I have talked a lot about Google AdSense in the past, and I have also recommended AdSense as one of the best contextual ad networks for your blog. With the high quality of ads and its safe recurring income, AdSense is a great blog monetization network.
But, what about people who’ve been banned by AdSense, or who can’t get approved by AdSense? Is that the end of making money via blogging for them?
No! It’s not!
In this article, I will be sharing how having your AdSense account banned, or not getting AdSense approval, is not as much of a problem as you may think it is.
AdSense is considered to be one of the best money-making programs for bloggers for the following reasons:
- It is easy to use.
- You don’t have to worry about low-quality ads.
- You don’t have to manually change the ads after a certain time.
- You don’t have to worry about the payment (AdSense payments are very reliable).
However, there are numerous issues that you face when using AdSense:
- You must abide by the content guidelines offered by the AdSense team.
- You cannot simply post anything you want to post. Even though you may not be violating any webmaster guidelines, you cannot publish certain types of posts due to AdSense policies. (Example: Websites that allow us to watch movies online.)
- To earn more from AdSense, you need to continually try out various optimization techniques, including using keywords with high CPCs.
- If most of your traffic is from countries like India, Pakistan, or Malaysia, you might earn mere pennies from AdSense.
None of these drawbacks make AdSense evil, but these issues do point to the fact that AdSense may not be as great as you think it is.
Why & How Your Life Is Better Without An AdSense Account:
Let me start by sharing my own journey with AdSense:
When I started blogging, I had no idea how to make money. I started blogging because of my passion for sharing knowledge & only heard about AdSense after a few months of blogging. Even after implementing AdSense on my blog, my first ad income was $47 from a DreamHost affiliate sale.
You may be wondering why I would say this since I make lots of money blogging (over $30,000/month). But let me ask you: Have you ever seen AdSense ads here at ShoutMeLoud?
If you take a look at my AdSense earnings for 4 years, you’ll know that I’ve made almost no money with AdSense, compared to the loads of money I’ve made with other monetization techniques. The only good thing about AdSense is the recurring income, which can offer a feeling of security to some degree.
Now that you know my AdSense story, I will share my experience of successfully monetizing a few blogs without using AdSense at all, and what can happen if you choose to do the same.
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