I need to preface this training by saying that I don't use Adsense and I haven't in years. I have one rouge ad out there somewhere that's making me a few cents each month, but other than that, I don't touch it. In fact, I can pin-point the exact date I stopped using Adsense. It was August 25th, 2009. I had PM'ed Kyle asking for advice on one of my sites and he warned against Adsense on a site like mine and said this line:

Kyle: Why give away a prospective customer for $0.50?

Ever since that conversation, I've constantly evaluated the audience that reads my content and tried my best to pair them up with advertisers I think would best suit their needs. Adsense has yet to make sense for me. Adsense does have its benefits however. I'm not against the program entirely, but Adsense should not be your only source of income online.

This training covers the recent string of Adsense bannings, how Google treats their publishers, how I got wrapped up in a "Google banned me :(" story, and alternative ad-networks to join.

Let's get to it!

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BIS Premium
Hi Steve

This is really informative.- thanks.
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slayton1s Premium
Hey Steve, thanks for making this training. I was making about $20 a month from Google Adsense. But after reading that, I'm going to switch all my ads to Kontera. Not sure about Info Links though, LOL. Thankfully I use a type of strategy that doesn't mix these ads up with my important content, so it's all good.
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Kyle Premium Plus
Chitika is another option as well and you may want to test all 3 and see what performs the best (or a hybrid of all three).
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Alam Premium
Excellent Training, I really enjoyed and got inspired by reading it..I suggest you to contact google directly by phone and explain your story if possible..
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morlandroger Premium
The whole Google thing gets more bizarre. Banning adwords accounts is one thing but adsense?!? Fine tutorial though, I am sure the other advertisers will not be so anal.
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IveTriedThat Premium
One thing I've noticed is that other ad networks give you affiliate managers you can actually TALK to. Google has the discussion boards, but that's not nearly the same as having a contact within the company that you can ask questions, get feedback, etc.

Eventually their whole "no customer support" angle is going to come back to haunt them.
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Kyle Premium Plus
It has already haunted them, I don't know a single person that feels as though they can get proper help from Google when they need it. If they weren't so good at what they do (providing relevant search results), people would have moved on a long time ago.

Goes to prove that advertisers and publishers aren't really their customers, their customers are the people actually searching.
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Kyle Premium Plus
Excellent piece here Steve.

We have always emphasized that using Adsense is working for pennies when you can be earning dollars. The reason that we have always stated this is because the people that are advertising (the Adsense) on your site are the actual people benefiting from your content as they are generating the sizable revenue chunks (the $).

The cool part is that when you own your own site, you have full control...you can do whatever you want. If you want to try Adsense, you can. If you want to promote Amazon products, you can. If you want to run relevant affiliate offers, that is an approach as well.

There are much better alternatives to Adsense so for those people out there that are frustrated by a suspension or feel they are earning pennies, try something else!
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