Case Study - Follow me as I build another AdSense site

Status:

5/2/2012 9:47am CST

- Position 21

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Status:

5/3/2012 9:45am CST

- Currently in position 12 (page 2)
- One more click ($0.80)

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I will definitely keep following this. These Case Study posts like this are definitely my favorite thing to read here.
 
Status:

5/4/2012 11:01am CST

- Still in position 12
- Two clicks today including the first click that was over $1.00

That's why there are two values on the chart today.

irXSi
 
Status:

5/5/2012 11:22am CST

- Still in position 12
- one more click for $0.90

NkXnu


I would expect my clicks to be a little higher because the average CPC is over $2.00. Of course some ads are worth more than others so there's no rule nor way of knowing how much it will be. Even in niches where the average CPC is $1.00 I've gotten a few clicks that were over $1.00.
 
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Firstly, thanks for the very detailed thread. How many sites do you have under 1 account at the moment? Have you ever thought of flipping your sites?
 
It was a topic not allowed. At that time I didn't check the TOS clearly before applying for Adsense.

So right now I have about 2 accounts that have been rejected for Adsense (separate Gmails), and I've created a new Gmail to register with Adsense on a new site that does not contain content against Adsense rules. Since I'll be using the exact same personal information to register for Adsense again, I'm just worried I get flagged by Google due to my past attempts at registering for Adsense.

from what I have read around here and in the X Facttor Authority adsense book it is better to apply to adsense with an email that your website uses. So your domain name is mymoneywebsite the email would be johndoeATmymoneywebsite

sorry for the weird format I can't post links yet
 
This thread is titty juice, mostly because OP is focusing on white hat and quality content, which is what gets me off
 
Status:

5/6/2012 10:56am CST

- Site has fallen to position 17
- Got one more click for $1.25 (the highest one yet)!

Z2SLM
 
Firstly, thanks for the very detailed thread. How many sites do you have under 1 account at the moment?

More than 50.

Have you ever thought of flipping your sites?

I've tossed around the idea but never really seriously considered it. Besides, it would suck if I made a site and say it was ranking at #10 and then I sold it and like a week later Google updates its algorithm and the site falls to 100 or something. I'd feel bad for the buyer (I know this separates me from 99% of the IM world who doesn't give a shit about fucking people over... I've even seen threads on how to do just that ).

When selling AdSense sites, how much revenue do they usually go for? Seems risky for the buyer since the game can change so fast.

I'd never buy someone else's AdSense site. Maybe they're propping up its rankings with a private network and as soon as they sell it they pull all the links and the site falls. Fuck that.

The only way I would ever consider buying a site would be if someone had a good content site that I bought, that they had never put AdSense on (I don't want Google seeing my AdSense ID on a site that used to have someone else's AdSense ID), and they hadn't done any SEO to it because I don't trust other people to do SEO.
 
I've tossed around the idea but never really seriously considered it. Besides, it would suck if I made a site and say it was ranking at #10 and then I sold it and like a week later Google updates its algorithm and the site falls to 100 or something. I'd feel bad for the buyer (I know this separates me from 99% of the IM world who doesn't give a shit about fucking people over... I've even seen threads on how to do just that ).

When selling AdSense sites, how much revenue do they usually go for? Seems risky for the buyer since the game can change so fast.

I'd never buy someone else's AdSense site. Maybe they're propping up its rankings with a private network and as soon as they sell it they pull all the links and the site falls. Fuck that.

The only way I would ever consider buying a site would be if someone had a good content site that I bought, that they had never put AdSense on (I don't want Google seeing my AdSense ID on a site that used to have someone else's AdSense ID), and they hadn't done any SEO to it because I don't trust other people to do SEO.

There is always a risk with investments. Even so, it's the buyer's responsibility to ask the right questions and do the appropriate research before making any purchase or bids.

Usually people will only take strong interest in a listing that has been consistently ranking and earning for 3 months. A site's price usually goes like this: revenue/mth x 20mths

Why not give it a go with one of your sites? The money earned can always be better put into other projects and investments.
 
There is always a risk with investments. Even so, it's the buyer's responsibility to ask the right questions and do the appropriate research before making any purchase or bids.

Usually people will only take strong interest in a listing that has been consistently ranking and earning for 3 months. A site's price usually goes like this: revenue/mth x 20mths

Why not give it a go with one of your sites? The money earned can always be better put into other projects and investments.

20 months, eh?

I'm hesitant to sell my sites also because I don't want Google seeing a site that has had my AdSense ID for its life suddenly get switched to someone else's. I think that would put me on their watch list.

But maybe it's something for me to think about in the future. Thanks for replying.
 
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