Where Is The Traffic?

So I created a website. But where is the traffic to generate money. I am the only visitor to my site until I do something to attract internet traffic.

You may find many advertisements offering you a pre-built website that can make you a millionaire. You will scroll down miles and miles to see the testimonials of many millionaires !! Beware..! Don't fall into such scams. OK.. We cannot say it a scam. But it is not as easy to make money from a website as they say. To make millions and millions out of a website you need trillions and trillions of visitors to your site. And that is not easy. In fact, you may not even get a single visitor just by creating a website. It requires time and lot of hardwork.

Now I have a website and I need visitors. Cheapest way is to post about the website on various web directories and forums. The other option is paid advertisement to generate a sure traffic. But will it make money or you lose? Lets see. I am advertising on AdWords for a small amount (to start with, just 2.5 dollars a day). We will have a revenue analysis shortly.

AdSense - The Real Money Machine

If you want to see real socialism, you should look at Google AdSense. It is the Ad. Network for both the rich and the poor. If anyone thinks of making money out of his blog or website (who does not have a product to sell), the first thing to look at is AdSense. As many documented, it is one of the best money making system on internet. Anyone can join AdSense, evenif one just started a website with zero visitor, as long as there is some content that does not violate the terms and conditions of Google AdSense (no adult content, no illegal content etc.).

So AdSense is my first choice too. As you can see, I have placed a horizontal AdLink at the top, a 336 x 280 text-only AdUnit at the top of the blog entry, a 200 x 200 image-only AdUnit at the top of the right panel and a vertical AdLink in the right panel. I restricted the AdUnits to text-only and image-only to keep the page look better, though that decision may not be right for a pure ad. performance recommendation. But definitely the visual appeal of the webpage matters in retaining a visitor.

Thus I have four money making agents on my pages. Initially I used to think that people may not click on AdLinks (a conclusion based on my own browsing behaviour). So I used to avoid AdLinks in some of my other websites. But later when I introduced AdLinks for a trial, it surprised me. Yes.. you get most clicks to the AdLinks, if placed appropriately. So don't ignore them.

So the journey begins. We will see how they make money in due course.

I want to put a cautionary note here to those newbies as there are many internet scams around AdSense. Be aware that joining AdSense is totally free and easy to implement. You need not purchase any CD or training material.

Money On Internet - Possibilities And Pitfalls

I have been researching for sometime on possible ways to make money online. It took some time and hands-on experiences to realize that there are more pitfalls and scams than real money making machines. This blog is an effort to document such experiences, and also to use itself as a case study for measuring the amount of money that a literate layman can make out of a normal blog.

To make it simple and to the point, I am thinking of writing it like a diary. Most of the posts will be crisp and short.

For the record, this blog is created on July 01, 2008.