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Ok ok...but for me, as a website owner, the whole point of placing Adsense is, that I do not worry about conversion rates - You and Google does. I think the or
by greyman 18y ago
Ok ok...but for me, as a website owner, the whole point of placing Adsense is, that I do not worry about conversion rates - You and Google does.
I think the original advice is good - free software developer can monetize his traffic a little with one-time additional work. It's not his concern that those ads don't convert that well.
- patio11 18y ago>> I do not worry about conversion rates >> You are not correct. Advertisers don't pay for traffic that doesn't convert for long -- if they were made to, they'd get POed at Google. Accordingly, if your traffic does not convert, you will be given "smart pricing" -- essentially, ads placed on your site will be automatically discounted. Heavily. This will result in CPMs (cost per thousand pageviews) so low they will be measured in cents. http://adsense.blogspot.com/2005/10/facts-about-smart-pricing.html http://adsense.blogspot.com/2005/10/facts-about-smart-pricin... The submission article suggests that $10 to $150 is reasonable for a site with 100 pageviews a day (i.e. 3k per month, implying a CPM of $3.33 to $50). If a 3k per month site gets smart priced, its monthly earnings will drop to between about a buck and two bucks (or less). Since Google does not issue checks for less than $100, you will be lucky if you see a check in the next five years.