does adsense allow you to make profit from each hit to your site

[theadboy]

Hi there,

I am new to all this internet advertising, and i am at the moment trying to create a website to do with video games or i have looked into creating a blog. I want to make some profit and have been reading about adsense but don't exactly undertsand it. If i was to display an add through adsense that is to do with video games, then for each person that comes to my site can i make a profit?

Let's say my site get's 10,000 hits a month

Is it actually possible to make a dollar from each hit so that would turn out to 10,0000 dollars a month, is this really possible?

I have read through google adsense website and cannot find where it tells you how much you can make, does anyone have a link to a chart from the google site which would tell me this?

I hope anyone can offer me some help as this advertising really seems like a lucrative business and i would very much like to get into it.

Any help much appreciated

Many thanks

Chris

[Rodney]

Let's say my site get's 10,000 hits a month

Is it actually possible to make a dollar from each hit so that would turn out to 10,0000 dollars a month, is this really possible?

Probably not.

I have read through google adsense website and cannot find where it tells you how much you can make, does anyone have a link to a chart from the google site which would tell me this?

From the "Common Questions" link on the main page of the adsense site, there is this info:
[google.com...]

How much will I earn through this program?

The Google ads you are able to display on your content pages can be either cost-per-click (CPC) or cost-per-1000-impressions (CPM) ads, while AdSense for search results pages show exclusively CPC ads. This means that advertisers pay either when users click on ads, or when the advertiser's ad is shown on your site. You'll receive a portion of the amount paid for either activity on your website. Although we don't disclose the exact revenue share, our goal is to enable publishers to make as much or more than they could with other advertising networks.

The best way to find out how much you'll earn is to sign up and start showing ads on your web pages. There's no cost, no obligation, and getting started is quick and easy. You can sign up now from the AdSense home page at [google.com...] .

The last paragraph there pretty much sums it up. The best way to find out how much *your* site would earn with adsense is to signup and test it out.

[iblaine]

AdSense is a cost-per-click(CPC) program so you're paid when a user clicks an ad on your site. Clicks can go from $0.05 - $50. I'm not sure what the average cost per click is on AdSense but I'm going to guess a few cents. If you want to be paid by impressions(earnings-per-impression) meaning each time you serve up a banner impression or website then look at companies like Fastclick. EPM campaigns are usually per thousand and come out to fractions of a penny per impression - certainly no where near $1/impression. My advice is go to your local book store and pick up a book on e-commerce. Make sure there's a chapter on CPC, google, and affiliate marketing networks.

[jomaxx]

Since you don't have a site yet, here's my 2 cents: A website like that, I would think 10,000 separate page views would be worth about $50. There's a lot of variation, but IMO that's neither way high nor way low.

[In response to iblaine, I'd just add that clicks you get are more likely to pay between 1-2 cents up to 30-50 cents tops. It does go higher for very specialized areas, but nowhere near $50. There's the occasional yeti-sighting of a $50 click, but I'm skeptical they exist whatsoever.]

[theadboy]

Many thanks for your fast reply, i just have a few more questions before i indulge in this addvertising bussiness.

Is it free to signup?

I can't signup till i have a site up and running right?

Do google come to my site and look at the kind of site it is and do they make the advert that is to do with the text on my site?

I don't understand still, a few years back i read quite a bit on internet advertising and people were saying back then you could make a dollar a click or even 2 dollars a click. You know those sites where when you get to their home page a load of advert pop up on your desktop, like 7 adverts pop up and you have to go and close them just to find another pops up. Well these people back all those years ago were saying you can make a dollar from each pop up, is this really true?

I also read quite recently that big companies that are driving traffic like 1 million hits a month are able to get adverts that make 5 dollars for every click, but then i don't understand as like you said it can't be 5 dollars times each click which in this case means 5 million dollars profit.

There are a lot of different advertising, is adsense the best?

The profit you make from the ads is it tax free?

I am based in the UK, so if i was to setup a account with a USA based advertiser like google adsense are there problems with that, will i have to pay more tax than usual?

all help much appereicated

thanks in advance

Chris

[europeforvisitors]

Yes, it's free to sign up.

No, you can't apply until you have a site.

No, the profits are not tax-free.

You really need to read the FAQs and other information at [google.com...] to get a basic understanding of the program.

Also, read some of the "I've been banned by AdSense" threads on this forum to learn what NOT to do (such as clicking on your own ads or encouraging others to do so).

For business and tax information, visit your public library and ask the reference librarian for help. (He or she should be able to point you to how-to books for owners of home-based businesses in the UK.)

[theadboy]

I have a blog but haven't updated it for a while. It's to do with video games, i noticed a few months back that a lot of people were writing fake things about games so i decided to do the same. But now i am looking to only update it with real information from the gaming world. Would this blog be okay for adsense, or once google views my blog they would probably say things like 'if it's to do with fake stuff then we can't offer you adsense' would they say something like that?

Also can i setup a blog which is blank but then go ahead and singup for adsense and tell google what the site is going to be about and then get them to make me an advert while i start writing things into my blog, is this possible?

Once i have adsense running on a blog can i call all my mates and tell them to click every now and then on my blog for about a few hours every day, would i make money from the clicks or would google know? I could even have another computer connected to the net and be clicking on my adds, is this possible without google finding out?

ofcourse from the above i am not going to go doing that but just want to know if it's possible?

thanks in advance

Chris

[tebrino]

Chris, you have a lot to learn about internet and internet advertising. For starters read [google.com...] and [google.com...] after that read carefully posts on this forum (especially "I have been kicked out of program" threads). Than wait for few months and signup for AdSense. You can trust me on this.

Greetings

[roycerus]

Also, read some of the "I've been banned by AdSense" threads on this forum to learn what NOT to do (such as clicking on your own ads or encouraging others to do so).

EFV I think you are starting to develop some precognition powers - bitten by a spider lately? ;0)

Once i have adsense running on a blog can i call all my mates and tell them to click every now and then on my blog for about a few hours every day, would i make money from the clicks or would google know? I could even have another computer connected to the net and be clicking on my adds, is this possible without google finding out?

Nope dude! You need to play by the rules or you'll be out of the game sooner than you can say "Ads by Goooo"
Anyways - it's good that you are clearing your doubts before starting - it takes time to make decent money from adsense - which will happen as your site grows - what you need to do is be consistent with your development and in a year's time you'll have a stable source of income [as stable it can get in any business]

[theadboy]

Thanks for your replies

I have just finished reading the guidelines, policies, terms and conditons. I think i understand them, i will re-read them again to fully re-inforce the text into my mind.

tebrino i know you said wait for a few months and then signup for adsense, well i don't see any harm in signing up now or tomorrow. I will stick to the rules and see if this adsense makes me money, if not then i will go back to running my ecommerce store.

In the past i made a website which gave a very comical read for people that visisted my site, within 14 months i had 85,000 hit's and i did my own site promoting, i think if i updated my site everyday then in that time frame i think i would of hit over a million hits in a year. Back then i didn't know about advertising so i could of done very well with the 85,000 hits. So i am thinking of now creating a new comical blog and getting loads of hits that will turn into profit, think about it even if i was getting 0.05 cents then times that by 85,000 dollars and you end up with 4,250 dollars. and that's only calcualted on 0.05 cents per click which is 20 times of 1 dollar, imagine if google give me 0.10 or even 0.5 then that's a lot of money. I think if i stick to the books and play it safe i could turn this into a profitability business and jump in within the next few days.

well any comments would be much appreciated on my ideas, because i think yes i could jump in and do all the wrong things but it was just today that i came accross this i have been reading this site for a few weeks but still am a new comer and just registering for these forums today. I think if i stick to what your allowed to do then this could work well.

thanks

Chris

[jahfingers]

Theadboy,
You will earn about $425 from 85,000 hits, not $4,250.

Before calculating your earnings, I suggest you start building pages for your site, filled with good content. You will need a website made Google can look at when you apply for the AdSense program.

[ann]

Is this another troll thread?

First you do not have a site or a blog, then you do have a blog. You want to know all the dirty tricks and do they work and in your last post you turn into mr. whitehat? Nope, won't wash.

I think we have a trolling post.

Ann

[spaceylacie]

You don't get paid 5 cents for every person who clicks on your site, you get paid 5 cents for every person who clicks on an ad that it on your site. I have heard that humor sites have a low click through ratio(the percentage of visitors who click on an ad). With a 5% click through ratio and 85,000 visitors, you would make $212.50(at 5 cents per click). And that's a high estimate. A humor site would probably have more like a 2% click through ratio, so you would make more like $85.00 for 85,000 visitors. This is not a get rich quick deal.

Oh... and should have also mentioned, yes, Google looks for patterns and will know about clicks from your mates. You won't get paid anything for those clicks and would also risk losing your account... for life!

[jomaxx]

And this is going to sound petty, but you really need to stop measuring popularity in "hits". That statistic is meaningless but is sometimes misused to delude others (and oneself) into thinking a site is much more popular than it really is.

You should be thinking in terms of either "visitors" or "page views".

Finally, pay attention to spaceylacie and understand that this will not make you rich quick (or probably ever). There are an awful lot of people here in this forum who probably make less than the local minimum wage, if you add up all the time they spend on their site in a month.

[theadboy]

Okay i think i need to do more reading before i start doing anything. Even if i had a lot of visitors probably most of them wouldn't click on an add so perhaps adsense isn't for me. Is there any kind of internet advertising where as soon as someone visits my site then an add clicks automatically?

The above info came to me from a while back where i noticed when i got to this site they had this big banner advertising low cost calls, and i heard that when you get to the site even if you don't click on that banner you still make a profit as the banner is connected to people coming to your site.

So is there anything like this out there?

Also this adsense cost per click is simply someone clicks your add and then you get paid whatever price.

But i don't understand this cost per thousand, i have read on the google site and on these forums about it and it says in the example you do 1000 hits x 1% x 30 days x amount per click = your answer but i don't understand what the 1% is for, any ideas?

on adsense can you choose if you want CPC or CPM? I can't seem to understand why they would include CPM when CPC seems the better option when you can make money per click unless i am missing the point, any ideas on that aswell?

Can you lose money on adsense or even other advertising programs?

Many thanks

Oh and i am not trolling, really i am not. I am just looking to learn this business as much as i can. I apologise if i am being a pain asking too much but forums are for learning and sharing your experiences i just hope we can all help eachother.

[jetteroheller]

10.000 Hits, page views or visitors?

Here starts the problem. You write hits.

It could be like

1 visitor
5 page views
50 hits

So as long as You do not write with exact terms,
it's useless to estimate Your income.