What’s With All The “Adsense Templates”?
Hmm … there are a lot of this flying around lately. And mostly targeting the Internet Marketing community. Me … I stay away from it.
OK, there’s nothing wrong with selling templates. But sell it as it is. It’s no more than just templates. Yes, probably they are more optimized for search engines and Adsense placement layout. And yes, that can give you more clicks, and give you a little extra. But aren’t the tricks are all out there already? And what if you don’t have traffic to start with?
What I don’t like is that people are selling and promoting Adsense templates as if they are the magic pill. It’s as if you the templates are the BIG SECRET to huge Adsense income.
What about building a good quality site? Now, I am not talking about niche-content sites where you just research a topic and start writing content in them. I am talking about a strategy that existed since 1997 and is still very powerful. Lately, I am paying a lot more attention to people who are slowly building their little network of sites. Some are blog sites, some are directories, some are forums, and some are even e-commerce affiliate sites.
If you want to make money with Adsense, here’s the formula my friend Vincent shared:
Good Content + Good Incoming Links + Good Paying Niche = Off to the Bahamas
Me, I am shifting my focus away from Adsense. But if you want a piece of advice, learn from the “Webmasters” out there that have been building good quality sites from day one. And now these Webmasters own a network of sites which bring in over 1 million visitors every month.
So who are these Webmasters? Check out if you know these names …
- Patrick Okeefe - owner of iFroggy network (http://www.ifroggy.com)
- Chris Beasley - owner of a number undisclosed sites (http://websitepublisher.net)
- Alang - owner of SZAB network (http://www.szab.com)
And I am pretty sure there are more … I don’t really know what Vincent actually does online, but I can bet he qualifies to be in the same group with these people.
And back to the Adsense templates again … I know they show you their huge Adsense earning. But believe me, the template is just 1/10 of the contributing factor, probably lesser. The templates is not the actual reason why they made that much. I am certain that they have traffic. Probably more than 5000 unique visitors every day … maybe more.
But they sell you the Adsense templates by showing off their huge Adsense income … because you will buy those templates.
