September 28th, 2007 at 09:26am Under adwords+ experiment
OK, I could not bid as low as I liked to, but I was able to obtain some AdWords keywords for $0.05 - which also tells me that my keywords will probably not earn that much on AdSense, either 
I’ll run the campaign probably over the weekend and see how much increased traffic and AdSense revenue they will bring in (with the revenue currently being zero, that should be easy to track ;)).
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September 28th, 2007 at 09:03am Under adwords+ mfa
I am now exploring… I just found the term MFA sites, which I have to admit did not mean anything to me. Now I know that it is a site “Made for Adwords”. That means a mostly one-page site that has some content and as many AdSense blocks as possible. The really bad ones use stolen content (easy these days with RSS) but some have original content. Obviously, Google (and advertisers) seem not to like these sites pretty much.
I found an old, but interesting article at
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum89/13432.htm
It talks about using AdWords to power AdSense. Sounds strange to me, but after reading, it may make some sence. But, hey, it’s over an year old, so it probably won’t apply any longer.
Anyhow, the concept seems interesting. I decided to do my own experiment, but in a more professional way. I’ll try to promote my Space Shuttle Launch Viewing blog via AdWords for a day or two - if I can get low enough bids, of course. Then I’ll see if that leads to any AdSense klicks.
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September 27th, 2007 at 11:40am Under Uncategorized
Well, the world is changing. In the past two to three years, I’ve spawned of a lot of activities without any real revenue stream (the rsyslog project, for example). But, of course, there are bills that need to be paid. So in an effort to find new ways of funding activities, I have decided to dig deeper into Google AdSense and similar things. I am almost a novice with Adsense, even though I have to admit I know my way around the web quite well. But paid advertising is definitely something new, challenging and, yeah, also interesting.
In this blog, I’ll record what I do and where I fall short. I’ll share tips on what to do best and also what to not do. I’d appreciate comments from fellow webmasters.
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