Anyone use AdSense?

[Kaido]

I've been adding technical articles to my website and my bandwidth has really shot up, even though I've cut down on the images. They're just simple things like how to use Norton Ghost or upgrade a Mac Mini, but I've been getting a lot of good feedback and traffic, which has resulted in me having to shell out about $300 year for an upgraded server. This is just a personal hobby site I'm running. I wanted to keep it fairly clean in terms of design and styling, so I decided to try out Google's AdSense, which lets you do colormatching and choose the sizes and placement on your webpage. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I don't want people to be confused about what to click on (at least for the more non-technical portion of my visitors), but I would like to have it at least cover the costs of running the site. Here's the website:

http://www.wiredbynature.org/

I'm getting roughly 3,000 hits a month or so now, not a lot compared to most sites but a big boost from my previous 500 - 1,000. The article layout is fairly simple, a title and the text with the Google ad in between. Here are two variations I've tried:

http://macbook.wiredby.com

http://restore.wiredby.com

Anyway, is it worth using AdSense? I don't want to clutter up my site, but it'd be nice to have incoming revenue to cover that $300/year server bill.

 

[Slew Foot]

Instead of Adsense try using Yahoo pUblisher Network, they pay better. At least for now anyway.

 

[Goosemaster]

I use it on my blog because it posts hilarious ads...

 

[IronWing]

I use AdSense on a fairly low traffic site, ~30 gigs/month transfer, and it pretty much covers the cost of the site hosting. Having niche content helps alot.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Instead of Adsense try using Yahoo pUblisher Network, they pay better. At least for now anyway.

Nice, I'll sign up for that too, thanks!

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I use it on my blog because it posts hilarious ads...

rofl you're not kidding..."Fear" "Happy Birthday" A Bronx Tale" "Feel Better"

I have a couple blogs; do you make anything from the link-style ads?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I use it on my blog because it posts hilarious ads...

rofl you're not kidding..."Fear" "Happy Birthday" A Bronx Tale" "Feel Better"

I have a couple blogs; do you make anything from the link-style ads?

i don't care..I jsut love the adssicne they are apperantly based on my titles as you stated, and end up being random as hell

 

[rh71]

I use it for my fansite (link below if you're wondering who) and I've made $90 in 4 months. Not too bad if you ask me.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: rh71
I use it for my fansite (link below if you're wondering who) and I've made $90 in 4 months. Not too bad if you ask me.

What's your traffic like?

 

[Kaido]

Well, it seems to be working out okay...I'm making about a dollar a day from the ads, which is enough to cover the site on a monthly basis (~$30/month). My usage chart made me chuckle:

http://www.wiredbynature.org/usage.jpg

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Well, it seems to be working out okay...I'm making about a dollar a day from the ads, which is enough to cover the site on a monthly basis (~$30/month). My usage chart made me chuckle:

http://www.wiredbynature.org/usage.jpg

I don't think that income will hold. My site made $16 in the first three days, now I'm lucky to get a click a day.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: DaY

Originally posted by: Kaido
Well, it seems to be working out okay...I'm making about a dollar a day from the ads, which is enough to cover the site on a monthly basis (~$30/month). My usage chart made me chuckle:

http://www.wiredbynature.org/usage.jpg

I don't think that income will hold. My site made $16 in the first three days, now I'm lucky to get a click a day.

Bummer, I better start writing more stuff lol.

 

[DurocShark]

If you want to see a difference in how the ads work:

http://www.donimages.com/guac/ <-- Has only one graphic only ad at the top
http://www.donimages.com/gwb/ <-- Has the text or graphic ads on the sides and bottom

Similar content, should show similar ads, right? Nope.