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Just thought that I would give you an update on my quest to monetize my web site and my blogs with internet ads and let you know how things are going from the stand point of a beginner in this field. In my last report I said that I was working on SEO optimization and leaving links on social web sites etc. to bring more traffic to my initial web site. In turn my web site has links to my various blogs that visitors can access from the web site if it interests them. The web site has three types of ads. Google Adsense for content, referrals and search ads. I also have a Youtube video ad and some Auction Ads. All ads other than Auction Ads are managed through Google Adsense so that is convenient. I also have 8 blogs with Adsense and Auction ads.

I downloaded free software to help join some directories and have so far registered to about 50 different directories. They take time to be accepted or rejected so that one is still up in the air but I have already been accepted by several. I joined a few forums and I leave a link in my signature whenever I visit and make a comment. As a result of my attempts I had 200 impressions on my Adsense pages two days ago which is the largest number that I have had so far. To no avail I also had 0 clicks. I thought that it is about time to ask for help so I joined the Adsense help forum and posted a question and invited the more experienced to visit my site.

The first two respondents said that they didn’t see ANY ads on my site. I think that the problem was either I had the ads placed below the opening page so that you have to scroll down to see them or that they were slow in loading and the viewers didn’t stick around long enough to see them. I then moved the ads closer to the top of the page. I got another response that said that they see the ads but they are on a bad area of the page. This was a problem for me because of the template provided by my web host. It doesn’t allow much room to move around but I did find another template that allowed me to place ads on the right side of the page so I made that change.

I know what you big money Adsense users are saying, “200 impressions a day is nothing, you need at least a thousand to make any money.” I know that but this is a project in the working and I am up about 400% from two months ago. The pennies are trickling in. I have made $.20 so far today, $.3 yesterday and $.12 the day before. I started adding as much content text as possible to my web pages and keep adding more as I get new ideas and my template allows. I am a musician and this is a music web site. The only products that I sell are music downloads of my copyrighted material. I also offer physical CDs of my music. If you would like to visit my web site I am open to suggestions to improve ad selling performance.

Ben Willis is a Singer/Songwriter/Guitar Player. If you have questions or comments please send an e-mail to bwillis@benwillismusic.com or visit http://benwillismusic.com

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