Comments on: Common Mistakes – Chapter 1 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/ Website Promotion, Generating Revenue, Website Management Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: inflatable http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-52681 Wed, 02 May 2012 09:25:07 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-52681 Advertising is not advertising or to determine the core values ​​of …inflatable

]]> By: Ken Barbalace http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-75 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:19:41 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-75 Great blog entry Mook. Even as an old hand at this stuff I found it informative. It is hard to not search for the gold immediatly upon starting a mine, and it is helpful to be reminded that we need to dig the mine shaft before we can start digging for the gold.

]]> By: Michael Gersitz http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-54 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:15:57 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-54 I generally have enough of my own sites already to generate enough inbound links and I can generally get 60k page views (which is Chris’s Rule I think) so I just build ads into the site and play with them later.

]]> By: Bleys http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-49 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:46:16 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-49 As a consumer I pretty ignore sites with excessive advertisements (and especially those with popups) no matter how good the content. There are a couple of exceptions–but not many.

That said, I think it depends on the site. On my GFXContests.com site we didn’t have any ads for the first month. Then someone offered to pay for a spot on the top of the site. It’s very unobtrusive, and the ad is related to the content of the forum. So I think it’s fine. But no way we’ll put adsense or intellitxt or anything like that on there until we grow a good bit more.

Then again, on http://www.prserps.com, I put an Adsense block on the main page (but none of the results pages) from launch. It is tastefully places, not deceptive, and certainly doesn’t detract from the user experience (in my opinion), so again I see no problem with it.

I generally agree with you, Jon, but I think it does depend on the site and how you place the ads. A single adsense block on launch isn’t going to make or break a site. ;)

]]> By: Brad http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-48 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:36:49 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-48 I think you’re spot on, Mook! I’d even go further: if you’re dependent, or semi-dependent, on SEO for traffic I’d place NO ADVERTISEMENTS on a new site until a specific number of inbound links have been acquired! Webmasters are much more likely to link to ad-free sites than sites swamped with contextual and affiliate ads! I use this strategy day-in, day-out and it works well! Consider a brand new forum I’ve just created:

http://www.pick-up-artist-forum.com/

No ads – either contextual or affiliate – will be placed on this site for at least 6 – 8 weeks. Hopefully, during that period I will attract dozens of inbound links, which is absolutely essential to successful SEO, and built-up a significant number of dedicated visitors.

]]> By: paul http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-47 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:52:44 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/common-mistakes-chapter-1/#comment-47 I remind myself the best money making system for the site may not have been invented yet. Things change all the time. If you have traffic, even if it doesn’t earn much, you are positioned to take advantage of any good program that comes along.

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