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Can a Unix site earn $10-$30/day in adsense revenue?There's a domain name up for sale that claims to make 10-30 dollars a day in ad dollars, given an average of about 1,000 hits a day. The web site targets Unix. Is this a valid claim? That's a very interesting question and one that's a bit hard to answer, but let's do some math to think about what might be going on... First off, let's assume a reasonably good AdSense clickthru rate of 2%, so that means that the 1000 hits/day (not visitors, big difference, but I'll assume it's visitors just for this math) would produce 20 clicks. If the site earns $10/day, that means that each click is worth $0.50, right? If the site earns $30/day, then those 20 clicks are each worth $1.50. Having spent years as part of the Google AdSense program, I can tell you that $1.50/click is a pretty sweet payoff for advertising and while I suppose it's possible that there are keywords in the Unix space with that kind of value, I'm a bit skeptical. So let's dig around a bit in the AdWords system, to see what kind of value Unix keywords have. Okay, so according to AdWords Keyword Tool, there are indeed some Unix-relaed keywords and key phrases that might command that kind of AdSense value. Consider: ![]() Of course, no-one really knows the exact percentage of the AdWords cost per click that is paid to the AdSense participant, but if we assume 20%, well, then indeed we might be able to get $0.50-$1.50 per click AdSense ads on a Unix-related site. There's a second issue, however. If the traffic is from Google, then it's important for you to realize that any change in the domain name record, especially a change in ownership, will cause the site to rank lower in Google for at least some period of time. That's right, Google pays attention to domain name records too, among the many factors considered when calculating search engine results placement. Remember also that if you do nothing to the site, it's a sure bet that its position - and traffic - will decay over time too. So, yeah, in the end these figures are probably legitimate (of course, you can ask the seller to mail you a screenshot of an AdSense report or equivalent) but I'd still be a bit cautious about overall valuation.
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Tagged: google adsense, google adwords, ppc Previous: Can I run Linux on my Palm V? Next: How do I make my myspace page public? Reader Comments To Date: 5Dave Taylor said, on May 29, 2006 11:26 PM:
Thanks for your query, Werner. I have been interested in the Pheedo experience too, and overall it's been good, though it's rather less profitable than some of my other avenues for monetizing my weblog traffic and visibility. If you'd like an introduction to the Pheedo team, however, drop me a note and I'll be happy to point you to the right folk there. Ipod movies and music said, on June 7, 2006 12:50 AM:
I don't mind, even understand the need for ad-revenue to offset costs on blogs. Readers might not! Carlo said, on November 8, 2010 3:37 AM:
I just read this post. I know four years have passed by and thing have probaably changed since... but don't you think that a clickthru rate of 2% is a little bit unrealistic? I have just a few months of adsense experience with a technical blog (windows, unix, etc) but I see that people almost never click on ads today. Haven't you an updated opinion on this ? Regards Dave Taylor said, on November 8, 2010 7:42 AM:
Fair question, Carlo. I would say that your clickthru rate is directly related to how obvious the ads are, how well Google is targeting the ads for your content, and whether your content is the kind of material that's going to attract "clickable" ads or not. For example, if I write about "how to save money by getting stuff for free", I would say that those readers are less likely to want to *buy* something from an advert, versus, say, "five cool iPad covers". See what I mean? And yes, 2% - or far higher - is a reasonable goal for at least some of your pages, in my experience...
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Dave:
I have an additional question regarding this post about your pheedo ads in the RSS feeder. I am thinking about subscribing my Alternative Medicine Blog at http://cam.typepad.com to Pheedo, but I am a bit worried that I might "upset" my readers by posting ads in the RSS fed.
I don't mind, even understand the need for ad-revenue to offset costs on blogs. Readers might not!
Any feedback about your Pheedo experience would we great.
Thank you.
Werner