Everyone knows, that if you are actually trying to make money blogging you have an 80-20 rule. 80 percent of your programs get 20 percent of your earnings and vice versa. Well with AdSense, it is even less. If you haven’t heard of AdSense, your probably sitting under a rock. After all, the Google program is rumored to pay out close to half a billion dollars every month and is growing quickly and easily.
For Most Bloggers AdSense doesn’t cut it…
For most bloggers, AdSense just will not cut it. Sure, it is super easy to take the code from AdSense and slap it up on your page. Sure, you might get hundreds or thousands of dollars by just driving good traffic to your site. But this happens in very few cases and usually most bloggers get frustrated that AdSense is not preforming well for them. This is because your blog is either in a non profitable niche(there are too many other sites in the same niche, keywords aren’t worth enough) or people just don’t like your ads. The second part is hard to gauge but usually if you get no clicks, you probably should get rid of AdSense as it is just wasting your space and time. AdSense has also banned bloggers…maybe because of other reasons but some for just being bloggers.
AdSense for search, refferals and more!
Let’s sum this up…ALL THESE PRODUCTS SUCK! They are the worst you can use to be honest. I have had mobile AdSense, search, and refferals running since Nov 07 and have yet to make a penny from any of them. AdSense for Content is where it is at, if you are really interested. However, you are giving away a significant part of your site away to Google for free….is it really worth it?
Yes
Despite AdSense sucking for making you money, it is still a valuable tool for your blogging arsenal. It is the easiest ad platform to implement, and it is the most versatile. Sure, you might not get much in the way of earnings. However, at least you can say you tried AdSense!
February 11th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
LOL I Figure I get a 5% payout on a click. I’ve had 2 clicks add up to a cent, and the minimum is roughly a dime so…
One day when I’m not lazy I’ll remote it 
February 12th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Nice to read your post. I am newbie in online money making world. Reading your post is really useful for me. I think I will try AdSense as your suggest. Not to get more earning, just for experience.
February 12th, 2008 at 8:54 am
It’s so true man.
February 12th, 2008 at 9:10 am
It all depends on the traffic your site gets. More traffic means the possibility of your viewers clicking the ads increases. When I first started out it took nearly a year to earn $50 now I can get it in about 2 months (from a few blogs of course).
February 12th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Exactly man.
I get about 100-250 uniques a day, depends if a new article drops. AdSense only has gotten $0.50 for today….haha!
June 18th, 2008 at 2:00 am
I agree! That’s why I highly recommend WidgetBucks. I’ve been earning almost twice as much with WidgetBucks compared to AdSense. Plus, the ads are optimized for WordPress, Blogger, and even TypePad. Check out this WidgetBucks review for some more info.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Yep, I think a lot of publishers would agree that AdSense earnings are low these days. That’s why I recommend Chitika. You can check out this Chitika review for more info.
July 28th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I am a bit confused about AdSense sucks at making you money but before making comments about it I will make more research first then come back. thx be back later