my first 100 visitors a day, but only 55 cents

do I have to worry?

[sven1977]

I had my first > 100 (119) unique visitors yesterday but only made 55 cents. Do I have to worry about CTR, CPC, etc.. on my site. Maybe it was mostly search engine traffic? Or me?

Also, what log-programs do you guys use. My host provides modlogan and webalizer, which are ok but I'm sure there are better programs available.

[trillianjedi]

No need to worry just yet - your figures are still very low.

Keep up with the content - 1,000 uniques a day is a good target for you now, then you can start playing with Ad positioning and tweaking.

TJ

[longen]

For some subjects 55 cents per 100 visitors is to be expected - finance or some specialized niche would pay a lot better.
Right now you need more time, links and traffic.

[MediaSpree]

I use metatraffic for my stats, it is pretty comprehensive, easy to implement, and free to try. Cheap too if you decide to buy

[wyweb]

axs
it's freeware, easy to install, can be configured to ignore your own visits and offers a ton more cool features.

[surfer67]

I'm not at all happy with my hosts stats reporting software. It counts spiders as unique visitors and there's no way to get it to ignore these.

[Buford]

Heck, 55 cents per day is about on par with one of my sites, and it gets on average about 1,500 page views a day. Granted, it's in a very low paying category and is mostly photo albums.

55 cents on 100 visitors would sound good to me!

[caran1]

for high value clicks, they usually run some checks and credit your account much later - click dumps, your CPM and CTR will suddenly increase on a very low traffic day

[VegasRook]

You can probably count on 1-3 clicks for your 100 visitors on average.

55 cents is good.

I have a new website that just got 3 clicks yesterday for 8 cents! I thought the minimum you could earn was nickel. Live and learn. I am still trying to figure out how 3 = 8 cents for the field. Beats me.

[trillianjedi]

Beats me.

2 x 4c clicks and a PSA.

TJ

[VegasRook]

I have no PSA on my site. Sorry, when I said new, I meant new because I have done little to promote/build it past initial stage. The website has been online with adsense for about 5-6 months now. :D

All ads are showing fine.

Maybe: 3 - 3- 2?

I thought 4-5 cents was min. Who knows lol

[trillianjedi]

I have no PSA on my site.

Everybody gets PSA's from time to time - thats not within your control.

Your site is not always viewed from your country of origin, and google uses geographic targetting.

TJ

[Lowkei]

Hi there,
Just wanna ask..What's PSA?
Thanx..

Lowkei

[uk_webber]

One of my sites averages 110 uniques and I normally get $10 a day from this. I am starting to think this is pretty good.

Just need more traffic!

[SeK612]

PSA = Public Service Ad (charity based adverts served when no relavent advert is found)

Everybody gets PSA's from time to time - thats not within your control.

Even if you're using the alternate advert option?

[Lowkei]

sek612,
Thanks fot that :)

Lowkei

[Ankhenaton]

One of my sites averages 110 uniques and I normally get $10 a day from this. I am starting to think this is pretty good.

Just need more traffic!

Argh 8-900 uniques and highest was 5 quid, life isn't fair..

[Jaunty Edward]

Urchin is the king... its realy awesome...

I think if you can make 100 uniques/day consistantly your revenue will jump up.

Thanks
Bye

[VegasRook]

ah ok thanks for the info.

I use the ad filter and thought there were no PSA's. I have never seen them past the opening.