Adsense Courses

Any Worth Picking up?

[ag9670]

I'm new to this. but I kind of have an idea on how to put together an "adsense site" going...build a content rich site, original content, have forums and blogs, pick a niche and etc...but there's more to it, right?

Any courses I should consider? Or could I get all that I need from this forum? ; )

Thanks,
Al

[sven1977]

dont waste your money on these courses. They won't tell you any more than you already know or can read about here. AdSense is not rocket science.

[3kaday]

I would recommend Joel Comm's Adsense Secrets book.

Even experienced publishers could probably pick up a few nuggets, but for newbies its priceless. Especially if you want to fasttrack to a decent income.

[OptiRex]

I'm new to this.

Do you know how to SEO your site well?

If not, you have a lot to learn and forum30 is where you will pick up some good advice:

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If you do have a good working knowledge of SEO then you will find everything you need in this forum and your first stop should be the Google heatmap.

Log-in to your account and search for "heatmap".

[hyperkik]

I would recommend Joel Comm's Adsense Secrets book.

Why? Back when he had endorsements on his site, if you went to the endorser's sites you would see that their optimization was principally big blocks of ads at the top of the page, with images to lead the eye to the ads, sometimes with a big headline next to the ad block (but ostensibly relating to the article below the ad block), stating something to the effect of "Want Great Deals On Books? Look No Further!" In one case the image was an arrowhead, pointing from the headline to the ad block. For his current techniques for "optimizing" ads on a blog - hey, why not check out his blog? Or look at his "family-friendly portal" site. Wow - it's almost like he's using Google's heat map.
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Now there are no endorsements, at least that I can find, leaving me to wonder if the endorsements made it too easy to figure out the techniques. But it's really not that hard to figure out ways to cram ads down reader's throats, or confuse them into thinking that ads will take them to content on your site, if you are so inclined.

Back when I looked into the book and its endorsements, I was led to Comm's site by a person who had posted the first 17 pages of the eBook. Sure, I'm being judgmental and perhaps you think I'm being too harsh, but it doesn't impress me that you are offering a 200 page eBook if you can say nothing particularly helpful or insightful in the first 17 pages. But then, personally, I've never been particulary enticed by ads which offered me "$6 million dollars worth of value for only $2.99". I mean, "$697 in value free, for ordering my eBook". Or something like that.

[ineedmoney]

I agree with hyperkik,
In my opinion, If you want to learn adsense, go to the source, next time your checking your google adsense, check out the search box on the top right "search adsense help" Google has a huge wealth of knowledge. There simply are no real "secrets" You just have to experiment, and keep track of the results. The best thing for adsense is increasing your traffic.

[hal12b]

Joel's book is decent. You could save yourself the money and pick and read through these forums though, just depends upon the amount of time you have.

I bought it about a year ago, so I am not sure what has been added since. He tries to sell you a lot of other crap and I eventually unsubscribed myself from his daily newsletter which was simply an annoyance.

[hyperkik]

Is there really something you can learn that isn't obvious from his sites? And if so, why isn't he following his own advice?

[gamiziuk]

Buy Joel's new eBook, which gives tips on YPN. Its only $9.99. I already bought the Adsense eBook, so I figure I dont need the one about Yahoo.

[wheelie34]

BUT and its a mega BUT, he avoids discussions on TRAFFIC as do they all.

Traffic is critical.

[Scurramunga]

BUT and its a mega BUT, he avoids discussions on TRAFFIC as do they all.

Traffic is critical.

Well targeted traffic.

[7_Driver]

Might give that one a try. Tempted by the AdSense videos there's been so much fuss about as well. It's a question of finding the time to read / watch these things.

I reckon I've got my AdSense implementation pretty well optimised, and I continue to try new things and test the results. I probably know as much as any of the people writing these products - and I fully expect 99% of the info to be stuff I already know.

But just one idea - one new thing to try - one sentence that sparks a new idea, would make the price of the ebook insignificant!

Obviously, this depends on your traffic level - but I worked out that if a $90 product made me try something that increased my CTR by 0.05%, it would pay for itself within a year.

So if you've got lots of traffic, they could be worth it - in the hope of sparking a new idea. If you haven't, you'd be better off building traffic first.

[hyperkik]

And if a $90 product gives you nothing that improves your bottom line or gives you nothing you can't get for free, you're out $90. If a $90 product includes bad advice that gets you admonished by AdSense, which reduces your CTR, eCPM, or which triggers smart pricing, you're out even more than $90.