Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: More on Google & page rank

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Posted by Eric Wolfram on
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