Comments on: Show Me The Blog Money: Adsensemeter

By: Todd Carpenter

Todd Carpenter — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:09:44 +0000

The problem with Alexa is that it is very poor at ranking websites that get less than thousands of page views a day. Alexa uses the traffic recorded from Alexa toolbar users, than extrapolates this sample to predict what everyone else is surfing. That works good when you are comparing Zillow to Trulia, but it doesn’t mean a thing to 99% of all bloggers.

By: sellsius

sellsius — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:54:34 +0000

Quite agree Steve. It might even extend to other ads on a site. Advertising has become a fact of online life and readers understand this. They focus on the content that interests them. And occasionally an ad does prompt interest. I know I have clicked ads, including from Google, if only to investigate the marketing approach.

By: Steve S

Steve S — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:33:43 +0000

These days, everything but the most obnoxious adsense is almost completely transparent to readers. Keeping it out seems almost silly. Unless, of course, it’s a corporate splash page or something.

By: Louisville Real Estate

Louisville Real Estate — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:19:09 +0000

This is a great tool. I wouldn’t say it’s 100% accurate but at least it gives a good ballpark.

By: Incredible Agent

Incredible Agent — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:43:54 +0000

I use adsense and the adsense meter is a little off. It says I should be making lower than I actually am, but that may be because my alexa rank is not in line with my traffic.

Jay…If google wants to pay for your car, I say do it.

FYI: Blogs typically have higher Alexa rank because people who blog usually have an alexa toolbar installed…boosting the alexa rank of the blog. There are some blogs that I know don’t get as much traffic as one of our sites, yet their alexa rank is higher than ours. In other words, Alexa should be taken with a grain of salt.

By: Athol Kay

Athol Kay — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:54:26 +0000

Draws attention to the little adjustable “CPM” thingy on the widget.

i.e. your mileage may vary.

By: Jay Thompson

Jay Thompson — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:23:06 +0000

There’s a manual?

Hmmm, I can’t retire on $400/month but it’s hard to argue with what could amount to a free car payment…