Anyway, I couldn't say anything yesterday, but today Google just launched their syndicated ad placement program. Since the beginning of the month (you may have noticed), I have been participating in a beta program. I placed the ads on:
http://mytlc.com/
I also placed them on each group page of that site: For instance, /film/, /writers/, /directors/
Furthermore, I placed them on each of the pages of my Howto section:
http://wolfram.org/writing/howto/
When you look at those pages you will notice how the ads are relevant to the content of the page. In fact, in some cases, it really does look like content. Anyway, here's my revenue, and I'm averaging about $.80 a click. I don't get much traffic at all, but the revenue is going to be enough to pay our monthly rackspace bill (~$100/month). I'm set to actually profit. It looks like content is king again.
Anyway, it's open for everyone -- and this is why it's important that google likes OpenACS sites -- go check out Google's new thing and sign up if you want...
https://www.google.com/adsense/
Here's data on my earnings. My lowest payment per click that I noticed was $.03, but my highest payment per click that I noticed was $2.83. Apparently, for the right topics, you can make a good part of $50 PER click! (I think "Helicopter Parts" is one of the highest paid search phrases...)
Date Impressions Clicks Clickthrough rate Your earnings
Monday, June 2, 2003 49 3 6.1% $1.35
Tuesday, June 3, 2003 150 2 1.3% $0.90
Wednesday, June 4, 2003 111 2 1.8% $1.31
Thursday, June 5, 2003 220 8 3.6% $5.94
Friday, June 6, 2003 238 5 2.1% $2.83
Saturday, June 7, 2003 230 12 5.2% $13.17
Sunday, June 8, 2003 216 2 0.9% $1.41
Monday, June 9, 2003 350 13 3.7% $14.33
Tuesday, June 10, 2003 340 15 4.4% $10.61
Wednesday, June 11, 2003 572 16 2.8% $9.19
Thursday, June 12, 2003 429 8 1.9% $10.71
Friday, June 13, 2003 314 9 2.9% $7.68
Saturday, June 14, 2003 162 4 2.5% $1.77
Sunday, June 15, 2003 244 3 1.2% $7.98
Monday, June 16, 2003 511 13 2.5% $4.69
Tuesday, June 17, 2003 763 21 2.8% $8.61
Wednesday, June 18, 2003 93 1 1.1% $0.63
Totals 4,992 137 2.7% $103.13
Have a wonderful day.
Eric Wolfram