones out and they may give you a good eCPM for the traffic - gamers.