July first week Kontera Earnings – Content site works
July 10, 2009 by Chris
Filed under Kontera Earnings
After 6 months of Long wait finally i have started making money with Intext advertising. Travel niche is one of the highest paying niche which gave me highest of 1.77% Ecpm, with Highest earning of $66 in one day. I Launched this travel website in January 2009, website gives information about various travel places across Europe & Asia. It has total of 1000 web pages quique content written by Travel writers, which includes top most places to see across Europe, Asia & their specialities. It took 4 months of real planning & hardwork with regards to Designing & content development, before i launched it in the month of January 2009. On daily basis around 4000 unique visitors comes on the website with approximate 40k Impressions. Most importantly i would like to share is that i implemented code once website reached 40k impressions on daily basis. It is always suggested that if you really want to see good results you should place any kind of ADS on the website once website starts getting considerable amount of traffic.
Next week again i will share my Earning & Experience of this website with the latest developments happening.
I am planning to start 10 Travel website on various places across the world starting next week & I would be more then Glad to share my future Experience & Earnings of those websites.
Feel free to post your queries, Specially for the new guys who are planning to Launch this kind of Travel websites & generate online money from Intext networks.

Market Your Business Through Blogs – Part-III
Welcome to the 3rd and the last part of business with blogs, I have already shared with you the finest of tips and skills to run your business through blogs, in the last part I am detailing more about the posts that you will write for your blogs. The main criteria here being, you should establish a rhythm that will set your blogs get going, it doesn’t merely mean that you need to have a new and latest topic to discuss every time, in rhythm means you and your text should go in sync together that will interest your audience. If you are new to blogging, than I advice you to write 2 to 3 posts per week, getting started is never late and never too touch, as you become master in writing you will get hand of it.
If blogging is your niche then you shouldn’t aim for earnings through blogs by putting the ads and especially when you are solely marketing your business through that blogging network. Grow your own profile over blogs network, you can come out with your own success stories and strategies that people will follow or help them establish a good position in the market. There have been many a cases I have seen, that people nearly spoil their online business by putting ads just for few dollars, putting ads diverts the readers attention to other blogs or other companies. And knowingly or unknowingly you may be highlighting your own competitors and then you cannot stop all that happening in just one go. The biggest fear for a blogger are comments, may however finest of articles you write there is always some fear which grips everyone, what if a customer comes and starts damaging your goodwill through comments, now for this you can have comment moderation policy on your blog, its your blog and you will decide what people should be commenting on your texts. You can decide on varied policy rules somewhere in your blogs network that will alert the readers what they should be commenting.

Once you have posted your blog, don’t just sit idle watching the comments and waiting for orders to start pouring in, you ought to be interactive when you are online, it is one of the best ways you can get closer to your customers and know their requirements or solve problems. The same way as you encourage people to write comments you need to reply them too that will interest them more into your blog reads. Another thing is that how are you going to integrate your blog with your company website, its important that both are in sync so you will be better at addressing your audience they can view your company profile and see products online through the mentioned website. There are no specific rules to this but more or less it depends on your company objectives, in most cases, it should be normal to link your company website with the blogs network.
One commonest of challenges for new bloggers whether its connecting their business or freelancing is how to get people reading and get used to your blogs. The small step in the right direction will take you to bigger heights, revamp your existing profile over Internet, if any, or you can start posting your ads in other links and blogging networks. If you are planning to put the content of multiple blogs just through one channel, that may prove to be quite worthwhile, there are variety of posts a company can run on their sites depending on their company objectives, some of the key points included in the blog post to make it popular is by stating the products, highlighting the key staff members, CEO talks, announcing new products in product gallery, highlight the clients, tips on the ways to use products, FAQs, comments, etc. the list here is endless, its up to you to bring the finest of points of your company profile in front of your customers.
You can share your view points with me and suggest if you have really cool stuff that people should know.
Adsense Tips
How do Google ads become noticed? How is Google alerted when someone clicks on one of my ads?
There are a number of things that help our system to better determine which ads will need to be placed on your site. The content on your site, keyword frequency, linguistics, size in font used, and the structure used for links. As ads on your site have been clicked on, they are recorded in Google’s system through a signal they receive. In turn, the information on your account is updated and you are able to view information such as earnings that have been made.
What do CPC, CPM and CTR mean?
Advertisers pay as users click on their ads and are based on Google Adwords price system that results in the CPC or the price that is paid. CPM is the specified price set for ‘cost of 1000 impressions’. Each time their ad appears, the advertiser then pays the specified amount. CTR simply refers to the amount of clicks that is then divided by the amount of link impressions. Every time A CPM ad is sent to a publisher’s page, revenue is earned.
You will notice in our ad auction that the ad that shows promise of earning higher revenue will be displayed for our clients, as CPC or pay-per-click ads compete regularly against CPM ads.
How is it determined whether to place a CPC or CPM ad on a site?
As both CPC and CPM ads compete for placement on your website, our goal is to select the one that generates the highest amount in earned revenue. The manner of targeting which ads to place, it is a factor that can benefit you greatly. Higher competition among the ads results in even larger amounts of potential revenue.
How is a code implemented?
After account approval, the start guide provides helpful information for the steps involve in generating an AdSense code, and will have ads displayed on your site in no time at all. You will easily be able to find the answers to your questions that you may have by simply using the Help Center.
Can ad codes be pasted on several websites?
Certainly! To find out if the source code of the website follows the policies of our program, visit http://www.google.com/adsense/policies. No viewing of the site is necessary before you can past the code onto your site.
How can I view a separate report for each of the ad codes that I have placed on various sites?
Each site will need a URL channel created to view the reports. Without having to modify the code at all, ad performances are tracked almost instantaneously.
Can problems be solved without having to contact AdSense Support?
Because of problems that can arise such as payments, login issues, and others, we have created troubleshooting answers that provide step-by-step instructions. This gives you the advantage of being able to solve many problems in a short amount of time and very easily.
Can the color of the AdSense ads be changed?
There are several different built-in color choices and you can even create as many as 100 colors you have created yourself. The Help Center provides instructions for this task.
Do some ad formats perform better than others? Is there a certain number of ad units that can be displayed on pages?
Wider formats generally work much better than the taller choices and this is simply because it is much more reader friendly. Three standard ad units can be displayed, three link units, and two search boxes.
Can imagine only ads be implemented? Can this type of ad earn more money?
There is an option that allows you to select image only ads while the generation of the ad layout code is being performed. However, it is suggested to use ads that contain both images and text for the potential of maximum revenue earning. It gives us the ability to create a better experience for the visitors coming to your site, which in turn can increase revenue for AdSense.
Can certain ads that appear be filtered out?
The Competitive Ad Filter allows the prevention of ads appearing on up to 200 sites, and you will find more information on the online resource guide.
What is an invalid click and how can Google tell the difference?
Invalid clicks are impressions that are done through a means that is prohibited, which will artificially raise the amount of clicks on publisher’s accounts. Google uses technology that can analyze clicks that helps determine if they have been used to generate more clicks for an advertiser.
What does smart pricing? Am I smart priced?
Smart pricing is simply a way that makes sure both the advertiser and the publisher will be able to obtain maximum benefit for ads that are placed on Google’s network.


