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Is Adsense really worth it?

I visit and am a regular member of quite a few |Forums and have noticed that the subject of Adsense earnings is increasingly popular.

The usual theme is that the poster is unhappy with their Adsense earnings are low and as such are asking wether or not Adsense is worth using.

Clearly if you earn little from Adsense then the question is almost answered for you, but equally if you earn a lot the question is again answered for you.

There are many factors that make earings from Adsense vary not least:

1. Ad placement.
2. Quantity of Ads.
3. Subject matter of the website.
4. The type of visitors the site gets.
5. The amount of visitors the site gets

Now I am not saying that these are the only or definitive factors, but to me they do hold the biggest sway.

Ad Placement.

Clearly if the Ads are not placed in such a away that they become a part of the site and an obvious link through to what the visitor is looking for then you are very unlikely to get any clicks.

Quantity of Ads.

Again, if the Ads are not in sufficient quantity that the visitor will easily find them whilst browsing the site then chances of a click are again greatly reduced.

Subject Matter of Website/ The type of Visitors the site gets.

I came to this conclusion after reading a post with this subject, and then following up with a little of my own research. Website owners, or Webmasters (I hate that term!), seem to be less likely to click Ads than the general public. This could be to do with to do with the type of site either is most likely to visit.

The general public generally have no idea about Adsense and just see the link as the website offering a helpful link in their pursuit of whatever they are looking for. For instance, I directed one of my “test subjects” to an Adsense only site with the task of finding out certain information. They gladly clicked the links in order to continue. Ok that’s a bit of entrapment if you like, but if the user came across this site on a normal search chances are they would click through, wheras neither I nor most webmasters would.

The amount of Visitors a site gets.

Truly this a big factor, the more traffic the more chances of a click. After all we are talking percentages here, so the higher the traffic the more chances of a click.

For me Adsense is just a little extra income here and there, I don’t rely on it so its just nice when it comes through. There are other alternatives, but all with equal areas that affect earnings. There is no one right answer as who to use.

The internet is not and never has been my main form of income, I doubt it ever will. I started on the road of “webmaster” quite by chance really around 5 years ago.

This weekend I hit my 46th birthday. So is this now too old?

There is so much already to learn and so much new stuff coming along its clear to me this is the place for the younger generation(oops that makes me sound old!!)

I often get to deal with people from all over the world(which I still find amazing) and when I get to know some of them most are under 20, some as young as 14, and these guys have some powerfull skills already.

The future of the Internet is truly theirs.

I suppose a part of my problem is that I have what I call a “real job” which earns me a good income, so that is always my priority when it comes to allocating time. I do however generate a reasonable income from some areas of my web efforts.

But I often wonder if I gave  up my “real job” and concentrated on my Internet businesess am I too old now to be sucsessful?

Every successful affiliate marketer knows the importance of having short and to the point links. As a matter of fact, statistics show that you have a 300% better chance of making a sale with a cloaked link or a redirect page than what you have with the actual affiliate link itself. There is a number of reasons for that.
First off, by recommending an affiliate product or service to someone - not using a link cloaker or redirect page - you are making a HUGE mistake. Believe it or not, You are putting your reputation on the line, which will drastically hurt your short term as well as long term success on the internet.
To demonstrate what I just stated, let’s assume I get an email from Armand Morin. Armand is one of my Internet Marketing Idols. He makes aproximatly 40 thousand dollars a day on the internet and I know that what he says, works. If he recommends something, I will be sure to check it out.
But for the sake of this article… lets assume that he sends me an email promoting someone elses newly launched product. Everything is very convincing - except for one thing… and that is the link within the email.
I look at it and it looks something like this: http://Armond-Mor.longurl.hop.clickb…/?tid=EMAIL256. First off, that is an incredibly messy clickbank URL. How could a multi millionare, highly reputable internet marketer send me a poor email like that?
Secondly, it is pretty obvious to me that he is trying to make a quick commission off of me. Not that it is ever any different, but now - instead of my trusting his recommendation 100% - I can’t help but think in the back of my mind that perhaps the only reason why he recommended this particular product to me is because he is wanting my money.
If on the other hand, he had sent the exact same email to me with a shorter, cleaner and more professional looking URL, those doubts would have never crossed my mind and chances would have been pretty good that I would have purchased that product. Simply because he recommended it.
Another big problem with using the original affiliate link is that people will copy paste the URL in to their browser, replace the affiliate ID with their own, and instead of the affiliate getting the commission, the customers give the commission to themselves.
You may think this is dirty business but hey… that is reality. You can fight that problem or you can avoid it all together. And let me tell you, avoiding having that problem is avoiding headaches. Not only that - but you will also increase your commission rate by up to 300%. Well worth it if you asked me.
So how do you go about hiding your affiliate URL?
There are tons of programs out there that help you to do just that. Look for programs such as tinyurlz.com or similar link shrinking systems. They don’t cost you a thing yet they can make and save you fortunes.

Yes I am the proud owner of http://www.tinyurlz.com

As I laid in my bed this weekend feeling very sorry for myself (well I did have Man Flu!”) the strangest thought entered my mind….

You know when you speak to someone on the phone or even converse on a Forum, for some reason you create a picture of the person you are talking to in your mind, now dont say I am the only person this happens to please!

But where do we get this picture from, is it from a memory of someone who sounds similar or a joint effect of known people with similar voices? Or just a random image?

Yet when we meet them they are generally nothing like we expect(that bits not strange!).

Is there some part of our brain that needs to visualise in this circumstance?

As I said….Random Thought!

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