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m8internet
24-11-2007, 16:24
I have been using Google Advertising for about 2 years now

Google AdSense (Google Ads) :
This is for sites which wish to place targeted adverts on their website
Payment is on a per-click basis
In line with adverts, text links work best at generating interest and revenue
The major disadvantage is that the links do NOT open in a new window and the visitor is taken away from your website
The program is free to join, there are also some basic requirements to meet

Google AdWords :
This is for sites that wish to place targeted adverts on other websites
Payment is on a per-click basis
There is a one-off activation fee of £5.00
Payment is then pre-pay or by invoice
Pre-payment is the more sensible option for beginners, although the minimum is £10.00, you then do not need to worry about spiraling costs and unexpected bills for adverts
Performance can be monitored in real-time
Adverts are based on keywords and advert variations
There is no cost involved for advert placement, the cost is per-click
The budget choices are intially confusing as they are based on a budget and cost per-click

I've been using Google Ads since October 2003
Initially the revenue was about $100 / £50 every 4 months, however this has dropped dramatically recently and many people are reporting the same drop in performance
As discussed above, the main problem is that the links take visitors away from your website
However, the best performance still continues to be from text links rather than image links
To begin with Google Ads did not allow more than one content advert on each page, but this has been relaxed now
If using more than one, then the best results come from using different advert channels, otherwise can end up with the same links in the adverts!

I've only been using Google AdWords for a few days
In order to keep my website prices as low as possible I have been keeping advertising costs to a minimum
Following a revamp of my website last week I knew it would be some time until the search engines picked up on the change, and since I had a Google AdWords voucher this seemed as good a time as any to test and compare
Even with a voucher I had, there was no mention of the £5.00 activation fee and the requirement to load your account with funds (on pre-pay)
However, this does give me a more than generous advert funding campaign fund of £35.00
With clicks typically costing between £0.01 and £0.50 the account performance will be monitored over the next few months, and I will report back in due course
In line with SEO many search engines no longer use meta-tags so for anyone wanting to be ranked higher up the search engines this will soon become the standard method for such placement in a search engine
I have created a basic range of 28 keywords and 16 advert variations, some of which are based on my website content and others are based on other factors

Any questions are welcome

m8internet
10-12-2007, 23:30
Here is a little update on my Google AdWords experience, so far

Week 1
4 clicks from 4100 impressions
3 clicks from keywords
1 click from adverts
Cost £0.70

Week 2
4 clicks from 2000 impressions
3 clicks from keywords
1 click from adverts
Cost £1.10

Week 3
2 clicks from 2300 impressions
2 clicks from keywords
0 clicks from adverts
Cost £0.53

No converted sales, so far though

m8internet
19-12-2007, 16:26
Tweeked my meta-tags last weekend
Yesterday the impressions had jumped to 6,000 per day!

m8internet
12-04-2008, 16:50
I noticed a slight decrease in performance last month
I therefore decided to upgrade from the Starter version to the Standard version, so that I could take advantage of running and comparing multiple adverts
I then created a second advert campaign from all my original adverts, but with a different third line changed from Domain Name transfers are FREE to Instant set-up and free support
I then had to allow a few days for the http://adwords.google.com/select/resources/3068866110-badge_pill_white.gif image to appear within the adverts, which occured today
I have now suspended my original advert which ran from 27 Nov 2007 to today

However, the conversion rate is still very poor with just a handful of customers having signed up compared to the advertising revenue spent

retailworld
12-04-2008, 19:26
Read on another forum that Adsense has been down for a period today I think?

m8internet
12-04-2008, 20:40
Google Adwords isn't down, the interface is offline for maintenance for about 4 hours
All account holders were informed of this last week!

http://www.google.com/errors/awfe/system_down.html
The AdWords account interface is temporarily unavailable due to system maintenance. AdWords is expected to be down from approximately 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM PDT on April 12, 2008. Please note that your campaigns will be running normally during this short period of downtime, which only affects your account management pages. We apologise for any inconvenience

retailworld
12-04-2008, 20:57
I don't personally use Adsense at present, but saw the thread here:

http://www.shell-livewire.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=20701