I could also have written how to prevent halving your blogging income through Adsense. The income you receive for each click is based in part on your click through rate or CTR.
As you work to increase your traffic, you need to carefully watch that your CTR doesn’t start to fall. Many bloggers use traffic generating solutions which, while great for generating traffic, usually deliver poor CTR results.
Examples of poor CTR traffic include StumbleUpon, Entre Card, Blogrush and many of the other social sites. The best traffic for generating higher CTR’s is that derived from organic search results through the major search engines.
Common sense would suggest that as they have clicked a link to find you, they will also click a similar link to leave if you don’t quite match what they are looking for. If it is an Adsense link they are clicking then your CTR will rise.
With this in mind, you need to be sure your Adsense units are optimized to deliver the best results. Matching those ad units to web page is the first step, however placement can be critical. Visitors will not always travel below the fold if they feel the site is not providing what they want. Trial your Adsense units in a variety of places to see which placement produces the best results.
The bottom line when relying on Adsense for your blogging income is to ensure that any growth in traffic is not matched by a drop in your CTR. If this happens your per click return will drop dramatically. If you can increase your CTR then you may well find your per click return increasing and, with luck, your blogging income doubling.
