Archive for the ‘Monetization’ Category

ADSDAQ

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Well I recently found out about ADSDAQ which is a CPM advertiser which accepts websites whether they have little traffic or a ton. The cool thing about them is that you can name your own CPM price. They encourage you to set a high price but the percent ...

Text-Link-Ads

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Well I have been an affiliate at Text-link-ads for a long time but I never really got any of my sites approved to use their publisher system. So tonight I got two sites signed up and they are all good to go and will be listed in the marketplace ...

Effects of Adsense Change

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Well after a little while using the new format of Adsense with only the title and URL clickable, I have seen a significant decrease in CTR and earnings. I'm not going to give up on them yet and I'll be tweaking positioning and blending to try to raise the ...

User Experience vs Monetization

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

A dilemma I sometimes face is how many ads to present. This can be on both forums and websites. I worry about the ads being too "in your face" yet sometimes doing things that way can yield the best earnings. So I think the best way is ...

Creating Your Home Page

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Many wonder whether one should use a portal or home page or just go directly to the forums. There are several advantages to using a portal page over no portal page. Some users may think having a home page will distract or take users away from the forum itself, but ...

Forum Subscriptions

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

One excellent way to bring in a little extra revenue and to make some users happy is to offer a premium membership on your forums. These usually have no cost to you, as you can offer things like ad-free viewing, a private forum, custom userbadge and username color, larger ...

Adsense Limits Clickable Area

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Well Google has cut down on the area that users can click on Adsense ads. While before it was the entire ad block, now only the title and URL are clickable, with the description and any white space being just that. Theoretically this should only cut down on ...