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A friend of mine made some good money with a few b...

2010-11-18T23:07:45.597+01:00

A friend of mine made some good money with a few blogs, until now he refuses to tell me how he did it, can I call him my friend??

@Benjamin: You should be able to see earnings for ...

2010-03-29T15:34:52.380+02:00

@Benjamin: You should be able to see earnings for selected time periods as tables.

Can someone please tell me how to calculate my ear...

2010-03-25T16:36:30.364+01:00

Can someone please tell me how to calculate my earnings in technoratimedia?

Wonderful post... Very informational and education...

2010-02-13T09:24:34.929+01:00

Wonderful post... Very informational and educational as usual!

I agree that chitika ads are un-obtrusive to your ...

2009-11-20T18:09:45.988+01:00

I agree that chitika ads are un-obtrusive to your returning visitors. They are also nicely designed and targetted to the search keywords.

I don't use chitika at the moment because I found them to show up for all visitors, instead of only search engine referrals. I suppose there was some bug in the script, possibly they've already fixed it.

The problem with chitika and my blog is that Chitika mostly offers product ads. Their ads go well with blogs that do product reviews or technical news (about technical gadgets for example). I am skeptical that it creates a high CPM on sites that are not product-focused. On this site their ads seemed rather at odds sometimes. To cite an extreme example, I have articles about the latex layout engine (a software), where many people enter from google, and the ads are about fetish clothing.

I am more happy with ads that are thematically related about other blogs or websites.

You are correct too many ads will drive visitors a...

2009-11-20T11:55:21.743+01:00

You are correct too many ads will drive visitors away.I found out a simply way to help keep your visitor returning.Chitika offers your Non-Search traffic the option in your control panel to Collapse into nothing.

This seems to help your regular visitors have a nice clean ad free experience

@DoFollow Blog: Good question. I just looked at my...

2009-11-18T17:02:55.566+01:00

@DoFollow Blog: Good question. I just looked at my technoratimedia earnings for this month. I earned around 12 cents per click, which I think is worse than Bidvertiser and Adsense.

On the other hand, with technoratimedia, I can be sure the ads integrate well with my page and don't drive away visitors. The advertisers with technoratimedia are usually other blogs.

Further, I think, the click-through-rate (or say clicks-per-impression) varies a lot over networks. AdSense ads may be sometimes well-targeted, but sometimes they are off the mark and with BidVertiser you can get just anything. As for TechnoratiMedia, the mix of text and images possibly gives the ads a higher click-through rate than other networks.

Now that my alexa ranking is improving a lot (used by technoratimedia as one of the principal indicators shown to advertisers), I am hoping to sell ads by week with technoratimedia with better revenue. Let's wait and see. I'll post about my results later if I see they are interesting to more people.

Nice post. I only use adsense and bidvertiser now....

2009-11-18T07:26:33.223+01:00

Nice post. I only use adsense and bidvertiser now. Is technoratimedia revenue better than adbrite & bidvertiser?
Thank you

I am starting now to make a little money from my b...

2009-11-11T21:55:10.169+01:00

I am starting now to make a little money from my blog and it is certainly a nice feeling, although it is not much money (yet at least).

I fully agree with what you say about the amount of ads. To show too much ads can be very annoying to visitors. Also, the placement is important, showing them on top of the page, or within the article text is very annoying. Of course, the more they are integrated in the content, the more clicks you can hope to generate, but if the ads are too annoying your visitors just leave.

I have been experimenting with different advertisers since I wrote that post. I've seen that AdSense image ads sometimes contain irritating sounds (one had a sound like a fire alarm driving visitors away), so I am now very careful with AdSense image ads (thankfully with AdSense you have the option of text-only). AdBrite showed images of weight-loss programs (or others which are not related to my page content). Some of these ads were very badly designed.

In my opinion, ads should contribute to the user experience. If you don't want ads such as "you are visitor number 2,000,000" or weight loss, you can choose text ads, or button ads (125x125 pixels like on Entrecard, or small buttons of 64x64px). These buttons are often well-designed and advertisers pay to have them on a site which is related to their products. These buttons usually give a flat rate, which means they pay per time period, not per clicks. How much they pay depends on your unique visitors and page views. Possibilities to get such button ads are project wonderful, entrecard, or buysellads.

I am currently experimenting with technoratimedia, which you can see on the right. They are also nice to see, although not very related to my content. They pay by clicks.

It is always good to be able share your knowledge ...

2009-11-11T21:23:43.564+01:00

It is always good to be able share your knowledge and also to be able to generate income from it. Maybe I should have a look at each of them and plan for my own blog.

I personally think, beside choosing the best adv platform that suits your blog needs. It is also advisable for site owner to control how much adv that are running on their site at a time. Sometimes it is just very annoying to see a site full of adv than the content itself.