Problem:

My blog is read by people already making money online or those planning to make money online. This target audience is aware of Google AdSense and know exactly what it is about.
In other words: a substantial amount of my readers are ad blind. This means little or no clicks for me = no money = waste of expensive ad space = even less money.

Solution:

I’m trying to choose ads that are 100% relevant to the content of the individual post, or category. Moreover, besides the ads being relevant, I want the services to give real added value to my readers.

It appears that this requires hard work of hand picking advertisers, image ads, etc. But, I do believe that on a blog read mostly by publishers this is a way to go and worth the time spent.

The big question is will Google AdSense generate more income than affiliate programs? And, although asked much later down the road, will Google AdSense generate more income than direct advertising?

I will have to wait and see. This is my journey and Google AdSense is on the Celebrity Map…

- Alex

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Why Did I Join Google AdSense?

The first step that seemed logical to me is becoming an owner of some form of Internet property. That’s why I decided to to purchase a domain name as soon as possible. I didn’t want to use any of the free domain solutions, and, my company, where I work as operations manager, uses GoDaddy.com for purchasing its domains, and, naturally that was the first place I went. I checked the prices for domain registration there and then Googled for other registrars. I found CleverDot.com, that was cheaper with .com domains. Every other domain registrar was more expensive, and since I wanted a .com anyway, I didn’t even pay attention to .biz or .info. (although I later saw that it was $2.99 on GoDaddy.com).

Anyway, since my company uses GoDaddy.com and I thought I could use the help of our IT if I needed assistance, I registered an account with GoDaddy.com. The difference is very small when you realize this is for a year, and knowing (hoping) that you would be making money online, hence, certainly covering this expense anyway.

A few minutes later my credit card information was sent, and I became the proud owner of www.net-entrepreneur.com

- Alex

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