80k Visits Later
Posted by Chris Shorrock Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:09:00 GMT
So, I launched iCompete.org, back in February of this year as a site intended for the martial arts community to list all the events that normally very poorly communicated.
Today, after ~80,000 visits (according to google adsense) the site has finally earned enough through ads to pay for its hosting (~100 USD). Prior to site launching I was somewhat skeptical as to the earning potential from adsense, I now know that while it does work, it is rather random in how it operates.
Often times a click will earn me $0.01, while other times I've made as much as $1.70. It seems odd, but who am I to question the mighty google. A few other interesting stats for those other adsense users out there:
- Visits: ~80k
- Chance of clicking on ads in page: 0.72%
- Chance of clicking on ads from (google) search: 2.9%
- Avg Earning Per 1000 visits: $1.28
- Avg Earning Per 1000 searches: $4.22
- Avg Number Of People Who Search: 1%
Not great numbers, but my intention was never to get rich, simply to provide some means so my little hobby site would pay for itself. It now has, at least for this year.
(PS - I also got a new job working at EA, which I'm very excited about. I start on the 10th. I'll try to provide more details when I have some spare cycles)
