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Just 16% of poll respondents features non-Adsense advertising on their sites; this number seems low to me, though it leaves me with another question that was not asked: why?
So, if you're one of the 40 people that responded 'No,' I ask you: why is it that you don't? Is it from a lack of interest on your part, a lack of interest on the part of potential advertisers, or a combination of the two? Personally speaking, I feature (minimal) advertising on both of my sites, and I believe all of it has been initiated by the advertiser; I'm content to wait for offers to come in - if I like them and their product, great; if not, no sweat off my back.
New poll concerns the LAMB Scroll Box. I'm curious - with it containing just short of400 LAMBs, do you think it serves a purpose still? Though I use it occasionally, I can't say that I use it to do my browsing - I use a feed reader for that. And though it might be great to spread link love to all of the sites contained within it, I've also heard that it's possible that its existence hurts the page ranking of sites that feature it (something to do with links within Javascript and the way Google interprets them). So I ask you - has it run its course or do you find that its held its value?
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Re: Advertising. Things have changed since I responded to this poll, but I did answer "No" when it went up. The reason for that being: 1. Lack of interest from advertisers. 2. Not being aggressive enough looking for advertisers myself.
There are days when I wish I were more business-minded, but, if I were, I probably wouldn't have started a film blog about movies nobody's heard of to begin with.
Since the poll went up, I'm trying out a new ad network in addition to Adsense. It just went up, so time will tell how much money it will bring in.
Movie blogs just don't get enough traffic for commission-based advertising like that from Commission Junction or other companies. And if you have no activity on your account for a set amount of time, they terminate your membership! The only way to earn anything on this is to have someone purchase a product after clicking through your ad. Without a big volume of traffic, it's only a small chance that that will happen.
AdSense is just easier in my opinion.
Good blog!... informative!...
Mike - good point about your type of content and the potential for advertisers. Then again, it seems to me as though niche blogs have somewhat larger potential for readership (especially devout readership) than 'general' sites, since those are more of the dime a dozen variety (I should know, I run one).
Good luck with the new network.
Raquelle - I disagree somewhat, on two fronts. First, I think that movie blogs can (and will more in the future) attain high levels of traffic; some of our own LAMBs get big, big numbers. Maybe not RT numbers, but pretty large nonetheless.
Without really trying, I think I've done pretty well at getting advertisers on my two sites that have paid pretty well. A hell of a lot better than AdSense has ever been; I mainly keep my AdSense account as amusement - "ooooh, did I make a penny this week?" Then again, I haven't put in much effort with AdSense, so that might have something to do with that as well.
movies - such an excellent comment! Come back and spam as often as you like.
Fletch: I agree with you and I don't. Niche publishing does encourage devoted readerships (I have one), but if the niche is extremely small (like the one I dwell in) and you avoid the big topics, it's just tough for readers to find you in the first place.
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