Comments on: Build Your Own Website Starter Kit is Born http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/06/22/build-your-own-website-starter-kit-is-born/ Trying to figure out how much money a Webmaster makes per hour. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:53:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: roman http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/06/22/build-your-own-website-starter-kit-is-born/comment-page-1/#comment-866 roman Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:11:37 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=309#comment-866 Hello TekkBlog, I am glad that you enjoy the site and find value in it. Unfortunately leaving a 'tip' by clicking on the ads does not help me, it makes things worse for me. When you click an ad the advertisers, who pay for that ad, expect that you are genuinely interested in their product. They create the advertisement and place it on my website hoping to attract interested customers to their product. So when people arrive at their website from my website they expect that a certain percentage of people will end up buying their product. Its a win-win-win situation. I win for getting paid, the advertiser wins by selling a product, and you win by getting a product you want. The problem occurs when people click the ads with no interest in the product. What happens is that the advertisers will notice that people that arrive to their site from my site never buy the product. Noticing that visitors from my site never buy the product the advertiser will not run advertisements on my site. Which makes sense, why would they want to pay for advertisements that do not give them anything in return. When you simply click on the ads with no interest you lower this website's rate of return for the advertisers and they could choose to not advertise on my site. That is bad for me. Google explicitly states that it is against their terms to ask visitors to click the ads or to highlight the ads in any way that results in uninterested visitors clicking the ads. Google does it part to prevent this kind of 'false' click. Google can see who is clicking the ads (based on IP address) and if it notices any unnatural behavior, like the same person clicking all the ads every few days, Google will not pay me or charge the advertisers. So, please, no 'tips'. Just enjoy the site. Hello TekkBlog,

I am glad that you enjoy the site and find value in it.

Unfortunately leaving a ‘tip’ by clicking on the ads does not help me, it makes things worse for me.

When you click an ad the advertisers, who pay for that ad, expect that you are genuinely interested in their product. They create the advertisement and place it on my website hoping to attract interested customers to their product. So when people arrive at their website from my website they expect that a certain percentage of people will end up buying their product. Its a win-win-win situation. I win for getting paid, the advertiser wins by selling a product, and you win by getting a product you want.

The problem occurs when people click the ads with no interest in the product. What happens is that the advertisers will notice that people that arrive to their site from my site never buy the product. Noticing that visitors from my site never buy the product the advertiser will not run advertisements on my site. Which makes sense, why would they want to pay for advertisements that do not give them anything in return.

When you simply click on the ads with no interest you lower this website’s rate of return for the advertisers and they could choose to not advertise on my site. That is bad for me.

Google explicitly states that it is against their terms to ask visitors to click the ads or to highlight the ads in any way that results in uninterested visitors clicking the ads.

Google does it part to prevent this kind of ‘false’ click. Google can see who is clicking the ads (based on IP address) and if it notices any unnatural behavior, like the same person clicking all the ads every few days, Google will not pay me or charge the advertisers.

So, please, no ‘tips’. Just enjoy the site.

]]> By: TekkBlog http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/06/22/build-your-own-website-starter-kit-is-born/comment-page-1/#comment-864 TekkBlog Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:32:59 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=309#comment-864 Roman. This is seriously a great site. You have packed it full of great information and I love how honest it is. I have been back quite a few times. I leave a "tip" each time for all your hard work, by clicking all the adds (I guess that is how it works). I just started a blog, for fun, a few days ago. I have a TON to learn but maybe someday it will make a few bucks. Your site has given me a benchmark as to what to expect (not much at first). This is a great site for newbies like me. Just wanted to let you know, I appreciate your work and I will be back. I always leave a "tip". Roman. This is seriously a great site. You have packed it full of great information and I love how honest it is. I have been back quite a few times. I leave a “tip” each time for all your hard work, by clicking all the adds (I guess that is how it works). I just started a blog, for fun, a few days ago. I have a TON to learn but maybe someday it will make a few bucks. Your site has given me a benchmark as to what to expect (not much at first). This is a great site for newbies like me. Just wanted to let you know, I appreciate your work and I will be back. I always leave a “tip”.

]]> By: Zoie http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/06/22/build-your-own-website-starter-kit-is-born/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Zoie Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:54:36 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=309#comment-863 I enjoy your blog and humor and won't be unsubscribing soon... like I have with everyone else that's constantly trying to sell something in EVERY SINGLE email. I sure would have liked a link to the "Starter Kit" though. It was the "unsell" like the "uncola" kinda. Really like your stuff. I enjoy your blog and humor and won’t be unsubscribing soon… like I have with everyone else that’s constantly trying to sell something in EVERY SINGLE email. I sure would have liked a link to the “Starter Kit” though. It was the “unsell” like the “uncola” kinda. Really like your stuff.

]]> By: Randy http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/06/22/build-your-own-website-starter-kit-is-born/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Randy Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:22:23 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=309#comment-351 I have to admit I am really tempted to buy your starter kit (if I plan to design a static website, too). First, just to help you along your fascinating project. Second, I really like your writing style (I am a non native speaker too and I admire your english skills!). Third, your product seems to really have some added value and you do describe the merits of your product really well. Great job. I have to admit I am really tempted to buy your starter kit (if I plan to design a static website, too). First, just to help you along your fascinating project. Second, I really like your writing style (I am a non native speaker too and I admire your english skills!). Third, your product seems to really have some added value and you do describe the merits of your product really well. Great job.

]]> By: Web Career Girl http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/06/22/build-your-own-website-starter-kit-is-born/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Web Career Girl Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:08:23 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=309#comment-324 I admire how much work you put into this project. I have so many product ideas but never get round to it myself! Sounds like a great idea offering a template, and I wish you success with making sales. I admire how much work you put into this project. I have so many product ideas but never get round to it myself! Sounds like a great idea offering a template, and I wish you success with making sales.

]]> By: roman http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/06/22/build-your-own-website-starter-kit-is-born/comment-page-1/#comment-321 roman Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:22:10 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=309#comment-321 <a href="#comment-320" rel="nofollow">@Mike CJ </a> Thanks for letting me know about the blasted button. I have re-checked the code and found the problem. It should work now. And yes, I will need to post more. As soon as the button leaves me alone I will have lots of time for blog posts. @Mike CJ
Thanks for letting me know about the blasted button. I have re-checked the code and found the problem. It should work now.

And yes, I will need to post more. As soon as the button leaves me alone I will have lots of time for blog posts.

]]> By: Mike CJ http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/06/22/build-your-own-website-starter-kit-is-born/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Mike CJ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:09:01 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=309#comment-320 Roman. This is a great idea, but sadly I can't see the button and the post about the kit doesn't contain a single link to the product! I hope you don't mind a little criticism, but all this work will be wasted if you don't focus on blogging to increase your traffic. You've said your visitors are down to 45 per day - those numbers are just not high enough to get sales of the kit. So please go back to posting and getting the traffic up, and you should see some sale start to come through. Good luck with it! Roman. This is a great idea, but sadly I can’t see the button and the post about the kit doesn’t contain a single link to the product!

I hope you don’t mind a little criticism, but all this work will be wasted if you don’t focus on blogging to increase your traffic. You’ve said your visitors are down to 45 per day – those numbers are just not high enough to get sales of the kit. So please go back to posting and getting the traffic up, and you should see some sale start to come through.

Good luck with it!

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