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[quido]

How well does Adsense pay just for pageviews? I've never monetized a site but had been thinking about it. I read you can get up to a dollar per thousand pageviews, but I assumed this would only be true when it's a thousand different people. I get like 1500 pageviews a day on the leaderboard so it's not really worth it, but the TMO website gets 5k to 10k pageviews per day, granted it's from the same handful of people. I sort of figure that when the same crew of 100 people are generating all the traffic and not clicking anything that you don't really get paid jack for it. Something with P99's amount of traffic, though, maybe you do?

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Originally Posted by quido [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How well does Adsense pay just for pageviews? I've never monetized a site but had been thinking about it. I read you can get up to a dollar per thousand pageviews, but I assumed this would only be true when it's a thousand different people. I get like 1500 pageviews a day on the leaderboard so it's not really worth it, but the TMO website gets 5k to 10k pageviews per day, granted it's from the same handful of people. I sort of figure that when the same crew of 100 people are generating all the traffic and not clicking anything that you don't really get paid jack for it. Something with P99's amount of traffic, though, maybe you do?

Average google adsense cpm (cost per 1,000 views) payout is under $3.00 for display ads, less than that for text. Getting higher cpm depends on the relevant content on your site, the category of ads you display, and your conversion rate.

And on a different note, really who gives a fuck about seeing these ads here? They're in the most unobtrusive spots possible, they help raise money, and it's not like these forums were a paragon of beauty without them.