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Post by gemkoi on Jul 1, 2006 16:47:50 GMT -5
Hey all you folks out there with websites. Today i received my frist google check for $104.97. And i only been running addwords for maybe 12months. Took about 5 minutes to set up and insert on desired webpages. You cant complain about free money, and the adds are never what doesnt work for your site. Google adds are set depending on your keywords and website description. So for the non-rock related sites, it works just as well if not better! heres the link: www.google.com/ads/Adsence pays you, addwords you pay. so choose addsence.I just checked and made almost $10 in just the month of june. Thats more than what i pay to host my site! And traffic is down compared to the winter time. And Mark, take note, becasue proboards gets paid becaue of your high traffic, by using addsence in this board. If you set it up right, and pay for a nice message baord. Using addsence will end up recouping the costs put into it. I mean i have maybe 30minutes of work done into my addsence, total since i started. It did take time to get that amount up, becasue my site wasnt getting the traffic in the beggining that is does now. And i image the traffic on this board is way higher. So it worth looking into.
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Post by BAZ on Jul 1, 2006 18:37:30 GMT -5
Hey Shain,
AdSense is great, I have made about the 140 bucks since we started BigArizona.com. There are reports out there of people making 1 to 4,000 bucks a month from Google. (I don't think Mark is a fan of Google by the way!)
My brother runs a major website, the company averages 10 to 15 million a year in advertising revenue from the site alone!
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Post by Cher on Jul 2, 2006 13:58:58 GMT -5
So where are the ads at? I've looked at your sites and haven't seen any.
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Post by gemkoi on Jul 2, 2006 14:36:59 GMT -5
i have them on three sites, but my site theya re on the home page at the bottom, and all other pages on the sides of the middle content area. IN some cases you wont see them on the sides untill you scoll down. Thats why i like them so, becasue they dont stand out and you still get cash. And you all know were googles money goes, more rocks!
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Post by Cher on Jul 2, 2006 14:52:07 GMT -5
I think I just figured out why I don't see them. I've got a lot of stuff blocked by my host file and apparently google ads are one of them. Same thing here, I seldom see any ads at the top of the page. I looked at the page sourse and could see the coding to figure out where it should be at, guess the host file works pretty good.
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Post by Original Admin on Jul 3, 2006 20:49:03 GMT -5
Freeform - yeah - proboards probably make a few dollars out of this site - thats no problemo for me as I think they do a great job of hosting and providing forums.
As for adsense from google - youve hit a sore topic Freeform. I loath g oo g1e - I absolutely loath them - they have caused so much greed on the internet that almost every site you go to is plastered with their filthy little dirty adverts.
I would rather chew on silver tin foil for 300 days none stop than help that scum company make more cash.
Read up about what people think about google behind the lines - you may be surprised.
Opinion about that company has changed dramatically in the last 12 months - many website owners hate them - I mean SERIOUSLY hate them aswell.
I wont go into it though.
Cheers Mark
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Post by 181lizard on Jul 3, 2006 22:44:16 GMT -5
AWW! Come on Mark & tell us how you really feel!
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Post by BAZ on Jul 3, 2006 23:53:03 GMT -5
Hee hee, I told ya he didn't like 'em!
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Post by gemkoi on Jul 4, 2006 13:44:03 GMT -5
understandable Mark, Google is just one of the many companies that people online hate. But keep in mind, they make money off users, but they give users choice. Unlike Microsoft, yahoo, ebay, etc, etc, etc.
My point is there is use were a site owner can make out better than not when they are unaware. Theres plenty of greed in our Country and yours, and we are not even touching the greed in the rock and gem markets.
I wonder though mark, why as well? Those adverts are something that works, peroid. And you dont ahve to pay for them. And i done the reseach for advertising, and compared to other online agencies and print agencies. The return on both ends of the spectrum seems to be very fair. BEcasues it is a choice, its not shoved down your throte. As a user you can do as Cher has, block them and they will never come out. There for you win. I think its a simple as that.
And personally, i would rather the site owner dictate the content then a thrid party. BEcasue the adds that come up on RTh rarly have to do with rocks and gems. YOu'll have that control if you insert the adds youself and can get a better return if you config them to your content. Thats the point i think all users online with or without a website should note when looking at google adds.
Thats why they are so popular, not becasue google puts them everywere. The website owner does that. And if they define keywords with ever kinda of content online. Then every type of add comes up.
ON my sisters bulldog site, only bulldog adds come up. ON my site, it varies a little page by page. Like on the about me page i talk about other things than just rocks. So similar adds come up. BUt over all its 85% rocks and gems, so they work on the site.
I personally think more people over react to large compaines like this for no reason. We all use them, its a choice. You dont ahve to make that choice. They are not a monolopy like many other sites. Sure they are hugh, and that means they bound to make someone upset. But i am sorry if you feel the way you do. I personally think this should be shared and noted as to why. BEcasue it just doesnt make sence as to why. They are just a serch engin. IF they are dropping a site for what ever reason off their engines. I dont see how that can make you mad, becasue that happens on all serch engins. And is part of website life. You must be diligant almost weekly about that. Otherwise you get mad real fast at them. But thats not they're fault. If it is, it should be noted to everyone. EVen if that just a reply saying, look what they do here to this person(link). INstead of saying i wont go into it.
I houneslt been reading and hearing how much people hate google and why for at least a year or more. And to be hounest, it reads as BS. I mean, im not in the serch engin market. But one thing i know for certain is it very cut-throat. And most of what i read is other srech engins compaines, or advertising companies through a fit. And hiring web bloggers to post there opinions under a differnt name so it looks like a person like me or you stating it. When really its googles competition.
SO thats why i reall wonder your beef with them. I mean, i dont expect a company to pay me money for nothing. Peroid.
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Post by stefan on Jul 5, 2006 12:26:18 GMT -5
The internet (as a whole) is the biggest time waster there is- It is leading us to a path of Total isolation- where people will be hooked to machines that do everything for them (think of the BORG collective) Not a pretty site- bunch of Fat Lazy pastey faced idiots all staring at the computer screen- kinda like me right now!
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