Comments on: Throwing My Hat into ‘Made for Adsense’ Game http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/ Backpacking around the world on my income from the internet. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nerdy Nomad » April Earnings Update http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-32199 Nerdy Nomad » April Earnings Update Wed, 06 May 2009 22:33:40 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-32199 [...] Google Adsense - $251 - Adsense rebounded from the month before when my main site was on a brief ban for bad behaviour. I really feel like Adsense is underperforming though. I am hoping my two new sites will push this up but it won’t be for several months at least. [...] [...] Google Adsense – $251 – Adsense rebounded from the month before when my main site was on a brief ban for bad behaviour. I really feel like Adsense is underperforming though. I am hoping my two new sites will push this up but it won’t be for several months at least. [...]

]]> By: Language Dude http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30501 Language Dude Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:50:34 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30501 OK, I exaggerated for effect there a little bit. But only a little. It's a rare thing for content to to do the work for you. If you want an example of world class content and not much online exposure or traffic. Take a look at lot of Conde Nast sites. Pathetic online traffic with great content and great looking sites. They still don't understand the net, that's why individuals like us can still out compete big corporations. OK, I exaggerated for effect there a little bit. But only a little. It’s a rare thing for content to to do the work for you. If you want an example of world class content and not much online exposure or traffic. Take a look at lot of Conde Nast sites. Pathetic online traffic with great content and great looking sites. They still don’t understand the net, that’s why individuals like us can still out compete big corporations.

]]> By: Neale http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30454 Neale Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:11:24 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30454 Kirsty time for a forum :) [quote]link building is key. It is even more important than content.[/quote] Content will allways be king with out it you can build links to your hearts content and go nowhere create decent content the links will take care of themselves naturally as they are supposed to. If you figure out how to monetize goldfish as a term let me know happy to work with you & help you can contact me any time you wish. Kirsty time for a forum :)

[quote]link building is key. It is even more important than content.[/quote]

Content will allways be king with out it you can build links to your hearts content and go nowhere create decent content the links will take care of themselves naturally as they are supposed to.

If you figure out how to monetize goldfish as a term let me know happy to work with you & help you can contact me any time you wish.

]]> By: nomadicmatt http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30433 nomadicmatt Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:28:07 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30433 Kristy, you often see a bounce with new sites. my travel site hit #3 then got bounced down until I built links to it. It's now #2 for the term. But eventually u need links. it's great you can get up there with onsite seo but in the end if you want to stay on top of what will become a hot niche, ur gonna need links. goldfish guy- i actually have 3 goldfish sites on page #2 without doing anything. I see the CPC is shit but since i made the site, i figured i might as well go with it now.. Kristy, you often see a bounce with new sites. my travel site hit #3 then got bounced down until I built links to it. It’s now #2 for the term. But eventually u need links. it’s great you can get up there with onsite seo but in the end if you want to stay on top of what will become a hot niche, ur gonna need links.

goldfish guy- i actually have 3 goldfish sites on page #2 without doing anything. I see the CPC is shit but since i made the site, i figured i might as well go with it now..

]]> By: Language Dude http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30418 Language Dude Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:51:46 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30418 I think it's good plan Kirsty. I do well with Adsense on a variety of sites. As mentioned above link building is key. It is even more important than content. Looks like competition in the goldfish niche is hotting up! Glad I'm not a player there. I think it’s good plan Kirsty. I do well with Adsense on a variety of sites. As mentioned above link building is key. It is even more important than content.

Looks like competition in the goldfish niche is hotting up! Glad I’m not a player there.

]]> By: Kirsty http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30377 Kirsty Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30377 Good to hear pktan! I'm hoping for a bit more than covering my hosting and domain costs but the not having to maintain your sites thing sounds good to me. Matt I do ok ranking as it is without really knowing why but I keep meaning to read those guys. Ranking for long tail keywords has never been a problem, usually within weeks. I am actually ranking with Google for a really good transportation-related term on my London Olympics site after under only a week which is a nice surprise. That page has zero inbound links besides the ones coming from within the site so, as always, that's confusing. A battle of goldfish sites sounds interesting. My new site certainly isn't goldfish related so you guys are on your own on that one. Lis ya... I've always sort of thought of it as the dark side but I'm only going over a little bit. If the site does well (plus another similar one for a different city that I'm working on now) then it might change how I look at this business. Time will tell!! Good to hear pktan! I’m hoping for a bit more than covering my hosting and domain costs but the not having to maintain your sites thing sounds good to me.

Matt I do ok ranking as it is without really knowing why but I keep meaning to read those guys. Ranking for long tail keywords has never been a problem, usually within weeks. I am actually ranking with Google for a really good transportation-related term on my London Olympics site after under only a week which is a nice surprise. That page has zero inbound links besides the ones coming from within the site so, as always, that’s confusing.

A battle of goldfish sites sounds interesting. My new site certainly isn’t goldfish related so you guys are on your own on that one.

Lis ya… I’ve always sort of thought of it as the dark side but I’m only going over a little bit. If the site does well (plus another similar one for a different city that I’m working on now) then it might change how I look at this business. Time will tell!!

]]> By: Passive Income http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30370 Passive Income Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:28:17 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30370 LOL -you going over to the darkside Kirsty? Diversification of sites and affiliates has to be important in this economy. LOL -you going over to the darkside Kirsty? Diversification of sites and affiliates has to be important in this economy.

]]> By: Neale http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30362 Neale Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:56:49 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30362 LOL it is the goldfish guy but that site makes little in AS I'm also rolling out update 3 bigger & better for the goldfish site soon so you will have to go some to take away my rankings :) I have to disagree with you on long tail vs main keywords if you do it right & your main keyword / domain name is a popular term you will get long tail traffic fairly quickly but may not get on the map for your main term for many months. Ok my bad i see you wrote short tail, these i agree will also take time. LOL it is the goldfish guy but that site makes little in AS I’m also rolling out update 3 bigger & better for the goldfish site soon so you will have to go some to take away my rankings :)

I have to disagree with you on long tail vs main keywords if you do it right & your main keyword / domain name is a popular term you will get long tail traffic fairly quickly but may not get on the map for your main term for many months.

Ok my bad i see you wrote short tail, these i agree will also take time.

]]> By: nomadicmatt http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30360 nomadicmatt Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:32:50 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30360 if you cant get ur site on the top #5 of the first page in 3 months, u are doing it wrong. You might not be able to get some of the more short tail traffic associated with your site that soon but the keyword you are going for should be a sure thing if you picked the right keyword. is this ur friend with the goldfish site? cause I am coming after that term lol. though i haven't done anything with the site yet but once i get around to it, im gonna take that #1 spot I just got into the top 5 for a short tail keyword after 6 months...it took me 2 to get #1 on the longtail. point is....read the griz and courtney tuttle if this is how you want to go...they will show how to rank and it does take links... if you cant get ur site on the top #5 of the first page in 3 months, u are doing it wrong. You might not be able to get some of the more short tail traffic associated with your site that soon but the keyword you are going for should be a sure thing if you picked the right keyword.

is this ur friend with the goldfish site? cause I am coming after that term lol. though i haven’t done anything with the site yet but once i get around to it, im gonna take that #1 spot

I just got into the top 5 for a short tail keyword after 6 months…it took me 2 to get #1 on the longtail.

point is….read the griz and courtney tuttle if this is how you want to go…they will show how to rank

and it does take links…

]]> By: pktan http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30210 pktan Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:36:09 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/13/throwing-my-hat-into-made-for-adsense-game/#comment-30210 Sounds like you got a good game plan going on there : )) I made a couple of similar sites about 2 yrs ago, and they are still pulling in decent money without any work on them -- definitely enough to pay off the yearly domain renewal and server hosting. Sounds like you got a good game plan going on there : )) I made a couple of similar sites about 2 yrs ago, and they are still pulling in decent money without any work on them — definitely enough to pay off the yearly domain renewal and server hosting.

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