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FIB - Scams 101 - Ye Olde Archives
Posted By: MaaMaw
Saturday, 18 March 2006, at 8:01 a.m.
I swear, the internet is the most frustrating way to (try to) earn a living. Don't misunderstand me... I dearly love it, but the ups and downs are the pits!
A-Zoo traffic has been creeping up, and I was excited when it hit 6,000 uniques/day. My next hoot was going to be 7,000 uniques/day, which milestone was achieved this past week (that's the "Oh Rapture!").
My Google Adsense income is way down (that's the "What the #&$"@!!").
I have great hopes -- my goal for the future (picked at random out of a box of Milk Duds) is 21,000 uniques/day -- but still, I suspect my Google income will fall *WAY* short of what people claim to be making with "simple niche sites."
It seems strange, because my ads are well targeted...
The key is to get more people to the shopping pages, because those ads get an amazing click-thru rate (about 10 times higher than any other page on the site).
Before my traffic went up and my income went down, a good Google month was about $500 (I see in their new terms and conditions that you are allowed to say this in public)... and this leaves me scratching my nose as I wonder how people with niche sites containing little or nothing of value could be raking in the bucks (i.e., on one forum, somebody with traffic in the 3,000's claimed $2000 to $2500 per DAY).
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Just thinking out loud I guess... hoping other people will share their experiences... I'm trying to accept the fact that it's impossible to do this with any kind of precision... just when you think you've got it nailed down, something changes and your eyes cross and get sucked up your nostrils...
Luv,
MaaMaw
P.S. When I tallied up affiliate sales, I was happy to see I had sold $1500+ in merchandise over the past few months with very little effort (my "store" consists of about 5 banners, so that ain't half bad). Now I just need to sell products that make more than 15%, bwahahahahahahahahaha!! (It's hard to find "tangible goods" that pay more than that, BTW... it isn't like selling ebooks.)
Blogging for Dollars... very good stuff here!
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