Get rich quickly!
· 2008-03-28 22:22 by Thijs Kroesbergen for Brokenwire.NET
A lot has been written on this topic: How to make money with your blog. That phrase is seen on about 70.000 pages (according to Google), so it must be true! And therefore I've tried it too and I've decorated the pages with all these nice "pieces of flair".
The truth is... this blog doesn't make any money at all. In "All Time" (= ever since I've had ads) I've earned a whole $3.86 with a grand total of 9 clicks.
This is wrong! Why am I not getting rich?
I think there are a few possible explanations...
Maybe "IT-Guys" (yes, that's you too dear reader) click less banners than "average" web surfers. (are we smarter?) I know I'm guilty; I never click ads anywhere and certainly not on purpose. That would make sense, wouldn't it? We are trained to look around banners or we install ad-blockers. We just don't like ads, do we?
Or maybe I just don't have enough visitors for this to work. With almost 1000 page views each month my site is just very very very tiny. From the stats I see that most visitors come in through Google, and by looking at their search words I see that many of them can get their question answered on one of my pages. And then they leave, another (happy) customer has left the building! (Or they leave unhappy and all I write is just more crap on the pile that is called the world wide web)
If you do the math, almost 4 dollar with almost 10 clicks: that's 40 cent with each click! That's quite a lot actually, for just a little bit of afford! So the next time I read something good on some blog, then I know I can reward the author by clicking an ad! The drawback of doing that is that we are all just pumping money into the big Google monster we've created (more about that another time).
You know, you can help by putting a link to brokenwire.net on your site, this way you can help me get stinkin' rich :-)
Alternatively: CLICK! (but only if you are truly curious about the advertised product of course!)
So do I really want these ads? Do I want my site to be filled with flair? Especially I don't earn anything with it? Probably not... I write because I like to to and because I think it's great that there is so much information out there that is just available for all of us to find. Sharing knowledge is a great way to get smarter and do your work more efficiently!
Conclusion: The ads are there as a symbol of hope, I may get rich one day, the content is all that truly matters.
So what do you think?
Do ads on blogs make sense, is it Ad-Sense or Ad-Non-Sense?
Do you click ads? Why (not)?
Do you have the golden tip?
Look what the Easter bunny brought me! New feed - stuff to read!
Hahaha.. a very nice article. I would say, life’s not about getting rich. It’s about being happy and blissful. Thats really all that counts.
However, to help you collect some fat coins, i clicked some of your ads…grin..
— The Kieft 2008-04-01 21:26 #
Another $0.40 for the path to world domination ;)
— thijs 2008-04-02 08:09 #
I am from nigeria and I want your money how can I make money quickly?
— John 2008-11-06 12:07 #