October 2nd, 2007 at 10:37am
Under adsense+ mfa
I just found an interesting article on MFA (”Made for AdSense”) sites on the web. It basically shares my concerns about this artificial traffic source. Also, google seems to go after it, so it is probably not a business model you would like to pursue if you’d like to stay in business for a longer period of time…
http://www.seonewsblog.com/google-goes-after-mfa-sites-with-adsense-arbitrage
The post tells that a large number of AdSense publishers got banned by Google for using MFA sites.
By Rainer
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.
By Rainer