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Help! I’m Still Not Getting Relevant Adsense Ads!

By Christian

Question: I would like to know how to put ads on my blog that relate to my interests.  I speak of daily things that happen in my life, my love for cooking, my family, etc.  I have even mentioned some sites that I order from like Amazon UK, I am also selling a property.  Yet I only get stupid non-related ads!  How do I fix this?  I don’t even know how to get people to follow my blog.  Help!  Thanks. – Luisa

Even after following all the advice in my post about Why Aren’t My Adsense Ads Relevant, it is very likely you will still see what you consider non-relevant ads appearing on your blog.  Especially given the varied topics covered by your site.

Luisa gave me the actual blog address, and I spent some time looking at the topics, structure, hosting, and of course the google adsense ads being displayed.  Here is what I found out.

  • Having a blogspot URL/domain name can trigger ads for blog software, autoresponse software, mailing list software, etc. just by having the term “blog” in the domain name.
  • Several little things boil down to one big truism when it comes to personal blogs like yours:

Personal blogs by their very nature do not make the best blogs to put adsense on.

The topics are too varied, the scope of the site is too large, and google gets confused about what your blog is actually about.   Unless you are Wil Wheaton, Justin Bieber or a celebrity, personal blogs are one of the toughest to get started, obtain readers, and obtain advertising.

Why don’t advertisers like personal blogs?

Easy – visitors to personal blogs are not as likely to actually click on the ads and buy something.  The audience for a personal blog is comprised of a completely different mindset than those who visit a niche topic blog and who may be ready to buy or research a product.  Visitors to a personal blog come to read your experiences and stories.  The visitors to a niche blog on say paraplegic skydivers are there to not only read the author’s topical posts, but perhaps to book their next adventure, buy equipment, read reviews, etc.

Two completely different audiences.

That is not to say a personal blog is looked down upon, or a personal blog is not “worth” doing – not at all.  You just have to be honest with yourself that a personal blog is not generally not going to achieve the type of monetary success an actual niche blog would have.  If I were in your position, I would remove all the adsense ads from your personal blog and start up another blog just about your cooking passion.  Link from your personal blog over to your cooking one.  Place adsense ads on the cooking one and see what happens.

Chances are your cooking blog, since it is more focused, will attract more visitors.  Once they get to know you there, they may jump to your personal blog and get to know you on a different level.    You might also consider going deeper with your cooking blog and focus on a particular style of cuisine.

Personal or general topic blogs are extremely hard to monetize, I hope this gives you some guidance.

Filed Under: Blogging, Google Adsense, Make Money Blogging, niche blogs

What Is A Niche Blog?

By Christian

Question: I’ve been hearing the term “niche blog” a lot lately, sometimes good and sometimes bad.  What is a niche blog?

Great question!

If you are new to blogging, you may hear about “finding your niche.”  In fact, most blog mentors advise people to start with a niche they enjoy, and grow their blog from there.  Sounds great, doesn’t it!  It is… but that isn’t the kind of niche blog being talked about these days.

Today, the term “niche blog” is used a lot of times to refer to what used to be called “MFA” or “Made For Adsense Blogs.”  These are blogs on a super niche topic used only to put up SEO content to rank high for keywords, so they can earn adsense revenue from people coming to the site.

By having no real content, when a visitor arrives at the site, they will more than likely want to leave right away.  The best way to do that is through the google ads presented on the page.  In this way, MFA or niche blogs are very popular with the types of bloggers who want to “get rich quick.”

There are many themes catering to this niche blogs easily and quickly.  By purchasing a developer license from the theme’s creator, the niche blog author can use the same theme over and over again on hundreds or thousands of different niche blogs.

Some people claim niche blogs have a short shelf-life, making money quickly at first and then falling off.  Others say they their niche sites earn as much today as they did 6 months or a year ago.  One thing is for certain though, you have to produce a lot of niche sites just to be sure your income stream is not depleted should one or two stop earning revenue.

If you are running a true “niche blog” then really it is just a blog.  Mentioning you run a niche blog may get some strange reactions from others in forums, especially if there are those who think niche blogs are spamming the Internet.

Filed Under: Ask the Blogger, Blogging, niche blogs, Writing

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