Comments on: The Best $1.26 I Ever Made

By: Wyman

Wyman — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:10:33 +0000

Chris,

I would rather have an affiliate product link that I believe in. No control with the ads put on my site really does not sit well. Good article.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:30:42 +0000

It all has to start somewhere. Thanks for putting success into perspective when it comes to time and energy.

Dave
LifeExcursion

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:11:14 +0000

Thanks for this Chris. I feel like I learn at every step without needing to go through the months of trials other have. Adsense is a great tool in the arsenal of internet entrepreneurial dabblings we all take part in.

The more important thing I saw in this post, and what you learned from that conference is to give your audience what they wanted, whether through your product, or advertising. You didn’t use any tricks, just made what they were looking for more accessible, which made you lose less money.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:39:21 +0000

I’ve had some mild success with Adsense on some sites, but like you, I tend to avoid it and focus on better things for my visitors and myself. Most Google ads, in my experience, are not relevant.

By: Hayden Tompkins

Hayden Tompkins — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:49:31 +0000

I’ve noticed that the people who really throw down with Adsense are very analytics oriented. I think it takes a very specific kind of person to use Adsense and excel, specifically people who are methodical and mathematically inclined.

I’m not even close to being that person. My brain literally checks out anytime I come across Adsense related information.

By: Scott Webb

Scott Webb — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:26:49 +0000

Interesting article about adsense. I’ve been having a few discussions on it lately. I’m doing a bit of a test with it as I build traffic. I really don’t want adsense on my sites and want focused traffic anyways. I just built a project that I expect to be traffic heavy…hopefully…and I want to have buysellads on it in the future but It needs to show that it does gain a lot of impressions before I can be accepted to buysellads. So in the mean time I’m going to experiment with adsense and see what happens.

I really dont like the aspect of sending visitors away and you’re not in contol of the info that comes up.

By: Ron - Heroic Nature

Ron - Heroic Nature — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:15:38 +0000

I think I’ll use this advice for one of my landing pages. This is some great advice, I’m surprised I never read about using Adsense in a secondary manner on a strictly internet marketing blog…go figure!

By: Frugal Bon Vivant

Frugal Bon Vivant — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:37:53 +0000

Personally, I find text Adsense ads quite tacky, but I’ve allowed Adsense pic ads in my Feedburner RSS/email, as I find it less distracting. But yeah, overall, I wouldn’t recommend it as a big strategy either.

By: Jez

Jez — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:47:42 +0000

@Chris
That is more or less the same conclusion I came to (ie create real content).
And on my new website, which I view much more as a legacy project, I dont have any adsense on and actually work hard to create content.

And you know what? (you probably do), the satisfaction of getting traffic visitors/comments is hundred-fold!

By: Jill MacGregor

Jill MacGregor — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:24:04 +0000

Hey Chris,

I really love this post –not just for your input on Adsense– but because at one point you were just beginning this journey and look how far you’ve come. I know it was driven by hard work and determination–but also by passion and a need to be true to yourself.
I love being reminded of this over and over!

Take Care,
Jill