I started using Adsense about a year ago on one of our main traffic sites. It took about 6 months to start seeing an kind of CTR and actual dollars. Funny thing is that once we started getting closer to the $100 thresh hold, we got a nice letter from Google stating that our account was being monitored, and there could be possible account closures. We actually hit the $100 payout and were awaiting our check, when 2 days before the payment was to be made, Google closed our account with the standard email, that because of reasons that they cannot explain, they had to terminate our account. I understand this has happened to quite a few people.
So the model as it stands is not very lucrative for small website owners.. The new model challenges the Adsense model for bloggers, in that you actually get paid for your hared work, and you know rather quickly if you meet the advertisers needs. I am all in with Pay Per Post, and hope to see them expand and widen their advertiser list. The reponse has been awesome, and the future looks very bright.
thelamest(dot)com says:
so is Pay Per Post an alternative? How does it work…excuse my ignorance and lazyness for not looking this up myself!
I currently work hard on my blog and get a minimum of 2 post up a week sometiimes 3-4 posts. The idea of getting paid for content quality and amount intrigues me.
17th February 2010 at 9:24 am