technical site not converting well

b00mhauer · 02-26-2010, 12:36 PM

I am affiliated with an old website on the topuc of computer system bios/beep codes/diagnostics etc. Lots of inbound links and great search engine placement, yielding a few thousand visitors per day. I have a lot of plans for modernizing the site, but just put some adsense ads on it a few months back to let it at least start generating some revs in the interim.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/ppc-cpc-cpm-programs/641986-technical-site-not-converting-well.html
However, the conversion has been really bad... on a typical day, clickthroughs are around .1% or even less, and often generates less than 20 cents in a day.
With this much traffic and on such a narrow topic, Im sure I can find some aff products or the "right" offer for our visitors, but I haven't found out what this would be yet. Thought I'd see if you guys might have any ideas or recommendations?

Thanks

copper · 02-26-2010, 01:34 PM

Technical site attracts tech related visitors who usually do not click ads much.
I have similar site and it gets about 1% CTR for adsense.

b00mhauer · 02-26-2010, 04:06 PM

Yeah I would expect pretty low clickthroughs, but this site is ridiculously low. but in any case, since system bios is such a narrow topic, Im guessing I'll need to get inside the mind of the typical visitor and try to find some solutions to offer them. I think another problem might be that a large % of vistitors are foreign, so Im not even sure how many can read english...

digital29 · 03-01-2010, 09:17 AM

You should try changing the ads position/type. Even for a tech site..you should get around 2% if you put good ads

mrjohn · 03-01-2010, 07:41 PM

Computer geek site visitors suck.

You want good CPC and CPM? AV people. I have an audio speaker site that churns well, and a site about TV signals that makes $7/mo with zero promotion and no content updates.

02-26-2010, 12:36 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
b00mhauer New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7	technical site not converting well I am affiliated with an old website on the topuc of computer system bios/beep codes/diagnostics etc. Lots of inbound links and great search engine placement, yielding a few thousand visitors per day. I have a lot of plans for modernizing the site, but just put some adsense ads on it a few months back to let it at least start generating some revs in the interim. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/ppc-cpc-cpm-programs/641986-technical-site-not-converting-well.html However, the conversion has been really bad... on a typical day, clickthroughs are around .1% or even less, and often generates less than 20 cents in a day. With this much traffic and on such a narrow topic, Im sure I can find some aff products or the "right" offer for our visitors, but I haven't found out what this would be yet. Thought I'd see if you guys might have any ideas or recommendations? Thanks

02-26-2010, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
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02-26-2010, 04:06 PM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
b00mhauer New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7	Yeah I would expect pretty low clickthroughs, but this site is ridiculously low. but in any case, since system bios is such a narrow topic, Im guessing I'll need to get inside the mind of the typical visitor and try to find some solutions to offer them. I think another problem might be that a large % of vistitors are foreign, so Im not even sure how many can read english...

03-01-2010, 07:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
mrjohn NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 406	Computer geek site visitors suck. You want good CPC and CPM? AV people. I have an audio speaker site that churns well, and a site about TV signals that makes $7/mo with zero promotion and no content updates.

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