Affiliates - Google Adsense - The Good, Bad and the Ugly

[Linda Buquet]

I know alot of affiliates are promoting Adsense, here is an interesting read:

By Andrew Goodman
http://www.traffick.com/article.asp?aID=151

It all boils down to advertiser ROI. What do you think?

[jencam]

I'm not an advertiser but I have just started using adsense. I think it is pretty remarkable how relevant Google seems to get the ads per each different page. However some ads are things I am an affiliate of and I can understand someone who makes a living from an internet business that a lot of those ads would be their own competition.
However, it is better than some ways of making money. I get reasonable traffic and I'm getting quite a few clicks already on the ads. However, making $100 US before you see any of it is a bit daunting.
Just then got an email from Google re adsense
Must fill out tax details by 30 November.
Luckily it doesn't apply to me as I don't hgave any business in the US and I'm not a resident of the US

[tsindos]

Thank you for the link. It does seem interesting. But I have to disagree with what it says about "cutting out" the small sites from the adsense program. I used to have adsense on my site but not any more. My reasons have nothing to do with the article but I am a small site and I would like to feel that I could post adsense without discrimination. I had adsense for a good 8 months and my total revenue so far has been a whopping $48.00 (Google won't pay unless it is over $100.00)
The reason I took it off though is purely to have a "clean" site, not because anyone forced me to.
Harry

[Edge]

Part of what makes Google Adsense so great is that you can opt out of having your ads displayed on any website you want. The minute you notice traffic coming in that you don't like all you have to do is add that URL to your Google account. Seems like a good solution to me....

[lmims]

I cannot think of another program that says not to disclose your results.

The article comments about your ad being displayed on "two-bit" websites, I have no problem with that, exposure is exposure. You only pay for clicks.

Another program like AdWords that I use is search feed -- You can read about here:


http://www.armchairmarketer.com/affiliate/

My friend Mark Allen has also put his favorite/highest paying affiliate programs and reviews on this page...

[RISTMO]

About the $100, it can seem to be daunting, especially when you're just starting, but it seems like most programs have a minumum payout, anyway. But, just because the minimum payout for some programs is $20 or so, doesn't mean that it's easier to reach. I was shocked at how much Google Ads go for. From what I've noticed, those ads run by Google seem to be worth a lot more than any other ads I've been able to find. If you make 5 times as much per click with these ads than you do with other ads, you make the "cash-in" minimum in the same amount of clicks, even if the minimum is 5 times higher. And not only that, but but when you do make the minimum and get your money, you have 5 times as much. I think Adsense is awesome. My site http://www.arabchurch.com/ made about $40 in 3 months. Then I started displaying ads on another site of mine, also, and in less than a week, I'm at $140, so I should get my first payment this month. It all depends on which ads you display. If you want to display ads on a site with keywords that go for a very low amount of money per click, it might be better to have different advertising on those sites, but if your keywords are halfway competitive, those 20+ cents a click will add up quickly.

Rick

[john678]

If you can't wait for the $100 payout with the Adsense program, then why don't you try using other ppc search engines as many of them pay up to 80% of their bidded click thrus and pays with a no min or low min payout. Some even pay as soon as you have reached your min or monthly.

By the way, apparrently Adsense pays monthly with a minimum of $100 as we all know.

I also thing that they pay yearly with a no minimum payout amount needed to be reached. What ever you earn by the end of each year that hasn't been paid to you yet, they will pay it to you. So if you only earned $62, you should receive that at the end of the year by check.