Adsense plus Adwords

been considering doing adwords

[Roadkill]

Looking for input in regards to using adwords to generate more traffic, adsense is my primary income from my site.

So I was woundering if it is worth it. I know it will depend on alot of factors, but I would love to hear any experience that you may have.

[MediaSpree]

I pretty much break even in adsense doing this. Sometimes I pull a small profit over what I spend. I have some other moeny makers on my site which justify this model. My Adive is to spend $20 and try it, whats the worst that happens?

[Alioc]

Yep. You can't know without trying. Every website or even single web page would return different results.

[woop01]

Are you talking about bidding $.05 for a keyword you typically get ~$.20 for? If so, I assumed the new minimum bids would pretty much make that type of arbitrage setup impossible to profit from.

If you're just talking about regular advertising to get more traffic, I don't know of another form of advertising that works half as well as Adwords.

[sailorjwd]

You'll need to average above 30 or 40 cents per click on your website. If you are only getting 5-25cents now then there is really no hope for it to work.

[dregs33]

Hi

The current system allows this in ways that were not possible a week ago.

How long this lasts I don't know!

dregs33

[Atomic]

For every dollar I spend on AdWords I make $2-$3 from AdSense with an additional $1-$2 kick in from affiliate sales.

[howiejs]

"The current system allows this in ways that were not possible a week ago."

Do you mean simplified keyword bidding?

I don't see how this helps?

[suzyvirtual]

The new system which implemented higher minimum bids for some terms, also dropped the minimum for other terms below .05 cents. so, theoretically there are .01 cent keywords that you can bid on now. In addition, even if you get crappy CTR on these terms, they will no longer be disabled. So, you can bid on "magic beans" for .01 and send the 3 guys out of 10 million who click on the ad to your travel site (or whatever)and maybe one of them will click on your adsense...
you see?

[YesMom]

Roadkill---

I've had great success with AdWords! The key is finding that golden phrase or word that brings them in, but costs very little to bid on... or the *right* amount anyway.

Here is a good thread to read:

[webmasterworld.com ]

YM

[Roadkill]

Wow great replies.... Thank you!

sailorjwd: you are not far off of your example numbers.

YesMom: that is encouraging, and something I will probably try. The program appears to be set up for a daily budget. How low can you go (daily) or what amout did you use. Feel free to sticky me...

Keep e'm coming... PLEASE

THANKS!