I am a big fan of both your blog and problogger, and both of you seem to be fans of the Chitika ad network, in addition to various other ways that you make money. Darren says that it's a big revenue stream for him, and you've written that minor tweaks in how you have things set up on your blog have resulted in some major bucks coming your way too. I'm in! But, how do...

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Hi Dave. I've been talking with some friends about how to make money as a blogger and they're split. Some say that Google AdSense is the way to go, while others wax enthusiastic about the Chitika network. What they all say, however, is that it's critically important to pick the right size ad and put it in the right place to get the best results. I'm skeptical, though: how important can that be on a...

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I have been experimenting on adding Google AdSense advertisements to my site and am not thrilled with the typeface they've chosen for the ads. Is there any way I can change the typeface in the text ads?...

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I've been looking at various options for my many registered but unused domains so that they could generate a bit of income for me and was psyched to read about Google adding AdSense for Domains to its many services. Don't know if anyone's seeing good money with it, but, heck, I'm willing to try!...

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I am just launching a new discussion forum that'll be only for people with valid account credentials (login, password, ya know) and I want to put Google AdSense ads on it. I have heard that's not possible, but I read that it is okay with Google now. But how do they know what's on those pages if the AdSense targeting engine doesn't have login credentials?...

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Why do the terms of service prohibit AdSense publishers from sharing any of our account data, specifically click-thru rate (CTR) and per-ad value (eCPM)? I can sort of understand discouraging the wide dissemination of gross revenue, but even that seems like it'd naturally be something people would be private about anyway......

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Just browsing your site and I noticed that some of your Google AdSense ad blocks have a link on the bottom that I haven't seen before, "See More Ads by Google". What the heck? Is this something that you want to have on your site, or is it some sneaky attempt by Google to lower your revenue?...

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As a faithful reader of your AskDaveTaylor blog, I noticed a few days ago that you have added a new graphical element on the sidebar, one that features a variety of different products for sale and is animated. Cool. What is it?...

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I have a small photography website J Layes Photography.com that has galleries and allows visitors to buy prints of my photographs. I have been approached by a company asking whether I'd allow them to post their advertising banner on my site and how much I would charge. Now, I don't have any idea about online advertising and the costs and what I could charge for it. Could you please advise?...

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My request for Adsense membership was turned down -- rejected! -- twice. Please suggest me what should I do? Should I remove some content?...

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I've been an AdSense publisher for over a year and have been very pleased with all Google has to offer. I'm now thinking of starting a new site and again incorporating AdSense. Here's my problem ... as with many things in life, I took the 'learn as you go' approach with AdSense. When that specifically applies to 'channels' in the AdSense program, things are disorangized to say the least. And now that I want to...

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I notice that you run Kontera's contextual advertising network on your site, Dave. I've heard good things about the network, but am curious: how much do you actually earn off this program, and is it worth it? If so, how can I get started?...

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A person named Kavita posted a comment elsewhere on my blog that stated: "my site is activated from google adsense i m unable to paste code in website i tried many times but i failed can u help plz?" It's a much bigger problem than a bad cut and paste, however, and something critical for people running AdSense to realize......

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A friend of mine was telling me how he's making a ton of money doing what he called "adwords arbitrage", but was very coy when I asked him what it was all about and how it worked. Can you explain it please?...

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Just logged into my Google AdSense account and notice that there's a section for messages from the AdSense team itself. Very reminiscent of eBay's internal messaging system, actually. But what kind of messages are they going to be sending me, and how often should I check for new info from AdSense? By the way, THANK YOU for getting me started with AdSense! I now make over $100/month with my ad spots thanks to your great...

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Looks like you've switched from IntelliTXT to Kontera in-line adverts, Dave. But your implementation of Kontera seems to be more targeted than I'm used to seeing on sites. How did you change the link color? How did you avoid having Kontera's ContentLink ad links in the titles of your articles? Do share!...

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I have a google adwords campaign. When I look at my keywords in each adgroup, they all say active, yet most of them carry zeros in every other column. When I do a search my ad is not appearing and often there is only one or sometimes no other sponsered ads. Why is this happening, and why would it still say my keyword is active?...

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I've been having a hard time getting the Google AdSense engine to properly target its advertisements to the content on my pages, and have been digging around for solutions. I came across a few cryptic references to "google_hints" as an additional variable you can add to your AdSense code block, but there's nothing about it on the Google site itself. Can you explain?...

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I'm a long time interaction designer and web usability consultant looking to move more into web publishing to generate revenue. I have number areas of domain expertise that I'm considering writing about. I'd like to prioritize these based on AdSense value, but am not sure how. Can you offer any tips?...

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Would you mind explaining my stats below, please? Page impressionsClicksPage CTRPage eCPMEarnings2,600732.81%$13.79$35.86 This is my Adsense for content and I enabled it few months back, if i read your post correctly it seems that my eCPM is $13.79 is what I can ask for people placing their Ads on my blogs (where my Adsense is running) and charge them per click? or what is the measure?...

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