Lately this blog has been making what in my opinion are rather mundane Adsense earnings.In all honesty I came to realize after reaching my first payment threshold, that perhaps Adsense wasn't the optimal choice.I knew of other alternatives and even dedicated a page which I update whenever I run across a new alternative.In comparison to Adsense they all seem similar and fall way short in popularity.Basically the more popular these monetizing sites are the more advertisers pay which translates to more revenue for publishers.So after 8 months of having Adsense adds running on 2 blogs I finally reached the $100 payment threshold.Since then I increased my established blogs page views substantially,did seo on each of my blogs to ensure all posts are indexed and still no major increase in revenue.I'm close,but still struggling to reach my second payment.
So I decided to do more research.I needed to know approximately how many visitors you need to realistically make money off Adsense ads.After digging around forums and asking questions it seems like the general consensus is about 100 Visitors = $ 1.00 in revenue.One forum member put it like this.
"Given these factors use the following figures VERY loosely:
A good click through rate on AdSense = 2% (give or take)
So if you get 100 visitors per day and a 2% CTR then that's 2 clicks you'll get on your ads.
What you get per click depends on the topic of your website but lets say it's $0.50.
So you'd end up with $1 per day."
So in other words if your blog gets 100 unique visitors a day you can expect to make approximately $100 in a little over 3 months.
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My list of Adsense Alternatives