Highest paying adsense ads

[skuba]

Usually when I want to find out with a keyword is higly paid, I got o the overture tool and look for the bids.
I know tha many topics pay high, like medicine stuff (cancer), finance (debt, loans), gambling (poker),etc...

But I was wondering if there is a periodic list or a toll that help us find out what are the overall most expensive keywords or highest paying ads.

Do you guys know of any?
Thanks

[shaadi]

h ttp://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html

This one gives a very fair idea of the search trends.

[Stark]

There is no direct correlation between terms that people use a lot, and terms that pay a lot in adsense.

e.g. "David Beckham" might be searched for a lot, but it doesn't mean that there are people out there looking to pay a lot of money to receive people searching on that term.

Espotting clearly shows the amount that advertisers are prepared to pay for a particular keyword, and is probably the easiest place I have found to get a rough idea of the "value" of a keyword in CPC terms.

(edited after a request to include a slightly less controverisal term in my example)

[edited by: Stark at 3:24 pm (utc) on Nov. 24, 2003]

[loanuniverse]

I think it should be mentioned that what actually pays well is not a broad topic, but actually a subtopic.

i.e: Not all finance topics pay great just like not all health topics pay great.

[alika]

I agree with loanuniverse. There is merit in knowing (or at least getting an idea where to look for) the value of keywords.

My site covers about 10 broad topics, and each topic contains about 10-15 subtopics. For each subtopic, my site has about 10-50 articles, all of which have 400-2000 words on them. My site is definitely not a bottom-feeder and was not created specifically for Adsense (we went live in 1998 long before Adsense).

But I want to know the value of the keywords so I know what article I would highlight on my homepage. While not all visitors reach my site through my homepage, my homepage is top ranked in our most important and generic keywords and attracts the most number of visitor entry.

What article (and what topic it is) I feature on the homepage spells a huge difference on my income for the day. I have found some topics generate better click through than others; while some have indeed have a higher earning per click.

Don't crucify the OP and immediately think that the question was asked to try to trick the Adsense system. Skuba may have legitimate reasons in asking his question.

[wonderboy]

Why have a go at people that are trying to make their websites more productive? Is that not human nature, it would be stupid to sit back and accept what you have, you are always striving to do better...

I agree about those idiots that set up websites specifically for adverting reasons, 99% of them have useless, repeated information in them, if not entirely made of adverts.

W.

[Brett_Tabke]

> periodic list

Not that I am aware of Skuba. We sure wish there were one, as it would make life so much easier for everyone. We could just base our rates on keyword value.

I'd be more than willing to help fund a drive to create such a monthly list/site if it were possible.

Split off the bunch of off topic side topics over here:
[webmasterworld.com...]

[ogletree]

If you search though some of the old threads like this, and there are a lot of them, you will find quite a few lists.