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“Learn How Michael Plante
Made $4,515 In Adsense
Commission In Just Over
1 Month –With Absolutely
No Success In The Past!”
Keyword Elite Case Study #1
Keyword Elite User: Michael Plante
Earnings Method: Adsense Arbitrage
Keyword Elite
Case Study #1
Disclaimer: No portion of this report can be edited
and/or sold as an individual product.You may only brand
this report and/or give it away for free or as a bonus
along side one of your own products.
To the best of my knowlege, the information contained in
this report is true and accurate and was gathered from
personal experiences. In no way is Brad Callen, Bryxen
Software, Inc, or Michael Plante liable for any results of
using the information contained in this report.
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And here’s a screenshot of the small Adwords expenses that were
incurred to earn the $4,515.21 shown above:
I don’t know about you, but I’ll gladly trade $1,150.17 for $4,515.21
any day of the week!
I don’t want to waste any time with “filler”, but before I can dive into
the meat of this special Case Study, I need to lay a bit of foundation
for you, so that you’ll understand the rest of the guide.
Ok, first thing’s first… Michael Plante made close to $5,000 from
Google Adsense. I’m going to assume that you know what Google
Adsense is. If not, go here to read about how you can earn money via
their system: https://www.google.com/adsense/
It’s basically Google’s way of displaying their “Adwords Ads” on other
websites (your websites) across the internet. Below is someone’s
website that is displaying Google Adsense ads. When a visitor clicks
on one of those ads, the owner of the website gets paid a small
percentage of the cost that the advertiser is paying Google for each
click. See below:
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Michael sent traffic to his website via Google Adwords (shown
below). These are the ads on the right hand side of Google that you
pay per click to receive traffic. See below:
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So, essentially, Michael set up an article on his website that displayed
high paying Adsense ads. He then sent visitors to that page via
Google Adwords for less money than he was earning from Google
Adsense.
This method of generating Adsense income is called “Google
Arbitrage”. So there’s your solid foundation. Let’s get to the meat
already…
Recently, a forum post popped up in the Keyword Elite member’s
forum. A user stated they were testing out a method of making
money with Google Adsense, in conjunction with Google Adwords.
The post sounded very intriguing to me. While I had heard and
dabbled a bit with the technique mentioned in the post, it intrigued
me because the post was basically a well structured test. The word I
want you to note is “test”. I’m quite a testing fanatic, so when I hear
that someone is running an actual test and is planning on sharing
their results; I’m all ears… every time, and you should be as well.
Anyway, several days went by and I noticed that the user was posting
his progress very regularly in the forum and was achieving incredible
results. So, this is the basis for the special report/case study that
you’re about to read.
Pay close attention because the strategies in this report are real…
NOT theory. This is a real test, ran by a real person, who has gotten
and is still getting fantastic, real results. There’s nothing better than
this folks.
This report will be a bit different than any other report you’ve read
in the past. I have simply copied and pasted Michael’s entire strategy
into this report. These are his exact words that came directly from
the Keyword Elite member’s forum, and not my paraphrasing, to
ensure that you’re getting everything you need to start profiting using
this method.
I have included my comments throughout the report. My comments
will appear within blue tables and within summary boxes at the end
of each of Michael's forum posts.
Let’s get started…
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Post #1 (October 19)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi to all:
My first post here in the forum - thought I would wait and see what I
could do first before I came out and said anything...
So - without further delay, let me tell you a little about what I am
attempting with KE. I am working an Adsense “arbitrage”
methodology of a sort - probably not the most scientific of methods,
but pretty basic and simple. I will say that, prior to performing this
test; I was making basically ZERO on Adsense ads on my
websites.
Over the last couple of years, I have found Adsense to be a lot like
war - long periods of no activity punctuated by moments of sheer
terror. Now - I think I have been able to put the terror in
perspective - and make something happen... and not in the way that I
had expected, nor that you might think... read on...
4 days ago, on October 16, I started looking for a particular niche to
work. For obvious reasons, I will not share the exact niche, but, I will
say that it exists in the world of software.
I used KE to develop some keyword listings for this niche, using
project 1, and then ran them thru project # 2 to get some basic
information down about searches, CPC, and number of Google
Adwords campaigns.
Without going through the obvious details - I developed a list of
about 10-15 high paying keywords in this niche, and from that
point - used an article generating software I own to produce a
keyword specific article for some of these high paying keywords. My
keyword density in this article is somewhere in the neighborhood
of 6%.
I posted this article on a domain I already own, under a subdirectory
named after the high paying keyword. I did this for the purpose of
seeing how it would play with people who see the Adwords ads I set
up for this particular experimental niche.
I set up 2 – 336 x 280 boxes across the top of the fold, under the
title and author lines, and side by side, blended into the background. I
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have another 728 x 90 banner across the bottom of the article, for
those who need something to do after they read the entire thing... (if
you get that far... lol). I optimized the page for this particular group of
high paying keywords... and I was ready to go on the Adsense end.
Now for Adwords: I created 3 separate lists of 1,000 keywords
each - from variations of the main keyword, to populate my keywords
in Adwords. I set the price on these keywords at 0.05 per click... Of
course, most of them came up wanting more of a minimum bid to
activate. But for the time being - I had enough keywords active to
start the experiment.
The first thing I wanted to see was - how much was Adsense going
to pay me for those clicks on the ads on my page. Based on the
expected results in KE, I had anticipated a payout of approx. 60 cents
- $2.00 per click. What I have found in reality is that Adsense is paying
me consistently at 20 cents per click, more or less...
Now - I don’t know if this is the exception or the rule, but - I have
always read that using the content ads in Adwords was not really a
good idea... but - I started to use them anyway in order to keep my
cost per click down to around 3 cents - 4 cents a click.
So - to make a long story longer, here are the results of the
last 4 days:
Day 1 - 15 impressions - 4 clicks....33 cents total (I started late in
the evening on this...lol)
Day 2 - 95 impressions - 37 clicks....$4.34 total (1st full day in
operation)
Day 3 - 128 impressions - 52 clicks....$7.32 total
Today - 485 impressions - 202 clicks - $32.01 total (with approx. 8
hours left to go in Google’s day before change over to Friday totals -
I am expecting this to clear $37.00 by the end of the day)
The conversion rates on all days have been middle double digits…
Now with the exception of maybe 1 or 2 clicks on day 1 - every
single click and impression I got came from content ads in Google -
absolutely none of them are coming from search ads.
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When I look at the Adwords side of things, I am seeing that approx.
50 percent of my clicks on Adwords are converting into the clicks on
Adsense. I guess I am trying to get a sense of whether this is good,
great - or should be improved upon.... please advise.
I was running 2 ads - both getting approximately 50 percent of
clicks. I removed the one getting the lesser of the 2 totals, and am
now only running 1 ad. Since making this move, the clicks have greatly
improved on the Adsense side. I did this earlier today and will stay in
this mode for a minute.
My question on this is - Given the monthly searches for this niche,
and the various keywords associated with it, should I expect to see
this level out at some point - and settle down to a somewhat
consistent dollar amount each day that I can count on?
Also - has anyone tried doubling their ads in Adsense to get a bigger
share of the overall AdWords clicks, and double your gain more
profits from this one niche in Adsense?
Any comments or questions - greatly appreciated. And Brad - You
have truly hit a homerun with this software. The truly funny part
about this is - I still have not quite figured out the part about parsing
out good Adwords keywords at 5-10 cents per click. Anyone who can
help me on that would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks -
Michael
Brad’s comments:
Notice how Michael is asking questions to the other forum
members? At this point, he’s just beginning his tests and you can
tell that he is clearly not very experienced with the whole
Arbitrage method. A real testament, and solid proof, that even a
beginner can make the arbitrage method work. I’ve purposely
left in ALL of Michael’s comments, as I didn’t want to only give
you part of the “story”.
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Post Summary:
- He used Keyword Elite to create a keyword list for his specific niche.
Then he ran them through project 2 of Keyword Elite to get basic Pay
Per Click information to know how many clicks he could expect, as
well as roughly how much he would earn per Adsense click.
- He created a list of about 10 to 15 high paying Adsense keywords in
the niche he found.
- He then used an article generating software to produce a keyword
specific article revolving around those high paying keywords. He tried
to get a keyword density, with his main keyword, of about 6% for the
article.
- He set up 2 – 336 x 280 boxes across the top of the fold, under the
title and author lines, and side by side, blended into the background.
And added another 728 x 90 banner across the bottom of the article.
- He uploaded the article to a sub domain he already owned, under a
sub directory named after the high paying keyword. He did this to help
ensure that Google displayed related Adsense ads on his page.
- He created 3 separate lists of 1,000 keywords each - from variations
of the main keyword, to add to his Adwords account, in order to drive
traffic to his Adsense article page. He set the price on those keywords
to 0.05 per click
- The 4 day results of his initial test are as follows:
Day 1 - 15 impressions - 4 clicks... 33 cents total
Day 2 - 95 impressions - 37 clicks... $4.34 total
Day 3 - 128 impressions - 52 clicks... $7.32 total
Today - 485 impressions - 202 clicks - $32.01 total (with approx. 8
hours left to go in Google’s day before change over to Friday totals –
and he’s expecting this to clear $37.00 by the end of the day)
- The conversion rates on all days hover around middle double digits.
- Nearly every click and impression he got to his Adsense article came
from content ads in Google, which means the traffic is all coming from
other people’s websites that are displaying Adsense ads on their
websites. None of his traffic is coming from google.com directly.
- Roughly 50% of his Adwords clicks are converting to Adsense clicks,
which is very high.
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Post #2 (October 19)
Forum Username: mikeronet
I forgot to mention - for the purpose of information - that my
Adwords cost have maintained at 50 percent of the amount
made in Adsense. Approx. 1 - 1.5 dollars in profit after each dollar
of Adwords expense is paid.
What’s the saying- spend a dollar to make a dollar? Hmmmmmm…
Not bad in my book....
Post Summary:
He has earned roughly 1 to 1 and a half times what he’s
spending.
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Post #3 (October 19)
Forum Username: mikeronet
I had said I expected to end up around $37 for the day - I am
currently at $40.82 with 3 hours left to go before Google end of
day... Cost associated with Adwords is at $21.00.
Adding another update 1 hour later - now up to $43.50 and still
rising with 2.5 hours left in the Google day...
Michael
Post Summary:
He estimated $37.00 in earnings on day 1, but actually ended up
earning $40.82, with a cost of only $21.00
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Post #4 (October 20)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi -
I am using Article Miner... Database of over 250k in articles, so, never
short on good subject matter.
I guess I am asking these questions because - while the numbers
seem to be impressive -my question is - will they sustain?
Oh - the day ended at $50.13. Today started out 3 times higher
at 6:30am than it was at 6:30am yesterday in terms of Adsense
amount. Conversions are up as well from 0.83 to 1.44 today in
Adwords clicks, and up approx. 5 percent in Adsense from yesterday.
If the trend continues, I am expecting that I might clear $100 -
$125 today. It is 11:30am here and I am already up to $15...
Yesterday, I was at $13.00 at 3pm my time... so - looks like it might
be another good day...
Brad’s Comments:
Notice more questions being asked to the other forum
members…
Brad’s Comments:
A forum member had asked what article creation software
Michael used to create his article. While it’s not really that
important what program you use to create the article, you
basically just need to be able to create an article that revolves
entirely around the high paying Adsense keyword that you
choose. This might not make sense right now, but keep reading
and you’ll understand by the end of this report.
Tip: Keyword Elite actually has a built in article miner program
that can search article directories for related articles, based on a
keyword search.
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I also decided to try another experiment with this particular niche, a
variation of one I saw in the Project X Affiliate eBook, where he talks
about having duplicate ads competing against one another to further
increase his sales.
I figured the same theory could apply to competing Adsense sites as
well. So - In the original campaign, I was running 2 distinct ads
yesterday - each one consistently getting 48-50 percent of the
views (even with ad optimization turned on), with strong conversions
on both.
Today - I decided to duplicate the one page article to another
domain, and duplicate the ad campaign with the 2nd of the two ads,
so that both ads will now get 100 percent exposure instead of
50 percent.
Now the interesting note about this particular ad - I set it up late last
night - and through this morning, before I split the two ad campaigns
out - this particular ad was still getting as many clicks as the other
ad, but from HALF the impressions.
So - make note to self - must be doing something right with the ad
copy. From what I have been reading on the Google site, to get
conversions in content ads this high means the copy is hitting a real
nerve with the reader somewhere along the line, because most
content ads are not that highly targeted.
So - I am pitting one against the other with slight variations in the
amount paid for each click, so that they are not competing in the
exact same positions, but rather one right behind the other.
Other than that, the campaign keywords, and configuration are
identical. Next phase will be to duplicate the page again, but
this time with a totally different set of keywords. I will probably
tackle that sometime over the weekend, or 1st of next week, after
this set has had a few days to test out and run.
I am thinking this might have some potentially interesting outcome.
Any advice?
Michael
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Oh yeah - I wanted to add this little note of personal satisfaction: I
am sure a lot of folks out here, like myself, have been stabbing at
Adsense for a while now, with little or no success. My wife has
watched me come up with the next “brilliant plan” for a couple of
years now - and - well, you know the rest.
Well - I finally got up the nerve to show her this new “brilliant idea”
last night - she did not know about it during the first few days - I
wanted to confirm the numbers before I showed her.
When I explained it, and then showed her what I was doing - and the
resultant numbers, both for cost and profit - she was shocked. Totally
shocked. When I started breaking down monthly potential, and then
added in the formula of “rinse and repeat” to the equation -
she almost hit the floor at the potential of what I could
potentially achieve doing this.
Post Summary:
He is using Article Miner software, which has a database of over
250k in articles, so, never short on good subject matter.
His previous day ended up making $50.13 in Adsense.
The following day started out 3 times higher at 6:30am than it
was at 6:30am yesterday in terms of Adsense amount.
Conversion rate is up from .83% to 1.44% in Adwords clicks, and
up 5% in Adsense conversions, so the split testing must have
worked.
He tried a tip outlined in a very good eBook called Project X
Affiliate eBook
Shared his idea/results with his wife and she also became very
excited about the scalability of Google Arbitrage using Keyword
Elite.
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Post #5 (October 24)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi again everyone - Several days ago, I posted the preliminary results
of my first real experiment with KE - doing Adsense Arbitrage...
Anyway - the niche I am working is very VERY rich. And even
though I have been mining this for a week now - I am still tapping it
like it was brand new...
Anyway - with just ONE Page so far set up with this method in
Adsense, and running some ads in Adwords, my results have been as
follows: (first few days are approx. dollar totals, as I don’t have them
in front of me at the time of writing this)
Day 1 - started the campaign - made approx. 33 cents.
Day 2 - First full day - approx. $4.00
Day 3 - approx. $9.00
Day 4 - approx. $35.00
Day 5 - approx. $50.00
Day 6 - approx. $39.00 (So far, my only fall-back day, but still a good
one!)
Day 7 - approx. $62.00
Day 8 - approx. $102.00
Day 9 - (yesterday) - $113.00
Today is Day 10. I am already at $65 and it is only noon EST where
I am.
Brad’s Comments:
Really take note of how each day shows a big increase in
earnings.
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The real reason I am posting this today, besides the obvious reason
of showing just how powerful KE can be on just ONE project, I am
also here to tell you that, for the most part, in the first 9 days as
described above, even though this money looks good - I have been
running a very sloppy campaign on the Adwords side. A real
rookie effort.
I spent the money this morning to get the Perry Marshall book that
Brad has talked about - “The Definitive Guide to Adwords“. I bought
the basic level, $49.00.
I did this because I am not new to Adwords at all, just have never
mastered it. Folks - if you are doing anything with Adwords - GET
THIS PACKAGE.
If you don’t, I am here to tell you - you are flushing money down the
toilet!
Since getting this package early this morning - I have made a few
tweaks to the campaign that has demonstrated a significant CTR rate
on the Adwords side. Once this takes full effect today - I full expect
that this one niche will deliver no less than $200.00 per day -
EVERY DAY, for quite some time, barring variables that I can tell
you are not related to the niche.
This niche is very strong, long-lasting, and I have absolutely no doubt
that the necessity for this niche will be around for a long long time.
So - the only factors I have to really worry about are maintaining
my good standing with Adwords and Adsense, so that my
accounts stay open and profitable.
Oh yeah - for those of you who may have followed my last post: You
may remember that I said that I was getting 100 percent of my
traffic from the content side of Adwords - absolutely no search
returns from the search network side. As of today - that is still the
case.
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This is due to a number of factors, chief among them is the pricing to
activate the keywords. However; what I am discovering today is,
because of my optimization efforts of the Adwords campaign, the
relevancy of the ads, the landing page, and the keywords is starting to
have the secondary effect of ad impressions from the search
network, something I have had none of since I started.
When I saw this a couple of hours ago - I almost dropped out of my
chair, because I have stuck hard and fast to my pricing models, to
ensure my profit.
So - not only am I getting this fantastic and seemingly never ending
supply of traffic from the content network, now I am seeing that
there is a possibility of the search network kicking in, which will only
add to the total number of clicks I am getting, and the cost per click
will not go up 1 cent.
Anyway - the last part of this update is: Since day 2, my CTR on
the Adsense side of this experiment has remained
[consistent] throughout.
My costs are roughly 1 dollar spent on Adwords for every 2-4
dollars made in Adsense profit.
Brad’s Comments:
The “Content Side” Michael is referring to is simply the Google
“content network” which are basically other webmasters
displaying Google Adsense on their websites, like the Adsense
example I showed you on page 3 of this report.
Google also displays their Adwords ads on their website
(www.google.com) AND the “search network”, which consist of
other PPC search engines like:
American Online (AOL)
AT&T Worldnet
AskJeeves
CompuServe
Earthlink
Netscape Netcenter
Shopping.com
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I think this might just be working.
I don’t think I mentioned this in the last post - but - back on August
18, 2006, I was laid off my job - in the corporate IT world, after a
career in this field for 24 years. With this effort I am currently
performing, I project that I will make up my $76,000 per year salary
when I am making approx. $280.00 per day with this. The numbers I
am making now are enough to cover my monthly bills, So - you can
bet that this morning - I am NOT missing the corporate world ONE
DAMN BIT!
Brad - your comments last week were very motivational - and much
appreciated.
Sincerely,
Michael Plante
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Post Summary:
Results thus far:
Day 1 - Started the campaign - made approx. 33 cents.
Day 2 - First full day - approx. $4.00
Day 3 - approx. $9.00
Day 4 - approx. $35.00
Day 5 - approx. $50.00
Day 6 - approx. $39.00
Day 7 - approx. $62.00
Day 8 - approx. $102.00
Day 9 - (yesterday) - $113.00
Today is Day 10 and he is already at $65 and it is only noon
EST where he lives.
Purchased the Perry Marshall book “The Definitive Guide to
Adwords“ for $49 in hopes of helping increase Adwords click
through rate, and it seems to be working very well for him.
Was getting 100% of traffic from Google Content Network, but
because of his optimization efforts of the Adwords campaign, the
relevancy of the ads, the landing page, and the keywords it is
starting to have the secondary effect of ad impressions from the
search network also.
Adsense CTR of this experiment has remained very high
throughout.
Costs are roughly $1.00 spent on Adwords for every $2.00 -
$4.00 made in Adsense profit.
Was recently laid off of his corporate job making around
$76,000 a year, but is now projected to make that all back in
Adsense income, working from home!
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Post #6 (October 24)
Forum Username: mikeronet
LOL - Well - I laid out the basics of the process in the last post - as
far as the method of using KE to search a niche I was interested in.
The initial niche was very general in terms, surrounding something
involving software. Using KE, I found this particular niche doing
a 1000 keyword set in project 1.
From that point - just took that keyword phrase, broke it down
between project 1 and project 2, and developed a keyword list
that I could use to set up the ads in Adwords.
Now - to your point about starting up... I have probably started up 4-
5 campaigns on other niches since then, and none of them have come
close to this one. I guess that is the hit or miss aspect of this.
However, I am finding some ways to narrow it down enough to find
more hits than misses.
One of the little pieces of advice I found was to focus on general,
one-word terms for the 1st round... and focus on those that are
high priced “sell” items, where you will have larger companies, with
nice, fat advertising budgets, that are willing to pay those high bids on
keywords.
Once you have identified a group of 5-10 high paying keywords
for that niche, you go to round 2 of the research. Make note of how
high or low the search returns are for those words. The higher the
search return result, the better your chances at some good traffic.
Round 2 of the research - In my case, I have Article Miner to develop
the article I am going to use for a campaign. I will run an article
search to find articles that match the keyword criteria of the high
Brad’s Comments:
Several questions were asked about the exact steps being used
to find these profitable keywords using Keyword Elite. Mike
responds to this below…
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paying keywords... exact matches in terms of keyword density. I try
to post articles with no less than 5% keyword density.
Since my premise here is going after targeted, PPC traffic, I am not
concerned about the issue of duplicated content, since I am not
primarily concerned with getting the page indexed.
In regards to the template - I have a basic template which I designed
and developed, that I use for all of the articles.
All I have to do to the template is modify the META’s for the
keywords (The high paying ones I found in round 1). I am still
tweaking the final ad placements, otherwise I would provide a sample
of the template to you, which I have no problem doing.
I am running [a high conversion] on Adsense with the current
template, which is a good number (real good based on some models I
am seeing...) but, I think it could be a little bit better.
Next step: I go ahead and set up a sub domain that matches
or closely matches the primary keyword of the article, keeping
in mind the restrictions of the length of the display URL in Adwords.
I load up the article as quickly as possible, so that it has a chance to
get noticed by Google Media bot and start getting ads quickly, so I
can ascertain if the correct type of ads are going to post.
Brad’s Comments:
The Google Media Bot is simply Google’s “program” that crawls
websites that contain Google Adsense ads. This program scans
the page and then figures out which ads are the most relevant
for the content listed on the web page.
Brad’s Comments:
Michael will actually reveal the basic template he’s using for
these Arbitrage articles, a bit later in this report…
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Using this method, I usually start to see relevant ads almost
immediately; however, I have had one or two that start showing ads
that have nothing to do with the article, or the keywords. I have
found that it is MUCH better to determine if this going to be a
problem before I start up the Adwords ads, cause I don’t want to
waste any money on ads that are not going to pay me.
I am finding the same thing as you in terms of the projected value of
keywords, vs. actual payout. I am coming to the conclusion that the
promise of a high payout is rather elusive, though not impossible.
Based on how I understand the escalating bids on a keyword, for the
number 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. spots. That, when the “highest” paying bidder
drops out - the person in the # 2 position becomes the high bidder,
without a change in the pricing. If nobody is going to get into a
bidding war over a keyword, then the highest price you get isn’t the
one you might see in the search results.
Bottom line I think is; obtaining the highest payout on Adsense is
subject to some variables which you have absolutely NO control
over, like:
1. Whose ad you are showing, and what ad got clicked on.
2. Was that ad in the # 1, 2, 3, 4 spot?
3. Did the advertiser in the highest position pull ads out of rotation
because their ad budget ran out?
And that’s just a few - but you see what I mean by NO control? For
the record - I am making every cent of this money on 5 cent
Adwords ads, and the clicks are paying on average approx. 15-18
cents per click.
That’s still a 1 to 3 spread - no matter how much your making. I’ll
take it. Now don’t get me wrong - I would love to see that go up
higher - much much higher. But - I refuse to get greedy in this and
screw up. Like I said in my first post - I am out of work, and if I am
able to make up a 76K salary by doing 15 cents a click - you can bet
I am going to do it in the most stable and long lasting way possible.
Anyway - that’s what I am doing in a nutshell. Hope that helps some.
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Post Summary:
He found this main niche doing a 1000 keyword set in
project 1.
Then he took the keyword phrase and broke it down between
project 1 and project 2 in Keyword Elite, to develop a keyword
list to use in Adwords.
He advises to focus on general, one-word terms for the 1st
round... and then focus on those that are high priced “sell” items,
where you will have larger companies, with nice, fat advertising
budgets, that are willing to pay higher bids on keywords.
He then uses Article Miner to develop the article for a
campaign. He’ll run an article search to find articles that
match the keyword criteria of the high paying
keywords... exact matches in terms of keyword density,
and tried to find articles with no less than 5% keyword
density. Again, you can use other tools for this purpose,
OR you can simply write your own article.
He’s not concerned about the issue of duplicated content, since
he’s not trying to get free search engine traffic to these article
pages.
His Adsense CTR is very high, but it’s against Google’s
TOS to say exactly how high.
Next, he sets up a subdomain that matches or closely
matches the primary keyword of the article, keeping in mind
the restrictions of the length of the display URL in Adwords.
And finally he uploads the article to his server right away, to
allow Google’s media bot to quickly visit the web page and serve
up related ads.
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Post #7 (October 25)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Well - for the arbitrage model - I think I have found I prefer the
single page approach - and focus my Adwords resources on that
page.
I believe that the more pages you have serving ads - the more likely
you are to deplete the ad resource... and - there is no guarantee that
your prime ads will be on your front page, particularly if all your
subsequent pages are optimized exactly alike.
You could create a campaign in Adwords, then create sub groups
under each campaign, one group for each focused group of keywords.
Your ads would reflect those specific keywords only, and then you
would point each group to a separate page.
In this case, you can make sure each of your pages is optimized for
one separate, high paying keyword each. Then serve ‘em up and split
out the traffic as many ways as you have pages. The key is not to
have overlapping keywords, make each group targeted, and make
sure the ads and landing pages are equally targeted for the specific
keywords.
In my current layout - I am running two blocks of 336 x 280, side by
side, above the fold, with the float alignment set to left align, so that
some of the leading text of the article blends in on the right side of
the 2nd block of ads.
I am also using 1 link set in the upper right corner to mimic a
navigation field. I am purposely NOT using all 3 eligible ad blocks
that Google allows, so that the ads that are being served are of a
higher quality. Sometimes, less is more.
Brad’s Comments:
A question was asked in the forum, if Michael sends people via
Adwords to his homepage and then just has a bunch of articles
containing Adsense set up on his website, OR if he send people
directly to 1 specific web page containing the Adsense ads…
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I can’t tell for sure, but it looks like that link set is getting
me somewhere between 5-15 dollars everyday.
As for Article Miner - you are correct; it is no longer being sold.
Anyway - its getting late here, about 11:15pm my time... and oh yeah
- last update of the day - as of right now - I am up to $142.00 on
Adsense, against a $41.00 spent on Adwords.
Have a good night -
Michael
Post Summary:
He prefers the single page approach where he creates 1
targeted Adsense article page and sends traffic to that page only,
rather than sending the traffic to his homepage and then filtering
it to various article pages throughout the website.
He is running two blocks of 336 x 280, side by side, above the
fold, with the float alignment set to left align, so that some of the
leading text of the article blends in on the right side of the 2nd
block of ads.
He is also using 1 link set in the upper right corner to mimic a
navigation field, and says that he purposely is NOT using all 3
eligible ad blocks that Google allows, so that the ads that are
being served are of a higher quality.
At the end of the day, he is up to $142.00 on Adsense, against a
$41.00 spent on Adwords.
Brad’s Comments:
As I mentioned before, the Article Miner software really isn’t
that important for Google Arbitrage. You just need a way to
create OR write up a GOOD article, with truly valuable
content. Then slap up some Google Adsense ads, and away you
go.
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Post #8 (October 25)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Good morning!
As for the article miner issue: I would not give up so fast. First of all,
you have an option here to create an article per keyword right here
in KE. And, you could take your route of finding an alternative
software to do this, and if you are going to do that, check out Brad’s
brother Matt’s offer of Hypervre - you can get the fully functional
software for free at www.hypervre.com.
I have used it - the software is a very good program, particularly for
free. My only complaint about it is that the articles it pulls from the
keywords are not keyword dense enough for me. But - that’s just me.
Bottom line - explore your options - don’t give up on that.
And hey - it’s never too late - there is always another niche,
somewhere that you can exploit. Just gotta do it.
See ya -
Michael
Post Summary:
He suggests some other article creation alternatives like the
article generator in Keyword Elite, or HyperVRE’s article
generator. But, remember, you can always manually just search
Google for free articles to use, or write your own article.
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Post #10 (October 30)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi Khaldoun -
In response -
Overall, yes - You got the general idea spot on correct.
Question 1: In KE, how many results do you generally ask it to
return for you?
Answer: I generally start my research with 1000 keywords based on
the original keyword.
Question 2: Lets say I have a website called www.website.com .
Now, to setup your particular article page, it will probably be,
www.website.com/articlepage.html for example, right?
Answer: That is correct.
Question 3: My next question will be, what about the main page
(www.website.com)
What would be the best thing to put on it? Would it be just a generic
content page?
Answer: Basically, I find a high keyword density article that is
targeted for the keyword I am trying to get Adsense ads on. The
content is specific, but, you are correct, I am not selling anything
directly.
I add a link into the page that gives the opportunity to go to a site to
get whatever it is that they are looking for, based on the keyword.
Brad’s Comments:
A question was asked by forum member “Khaldoun” whether or
not he understoof exactly what Michael was doing to earn
money… Below, in the numbered area you’ll see the questions
asked by Khaldoun, as well as Michael’s direct response to each
question…
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The quality of the content is fairly high. With this outbound link I just
described - the page meets Google’s TOS. So - everybody is happy, I
hope!
Good luck to you on your endeavor - and do what I did with my
wife - show her your work, show her the results, and get her
involved in helping you find niches. If she is involved in the success of
this, she may not feel so inclined to question it.
Michael
Post Summary:
He generally uses Keyword Elite to generate a list of 1,000
keywords.
A sample article page might be called:
www.domain.com/MainKeyword.html
The homepage of the website would just contain a very “broad”
keyword related to his main keyword. The page would not sell
anything directly.
He makes sure to include at least 1 outbound link on the
Adsense article page to comply to Google’s TOS. This is very
important. You MUST create a quality article with truly valuable
content, so that the person clicking on your Adwords ad is taken
to a page (your page) that actually gives them what they were
looking for. Do not, and I repeat, do not just create a crappy
article page or your Adwords ad will be disabled.
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Post #11 (November 4)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi -
Thanks for your response. I can promise you that I am certain
Google knows about me, and what I am doing. So - I really can’t
explain intelligently why Google is allowing this. I don’t get the huge
money clicks - which is fine.
I am maintaining a spread of approx. 2.5 -1 / 3 -1 in terms of what I
spend on advertising vs. what I am making on Adsense, and I can
absolutely work with that all day long! On average, I am spending
2-3 cents per Adwords click, and earning 15-24 cents per
Adsense click.
The math takes into account Adwords clicks that do not translate
into Adsense profits... Still - the math works out pretty good for me.
For those keeping up with this thread - I have been breaking
$200.00 per day with this one page site since last Sunday. I’ve
closed out October after 15 days of running this experiment having
made a little over $1300.00 in Adsense on one page for 15 days.
This week, I have started to diversify a bit and incorporate some
Clickbank affiliate sales into the mix, again, using KE to get my
keywords together, and find the exact ones I want to use in my
campaigns. I cannot say enough good things about your tool Brad.
Brad’s Comments:
A few forum members proceeded to ask Michael if he’s sure that
he’s not breaking any Google rules by doing this. They’d heard
that Google has cracked down on the Arbitrage model. Michael
responds by saying that what he’s doing is well above the typical
Arbitrage model. The model that Google WILL shut down is one
that creates completely irrelevant, crappy content pages with no
outbound links or value… with the addition of a few Adsense
ads. This is the model that is against Google’s TOS and will not
work, whereas Michael’s method does follow Google TOS.
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So - My plan now is to go legit, and incorporate sometime in
the next week or so. I think I have a realistic chance of pulling
down no less than 6K with Adsense this month. I can absolutely
attest to the fact that NONE of this would have been realistic
without the help and performance of Keyword Elite.
Michael
Post Summary:
Michael confirms that what he is doing follows Google’s TOS.
He broke the $200 per day mark last Sunday.
He’s made a little over $1,300 in Adsense in only 15 days since
he started.
Plans to pull in $6,000 in Adsense earnings this month.
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Post #12 (November 6)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi -
Yes - still only using content network for this particular site. Doing
combos of search and content on a couple of other candidates I am
testing at the moment.
In response to Google taking my $$$ - I am equally happy to take
theirs as well... LOL - and right now the spread is absolutely in my
favor.
I try to keep my content quality high, and my keyword density high. I
have at least one outbound link on the page other than the Adsense
ads, to keep everything in compliance with the TOS.
I do not use images on the page at all. I am achieving CTR on the
Adsense side consistently above [percentage removed to satisfy
Google TOS] percent each day. There are no incentives placed on the
page. Pure blending and placement only. It is just a plain - 1 page site
with no bells and whistles...
Michael
Post Summary:
Keeps content quality high. Keyword Density high, and places at
least 1 outbound link on the page to conform to Google’s TOS.
Does not use any images on the page. Does not include any
incentive to click on Adsense ad.
The page is plain white and contains no bells and whistles. Just
good, solid content, along with well placed Adsense ads.
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Post #13 (November 6)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi Tony -
I see the content network as being integral to the success of this
particular campaign. I cannot fully explain why it has worked out so
well - but, I am not looking the gift horse in the mouth either.
The ad is generally like any other ad you might create - nothing out
of the ordinary. I got my ideas for the creatives after purchasing Perry
Marshall’s course on “Definitive Adwords“. An excellent course.
Thanks,
Michael
Post Summary:
Confirms that the content network is an important part of his
success.
States that his Adwords ads are optimized using ideas learned
from Perry Marshall’s Definitive Guide To Google Adwords.
Brad’s Comments:
A question was asked if Michael thought the content network
was important to his success…
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Post #14 (November 9)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi -
Yes - my campaign is still doing very well, thanks very much for
asking! I am averaging approx. $150 - $200 each day on the
initial campaign I started back on 10/16. I have 3 others that are
strung off the main campaign each earning anywhere from $3 - $10
per day as well.
I see no end in sight in terms of the traffic levels I am getting, so all
looks well at this point. I will be coming up on the 30 day mark in 1
week. My plans are to self incorporate next week to get some of the
tax advantages, as I am already getting ready to clear $3000.00 in
Adsense earnings probably on Saturday or Sunday since I started this
on 10/16.
I am also beginning to use other aspects of KE to run some
trial affiliate campaigns selling some Clickbank stuff. I don’t think
a lot of people truly understand the awesome power of these tools
in KE for tracking competition campaigns and such.
I am just now working it all out, and the more I see and learn, the
more I am truly in awe. This is some dangerous stuff in the right
hands! At any rate, I am using KE, plus some of the tactics from
Affiliate Project X, combined with the Perry Marshall tactics for
Adwords creative copy, and keyword use, and so far the results are:
3 clicks - total cost, 0.37 cents. 1 sale - profit - $23.00
LOL - it’s hilarious - but - that’s a heck of a profit on 37 cents. I will
take it any day... and the campaign itself is not even 24 hours old yet.
I saw what you said about the Google Bot nuking ad sites. Gonna go
back and read the article you embedded in the post shortly.
Brad’s Comments:
A question was asked if Michael was still having success, since his
last post, 3 days ago…
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I think I will be ok in regards to this issue, I have been doing some
extensive research on this, and for the most part, I believe that
Google is targeting arbitrage sites that are mainly set up with little or
no content, no outbound links, and essentially a page full of Adsense
ads. I have gone to some lengths to ensure my pages are meeting the
TOS and as far as I can see, they do.
Google is aware of my pages, and so far, they have been
actually very helpful when I have had questions or concerns.
Hopefully - they will leave me be and let me grow old and rich.
See ya -
Michael
Post Summary:
He is now averaging $150-$200 per day in Adsense earnings.
He is getting ready to clear $3,000 in Adsense earnings thus far.
Beginning to use Keyword Elite, in Conjunction with Affiliate
Project X, and Perry Marshall’s Adwords Guide to earn more
money using different strategies, and has earned $23 thus far
using those methods.
He is keeping regular tabs on Google’s TOS to make sure he’s
following them to the T.
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Post #15 (November 11)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Sven -
That video you posted is an excellent source of information on the
problem that needs to be tackled. It further solidifies in my mind that
my approach to this is totally, 100 percent legitimate, falls completely
within the Google TOS and Guidelines.
AND - most importantly - that I am providing relevant, useful
information to my customers, and that the ads I am running to get
them to these pages are also completely legitimate and not
misleading, nor are they of the bait and switch variety.
In order to prove my point about the legitimacy of what I am doing -
and - to answer several people who have written me asking me for
examples of my template that I am using - I am going to show all of
you a clear example of my approach.
Before I give the URL to the site I am going to show you - Keep
these things in mind:
1. My content is original - it is not scraped, and it is not from
a content generator.
2. My Adsense ad usage is very minimal- and totally blends into the
content.
3. As you will see - I am using NO incentives to click my ads
4. All of my pages, including the one I am about to show you - have at
least one outbound link that is not an Adsense or sponsored link ad.
So, here is the website I want to show you. This is one of my actual
niche sites. Before you freak - LOL - it is one that is not giving me a
Brad’s Comments:
A forum member posted a nice video explaining the entire
Adwords abuse problems that Google is facing and combating.
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whole lot of traffic right now, and - it is not a niche that is unknown. I
just wanted to try it out and see how it did.
In fact it is a very well known niche in PLR circles, one that involves
migraine headaches. So - I am not too concerned about anyone
seeing this page.
The address to see the page and my template is: [Click Here To Visit
The Page]
This is not the actual URL of the page as I display it - I will keep that
to myself for obvious reasons - hope you understand... Since the
setup is new - the ads may or may not show completely, but the main
ad display is a 336 x 280 rectangle in case it is not fully displaying.
I welcome any comments or critiques on the page.
Thanks -
Michael
Post Summary:
Excellent video explaining what you should not be doing when
using the Adwords system, was posted.
A sample of Michael’s template was given. You can check it out
here.
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Post #16 (November 19)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hello everyone!
Well - It’s been a while since I have posted here with my updates. I
have been very busy working my sites, and building new ones as well.
The success of my original site has continued to skyrocket, and
new ones are beginning to flourish as well.
It is truly amazing to me still that all of this works!
I have had several requests here from fellow forum users to give
updates, provide assistance, and, while I wish I could reach out to all
individually, I am finding that the time I have is increasingly limited due
to the nature of this fantastic success! So - Here is what I would like
to do:
I am looking to see what kind of interest those of you in the forum
would have in regards to signing up for a newsletter I want to start.
This newsletter would be dedicated to providing information and
assistance on how I am using Keyword Elite and other tools in
conjunction with my adwords/adsense arbitrage business.
If we find that there is enough interest, and I believe there will be -
this newsletter is ready to kick off- and we can have the first edition
out and ready for you to read within a couple of days!
So - here is the deal - If you are interested, please go to the page
listed below, and sign up now to get on the list to receive the
newsletter. If you know of anyone outside of the forum who might be
interested in this, please take a moment to let them know about this.
Brad’s Comments:
Michael’s most recent forum post is included below. He’s been
busy adding new campaigns and keywords via his “rinse and
repeat” Arbitrage method, so he’s been away from the forum for
a little over a week. He updates us on his progress below.
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Here is the signup page:
[Click Here To Visit Free Signup Page]
I look forward to seeing all of you there, and - thanks for your
interest and support so far!
Michael
Post Summary:
Michael states that his earnings are continuing to “skyrocket”
and he’s amazed how easy all of this has been. Go figure
He mentions that he’s started up a newsletter where he’ll be
sending out updates on his progress, as well as how he’s using
Keyword Elite to assist him.
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Conclusion
So there you have it! You've learned how one person with very little,
to no experience with Google Arbitrage is making a very handsome
sum of money using the exact tactics outlined in this case study.
Lastly, I want to mention that this strategy is working extremely well
for Michael and others. Will it continue to work? That, I can't tell you.
Google has ultimate control over the Arbitrage technique. What I can
tell you is that, at the time of creating this case study, Google has
100% no problems with allowing Michael to run all of his Arbitrage
campaigns, so it would appear that he's safe. The best I can do is tell
you what's working well for others, but, ultimately, it's up to you to
decide if this strategy is right for you.
All the best,
Brad Callen
Bryxen Software, Inc.
http://www.keywordelite.com
http://www.seoelite.com
http://www.nicherevolution.com
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“Learn How Michael Plante
Made $4,515 In Adsense
Commission In Just Over
1 Month –With Absolutely
No Success In The Past!”
Keyword Elite Case Study #1
Keyword Elite User: Michael Plante
Earnings Method: Adsense Arbitrage
Keyword Elite
Case Study #1
Disclaimer: No portion of this report can be edited
and/or sold as an individual product.You may only brand
this report and/or give it away for free or as a bonus
along side one of your own products.
To the best of my knowlege, the information contained in
this report is true and accurate and was gathered from
personal experiences. In no way is Brad Callen, Bryxen
Software, Inc, or Michael Plante liable for any results of
using the information contained in this report.
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And here’s a screenshot of the small Adwords expenses that were
incurred to earn the $4,515.21 shown above:
I don’t know about you, but I’ll gladly trade $1,150.17 for $4,515.21
any day of the week!
I don’t want to waste any time with “filler”, but before I can dive into
the meat of this special Case Study, I need to lay a bit of foundation
for you, so that you’ll understand the rest of the guide.
Ok, first thing’s first… Michael Plante made close to $5,000 from
Google Adsense. I’m going to assume that you know what Google
Adsense is. If not, go here to read about how you can earn money via
their system: https://www.google.com/adsense/
It’s basically Google’s way of displaying their “Adwords Ads” on other
websites (your websites) across the internet. Below is someone’s
website that is displaying Google Adsense ads. When a visitor clicks
on one of those ads, the owner of the website gets paid a small
percentage of the cost that the advertiser is paying Google for each
click. See below:
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Michael sent traffic to his website via Google Adwords (shown
below). These are the ads on the right hand side of Google that you
pay per click to receive traffic. See below:
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So, essentially, Michael set up an article on his website that displayed
high paying Adsense ads. He then sent visitors to that page via
Google Adwords for less money than he was earning from Google
Adsense.
This method of generating Adsense income is called “Google
Arbitrage”. So there’s your solid foundation. Let’s get to the meat
already…
Recently, a forum post popped up in the Keyword Elite member’s
forum. A user stated they were testing out a method of making
money with Google Adsense, in conjunction with Google Adwords.
The post sounded very intriguing to me. While I had heard and
dabbled a bit with the technique mentioned in the post, it intrigued
me because the post was basically a well structured test. The word I
want you to note is “test”. I’m quite a testing fanatic, so when I hear
that someone is running an actual test and is planning on sharing
their results; I’m all ears… every time, and you should be as well.
Anyway, several days went by and I noticed that the user was posting
his progress very regularly in the forum and was achieving incredible
results. So, this is the basis for the special report/case study that
you’re about to read.
Pay close attention because the strategies in this report are real…
NOT theory. This is a real test, ran by a real person, who has gotten
and is still getting fantastic, real results. There’s nothing better than
this folks.
This report will be a bit different than any other report you’ve read
in the past. I have simply copied and pasted Michael’s entire strategy
into this report. These are his exact words that came directly from
the Keyword Elite member’s forum, and not my paraphrasing, to
ensure that you’re getting everything you need to start profiting using
this method.
I have included my comments throughout the report. My comments
will appear within blue tables and within summary boxes at the end
of each of Michael's forum posts.
Let’s get started…
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Post #1 (October 19)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi to all:
My first post here in the forum - thought I would wait and see what I
could do first before I came out and said anything...
So - without further delay, let me tell you a little about what I am
attempting with KE. I am working an Adsense “arbitrage”
methodology of a sort - probably not the most scientific of methods,
but pretty basic and simple. I will say that, prior to performing this
test; I was making basically ZERO on Adsense ads on my
websites.
Over the last couple of years, I have found Adsense to be a lot like
war - long periods of no activity punctuated by moments of sheer
terror. Now - I think I have been able to put the terror in
perspective - and make something happen... and not in the way that I
had expected, nor that you might think... read on...
4 days ago, on October 16, I started looking for a particular niche to
work. For obvious reasons, I will not share the exact niche, but, I will
say that it exists in the world of software.
I used KE to develop some keyword listings for this niche, using
project 1, and then ran them thru project # 2 to get some basic
information down about searches, CPC, and number of Google
Adwords campaigns.
Without going through the obvious details - I developed a list of
about 10-15 high paying keywords in this niche, and from that
point - used an article generating software I own to produce a
keyword specific article for some of these high paying keywords. My
keyword density in this article is somewhere in the neighborhood
of 6%.
I posted this article on a domain I already own, under a subdirectory
named after the high paying keyword. I did this for the purpose of
seeing how it would play with people who see the Adwords ads I set
up for this particular experimental niche.
I set up 2 – 336 x 280 boxes across the top of the fold, under the
title and author lines, and side by side, blended into the background. I
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have another 728 x 90 banner across the bottom of the article, for
those who need something to do after they read the entire thing... (if
you get that far... lol). I optimized the page for this particular group of
high paying keywords... and I was ready to go on the Adsense end.
Now for Adwords: I created 3 separate lists of 1,000 keywords
each - from variations of the main keyword, to populate my keywords
in Adwords. I set the price on these keywords at 0.05 per click... Of
course, most of them came up wanting more of a minimum bid to
activate. But for the time being - I had enough keywords active to
start the experiment.
The first thing I wanted to see was - how much was Adsense going
to pay me for those clicks on the ads on my page. Based on the
expected results in KE, I had anticipated a payout of approx. 60 cents
- $2.00 per click. What I have found in reality is that Adsense is paying
me consistently at 20 cents per click, more or less...
Now - I don’t know if this is the exception or the rule, but - I have
always read that using the content ads in Adwords was not really a
good idea... but - I started to use them anyway in order to keep my
cost per click down to around 3 cents - 4 cents a click.
So - to make a long story longer, here are the results of the
last 4 days:
Day 1 - 15 impressions - 4 clicks....33 cents total (I started late in
the evening on this...lol)
Day 2 - 95 impressions - 37 clicks....$4.34 total (1st full day in
operation)
Day 3 - 128 impressions - 52 clicks....$7.32 total
Today - 485 impressions - 202 clicks - $32.01 total (with approx. 8
hours left to go in Google’s day before change over to Friday totals -
I am expecting this to clear $37.00 by the end of the day)
The conversion rates on all days have been middle double digits…
Now with the exception of maybe 1 or 2 clicks on day 1 - every
single click and impression I got came from content ads in Google -
absolutely none of them are coming from search ads.
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When I look at the Adwords side of things, I am seeing that approx.
50 percent of my clicks on Adwords are converting into the clicks on
Adsense. I guess I am trying to get a sense of whether this is good,
great - or should be improved upon.... please advise.
I was running 2 ads - both getting approximately 50 percent of
clicks. I removed the one getting the lesser of the 2 totals, and am
now only running 1 ad. Since making this move, the clicks have greatly
improved on the Adsense side. I did this earlier today and will stay in
this mode for a minute.
My question on this is - Given the monthly searches for this niche,
and the various keywords associated with it, should I expect to see
this level out at some point - and settle down to a somewhat
consistent dollar amount each day that I can count on?
Also - has anyone tried doubling their ads in Adsense to get a bigger
share of the overall AdWords clicks, and double your gain more
profits from this one niche in Adsense?
Any comments or questions - greatly appreciated. And Brad - You
have truly hit a homerun with this software. The truly funny part
about this is - I still have not quite figured out the part about parsing
out good Adwords keywords at 5-10 cents per click. Anyone who can
help me on that would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks -
Michael
Brad’s comments:
Notice how Michael is asking questions to the other forum
members? At this point, he’s just beginning his tests and you can
tell that he is clearly not very experienced with the whole
Arbitrage method. A real testament, and solid proof, that even a
beginner can make the arbitrage method work. I’ve purposely
left in ALL of Michael’s comments, as I didn’t want to only give
you part of the “story”.
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Post Summary:
- He used Keyword Elite to create a keyword list for his specific niche.
Then he ran them through project 2 of Keyword Elite to get basic Pay
Per Click information to know how many clicks he could expect, as
well as roughly how much he would earn per Adsense click.
- He created a list of about 10 to 15 high paying Adsense keywords in
the niche he found.
- He then used an article generating software to produce a keyword
specific article revolving around those high paying keywords. He tried
to get a keyword density, with his main keyword, of about 6% for the
article.
- He set up 2 – 336 x 280 boxes across the top of the fold, under the
title and author lines, and side by side, blended into the background.
And added another 728 x 90 banner across the bottom of the article.
- He uploaded the article to a sub domain he already owned, under a
sub directory named after the high paying keyword. He did this to help
ensure that Google displayed related Adsense ads on his page.
- He created 3 separate lists of 1,000 keywords each - from variations
of the main keyword, to add to his Adwords account, in order to drive
traffic to his Adsense article page. He set the price on those keywords
to 0.05 per click
- The 4 day results of his initial test are as follows:
Day 1 - 15 impressions - 4 clicks... 33 cents total
Day 2 - 95 impressions - 37 clicks... $4.34 total
Day 3 - 128 impressions - 52 clicks... $7.32 total
Today - 485 impressions - 202 clicks - $32.01 total (with approx. 8
hours left to go in Google’s day before change over to Friday totals –
and he’s expecting this to clear $37.00 by the end of the day)
- The conversion rates on all days hover around middle double digits.
- Nearly every click and impression he got to his Adsense article came
from content ads in Google, which means the traffic is all coming from
other people’s websites that are displaying Adsense ads on their
websites. None of his traffic is coming from google.com directly.
- Roughly 50% of his Adwords clicks are converting to Adsense clicks,
which is very high.
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Post #2 (October 19)
Forum Username: mikeronet
I forgot to mention - for the purpose of information - that my
Adwords cost have maintained at 50 percent of the amount
made in Adsense. Approx. 1 - 1.5 dollars in profit after each dollar
of Adwords expense is paid.
What’s the saying- spend a dollar to make a dollar? Hmmmmmm…
Not bad in my book....
Post Summary:
He has earned roughly 1 to 1 and a half times what he’s
spending.
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Post #3 (October 19)
Forum Username: mikeronet
I had said I expected to end up around $37 for the day - I am
currently at $40.82 with 3 hours left to go before Google end of
day... Cost associated with Adwords is at $21.00.
Adding another update 1 hour later - now up to $43.50 and still
rising with 2.5 hours left in the Google day...
Michael
Post Summary:
He estimated $37.00 in earnings on day 1, but actually ended up
earning $40.82, with a cost of only $21.00
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Post #4 (October 20)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi -
I am using Article Miner... Database of over 250k in articles, so, never
short on good subject matter.
I guess I am asking these questions because - while the numbers
seem to be impressive -my question is - will they sustain?
Oh - the day ended at $50.13. Today started out 3 times higher
at 6:30am than it was at 6:30am yesterday in terms of Adsense
amount. Conversions are up as well from 0.83 to 1.44 today in
Adwords clicks, and up approx. 5 percent in Adsense from yesterday.
If the trend continues, I am expecting that I might clear $100 -
$125 today. It is 11:30am here and I am already up to $15...
Yesterday, I was at $13.00 at 3pm my time... so - looks like it might
be another good day...
Brad’s Comments:
Notice more questions being asked to the other forum
members…
Brad’s Comments:
A forum member had asked what article creation software
Michael used to create his article. While it’s not really that
important what program you use to create the article, you
basically just need to be able to create an article that revolves
entirely around the high paying Adsense keyword that you
choose. This might not make sense right now, but keep reading
and you’ll understand by the end of this report.
Tip: Keyword Elite actually has a built in article miner program
that can search article directories for related articles, based on a
keyword search.
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I also decided to try another experiment with this particular niche, a
variation of one I saw in the Project X Affiliate eBook, where he talks
about having duplicate ads competing against one another to further
increase his sales.
I figured the same theory could apply to competing Adsense sites as
well. So - In the original campaign, I was running 2 distinct ads
yesterday - each one consistently getting 48-50 percent of the
views (even with ad optimization turned on), with strong conversions
on both.
Today - I decided to duplicate the one page article to another
domain, and duplicate the ad campaign with the 2nd of the two ads,
so that both ads will now get 100 percent exposure instead of
50 percent.
Now the interesting note about this particular ad - I set it up late last
night - and through this morning, before I split the two ad campaigns
out - this particular ad was still getting as many clicks as the other
ad, but from HALF the impressions.
So - make note to self - must be doing something right with the ad
copy. From what I have been reading on the Google site, to get
conversions in content ads this high means the copy is hitting a real
nerve with the reader somewhere along the line, because most
content ads are not that highly targeted.
So - I am pitting one against the other with slight variations in the
amount paid for each click, so that they are not competing in the
exact same positions, but rather one right behind the other.
Other than that, the campaign keywords, and configuration are
identical. Next phase will be to duplicate the page again, but
this time with a totally different set of keywords. I will probably
tackle that sometime over the weekend, or 1st of next week, after
this set has had a few days to test out and run.
I am thinking this might have some potentially interesting outcome.
Any advice?
Michael
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Oh yeah - I wanted to add this little note of personal satisfaction: I
am sure a lot of folks out here, like myself, have been stabbing at
Adsense for a while now, with little or no success. My wife has
watched me come up with the next “brilliant plan” for a couple of
years now - and - well, you know the rest.
Well - I finally got up the nerve to show her this new “brilliant idea”
last night - she did not know about it during the first few days - I
wanted to confirm the numbers before I showed her.
When I explained it, and then showed her what I was doing - and the
resultant numbers, both for cost and profit - she was shocked. Totally
shocked. When I started breaking down monthly potential, and then
added in the formula of “rinse and repeat” to the equation -
she almost hit the floor at the potential of what I could
potentially achieve doing this.
Post Summary:
He is using Article Miner software, which has a database of over
250k in articles, so, never short on good subject matter.
His previous day ended up making $50.13 in Adsense.
The following day started out 3 times higher at 6:30am than it
was at 6:30am yesterday in terms of Adsense amount.
Conversion rate is up from .83% to 1.44% in Adwords clicks, and
up 5% in Adsense conversions, so the split testing must have
worked.
He tried a tip outlined in a very good eBook called Project X
Affiliate eBook
Shared his idea/results with his wife and she also became very
excited about the scalability of Google Arbitrage using Keyword
Elite.
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Post #5 (October 24)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi again everyone - Several days ago, I posted the preliminary results
of my first real experiment with KE - doing Adsense Arbitrage...
Anyway - the niche I am working is very VERY rich. And even
though I have been mining this for a week now - I am still tapping it
like it was brand new...
Anyway - with just ONE Page so far set up with this method in
Adsense, and running some ads in Adwords, my results have been as
follows: (first few days are approx. dollar totals, as I don’t have them
in front of me at the time of writing this)
Day 1 - started the campaign - made approx. 33 cents.
Day 2 - First full day - approx. $4.00
Day 3 - approx. $9.00
Day 4 - approx. $35.00
Day 5 - approx. $50.00
Day 6 - approx. $39.00 (So far, my only fall-back day, but still a good
one!)
Day 7 - approx. $62.00
Day 8 - approx. $102.00
Day 9 - (yesterday) - $113.00
Today is Day 10. I am already at $65 and it is only noon EST where
I am.
Brad’s Comments:
Really take note of how each day shows a big increase in
earnings.
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The real reason I am posting this today, besides the obvious reason
of showing just how powerful KE can be on just ONE project, I am
also here to tell you that, for the most part, in the first 9 days as
described above, even though this money looks good - I have been
running a very sloppy campaign on the Adwords side. A real
rookie effort.
I spent the money this morning to get the Perry Marshall book that
Brad has talked about - “The Definitive Guide to Adwords“. I bought
the basic level, $49.00.
I did this because I am not new to Adwords at all, just have never
mastered it. Folks - if you are doing anything with Adwords - GET
THIS PACKAGE.
If you don’t, I am here to tell you - you are flushing money down the
toilet!
Since getting this package early this morning - I have made a few
tweaks to the campaign that has demonstrated a significant CTR rate
on the Adwords side. Once this takes full effect today - I full expect
that this one niche will deliver no less than $200.00 per day -
EVERY DAY, for quite some time, barring variables that I can tell
you are not related to the niche.
This niche is very strong, long-lasting, and I have absolutely no doubt
that the necessity for this niche will be around for a long long time.
So - the only factors I have to really worry about are maintaining
my good standing with Adwords and Adsense, so that my
accounts stay open and profitable.
Oh yeah - for those of you who may have followed my last post: You
may remember that I said that I was getting 100 percent of my
traffic from the content side of Adwords - absolutely no search
returns from the search network side. As of today - that is still the
case.
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This is due to a number of factors, chief among them is the pricing to
activate the keywords. However; what I am discovering today is,
because of my optimization efforts of the Adwords campaign, the
relevancy of the ads, the landing page, and the keywords is starting to
have the secondary effect of ad impressions from the search
network, something I have had none of since I started.
When I saw this a couple of hours ago - I almost dropped out of my
chair, because I have stuck hard and fast to my pricing models, to
ensure my profit.
So - not only am I getting this fantastic and seemingly never ending
supply of traffic from the content network, now I am seeing that
there is a possibility of the search network kicking in, which will only
add to the total number of clicks I am getting, and the cost per click
will not go up 1 cent.
Anyway - the last part of this update is: Since day 2, my CTR on
the Adsense side of this experiment has remained
[consistent] throughout.
My costs are roughly 1 dollar spent on Adwords for every 2-4
dollars made in Adsense profit.
Brad’s Comments:
The “Content Side” Michael is referring to is simply the Google
“content network” which are basically other webmasters
displaying Google Adsense on their websites, like the Adsense
example I showed you on page 3 of this report.
Google also displays their Adwords ads on their website
(www.google.com) AND the “search network”, which consist of
other PPC search engines like:
American Online (AOL)
AT&T Worldnet
AskJeeves
CompuServe
Earthlink
Netscape Netcenter
Shopping.com
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I think this might just be working.
I don’t think I mentioned this in the last post - but - back on August
18, 2006, I was laid off my job - in the corporate IT world, after a
career in this field for 24 years. With this effort I am currently
performing, I project that I will make up my $76,000 per year salary
when I am making approx. $280.00 per day with this. The numbers I
am making now are enough to cover my monthly bills, So - you can
bet that this morning - I am NOT missing the corporate world ONE
DAMN BIT!
Brad - your comments last week were very motivational - and much
appreciated.
Sincerely,
Michael Plante
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Post Summary:
Results thus far:
Day 1 - Started the campaign - made approx. 33 cents.
Day 2 - First full day - approx. $4.00
Day 3 - approx. $9.00
Day 4 - approx. $35.00
Day 5 - approx. $50.00
Day 6 - approx. $39.00
Day 7 - approx. $62.00
Day 8 - approx. $102.00
Day 9 - (yesterday) - $113.00
Today is Day 10 and he is already at $65 and it is only noon
EST where he lives.
Purchased the Perry Marshall book “The Definitive Guide to
Adwords“ for $49 in hopes of helping increase Adwords click
through rate, and it seems to be working very well for him.
Was getting 100% of traffic from Google Content Network, but
because of his optimization efforts of the Adwords campaign, the
relevancy of the ads, the landing page, and the keywords it is
starting to have the secondary effect of ad impressions from the
search network also.
Adsense CTR of this experiment has remained very high
throughout.
Costs are roughly $1.00 spent on Adwords for every $2.00 -
$4.00 made in Adsense profit.
Was recently laid off of his corporate job making around
$76,000 a year, but is now projected to make that all back in
Adsense income, working from home!
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Post #6 (October 24)
Forum Username: mikeronet
LOL - Well - I laid out the basics of the process in the last post - as
far as the method of using KE to search a niche I was interested in.
The initial niche was very general in terms, surrounding something
involving software. Using KE, I found this particular niche doing
a 1000 keyword set in project 1.
From that point - just took that keyword phrase, broke it down
between project 1 and project 2, and developed a keyword list
that I could use to set up the ads in Adwords.
Now - to your point about starting up... I have probably started up 4-
5 campaigns on other niches since then, and none of them have come
close to this one. I guess that is the hit or miss aspect of this.
However, I am finding some ways to narrow it down enough to find
more hits than misses.
One of the little pieces of advice I found was to focus on general,
one-word terms for the 1st round... and focus on those that are
high priced “sell” items, where you will have larger companies, with
nice, fat advertising budgets, that are willing to pay those high bids on
keywords.
Once you have identified a group of 5-10 high paying keywords
for that niche, you go to round 2 of the research. Make note of how
high or low the search returns are for those words. The higher the
search return result, the better your chances at some good traffic.
Round 2 of the research - In my case, I have Article Miner to develop
the article I am going to use for a campaign. I will run an article
search to find articles that match the keyword criteria of the high
Brad’s Comments:
Several questions were asked about the exact steps being used
to find these profitable keywords using Keyword Elite. Mike
responds to this below…
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paying keywords... exact matches in terms of keyword density. I try
to post articles with no less than 5% keyword density.
Since my premise here is going after targeted, PPC traffic, I am not
concerned about the issue of duplicated content, since I am not
primarily concerned with getting the page indexed.
In regards to the template - I have a basic template which I designed
and developed, that I use for all of the articles.
All I have to do to the template is modify the META’s for the
keywords (The high paying ones I found in round 1). I am still
tweaking the final ad placements, otherwise I would provide a sample
of the template to you, which I have no problem doing.
I am running [a high conversion] on Adsense with the current
template, which is a good number (real good based on some models I
am seeing...) but, I think it could be a little bit better.
Next step: I go ahead and set up a sub domain that matches
or closely matches the primary keyword of the article, keeping
in mind the restrictions of the length of the display URL in Adwords.
I load up the article as quickly as possible, so that it has a chance to
get noticed by Google Media bot and start getting ads quickly, so I
can ascertain if the correct type of ads are going to post.
Brad’s Comments:
The Google Media Bot is simply Google’s “program” that crawls
websites that contain Google Adsense ads. This program scans
the page and then figures out which ads are the most relevant
for the content listed on the web page.
Brad’s Comments:
Michael will actually reveal the basic template he’s using for
these Arbitrage articles, a bit later in this report…
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Using this method, I usually start to see relevant ads almost
immediately; however, I have had one or two that start showing ads
that have nothing to do with the article, or the keywords. I have
found that it is MUCH better to determine if this going to be a
problem before I start up the Adwords ads, cause I don’t want to
waste any money on ads that are not going to pay me.
I am finding the same thing as you in terms of the projected value of
keywords, vs. actual payout. I am coming to the conclusion that the
promise of a high payout is rather elusive, though not impossible.
Based on how I understand the escalating bids on a keyword, for the
number 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. spots. That, when the “highest” paying bidder
drops out - the person in the # 2 position becomes the high bidder,
without a change in the pricing. If nobody is going to get into a
bidding war over a keyword, then the highest price you get isn’t the
one you might see in the search results.
Bottom line I think is; obtaining the highest payout on Adsense is
subject to some variables which you have absolutely NO control
over, like:
1. Whose ad you are showing, and what ad got clicked on.
2. Was that ad in the # 1, 2, 3, 4 spot?
3. Did the advertiser in the highest position pull ads out of rotation
because their ad budget ran out?
And that’s just a few - but you see what I mean by NO control? For
the record - I am making every cent of this money on 5 cent
Adwords ads, and the clicks are paying on average approx. 15-18
cents per click.
That’s still a 1 to 3 spread - no matter how much your making. I’ll
take it. Now don’t get me wrong - I would love to see that go up
higher - much much higher. But - I refuse to get greedy in this and
screw up. Like I said in my first post - I am out of work, and if I am
able to make up a 76K salary by doing 15 cents a click - you can bet
I am going to do it in the most stable and long lasting way possible.
Anyway - that’s what I am doing in a nutshell. Hope that helps some.
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Post Summary:
He found this main niche doing a 1000 keyword set in
project 1.
Then he took the keyword phrase and broke it down between
project 1 and project 2 in Keyword Elite, to develop a keyword
list to use in Adwords.
He advises to focus on general, one-word terms for the 1st
round... and then focus on those that are high priced “sell” items,
where you will have larger companies, with nice, fat advertising
budgets, that are willing to pay higher bids on keywords.
He then uses Article Miner to develop the article for a
campaign. He’ll run an article search to find articles that
match the keyword criteria of the high paying
keywords... exact matches in terms of keyword density,
and tried to find articles with no less than 5% keyword
density. Again, you can use other tools for this purpose,
OR you can simply write your own article.
He’s not concerned about the issue of duplicated content, since
he’s not trying to get free search engine traffic to these article
pages.
His Adsense CTR is very high, but it’s against Google’s
TOS to say exactly how high.
Next, he sets up a subdomain that matches or closely
matches the primary keyword of the article, keeping in mind
the restrictions of the length of the display URL in Adwords.
And finally he uploads the article to his server right away, to
allow Google’s media bot to quickly visit the web page and serve
up related ads.
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Post #7 (October 25)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Well - for the arbitrage model - I think I have found I prefer the
single page approach - and focus my Adwords resources on that
page.
I believe that the more pages you have serving ads - the more likely
you are to deplete the ad resource... and - there is no guarantee that
your prime ads will be on your front page, particularly if all your
subsequent pages are optimized exactly alike.
You could create a campaign in Adwords, then create sub groups
under each campaign, one group for each focused group of keywords.
Your ads would reflect those specific keywords only, and then you
would point each group to a separate page.
In this case, you can make sure each of your pages is optimized for
one separate, high paying keyword each. Then serve ‘em up and split
out the traffic as many ways as you have pages. The key is not to
have overlapping keywords, make each group targeted, and make
sure the ads and landing pages are equally targeted for the specific
keywords.
In my current layout - I am running two blocks of 336 x 280, side by
side, above the fold, with the float alignment set to left align, so that
some of the leading text of the article blends in on the right side of
the 2nd block of ads.
I am also using 1 link set in the upper right corner to mimic a
navigation field. I am purposely NOT using all 3 eligible ad blocks
that Google allows, so that the ads that are being served are of a
higher quality. Sometimes, less is more.
Brad’s Comments:
A question was asked in the forum, if Michael sends people via
Adwords to his homepage and then just has a bunch of articles
containing Adsense set up on his website, OR if he send people
directly to 1 specific web page containing the Adsense ads…
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I can’t tell for sure, but it looks like that link set is getting
me somewhere between 5-15 dollars everyday.
As for Article Miner - you are correct; it is no longer being sold.
Anyway - its getting late here, about 11:15pm my time... and oh yeah
- last update of the day - as of right now - I am up to $142.00 on
Adsense, against a $41.00 spent on Adwords.
Have a good night -
Michael
Post Summary:
He prefers the single page approach where he creates 1
targeted Adsense article page and sends traffic to that page only,
rather than sending the traffic to his homepage and then filtering
it to various article pages throughout the website.
He is running two blocks of 336 x 280, side by side, above the
fold, with the float alignment set to left align, so that some of the
leading text of the article blends in on the right side of the 2nd
block of ads.
He is also using 1 link set in the upper right corner to mimic a
navigation field, and says that he purposely is NOT using all 3
eligible ad blocks that Google allows, so that the ads that are
being served are of a higher quality.
At the end of the day, he is up to $142.00 on Adsense, against a
$41.00 spent on Adwords.
Brad’s Comments:
As I mentioned before, the Article Miner software really isn’t
that important for Google Arbitrage. You just need a way to
create OR write up a GOOD article, with truly valuable
content. Then slap up some Google Adsense ads, and away you
go.
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Post #8 (October 25)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Good morning!
As for the article miner issue: I would not give up so fast. First of all,
you have an option here to create an article per keyword right here
in KE. And, you could take your route of finding an alternative
software to do this, and if you are going to do that, check out Brad’s
brother Matt’s offer of Hypervre - you can get the fully functional
software for free at www.hypervre.com.
I have used it - the software is a very good program, particularly for
free. My only complaint about it is that the articles it pulls from the
keywords are not keyword dense enough for me. But - that’s just me.
Bottom line - explore your options - don’t give up on that.
And hey - it’s never too late - there is always another niche,
somewhere that you can exploit. Just gotta do it.
See ya -
Michael
Post Summary:
He suggests some other article creation alternatives like the
article generator in Keyword Elite, or HyperVRE’s article
generator. But, remember, you can always manually just search
Google for free articles to use, or write your own article.
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Post #10 (October 30)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi Khaldoun -
In response -
Overall, yes - You got the general idea spot on correct.
Question 1: In KE, how many results do you generally ask it to
return for you?
Answer: I generally start my research with 1000 keywords based on
the original keyword.
Question 2: Lets say I have a website called www.website.com .
Now, to setup your particular article page, it will probably be,
www.website.com/articlepage.html for example, right?
Answer: That is correct.
Question 3: My next question will be, what about the main page
(www.website.com)
What would be the best thing to put on it? Would it be just a generic
content page?
Answer: Basically, I find a high keyword density article that is
targeted for the keyword I am trying to get Adsense ads on. The
content is specific, but, you are correct, I am not selling anything
directly.
I add a link into the page that gives the opportunity to go to a site to
get whatever it is that they are looking for, based on the keyword.
Brad’s Comments:
A question was asked by forum member “Khaldoun” whether or
not he understoof exactly what Michael was doing to earn
money… Below, in the numbered area you’ll see the questions
asked by Khaldoun, as well as Michael’s direct response to each
question…
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The quality of the content is fairly high. With this outbound link I just
described - the page meets Google’s TOS. So - everybody is happy, I
hope!
Good luck to you on your endeavor - and do what I did with my
wife - show her your work, show her the results, and get her
involved in helping you find niches. If she is involved in the success of
this, she may not feel so inclined to question it.
Michael
Post Summary:
He generally uses Keyword Elite to generate a list of 1,000
keywords.
A sample article page might be called:
www.domain.com/MainKeyword.html
The homepage of the website would just contain a very “broad”
keyword related to his main keyword. The page would not sell
anything directly.
He makes sure to include at least 1 outbound link on the
Adsense article page to comply to Google’s TOS. This is very
important. You MUST create a quality article with truly valuable
content, so that the person clicking on your Adwords ad is taken
to a page (your page) that actually gives them what they were
looking for. Do not, and I repeat, do not just create a crappy
article page or your Adwords ad will be disabled.
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Post #11 (November 4)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi -
Thanks for your response. I can promise you that I am certain
Google knows about me, and what I am doing. So - I really can’t
explain intelligently why Google is allowing this. I don’t get the huge
money clicks - which is fine.
I am maintaining a spread of approx. 2.5 -1 / 3 -1 in terms of what I
spend on advertising vs. what I am making on Adsense, and I can
absolutely work with that all day long! On average, I am spending
2-3 cents per Adwords click, and earning 15-24 cents per
Adsense click.
The math takes into account Adwords clicks that do not translate
into Adsense profits... Still - the math works out pretty good for me.
For those keeping up with this thread - I have been breaking
$200.00 per day with this one page site since last Sunday. I’ve
closed out October after 15 days of running this experiment having
made a little over $1300.00 in Adsense on one page for 15 days.
This week, I have started to diversify a bit and incorporate some
Clickbank affiliate sales into the mix, again, using KE to get my
keywords together, and find the exact ones I want to use in my
campaigns. I cannot say enough good things about your tool Brad.
Brad’s Comments:
A few forum members proceeded to ask Michael if he’s sure that
he’s not breaking any Google rules by doing this. They’d heard
that Google has cracked down on the Arbitrage model. Michael
responds by saying that what he’s doing is well above the typical
Arbitrage model. The model that Google WILL shut down is one
that creates completely irrelevant, crappy content pages with no
outbound links or value… with the addition of a few Adsense
ads. This is the model that is against Google’s TOS and will not
work, whereas Michael’s method does follow Google TOS.
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So - My plan now is to go legit, and incorporate sometime in
the next week or so. I think I have a realistic chance of pulling
down no less than 6K with Adsense this month. I can absolutely
attest to the fact that NONE of this would have been realistic
without the help and performance of Keyword Elite.
Michael
Post Summary:
Michael confirms that what he is doing follows Google’s TOS.
He broke the $200 per day mark last Sunday.
He’s made a little over $1,300 in Adsense in only 15 days since
he started.
Plans to pull in $6,000 in Adsense earnings this month.
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Post #12 (November 6)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi -
Yes - still only using content network for this particular site. Doing
combos of search and content on a couple of other candidates I am
testing at the moment.
In response to Google taking my $$$ - I am equally happy to take
theirs as well... LOL - and right now the spread is absolutely in my
favor.
I try to keep my content quality high, and my keyword density high. I
have at least one outbound link on the page other than the Adsense
ads, to keep everything in compliance with the TOS.
I do not use images on the page at all. I am achieving CTR on the
Adsense side consistently above [percentage removed to satisfy
Google TOS] percent each day. There are no incentives placed on the
page. Pure blending and placement only. It is just a plain - 1 page site
with no bells and whistles...
Michael
Post Summary:
Keeps content quality high. Keyword Density high, and places at
least 1 outbound link on the page to conform to Google’s TOS.
Does not use any images on the page. Does not include any
incentive to click on Adsense ad.
The page is plain white and contains no bells and whistles. Just
good, solid content, along with well placed Adsense ads.
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Post #13 (November 6)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi Tony -
I see the content network as being integral to the success of this
particular campaign. I cannot fully explain why it has worked out so
well - but, I am not looking the gift horse in the mouth either.
The ad is generally like any other ad you might create - nothing out
of the ordinary. I got my ideas for the creatives after purchasing Perry
Marshall’s course on “Definitive Adwords“. An excellent course.
Thanks,
Michael
Post Summary:
Confirms that the content network is an important part of his
success.
States that his Adwords ads are optimized using ideas learned
from Perry Marshall’s Definitive Guide To Google Adwords.
Brad’s Comments:
A question was asked if Michael thought the content network
was important to his success…
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Post #14 (November 9)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hi -
Yes - my campaign is still doing very well, thanks very much for
asking! I am averaging approx. $150 - $200 each day on the
initial campaign I started back on 10/16. I have 3 others that are
strung off the main campaign each earning anywhere from $3 - $10
per day as well.
I see no end in sight in terms of the traffic levels I am getting, so all
looks well at this point. I will be coming up on the 30 day mark in 1
week. My plans are to self incorporate next week to get some of the
tax advantages, as I am already getting ready to clear $3000.00 in
Adsense earnings probably on Saturday or Sunday since I started this
on 10/16.
I am also beginning to use other aspects of KE to run some
trial affiliate campaigns selling some Clickbank stuff. I don’t think
a lot of people truly understand the awesome power of these tools
in KE for tracking competition campaigns and such.
I am just now working it all out, and the more I see and learn, the
more I am truly in awe. This is some dangerous stuff in the right
hands! At any rate, I am using KE, plus some of the tactics from
Affiliate Project X, combined with the Perry Marshall tactics for
Adwords creative copy, and keyword use, and so far the results are:
3 clicks - total cost, 0.37 cents. 1 sale - profit - $23.00
LOL - it’s hilarious - but - that’s a heck of a profit on 37 cents. I will
take it any day... and the campaign itself is not even 24 hours old yet.
I saw what you said about the Google Bot nuking ad sites. Gonna go
back and read the article you embedded in the post shortly.
Brad’s Comments:
A question was asked if Michael was still having success, since his
last post, 3 days ago…
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I think I will be ok in regards to this issue, I have been doing some
extensive research on this, and for the most part, I believe that
Google is targeting arbitrage sites that are mainly set up with little or
no content, no outbound links, and essentially a page full of Adsense
ads. I have gone to some lengths to ensure my pages are meeting the
TOS and as far as I can see, they do.
Google is aware of my pages, and so far, they have been
actually very helpful when I have had questions or concerns.
Hopefully - they will leave me be and let me grow old and rich.
See ya -
Michael
Post Summary:
He is now averaging $150-$200 per day in Adsense earnings.
He is getting ready to clear $3,000 in Adsense earnings thus far.
Beginning to use Keyword Elite, in Conjunction with Affiliate
Project X, and Perry Marshall’s Adwords Guide to earn more
money using different strategies, and has earned $23 thus far
using those methods.
He is keeping regular tabs on Google’s TOS to make sure he’s
following them to the T.
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Post #15 (November 11)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Sven -
That video you posted is an excellent source of information on the
problem that needs to be tackled. It further solidifies in my mind that
my approach to this is totally, 100 percent legitimate, falls completely
within the Google TOS and Guidelines.
AND - most importantly - that I am providing relevant, useful
information to my customers, and that the ads I am running to get
them to these pages are also completely legitimate and not
misleading, nor are they of the bait and switch variety.
In order to prove my point about the legitimacy of what I am doing -
and - to answer several people who have written me asking me for
examples of my template that I am using - I am going to show all of
you a clear example of my approach.
Before I give the URL to the site I am going to show you - Keep
these things in mind:
1. My content is original - it is not scraped, and it is not from
a content generator.
2. My Adsense ad usage is very minimal- and totally blends into the
content.
3. As you will see - I am using NO incentives to click my ads
4. All of my pages, including the one I am about to show you - have at
least one outbound link that is not an Adsense or sponsored link ad.
So, here is the website I want to show you. This is one of my actual
niche sites. Before you freak - LOL - it is one that is not giving me a
Brad’s Comments:
A forum member posted a nice video explaining the entire
Adwords abuse problems that Google is facing and combating.
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whole lot of traffic right now, and - it is not a niche that is unknown. I
just wanted to try it out and see how it did.
In fact it is a very well known niche in PLR circles, one that involves
migraine headaches. So - I am not too concerned about anyone
seeing this page.
The address to see the page and my template is: [Click Here To Visit
The Page]
This is not the actual URL of the page as I display it - I will keep that
to myself for obvious reasons - hope you understand... Since the
setup is new - the ads may or may not show completely, but the main
ad display is a 336 x 280 rectangle in case it is not fully displaying.
I welcome any comments or critiques on the page.
Thanks -
Michael
Post Summary:
Excellent video explaining what you should not be doing when
using the Adwords system, was posted.
A sample of Michael’s template was given. You can check it out
here.
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Post #16 (November 19)
Forum Username: mikeronet
Hello everyone!
Well - It’s been a while since I have posted here with my updates. I
have been very busy working my sites, and building new ones as well.
The success of my original site has continued to skyrocket, and
new ones are beginning to flourish as well.
It is truly amazing to me still that all of this works!
I have had several requests here from fellow forum users to give
updates, provide assistance, and, while I wish I could reach out to all
individually, I am finding that the time I have is increasingly limited due
to the nature of this fantastic success! So - Here is what I would like
to do:
I am looking to see what kind of interest those of you in the forum
would have in regards to signing up for a newsletter I want to start.
This newsletter would be dedicated to providing information and
assistance on how I am using Keyword Elite and other tools in
conjunction with my adwords/adsense arbitrage business.
If we find that there is enough interest, and I believe there will be -
this newsletter is ready to kick off- and we can have the first edition
out and ready for you to read within a couple of days!
So - here is the deal - If you are interested, please go to the page
listed below, and sign up now to get on the list to receive the
newsletter. If you know of anyone outside of the forum who might be
interested in this, please take a moment to let them know about this.
Brad’s Comments:
Michael’s most recent forum post is included below. He’s been
busy adding new campaigns and keywords via his “rinse and
repeat” Arbitrage method, so he’s been away from the forum for
a little over a week. He updates us on his progress below.
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Here is the signup page:
[Click Here To Visit Free Signup Page]
I look forward to seeing all of you there, and - thanks for your
interest and support so far!
Michael
Post Summary:
Michael states that his earnings are continuing to “skyrocket”
and he’s amazed how easy all of this has been. Go figure
He mentions that he’s started up a newsletter where he’ll be
sending out updates on his progress, as well as how he’s using
Keyword Elite to assist him.
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Conclusion
So there you have it! You've learned how one person with very little,
to no experience with Google Arbitrage is making a very handsome
sum of money using the exact tactics outlined in this case study.
Lastly, I want to mention that this strategy is working extremely well
for Michael and others. Will it continue to work? That, I can't tell you.
Google has ultimate control over the Arbitrage technique. What I can
tell you is that, at the time of creating this case study, Google has
100% no problems with allowing Michael to run all of his Arbitrage
campaigns, so it would appear that he's safe. The best I can do is tell
you what's working well for others, but, ultimately, it's up to you to
decide if this strategy is right for you.
All the best,
Brad Callen
Bryxen Software, Inc.
http://www.keywordelite.com
http://www.seoelite.com
http://www.nicherevolution.com
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