How to Make More Money with Google AdSenseWritten by Pinyo Bhulipongsanon
Like any Google AdSense Publisher, you will want to increase your Google AdSense revenue. Your AdSense revenue depends on 3 factors: (1) number of visitors to your site, (2) number of visitor that clicks on ads (Click Through Rate, or CTR), and (3) how well ads pay (Cost Per Click, CPC). Get anyone of these factor to go up and you will earn more money from AdSense!
Google AdSense Revenue = Traffic x CTR x CPC
Fortunately you can control all of these variables.
Increase your web site traffic There are many techniques to increase your web site traffic, you can consult The Basics of Web Site Promotion for more idea. However, I will list a few techniques here:
- Improve your search engine ranking. You can read The Importance of Top Search Engine Ranking to get an idea why. Basically, you get more traffic as your site get closer to top (of any list including search engine result page)
- Add your site to directories. They are great way to build link popularity, as well as, get your site indexed in search engines.
- Add your site to search engines (not needed if you already did above)
- Advertise your site through other means
- Etc.
Increase Click Through Rate There are many techniques, I will list a few here: - Make sure ad is relevant. Although Google does most of this (Google AdSense will show ad according to keywords on your page), you still have to optimize keywords and keyphrases on your pages.
- Make sure ad is visible (many people develop ad/banner blindess), so pay attention to your Google AdSense ad:
| | Keyword Prices Decline 3.0% in the First Quarter of 2005Written by Tommy Maric
An analysis of web’s most popular 20,000 keywords by TopPayingKeywords.com, found that keyword prices dropped 3.0% from January 2005 to April 2005 from an average bid price of 58.9 cents to an average bid price of 57.1 cents. The 20,000 most popular keywords are distributed in pricing as follows:Keyword Price…# of Keywords $20.00-$49.99…20 $10.00 - $19.99…123 $5.00 - $9.99…660 $3.00 - $4.99…923 $1.00 - $2.99…3,918 $0.50 - $0.99…2,259 $0.25 - $0.49…2,115 $0.15 - $0.24…1,584 $0.10 - $0.14…2,962 $0.05 - $0.09…592 Note that there are 4,379 keywords in Top 20,000 keywords which have either a zero price or do not have three active advertisers. Keyword pricing is critical for internet advertisers and also webmasters as expensive keywords allow them to maximize their profits using Google’s Adsense™ program. According to Dave Lavinsky, President of TopPayingKeywords.com, “With overall decrease in keyword prices this quarter, it is important to know which keywords remain profitable. What may not seem evident is that in fact many keywords enjoyed a large appreciation in value and now we have over 800 keywords in our database that are worth $5.00 or more.”
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