google adsense - $0.03 per click

Van Hellseek · 24 Sep 2006 at 23:33

wtf.

are they taking the ****?

Van Hellseek · 24 Sep 2006 at 23:40

joeyjojo said:
I dont think so.

Why do you ask?

I ask because I was earning a hell of a lot more from my clicks, yet the last few have been for 3 cents. At that price it's not even worth having ads on my site at all.

Van Hellseek · 24 Sep 2006 at 23:58

But the point is an advertisement was displayed on my website. Someone clicked it, and as a result I got $0.03. That is completely out of order IMO.

I'm really going to have to look into some serious (non-google) targeted advertising.

Van Hellseek · 25 Sep 2006 at 00:06

Beansprout said:
But yes, if you want a more stable/guaranteed form of advertising, then try the other routes

Yeah, I'm in the process of looking into this.

Van Hellseek · 25 Sep 2006 at 00:29

well judging by your sig... using them might be a good start.

And it's hardly free money.

Van Hellseek · 25 Sep 2006 at 01:02

Beansprout said:
It's only not free if alternatives will pay higher

You could say that about revenue generated by any form of advertisements in all types of media. Which makes it kind of a void point. I.e. you wouldn't consider newspapers/magazines making profit from their ads to be "free money". I don't see why it should be any different for a website.

Van Hellseek · 25 Sep 2006 at 01:50

growse said:
You're complaining becuase you weren't paid "enough" by someone going to your webpage and clicking on an advert there. Does that sound weird to anyone else?

Edit: Having just looked at your own site (http://www.growse.com), I can understand your attitude towards advertising. The difference here is that I have a site which has got obvious targeted advertising potential, whereas with a site like yours, at best you're going to earn a few dollars towards costs if you're lucky.

And yes, I'm sure you're not even trying to make money from your site. In which case how about not bothering to offer your unhelpful critisisms in threads by those who are?

Van Hellseek · 25 Sep 2006 at 15:29

growse said:
You make the mistake of thinking that's my only site. Like the poster ^^ I have experience in both adwords and adsense, and kinda know what they're about.

It seems to me that you're coming from a pov that is expecting a guaranteed income from an website, which you say has "obvious targeted advertising potential". The thing is, if you want a guaranteed income, you don't use adsense. In my experience, using adsense is a bit like gambling - you only do it if you're perfectly happy with a 0 rate of return. Because that's exactly what you could get if no-one clicks on the ads.

If you want a guaranteed rate of return, strike a deal with some companies, sell your space through an advertising media sales company, but don't use adsense.

yeah, i agree. i'm looking into this.