Comments on: Does Adsense Really suck?

By: octane_freak

octane_freak — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:28:56 +0000

(when I was speaking of changing the default browser search from Google to Yahoo, i was talking about Firefox)

By: octane_freak

octane_freak — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:26:45 +0000

Agreed. Their claim of “invalid clicks” is a line of crap. I have since blocked adsense ads from my browsers, removed google desktop, changed the default browser search from Google to Yahoo (downloaded the Yahoo tool bar and chose to make default - then uninstalled), uninstalled Google toolbars and search engines. JOIN THE GOOGLE BOYCOTT!!!!!

By: Prabosh jog

Prabosh jog — Tue, 01 May 2007 08:33:17 +0000

Yep.. Google is THE WORST .. moment you reach 100$ they will disable your account.. So they keep the money advertisers pay and do not pay hte publishers. no wonder their advertise revenues are much higher.

By: Chris Beasley

Chris Beasley — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:22:01 +0000

Who cares if Adsense lives or dies? If it isn’t Adsense it’ll be something else. So long as there is online advertising there will website publishers, and online advertising isn’t going anywhere.

Aaron Wall has only been using the Internet since 2003 or whatever, so he probably doesn’t remember a world without Adsense. There were ways to monetize a content site before Adsense, there will be ways to do it after Adsense.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:55:47 +0000

I think you are right about this. While the competition certainly will come (its already here), many are going to be tempted to go after the bigger markets in hope for bigger profits, this should leave plenty of niches open.

I always tell people, just take your business seriously. Do the work you need to do and don’t be lazy, and the money will take care of itself.

By: Chromate

Chromate — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:10:41 +0000

Well the thing is, no business model is perfect! Whatever business model you employ, you’re always going to have to adapt to change with the times. I doubt there’s any successful business that hasn’t had to adapt to stay abreast of change.

So yeah, AdSense sucks as a business model for those people that are determined to remain static and not work another day. But then in that case, you could say every other conceivable business model “sucks”.

AdSense has its problems as a business model, but I really don’t think you could say it “sucks”.

In a lot of ways I think AdSense will actually IMPROVE as a business model over time.

Aaron Wall mentions the lack of competition from other contextual advertising companies. That is definitely a problem at the moment. But the competition will only grow in the future, which will present more opportunities and hopefully better deals for publishers.

The competition from other publishers will also increase going into the future. But so will advertising spend. And those that are already in the game will have a big head-start over the competition in terms of necessary skills and existing business relationships.