Earnings up 30% in June

[incrediBILL]

Don't know if anyone else is seeing June as a good month for AdSense but I'm already 50% of last month and it's only the 10th. The averages so far point to a 30% increase this month unless something goes to hell at the last minute.

It appears the work I did in May with AdLinks and some minor ad block adjusting have made a difference as the CTR is at an all time high for my site even in the midst of the summer traffic slowdowns.

Anyone else seeing an upward trend in June?

[hunderdown]

alika, I raise the issue because I am a very part-time webmaster. I don't have the time to add large amounts of content, or to bring more traffic to the site. I DO have time to tinker with how I'm using AdSense. So far, I've gotten a MUCH better return on tinkering, in terms of the time I've put in, than the return I've gotten from adding content. I've pretty much quadrupled my income since September's low, but I'd attribute almost all of that increase to my tinkering, which hasn't taken up much time, and little of it to the content I HAVE added, which has taken considerably more time.

At a certain point, adding content will become more "productive" as a way of increasing my income, but I haven't hit that point yet. So far, optimizing my existing site is still more effective.

[incrediBILL]

The question for me is, what is the ceiling beyond which I can not go unless I add significant amounts of new content or increase traffic?

I'm of the opinion TRAFFIC makes the money and new CONTENT keeps them coming back, it's not an either or situation it's a tandem combination effect. However, in terms of sheer dollars, I found its mostly a function of traffic and adsense optimization - content can bring more traffic too, but it's your adsense optimization and SEO skills that can make or break it. My first month was over $1k in adsense, now I'm over $4k/month and trying to go to the next level and most of the improvement has been SEO work.

FYI, I wrote to Google about their offer to help optimize my site and they said it couldn't be optimized more than it already is so I'm done with that part. I was on one hand nice to hear, on the other mildly depressing as it obviously limits my options for improving.

[joebiff]

I was on one hand nice to hear, on the other mildly depressing as it obviously limits my options for improving.

I did the same thing and had the same results and the same feeling, oh well, back to adding content and working on SEO.

go, Go, GO!

[Alioc]

After super-tuning the layout and ad placement, this month's earnings tripled for me.

- Link units do work when placed correctly,
- Suggested color combinations do work,
- Hot spots do work,
- Text-only ads outperform mixed ones.

I would still enjoy a much wider-box* ad format though!

*does work!

[incrediBILL]

Don't know what's changed but I'm having my BEST DAY ever today.....

I knew today would be special when I woke up to $75 at 8am, ty Google.

1 hour to go, tick tock.

[incrediBILL]

OK, I hate Google, maybe loathe is a better word.

Teased me in that I'd be in the $200/day club starting today, ran right up to the end of the day almost getting there, the price of a pint of beer would throw me over the top, and left me hanging.

Et tu Google?

[Ossifer]

ooh, $200 a month would be nice :-¦

[synth78]

Yes, things have been very good this month, almost a 30% increase on last month,
Last month hung around the 8US/day, now we are see constant 13US's, and the occasional 17US,

Believe, have patience, and learn SE marketing,

The reason people dopn't come to your site, is because they don't know it exists,

Spend a few months on backlink generation, and sit back, and watch the magic, even when your sleeping,

s78

[Alioc]

Ossifer - When you reach $200/month, you'll realize that it's just the beginning and it will never be enough anymore. :)

[diverman]

Yup. Normally, I average $200-250/mo. My high was just over $300 earlier this year. But this month, I may break $400. For me, every day has been great this month, except the 10th (half the other days, due to low CPC). I guess this helps balance the 10-40% drop I had for 3-4 weeks back in late April/early May.

I just hope that the changes stick. What I have noticed is a LOT of new ads in my ad space. It seems this recent update had a good increase in advertisers for me. CPC still holds to my average, but it also seems that the fresh set of ads and advertisers has increased the CTR a little too, combined with a generally good increase in traffic (which is in line with a steady traffic growth for me).

Yeah, I know... I'm a small-timer at $200-300/mo norms... but it's some nice extra spending cash for a hobby site I used to run for free. :)

-Alex

[badtigger]

incrediBILL: if they said that that one site couldnt possibly be more optimized, and it looks like it might be close to some sort of potential ceiling, what about creating a few more sites, which are related in topic, but more niche-specific, and then cross linking them with the main site?

Maybe that good create even more flow?

[ann]

YIPEEEEEEE! Just had the best day yet with adsense! Earnings jumped up by about 5.00 for the day...no can't detect anything unusual.

I have been fixing code and optimising pages, etc. Got a new crawl and all of my changed pages are showing up. I do well for search engine 2 word phrases, like #1 and #2, and I am showing an increase in visitors this month. I am thrilled, hard work does pay off LOL

LOVING IT!

Ann