Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Infolinks

I implemented Infolinks on this blog a while back as a replacement for Kontera.

It looks like it might be a wee bit better, but if you are hoping to make a decent living from 'In Text Advertising', then you will need a LOT of page views and a LOT of decent content..

Anyway, I had one small query about whether it was possible to open an advert in a new window so you didn't lose your visitor completely.

Here was their response:-

Dear Jordan,

Thank you for your question concerning opening ads in a new window.

Although this is technically possible, we don’t recommend it.

From the advertisers’ point of view, when they pay for a click, they wish the visitor to arrive at the landing page with full attention; opening in a new window reduces the attention and the chance for conversion.

From my experience, it’s important to remember that every visitor eventually leaves your website; it’s just better if he clicked on an ad instead of simply closed the browser, so you shouldn’t think of these visitors as lost, but rather as successful monetization.

Should you have any questions related to your Infolinks account, please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.

Have a lovely day.


Jamie M.

Account Executive

Infolinks.com

Well, at least I got a polite, speedy and well considered response. (Something you will never get if you try to contact anyone at Google about Adsense...)










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Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Photo Cash Machine

If there is anyone reading this blog who wants to make money from their camera, and find this blog a bit on the technical side, then here is a good product for you:-



The author has supplied me with a full copy, and I think it is definitely worth the money. ($47). It also comes with a full 60 day money back guarantee, so you have nothing to lose by trying it out!

Rather than spend ages writing a full review here, if anyone has any questions about it, feel free to post a comment below.




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Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Adsense / Photo / Chitika Earnings June 2009 - Approx $310

Adsense = $267

Photo Sales = approx 20GBP (A physical print).

Chitika = $23

Earnings were up very slightly in June compared to May which is very good news considering that traffic is normally down significantly in June due to the start of summer holidays / better weather in the western world.

Here is a breakdown of Chitika Earnings since I implemented the Chitika Premium Mega Unit at the top of my irishviews.com photo web site:-

DateImpressionsClicksCTRAvg CpceCPMRevenue
2009-06-30955293.04%$0.04$1.33$1.27
2009-06-291042302.88%$0.06$1.70$1.77
2009-06-28743212.83%$0.06$1.62$1.20
2009-06-27805131.61%$0.06$0.89$0.72
2009-06-26885303.39%$0.06$2.14$1.90
2009-06-25955242.51%$0.06$1.50$1.44
2009-06-24968222.27%$0.05$1.12$1.08
2009-06-231000232.30%$0.04$0.97$0.97
2009-06-22906374.08%$0.05$1.96$1.77
2009-06-21826192.30%$0.05$1.26$1.04
2009-06-20771131.69%$0.04$0.75$0.58
2009-06-19868232.65%$0.05$1.34$1.16
2009-06-181006353.48%$0.07$2.60$2.61
2009-06-171067272.53%$0.09$2.30$2.45
2009-06-16904252.77%$0.11$3.15$2.85

Which is half decent revenue to be sure. I reckon you would get even better returns if your web site was in a niche where advertisers pay more for clicks. If you want to try Chitika out - here is my affiliate link!

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