My two cents on Google Adsense

Adsense Blog Blog revenue Google Adsense

Finally. It arrived.  The cheque from Google. Something I have been waiting for 20 odd days. And not sure if it is any indication that it reached me exactly on Vijayadasami. While I have never posted anything on Woodooz for monetary benefits, this income does help recover some of the costs that I have incurred in the past. The blog domain for instance. When few opined that it is unnecessary for a hobby, I felt it was important. Now I don’t have to really worry about that investment. While am elated about my first payout, I have to accept that it is not something that I see as way forward. More so because the daily revenue is meager and I doubt if I can ever make a post to influence the earning – A reason why am opening the blog to direct advertising.

With my Adsense cheque

The whole blogging experience offers something new to learn with every passing day. This is my decision for the moment and here are the top four reasons why I want to venture out of Adsense and explore other means of generating income in the coming days :

1. While there are experts who understand the system and manipulate (not sure if it is the right word to use) content without breaking any of the rules, it does take lot of reading and experience to completely comprehend the art of Adsense. 
2. Ad placement, ad types, ad sizes and more impact the chances of a click through and there is always a need to experiment before a firm decision can be taken.
3. I notice that the Cost Per Click (CPC) for the keywords in the craft / DIY segment is very low. This demands a higher Click Through Rate (CTR) than most other genres where the keywords fetch a fairly high cost per every click. 
4. It is hard work and not as easy as many may make it sound.  I need higher organic traffic with sizable amount of every day visits. The problem with me is that I am not able to quantify higher and sizable.

I don’t want to discourage anyone. There are way too many successful stories on Adsense up on the net for you to read. I just wanted to impress upon the fact that Adsense is not necessarily easy money. It takes time by which time it is quite possible for one to be consumed by the paltry daily revenue that trickles into the account.

Do share your thoughts. Do you have Adsense installed ? Do you see a promising future in it ? Would love to hear from fellow craft / art / DIY bloggers and in general from others too.