Smart Pricing for AdSense Internet Ads/ Do Your Own Research

What is Smart Pricing as defined by Google AdSense? I don't know. I've never even heard Google use the term. I've only read other bloggers use this term. As people like me try to gain as much knowledge as possible to make money online by using Internet ads on our blogs, I go to other web sites and MMO blogs to suck in as much info as I can. Sometimes this helps. Sometimes I waste my time by reading worthless crap from someone who doesn't even make as much money online as I do, which isn't very much.

I gave up on the notion of Smart Pricing just by watching my own stats. Prices fluctuate in any endeavor whether it be the stock market, local economy, or your own AdSense clicks.

I've seen my clicks go from $.60 to 1 cent many times. I've seen them remain steady at $.60 and then occasionally drop to below a dime. I really don't believe that the reason is a flaw in my character, or that I'm doing something wrong at the Blogger Dashboard.

The answer is that no one knows why Google charges and pays the way that they do. I've followed advice from other blogs by removing Internet Ads from less performing sites to wait and see if the rate will go up. It has never worked. I'm beating a dead horse.

I can't manipulate the pay rate by constantly changing all of my sites. It's an exercise in futility, so I stopped doing it. I've also stopped waiting for traffic to appear on a new site, or three months, which ever comes first to put Internet ads on the site, AdSense in particular. I have always been in good standing with Google and have never tried to game the system. I just added AdSense to a one month old blog. Whip me with a wet noodle.

My AdSense clicks remain from $.15 to $1.50 and rarely go below or above. The more that I've tried to manipulate the prices the more that I've had payout fluctuation problems. If you play by the rules, you won't get burned. Google will pay for conversions, so you have to use your key words carefully to get relevant ads.

Google's Interest Based Advertising
Anybody know what happened with that? Does your site use it? How can you tell? It was supposed to put ads on your site for readers, based on their previous Internet habits. Has any ones ad sales gone up? I can't tell.

Blog And IM Mentors
I have a few mentors who do an exceptional job for the love of it. Notice that I didn't use the word Guru. They are not Gurus. That's an overstated term and doesn't apply in the real world. They are people who have more experience and success than me, so I will refer to them as mentors, and they give advice for free. Griz at How To Make Money Online For Beginners, Court and Mark at The Keyword Academy, Vic, at Blogger Unleashed and now Allyn at Blogger Illustrated Yes Allyn, I'm drinking a beer right now. Bud Light. I haven't started reading Ben yet, but I will. I have a music publishing business, I'm a guitar picker and a songwriter. I'm also writing songs with some Nashville types right now. Check out my music site at Folk Music By Ben Willis. I also have a small lawn care business in Florida which I'm doing physical work for (and getting in shape), so I don't have a lot of time to read blogs. I'm busting my ass, so time is precious.

I love these guys and they all have helped, but I do have one problem. They are inconsistent. Some of these guys promise things and don't deliver. I don't mean that in a bad way, because they obviously get thrown off track sometimes, and please don't think that I expect something for nothing because they do this stuff for nothing. They tend to make promises of future projects which don't come to pass, then forgotten. I like to follow up on anything that I get involved in, and at least report progress occasionally. They may very well be making progress, and it might just be a long process to get it done. I would like to know anyway.

In summary, Do it yourself. Don't depend on the successful to do it for you. Write long posts (hi Grizz), and don't let words like "smart pricing" scare you.