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With what I am making now, if ad prices ever rise significantly, and I have the same traffic and ctr I would be very very wealthy.
It could happen! Everything is going up so why not advertising?
Just musing.
:)
Ann
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I'm sure you could add to that but it couldn't hurt ; )
Knowing what field you're in, it may be that you're topping out at 8¢ per click... I dunno. If you have time, you might want to spend some time building another site about something that you learn has advertisers with deep pockets. You already know from my sticky mail what my sites are about. My hint is that the topics that you'd think have rich advertisers do. My highest paying clicks come from two of those topics. The rest are usually less than 10¢ each. I often fantasize about all the money I'd be making now if I got the 1000 clicks/day I get with the average click payout I get from those 2 sites. I'd be in the 5-figure club. Sigh... ahh, to sleep, perchance to dream.
Yep, fraid that is entirely true.
BTW, I am almost finished my new site, completely unrelated to the other two :) ,
so I am hoping. Got a couple more ideas too.
Have to wait now to get my sight repaired---can barely see.
Had a laser procedure on the left that was supposed to give that eye better sight (?) and I go to a specialist tuesday to see about repairing the hole in the macula of the right eye. I seem to be coming apart or is it just fraying at the edges ;)
Darn, guess I will have to learn fast touch typing. LOL
Ann
Let me know when you get your first $20K check just for one advertiser for a 3 month campaign, and that's just ONE advertiser, then we'll talk.
Just thought it might be nice to get rich(er). As long as I am breathing I consider myself rich, LOL
Ann
I have no idea what your site topic is, but what has raised my earnings per click is to block ebay and any advert for a site that is made for adsense. This has the effect of putting advertisers who sell goods and services on my site - they pay better.
Because an ad is showing, doesn't mean to say it's the best payer. The bot selects ads on what Google *think* will be best payer based on a whole lot of factors. On my site what clearly works best are the ones that have lower ctr but higher bids. My site is tightly focussed, and the tighter the targetting the better!
Words of caution should you try this:-
Be aware that it's a gamble - it may well work against you!
Don't block all the ads at once - do it slowly. Smartpricing hates change and reacts badly (downwards).
Expect a lower ctr, and possibly lower earnings to start with until smartpricing decides your site is worth more. That can be a while, but I started to see a rise in epc that has continued in a couple of weeks. My ctr is lower than when I had the made for adsense junk displaying, but the earnings are WAY higher. There is a trade off between clicks and possibly higher epc, but advertisers actually selling good and services on a quality site is much better than just showing ads directed at siphoning off your traffic to click their ads!
Don't block competitors that may pay well - just made for adsense.
Not complaining, I was just dreaming out loud so to speak.
I guess I wanted to hear some dreams of others also but keep the suggestions coming. Just because I already did some of them other people reading this thread may find some gems...and I am keeping my ears open for some I haven't read or thought of. ;)
Ann
Add a disclaimer to to the top of your website:
This website has nothing to do with travel to paris, rome or anywhere exotic and/or expensive. Nor is this site's subject matter related to plasma televisions, insurance of any kind, malpractice lawsuits, child custody or INS issues. Furthermore, this site will not delve into subjects like the exchange of currencies or publicly traded stocks, automobiles in whole or by the part, precious metals, gems or diamonds.I'm sure you could add to that but it couldn't hurt ; )
I'm tempted to do this.
Worrying about the CPC isn't the way into the winners circle of the AdSense lottery, you need to look at the big picture!
Assume you have 100 web sites generating a minimum of $50/day x 30 days in a month pays $150,000/month or annually that's $1,800,000.
That's all I want, nothing special.
Actually if you assume that a lot of the basics will stay the same for the next 2 years you probably will do very well.
Good for you and let's hope all of us make those figures in the near future. :)
I don't need to whine as my numbers have tripled since Feburary so I am happy.
Ann
Oh Ann, I barely started with the overview concept...
Limit your dedicated server to 100 domains each so they don't get too overloaded, get a bank of 50 servers each with 100 domains making $50/domain/day x 100 domains/server x 50 servers = $250,000/day or $91,250,000 annually.
Guess I need to hire some people quick as I'm way behind!
reading this thread may find some gems..
i guess i did! thanks to DavidUK, and Ann of course :)
so you mean the ones which heavily benefit from 'adwords discounter'?
No I don't make near the money a lot in here do but I hope to get there. And yes, my income has more than tripled since February.
I don't doubt for one minute that incrediBILL makes an excellent income, his ideas and advice always seem to be good and helpful.
Cheers,
Ann
Oh, I do love the "oh, look at me, I make so much money" posturing that goes on here
No, this is the "I'd like to make so much money" posturing.
If I was making anywhere close to those numbers you wouldn't see me at all ;)
If it only was that simple..
My dream would be to make more than $1 million a year. If only my traffic levels could increase 15x with CTR and EPC staying roughly the same..
Any more dreams and how they might be implimented?
Yep this is the wannabe rich thread. ;)
Ann
If it only was that simple..
Personally I think it is that simple.
It's a shame I'm that lazy though.
Ann
See, I'm lazy!
Limit your dedicated server to 100 domains each so they don't get too overloaded, get a bank of 50 servers each with 100 domains making $50/domain/day x 100 domains/server x 50 servers = $250,000/day or $91,250,000 annually.or get 50 server, put all domains on all of the servers and just use load balancing.
I am thinking it has to do with Hurricane Rita coming. We see a slow down of about two weeks after any major USA disaster. Could it be the rally is trying to get the getting while the getting is good before Rita hits, the markets go wild, gas jumps sky high and the compass points south?
Seems to me there are those who are hedging their bets. It is not just one industry bidding up their keywords...it is quite a few. Very odd time of the week, time of the month, and time of the season to see this wild bidding.
Anyone else see this?
Hey incrediBILL, don't you think 100 domains(websites) are going to be hard to mantain in terms of content and revenue stream, especially considering the adsense fluctuations?
I was thinking the same thing. LOL
I already spend more time on this than I would a full time job...and at my age! I'm supposed to be "retired",
for cryin' out loud.
Ann
