Comments on: Guy Kawasaki Is No Google Whore

By: Sorry To Be A Downer » Webomatica

Sorry To Be A Downer » Webomatica — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:45:17 +0000

[...] are saying Guy’s low numbers are explainable by bad ad placement, that Google AdSense is lame, or that Guy should have made money elsewhere, but I think the real [...]

By: John Chow has wrong numbers on TechCrunch - franticindustries.

John Chow has wrong numbers on TechCrunch - franticindustries. — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:37:11 +0000

[...] But prior to this, in an article on Guy Kawasaki’s first year of blogging, John says this: How can a blog with 30,000 readers per day make only $279.00 per month with AdSense? The answer is simple. Over 22,000 readers never visit the blog - they read it by RSS (no Google ads there). [...]

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:07:52 +0000

“Nearly 2.5 million page views later, Mr. Kawasaki made just $3,350 from Google AdSense, or $279.16 a month.”

That is just proof for us to get other sources of income. We need to look into “diversifying” our advertizing not relying on Adsense too much.

By: John Chow dot Com » Blog Archive » How To Get RSS Readers To Visit Your Blog

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:13:23 +0000

[...] If you look at the blog of Guy Kawasaki, you’ll find that over 22,000 of this 30,000 daily readers read his blog from RSS only. It is any wonder why Guy cannot make money from Google AdSense? Another example is Tech Crunch. They have 30,000+ blog readers and 130,000+ RSS readers. Fortunately for them, their ad sales team takes the RSS readership into account when selling ad space – that’s why a 125×125 button cost $10,000 a month. [...]

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:42:23 +0000

Thats amazing that that must traffic can translate into so little money. I will keep reading as you reveal your optimization secrets.

By: Jim Kukral

Jim Kukral — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:30:20 +0000

@Raghu,

Yeah, sorry you haven’t had a conversion yet. I’ll take a look at your blog if you wish and see if we can improve your placements? Contact me at info at blogkits dot com with your URL. Unfortunately, it’s not going to work right away for everyone, although it is working for lots of others, and others not. Just the name of the game.

@Stew,

I’ve logged years of research from thousands of bloggers to come to those conclusions, so I don’t make those claims “will nilly” Don’t overestimate bloggers. The VAST majority could care less about money.

By: Mayo

Mayo — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:41:11 +0000

I was just looking how much Steve Pavlina is making, by the end of 2005. he made 2 to 3k$US, now he’s making 30 to 40k$US a month….

By: Stew

Stew — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:05:22 +0000

Jim,

I disagree on the figure, of 99.5% bloggers are in it just to write. I think its substantially lower, there are a ton of greedy people out there. Figures aside, nothing will work to its greatest potential without proper application. Its like throwing your money in a random bank account and expecting to make 30% annual returns. Its not going to happen.

Stew

By: Raghu

Raghu — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:18:08 +0000

Jim,

Sure you might be right that Adsense may not work unless its optimized - John keeps saying that too.

But unfortunately your alternate ‘approach’ of BlogKits has been running on my site for over a month but is yet to bring in the first $$.

In the meanwhile however, Adsense has brought in a few $$ - not very high but yet something is better than nothing.

Others (who have BlogKits),

What has your experience been ?

By: BlogKits Performance Marketing Network Blog » Let’s Clear The Air About BlogKits Stance On Google Adsense

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:57:14 +0000

[...] John Chow said… “Mr. Kawasaki never cared about the Google ads. They were slapped on without thought or consideration… Too many bloggers think all one needs to do is set up a blog, slap on some Google ads, and then watch the money roll in. It doesn’t work that way and it never will. Even if your name is Guy Kawasaki, you still need to tweak the ads if you want to make serious money from them.” [...]