Comments on: Adsense Or Affiliate Programs

By: Capturing Email Addresses

Capturing Email Addresses — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:52:14 +0000

[...] you get a visitor come to your blog, you are hoping that they will click one of your affiliate links embedded within your informative short articles and buy relevant products from the website you sent [...]

By: Cemil | Online Business Blackbook

Cemil | Online Business Blackbook — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:25:45 +0000

Good tip Eileen, I will try to remember that for future posts

For anybody that doesn’t know what “Above the fold” means – Its the portion of a Web page that is visible once the page has loaded without the need to scroll.

By: Harry Lynn

Harry Lynn — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:18:30 +0000

G’day Jazz,
Thanks for this vital Info. It’s preparing me for when the Homestudy arrives next week, and then it will be head down …………..and not a pretty sight. Doing the research is critical.
Cheers
Harry

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:12:59 +0000

Hi Cemil,
Good advice on AdSense. I would not have thought of replacing AdSense with affiliate marketing programs. Also, easy info on tracking visitors against cost. My only comment would be to elaborate on some of the terminology you have used such as ‘above the fold” I know from experience that some people don’t know what that means.
Thanks for sharing!

Eileen.

By: Cemil | Online Business Blackbook

Cemil | Online Business Blackbook — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:10:54 +0000

This is a great tip Tom. The Adsense Heat map is a impressive guide on where ad placements convert the best. I would still recommend that everyone test and measure as it is not a “one size fits all” solution.

By: Cemil | Online Business Blackbook

Cemil | Online Business Blackbook — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:06:19 +0000

It’s all about testing what works for your site Jazz. The layout, content and niche of the site all comes into play – so test, test, test

By: Tom McEwin

Tom McEwin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:47:55 +0000

Some good tips Cemil. The other thing I would suggest is using the Adsense heat map (https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=17954) to help with the placement of the ads.

By: Wal Heinrich

Wal Heinrich — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:38:26 +0000

I knew that Google has a variable algorithm for deciding how much to pay per click but I didn’t realize the problem was as serious as you point out. I can see the only real way to work out if it is worth while is to measure it as you said. Thanks for pointing this out.

By: Jo Carey-Bradshaw

Jo Carey-Bradshaw — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:04:48 +0000

Thanks for this post, I get a clear picture in my head when I read this.
I appreciate the ‘common sense’ approach, and I like that I’m always learning a bit more when I visit.

By: Jazz Salinger

Jazz Salinger — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:20:29 +0000

Hi Cemil,

This is really excellent advice. I’ve been tossing up whether to use Google AdSense or an Affiliate program on my blogs so your post comes at a great time for me.

I like your advice on trying Google AdSense until you have at least a thousand visitors so that you can get some idea of your earnings per visitor and then moving to an Affiliate program and doing the same thing. This will definitely show which is more profitable.

Thanks for the great tips.