debate This is why I don't like AdSense

[Kate]

I have never been found of Adsense or the other monetization solutions.
First of all, the ads are a distraction to readers.
They are often creepy and intrusive.
They deface your website.
Worse, your website may be used to promote products or services that you do not endorse, or even contents that you find objectionable.
Simply put, I think it's not worth it if you are not making good revenue. If it's making you $15/month in revenue I say forget it. Waste of traffic. Keep your traffic to yourself or be more selective.
And if it's your primary source of revenue you have another problem: you are completely dependent on Google (or whatever competitor), which is not a healthy position.

I understand that bloggers need money to maintain a site that is otherwise not profitable. But if you are using a website to provide professional services, putting unnecessary layers of advertising is bad taste, a distraction, and makes you look cheap. (Just imo).
You might even end up promoting competitors...

Now consider this:

I am not prude, actually I find it funny but I wasn't expecting that. I don't think it projects the image of professionalism you would want.

@OnlineDomainCom

 

[Hemanttilotia]

This can easily be managed in adsense settings.
Just block out certain things/content types.

 

[enlytend]

Yes, you can block certain content ...
I never put adsense on a page that converts well ... or on a home page ... or more than ad 1 unit per page.

 

[DNWon]

Doesn't Adsense feed you ads of similar things you were searching for on other websites?

What have you been searching for Kate?

 

[creataweb]

Need to bleach my eyes.

 

[maya-zir]

I insert ads just inside the post itself and on Homepage just if it does match with design, or sometimes sont insert them om Homepage.

Really, what were you searching, Kate?

 

[Kate]

What have you been searching for Kate?

I don't know but apparently Googles knows better...

 

[maya-zir]

@Kate,
check my adsense website, this is not so bad to use ads..just insert them in the right place:
AncientMayanRuins.com
ExpressDigest.com
LowCalorieSmoothie.com

delete orange READ MORE button.

 

[enlytend]

The reason I'm an Adsense minimalist is I make a lot more if I can keep people on site to convert than if I send them off site for a few cents. And I never post them on the home page because to quote a well known affiliate marketing pioneer, "let your visitors get to know you before you introduce them to your hot friends ."

Not a single ad on my business site.

Google's choice of ads for that page IS verrrrrrry suspicious, Kate

 

[JB Lions]

Yeah, those ads are based on past searches. I just checked - https://onlinedomain.com/

I get an Under Armour ad, was looking at workout t-shirts.

And I get an Underwear Club ad, was looking for affiliate programs for my underwearclub.com domain.

I don't have many on my sites. Some places make decent money. I always thought it wasn't a good look for major merchants to have them up.

 

[frank-germany]

I have never been found of Adsense or the other monetization solutions.
First of all, the ads are a distraction to readers.
They are often creepy and intrusive.
They deface your website.
Worse, your website may be used to promote products or services that you do not endorse, or even contents that you find objectionable.
Simply put, I think it's not worth it if you are not making good revenue. If it's making you $15/month in revenue I say forget it. Waste of traffic. Keep your traffic to yourself or be more selective.
And if it's your primary source of revenue you have another problem: you are completely dependent on Google (or whatever competitor), which is not a healthy position.

I understand that bloggers need money to maintain a site that is otherwise not profitable. But if you are using a website to provide professional services, putting unnecessary layers of advertising is bad taste, a distraction, and makes you look cheap. (Just imo).
You might even end up promoting competitors...

Now consider this:

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I am not prude, actually I find it funny but I wasn't expecting that. I don't think it projects the image of professionalism you would want.

@OnlineDomainCom

ok
but where can I get it?

 

[karmaco]

 

[DGMDomains]

LOL. Damn Adsense

 

[offthehandle]

So how much money does anyone really make on adsense? Or Amazon? You mention $15 a month, which is a laugh I agree. I have read many different threads here on NP's about no more $$$ in parking, adsense, affiliate links, etc and nothing seems to be impressive at all. I have several sites with amazon related products I choose based on the URL and it took a year to earn $10, and I accidently lost the email coupon, just got another one for $20. BFD.
Whoopee. I find it to be a huge joke really. Its really a lousy 4% commission, yet one of my contacts swears by it. He claims to have lots of ranked 1st page review sites of various consumer products like shavers and tools, etc that make "tons of money" like $1000's, as an amazon affiliate instead of adsense.

 

[JB Lions]

So how much money does anyone really make on adsense? Or Amazon? You mention $15 a month, which is a laugh I agree. I have read many different threads here on NP's about no more $$$ in parking, adsense, affiliate links, etc and nothing seems to be impressive at all. I have several sites with amazon related products I choose based on the URL and it took a year to earn $10, and I accidently lost the email coupon, just got another one for $20. BFD.
Whoopee. I find it to be a huge joke really. Its really a lousy 4% commission, yet one of my contacts swears by it. He claims to have lots of ranked 1st page review sites of various consumer products like shavers and tools, etc that make "tons of money" like $1000's, as an amazon affiliate instead of adsense.

Depends. How much traffic, the quality of traffic, how good you are at targetting etc. When they have variable fees, I had no problem hitting the higher tiers. Now it's 4% for most categories, some less, some more.

Some higher ones
8% - Amazon Echo Devices, Amazon Fire Tablet Devices, Dash Buttons, Amazon Kindle Devices, Furniture, Home, Home Improvement, Lawn & Garden, Pets Products, Pantry
10.00% - Amazon Fashion Women, Men & Kids Private Label, Digital Video Games, Luxury Beauty, Amazon Coins

Plus, there are literally thousands of other merchants you can use on your sites.

 

[Furquan]

The first AdSense is contextual targeting ads plus interest based ads network. Here is an example of interest based ads from AdSense.

Now here is an contextual based ads from AdSense,

 

[Furquan]

I have used serval's ads network and yet to find a true competitor of AdSense. Media.net is somehow close competitor of AdSense but it's only work if you have site in Education, Loan, Fitness niche and get lots of traffic from tier 1 countries.

 

[D Haynes]

All adsense makes a website look awfull even if its relevant ads. Looks cheap and its all clickbait. I tend to leave a site as soon as I see ads although a good adblocker plugin takes care of most of it.

 

[Furquan]

All adsense makes a website look awfull even if its relevant ads. Looks cheap and its all clickbait. I tend to leave a site as soon as I see ads although a good adblocker plugin takes care of most of it.

I knew what pain you have got!

 

[maya-zir]

All adsense makes a website look awfull even if its relevant ads. Looks cheap and its all clickbait. I tend to leave a site as soon as I see ads although a good adblocker plugin takes care of most of it.

So you want somebody pay host, domain, waste time to build a website and maintenance it but dont want to help him earn something?