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- MikeL123, on 10/23/2007, -2/+54To sum up this article: use adsense on personal sites and lead-generation sites. Don't use adsense if your site is selling stuff, because the ads will likely be for your competition's sites. Thanks for clearing that up.
- arjie, on 10/15/2007, -0/+19I thought Adsense has a competitive ad filter for just that reason?
- squirrelza, on 10/15/2007, -0/+8Did you read the article?
- acca, on 10/16/2007, -1/+9What banning? I don't see relation with that post.
- sporb, on 10/15/2007, -1/+8cause digg is full of spammers now
- Shadoglare, on 10/14/2007, -1/+8This is like web marketing 101. If you're selling a product, you don't want links all over your site for people to click on to leave your site. Same logic applies to banner ads.
Some of the *huge* online retailers are starting to do this because they get so much traffic anyway it doesn't really matter - but that's not who these basic concepts are aimed at. - UrbanOne, on 10/15/2007, -5/+10How did this get to page 1?
- PaulPinfield, on 10/15/2007, -1/+6Common Sense. Why didn't I think of it?
- emellaich, on 10/15/2007, -0/+4Not everyone seems to agree with this logic. Go to Amazon, and pull up a product. You will find ads for all kinds of competitors. Not only will you get "sponsored links" but also a link to "xx used and new".
Check out buy.com. They tell you other people who carry the product and show you their prices.
Check out woot.com. They carry google adsense. - 808kick, on 10/15/2007, -1/+5Yes, and he never states how much he makes off AdSense.
- white2grey, on 10/14/2007, -0/+4https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer. ...
- EnterDaMatrix, on 10/15/2007, -0/+4Ooh. You're right, the $60 a month was hypothetical. My bad.
- rivi2k, on 10/14/2007, -1/+4Extra! Extra! "Paid to Digg" Articles Killing Digg.com :(
- essjay, on 10/14/2007, -0/+3It really depends on what you are selling and for how much. It's possible to target the adsense ads at either complimentary or slightly different products. Most online users are window shopping, if they decide not to buy your product you might as well get a bit of cash for it.
- fcukbush, on 10/14/2007, -1/+4Because she isn't selling anything. Well done for entirely failing to grasp the point of the article. The second paragraph answers that exact question..
- cgruber, on 10/14/2007, -1/+3YEP.
- acca, on 10/15/2007, -3/+5In most cases, that's truth.
- resplence, on 10/15/2007, -1/+3What makes you think it was literal? I don't know if you've ever seen any AdSense records, but the earnings are NEVER round numbers like that. Talk about jumping to conclusions.
- KibibyteBrain, on 10/15/2007, -0/+2More like common sense! Who would put adsense ads on their ecommerce type web site? Has anyone ever seen such a thing? Frankly, if I went to a business site with ads of any kind on it, I would not do business with that company.
- najdorf, on 10/14/2007, -0/+2Just check if using adsense you make more money than without, geez. If your ad revenue makes up for the loss in sales keep'em, otherwise thrash'em, it ain't hard.
- Charlotte_Web, on 10/16/2007, -0/+2I don't put AdSense on any of my sites for the very reason the author outlines; I don't want my visitors going off to my competitors' web sites.
A better scenario would be to sell the advertising space yourself. It's a lot more effort, and possibly for less money, but at least it gives you editorial control over the ads that run on your site. - Yodacola, on 10/14/2007, -0/+2Amazon puts referral ads and such on their pages and even in/on their shipping boxes. However, they have been around for a long time, have earned respectability, and gain a lot of traffic. Plus, they provide a unique and personal service for all of their customers.
I think if you are selling your product as a service (like digg), then serving a few ads up rather than charging $50/month wouldn't hurt. More people buy the $10 ad-filled magazine than the $500 ad-free journals. - rivi2k, on 10/15/2007, -0/+2I wonder which service was used to push this to the front page?
- Ducksa, on 10/14/2007, -0/+1Try reading the article.
- steveoco, on 10/14/2007, -0/+1An experience I had was... I set up adsense on my community based website. I looked at the adsense click report one day and saw one day had way more clicks than average. Turns out I got banned for click fraud without even clicking my own ads. I honestly believe someone from a competitors site just clicked me into banishment from the system.
Google has THE worst customer service when it comes to adsense. It's just strait up ban with no rebuttal.
Using a new system now who contacts me to talk about unusual spikes in activity. - bamafun, on 10/15/2007, -0/+1Yes but you can go in and ban competitors ads from running on your site in adsense setup/settings
- inactive, on 10/14/2007, -1/+2Ok I don't get this ad business I never click on ads because I never see ads, I use ad blockers and pop up blockers. I want to see content not ten ads on every page you have. There is nothing wost then doing a search, clicking on a link and theres no content just ads.
- fileptr, on 10/14/2007, -0/+1Even though it is out of topic, I feel the Adsense program is not a sustainable model for advertisers. There is should be survey on how much of the "clicks" are converted into real value to the advertisers. I click ads to support websites. But, I don't know how long this can continue...
- Willmonwah, on 10/14/2007, -0/+1Considering that both Amazon and Buy.com do this, maybe the author of the post is just afraid of competition.
- inactive, on 10/15/2007, -1/+2The Internet is for porn not ads!
- cymbol, on 10/14/2007, -1/+2To sum up the article (pick any 3):
1. I do not want to promote competition.
2. I do not want my competitors to promote competition.
3. I wish my potential customers base their decisions to hire me partially on their perception of limited choices.
4. waaaaahhhhh
5. waaaaahhhhh - jonvdveen, on 10/15/2007, -2/+3I think everyone should click on the adsense links on this person's page.
That will teach them to bash AdSense. :-) - UMDWei, on 10/14/2007, -0/+1First of all, this really depends on your business and what you're selling.
Secondly, you do have the option to block ads from certain domains in Adsense so you can make sure your direct competitors never show up on your site.
Third, if you're a big enough content partner, you can actually choose which words you want Adsense to focus on to show ads for. (e.g. if you sell house listings, show credit check, credit approval ads instead of ads to other house listings site) - inactive, on 10/14/2007, -0/+1f your business is that dependent on Ad Sense to survive, then it deserves to be killed.
- Anzat, on 10/14/2007, -0/+0Definitely "paid to digg." Nobody's going to actually digg something as obvious as an article saying "don't run advertisements for your competitors."
- rachitbedi, on 10/14/2007, -2/+2His page has a google ad. WTH just happened !!
- wakkow, on 10/14/2007, -1/+1So you're okay screwing over the companies that generate that content? Get rid of the annoying ads, but keep the rest so they'll still be around to generate content.
- mugwumpz, on 10/14/2007, -2/+2>> Aren't adsense members supposed to keep their earnings confidential?
No, only the CTR is verboten in terms of sharing. - DeathfireD, on 10/15/2007, -1/+1ya and all that traffic generates them more then $20 a day, I can tell you that from experience. So even if the ads are for competitors it really doesn't matter all that much to major company's. Its the small company's that should avoid google ads on their sites.
- resplence, on 10/14/2007, -1/+1All huge sites that have so much traffic that make money from people who were not going to buy from them anyway, and also have their own advertising program going on.
- altjeringa, on 10/14/2007, -1/+1I thought it was double click that killed business. Oh no it was Yahoo Publisher! Oh it must've been adCenter that does it. While it's true that when users click advertisements on your site they go somewhere else... all ad-networks do do it not just adsense. but then I guess part of getting people to read your blog and in turn visit your service site is to bash popular services.
- ubergeek09, on 10/14/2007, -0/+0Good upload.. What the blogger is saying is true. But I normally don't see many ads because of some fire fox add ons :).
- bufulis, on 05/18/2009, -0/+0http://website.ws/bufulis
- nbmurugan, on 04/11/2008, -0/+0The Adsense is the Best Online Tool to Earn Income easly.
http://www.universalpedia.com - pankaj010203, on 10/15/2007, -0/+0Why u have adsence on your page
http://www.greymatterindia.com/ - inactive, on 10/14/2007, -0/+0Obviously it is working. No surveys required. Because the businesses that use htem make their own "survey". Howstupid do you think they are? They hire people whose job is marketing. They are VERY good at it. Much better than you are. And htey have the figures to show that when they advertise (beit with Google, or any other) they see their revenues increase by more than what they pay for hte advertising. If they didn't, they would STOP.
- alex199, on 10/17/2007, -0/+0I think Adwords are a great tool for businesses, but they need constant monitoring. Also people should be very careful when entering the daily amount they want to spend - and not to confuse it with the cost per click they are willing to pay. I have heard many horror stories about people entering the wrong figures into their accounts.
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http://astore.amazon.com/buy.revlon.hair.color-20/
http://astore.amazon.com/buy.tankini.swimwear-20/ - kamaljervin, on 01/25/2008, -0/+0good comment
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