Which sites perform well in adsense ?

I have given few generic type of sites.

[careerskk]

I am curious to know which type of sites enjoy high CTR as far as adsense is concerned. Few types I can think of are (please add if you think I am missing something here)

a) Content or Article type sites with loose relationship with each other. (with 'Related Posts' tab at the bottom of each article)
b) Forum type sites with closely related posts with lot of internal links leading to individual posts.
c) Technical and Online Test sites.

[TamanRoyal]

I think the question better be:
Which topic suit well with your interest/passion?

Site development and maintenance is a long term work and IMO you better pick topic that interest you.

[TamanRoyal]

My personal experience show that forum generate a lot less revenue compare to article/informational site.

But forum has some benefit because it involve lots of people to grow the contents.

[incrediBILL]

Completely worthless sites get the highest CTR as visitors are scrambling to get off the page.

[careerskk]

I didn't mean worthless sites when I spoke about article sites.
Say for example an user finds and reads an interesting article at the end of which he is not finding any of the related posts relevant to the topic he read. In this case he would better click the ads.

[Lame_Wolf]

Completely worthless sites get the highest CTR as visitors are scrambling to get off the page.

I didn't mean worthless sites when I spoke about article sites.

I think you will find that IB answered your question... "I am curious to know which type of sites enjoy high CTR as far as adsense is concerned."

[piatkow]

I have two small sites with a 2:1 traffic split. The site with the least traffic gets the lions share of clicks.

Both are similar structure being related to the same topic in different locations. Reason? the bigger site relates to London and we get swamped with off topic ads bid on that keyword. The other site has a less popular location name so gets far more ads related to the topic.

Which goes to show that it is difficult to generalise.

[Leosghost]

Completely worthless sites get the highest CTR as visitors are scrambling to get off the page.

True ..some sites are so bad ..you can forget how you came in ..but any exit looks good ..

[Lame_Wolf]

but any exit looks good ..

I do via two ways... either the back button or the little "x" in the top right of the browser. Never on an advert.

[Leosghost]

or the little "x" in the top right of the browser.

I usually have over 100 tabs open ( and sometimes many browsers and windows ) ..so isn't an option ..;)

back button ..?. ..sure ;)

but until Brett codes a "metaphorically speaking" tag ;)..I just assumed that you'd understand my point ( which was to reinforce that of incrediBILL ) ie; fugly, junk, and MFA are still models which pay in adsense ..and G has always smiled upon them ..provided they bring the volume ..( because after all G still gets a cut ..and can "smart price" the site anyway..and some MFA's include that risk in their "model" ) even if they cross the TOS ..

[careerskk]

If MFA sites are going to outperform really good sites then does this mean there is SOME FLAW IN SYSTEM ?

With so much of patents, lot much of algos, mathematics, scoring etc etc etc, if MFA sites are the ones getting benefited then what is the point in having such a system. Why can't one go for simple flat rate system.

Might be every sight can have a WORTHINESS score (might be big G could calculate these kinds of scores very easily)associated with it. And any advertiser has to pay the site some flat rate for being displayed regardless of someone clicks or not.

I somewhat against the concept of getting paid for clicks. This is because just displaying ads can spread brand values and name among people. So if people do not click today, no matter, they could very well visit or contact the advertiser at some point in time.

[Lame_Wolf]

I somewhat against the concept of getting paid for clicks.

Eh ?
Weren't you the same person who wanted $50 a day from adsense within 6 months ?
Now I am confused.

[careerskk]

That is because, as of now there is no other way out. I know I have to live with the system and try to make the best out of it.

[maximillianos]

There are ad networks that pay per impression. You don't have to use Adsense if you don't like it.

[BillyS]

You can put up a site with worthless content and your CTR will be high. Unfortunately, your eCPM will be low. Write quality content and your CTR will plummet, but your eCPM will skyrocket.

To write quality content, you've got to be an expert on the topic or your IQ has to be 140+

[careerskk]

Write quality content and your CTR will plummet, but your eCPM will skyrocket

Hi, I personally feel quality of the content has nothing to do with CPC or ECPM. I think the ads are paid high when they are relevant to the keywords used across the content. And if the keywords themselves are high paying then CPC should be very high.

But, if quality of the content really does matter and I am missing something here, can someone explain how SEs assess quality of a content ? Let us consider a scenario where there are two pages.. one with a poor quality content (but grammatically correct) and other with a high quality content. Let the keyword densities be same across these pages.

Now how will SEs know which is of good quality and which is not ?

[martinibuster]

If MFA sites are going to outperform really good sites then does this mean there is SOME FLAW IN SYSTEM?

A high CTR does not mean it's performing well. Think about that. There are more things that define success, including total earnings. A high CTR is not the same thing as high earnings. You are painting a picture with only a single color. The picture is more nuanced than that, eh, eh?

[Edge]

Well I run a blog which is pretty new, I guess, about 3-4 weeks old.

However I have been averaging about 3-5 thousand page views a day but make less than $1 a day..

You checked if these page views are from human beings?

[tangor]

(Banging head): Best sites are those that convert sales if you are commercial. Else you're just a bit more noise, authoritative or not, on the web. And some sites are that, noise. Most are welcomed and treasured but they don't make a buck. Pick your own poison.

Don't know what else to say.