Am I performing well

just reach $11 today

[digic]

I need advise on experts in AS. I started AS last September, just plain reciprocal linking, blogs etc... and didnt use any PPC programs I earned $12 on September, then $75 on October, November was almost $100, my stats was playing from $2-$6 daily, today I have reached $11, wow!

Am I doing fine or not?

[jplwebdesign]

If you think $11.00 is great, then you are doing well! Set your goals higher.

If I have an $11.00 day now I'd basically throw my computer out of the window.

Like anything in life, you got to start somewhere. Give it more time and you'll look back at the $11.00 day and laugh at it.

[digic]

jplwebdesign, yes I know $11 is small. but what I would like to know is am I doing well since I have started 2 1/2 months ago... without any PPC program.

[ganderla]

It all depends on your site.
I remember making 11 dollars a day and I was excited, but now, if I am not at 5 times that my 9am, I freak out.

I have a variety of site and some get double and triple digit CPMs and others single.

[sfatih]

Compared to me, you are doing very well. It took me at least 6 months to get to the first 10$ day.

[pinoyadsenser]

You are really better than me. It took me 7 months to reach $11 per day.

[Play_Bach]

jplwebdesign may want to review the Adsense guidelines regarding using images next to borderless ads...

But don't take my word for it jplwebdesign - just to be safe, go ahead and write Google and have them take a look at your sites.

[edited by: Play_Bach at 7:58 am (utc) on Nov. 23, 2005]

[thegreatpretender]

It took me three months to get my first check, I started around March 2004. I remember my earnings was still short of around $5 and it was already the last day of the month, so I had to do something to reach $100 to get a check. I signed up with adword and buy traffic to my site, it didn't matter then If I break even, all I wanted was to reach $100. Fourteen months later, I am not happy if I don't reach $100 in one day.

[Nitrous]

You might like to try some useful and interesting original content. My first cheque 2 years ago was 2500 dollars.

I was lucky in that I already had written a few unique hobby sites just for fun. only about 70 to 80 pages total. Never bothered adding any ads, because it was too much trouble.

Google ads made it simple. Now I make a bit more, but have added very little content since. I just optimised the sites, tidied them up and concentrated on seo for a bit!

If you have something (info) people want and cannot get elsewhere and you freely give it away then you will make money.

[whozyodaddy]

You guys are such an inspiration! I've only been making sub $1 per day, I've never made over $5 in a day, and this is all from a forum that has been up for a whole year. I've been working on a website, yet to release it but hopefully the frustrations will pay off. Thanks and keep it up!

[Nitrous]

Forums, computer or technology related pages and anything with savvy users with a brain dont work well!

Adverts only work on stupid people. A horid thing to say but there is a lot of truth.

You would do better with a site on knitting than one on IQ tests.

And real sites with real content work and convert so good epc.

[jplwebdesign]

You are right. I have found the same results. You're much better writing tips about digging dirt than anything technology related.

[BillyS]

It took me 5 months before I hit the $12.00 mark. You're doing fine, just keep going.

[Event_King]

I'm not hitting adsense clicks every day. Mine seem to arrive in spurts, like 3 clicks in one day, then a break of about 2 to 3 days - then another 5 clicks etc etc.

Is this normal for a 7 month old site?

[digic]

thanks for a very inspirational words.

event_king, as the pros said, two things can make you successful on adsense, 1st your content and second your SEO, the simplier the better.

[vbignacio]

surely you are performing better digic!

me, my first month with adsense on a brand new site was just $5.

and truly, content is king. i made a scraper site a few weeks ago just to find out if i could, pulling feeds from different sources, its really very easy indeed. manually, without using any automated software, i can make one complete site in a day. imagine how those scraper makers flood the internet with duplicate content using some high speed software.

i think the best way to fight those unscrupulous webmasters is for us honest ones to flood the internet with highly relevant, content-rich websites ourselves so we will overcrowd those spam sites out of the SERPS instead of blaming Google Adsense or somebody else.

[pompousjohn]

I am going to make a site about a class action lawsuit against computer manufacturers that hide the "any" key from consumers.

That should get alot of morons, CTR should be through the roof.

[mrSEman]

LMAO

[Steelbank]

Some of us were in the web business before Adsense and had created websites that provide services or selling goods hence the natural traffic was already there.

We started using adsense 6 months ago and are at around $60/day.

[Nitrous]

Or making no. 10

[adamxcl]

Keep increasing the goal.....$15 a day, then $20 a day and so on. It works.

[allweb]

nice thread! Are you all talking about one website producing $10 - $20 a day or several sites? I have a 3 month old PR3 website and 10 PR 0 - 1 month old sites. The PR3 site earns me more than al 10 PR 0 combined. But, as some of you said, the fluctuations are huge. My daily record was $10 a day (from all ten sites) and I get a few $2-3 days too once in a while.

However, I do realize there is one thing I did wrong with my sites: I optimised and wrote articles for the most popular keywords and I totally ignored the "little keywords". A big keyword would be "outdoor advertising" while a little one may be "blimp outdoor advertising". I will have a hard time ranking first on the main keyword, but I hope my less popular keyword variations will each bring their small share of traffic - any thoughts on this?

Thanks,

Mihai

[Event_King]

Little keywords aren't worth going after. I find the 2nd or 3rd most popular work well, and sometimes the 5th or 6th best words are good. But going with anything below that is a waste of time, as any traffic will be minimal and I wouldn't waste my time hoping this traffic is going to click adsense ads.

They aren't coming to your site for ads - they come for the information! Think information.

[miki99]

Very interesting thread. I put AS on my existing site in August. I was thrilled when one day about a month ago I made over $7. That was twice as much as I'd ever made before, and I thought I was really on my way. I've never made more than half that much since, and actually was back to making less than a dollar a day for awhile. Lately it's been gradually improving again.

I don't understand what's happening today. Normal traffic but almost no clicks at all. I did fine yesterday and the day before.

I don't have as much time to spend on this stuff as I'd like, but I'll keep plugging away. :-)

I agree, thanks for all the inspiration.

Miki

[digic]

allweb, we are talking of one site that was started 2 1/2 months ago. No PPC programs used to rank, just plain optimization and promotions.

My landing page are on PR4 and the rest on PR3 and 2. I believe it was the reciprocal links who gave me this rankings so fast.

[Event_King]

2.5 months ago and you have a PR4? That's impossible, it takes 3 months for each rank doesn't it?

eg 3 months for PR1, another 3 for PR2 etc etc

[martinibuster]

...it takes 3 months for each rank doesn't it?

No. The PR you see on the toolbar is a snapshot of PR within two or three weeks prior to the date the toolbar is updated. I know this because I've created sites within weeks of each other and have seen that sites created prior to a certain date were lit up, and sites created after that date weren't lit up. Nevertheless, even though PR isn't showing on the toolbar, any sites with inbound links will have PR.

Furthermore, if you link up with the right sites within the window for it showing up, you can easily come out in three weeks with a PR 5 or 6. I do it fairly frequently.

Therefore it is possible to link up a site three weeks prior to the toolbar update and see the PR show up three weeks later.

[ogletree]

Anything is possible it just depends on what your goals are. I had a month where I got $15K. I don't get that any more because Google decided my site should not show up in searches any longer. Begining of the week I get about $75 a day weekedns can be $15 a day. AS is not my only source of income any longer. Affiliates pay way better. Adsense is quite the roller coaster.

[allweb]

Congrats to all you big adsense webmasters :) I am putting relevant info on my sites and submitting to directories, and making link exchanges. Still, I think unless you constantly SEO the sites and add content your earnings will stay very low, probably under $1 a day. Or maybe I just don't know how to get visitors :D

BTW, my PR3 site is <SNIP>

Regards,

Mihai

[edited by: martinibuster at 12:50 am (utc) on Nov. 27, 2005]
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[ann]

I would get rid of the linkelizer and get on topic links very soon. Google does not like link scripts.

Otherwise a very nice site.