The second item on my list of problems to clear up for this domain was the fact that because I hadn’t bothered trying to monetize it in a long time, I couldn’t tell potential buyers it would bring in any particular amount of money. To monetize a domain, you need to know these things:
What ad [...]
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AdBrite’s “Zone Comparison” tool has been driving me crazy for a while. It always shows a lot less in total earnings than I actually have, so I couldn’t begin to guess which ad zones – or which types of ads (inline, full page, CPM, PPC) were generating my income.
Today, for the first time ever, I [...]
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I posted a while back that Project Wonderful was pretty cool. I was using it on B2 Bomber, which is notoriously hard to monetize, and it was doing better than most ad networks I’ve tried.
Then B2’s traffic tripled inside a month, and the PW earnings did not. People weren’t bidding each other up, like you’d [...]
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I’ve been playing with Project Wonderful on one of my sites after more than a few people mentioned it to me (I think Empress was among them, but can’t find the original post), and here’s what I’ve found:
It takes a while to get going. Give it at least a month before giving up on it.
It [...]
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Today I got served a fullscreen pop up of hardcore porn images.
By my own site.
Clicksor has been removed from all my sites now. And the worst part of it was, it wasn’t even earning decent money. If you’re considering running Clicksor on your sites, I’d think again: the money is crap, and so are the [...]
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I’ve been reading Matt Jones’ ebook recently (and no, merely linking to it does not qualify me for his contest – I’m linking because I like it), in which he talks about how to monetize different types of blogs. I’m not giving away enough to keep you from downloading the book yourself, but here’s the [...]
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One of the big disadvantages of third-party ad networks is most of them don’t let you talk directly to the people buying ad space on your sites. When you sell ads directly (or through a third party service that lets you talk to them), take advantage of your ability to ask your advertisers a few [...]
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As I mentioned on the main site, LinkWorth is now letting us sell no-follow text link ads. This is exactly what I wished would happen: they seem to be more decent and less manipulative than TextLinkAds, they have a decent marketplace, and they were generally able to sell my ads for more than TLA did. [...]
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As I mentioned on the main site, ShowYourAdHere is now live. I’m testing it on a couple of sites right now, including this one (actually, I’m about to go set that up right now, so if you click this 5 seconds after I’ve posted, just refresh in, like, thirty seconds). I’ll report on results as [...]
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No-follow text ads on this site are half-off through February ($7.50 for a 30 day homepage link; other pricing options available). Figured I’d make like a retail store and have a “50% off After the Holidays Sale.” They appear in the sidebar, just under the 125×125 ads.
Speaking of which, the 125×125 ads are still $10/4 [...]
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