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Hey Yaro,
Nice find, although I wouldn’t classify myself as an Adsense beginner, it will be definitely useful to see if I’ve missed out on any big techniques that could be implemented to raise income.

I use the Adsense deluxe plugin, and it’s awesome! All you have to do is click a button and your adsense is on the page! I would recommend it to all using Wordpress.

Finally a book for newbs! Although I think the key to success with blogging is traffic. For traffic you need good content (like this post)… Then AdSense makes sence.

P.s. Installing the plugin right away! Never knew it excisted.

[…] There’s also a whole science behind ad placement, ad type, color, set-up and what keywords you should be gearing your content towards. If you are new to the whole game you might want to check out Yaro’s latest post about a free e-book dealing with the topic over at his blog. The Post can be found at make money with blogs and adsense. […]

A free ebook, that is very generous! His advice about placing ads above or below pictures could get people into trouble.

So far pictures below or above the ads have not been violently disapproved by Google - I got this ‘clue’ from Michael Cheney’s Adsense course.

Wow! Yaro.. I always respected you to a great extent. But to see the comments that I (and Duncan Riley) left deleted? Seriously? Just because I called you out and asked you a legitimate question? That’s pretty lame. As I’m sure this comment will be mysteriously deleted as well… 8 comments… moderated down to 5… strange? I think not. How lame.

I am an adsense (or more specifically adwords) newbie so will check it out even though it’s the other half of the coin. Have really liked the free Perry Marshall stuff so far…

What ever happened to people actually coming up with creative ideas for online services that actually help people?

There seems to be a huge shift towards selling information — or blogging with adsense as a means to make money — what happened to all the original thoughts?

This web 2.0 is a real shame — what happened to web 1.0’s zest and punch of creativity…and simplicity?

Anyway just my two cents…

I was a little disappointed with my experience with Joel. His “The Adsense Code” pitch includes a bunch of “bonus” offers. Well, these “bonuses” are just a bunch of free stuff that is available without purchasing the book. These types of tactics are disingenuous and make me wonder about his operations as a whole. I emailed Joel regarding these practices and he has yet to respond. Note, when you promote and associate with people who use these tactics, you diminish your own credibility.

Yaro
got to say I really can’t believe that not only did you delete my comment (wonder how much longer this one will stay up for?) but you didn’t even email me to let me know. You’re flogging made for Adsense sites and the fact you can’t realise it says it all for me unfortunately, and I think you’ve not only let me down, but most of your readers as well. I’ll respond later today on my blog (Where you cant delete it), but so long, and thanks for all the spam.

[…] I’ve been following with interest an up and coming Australian blogger for some time, one Yaro Starak, who writes an interesting blog, Entrepreneur’s Journey. To date, I’ve found Yaro’s content a worth while read… then last week he decided to flog Made for Adsense templates from Joel Comm, a guy who I’ve written about in the past (back on the ol’ Weblog Empire blog, link now dead but reference to it here) who does a lot of promotional work with spam blog creators and others who make bloggers lives hard. I decided not to post a negative review of Yaro’s work at the time, but thought I’d leave a comment on his blog, below the post, expressing my disappointment that Yaro was not only promoting “Made for Adsense” sites that breach the Google Adsense TOS/ Guidelines, but also promoting products from someone like Joel Comm, who’s business relationship aren’t all that flash. […]

Joel Comm is the king of adsense info. I bought his book “The Adsense Code”, and I learnt so much just from that one book, and it was only about $20 (with over 200 pages I might add)

Mike
Build That List

Darren Rowse promoted Joel Comm here.

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/03/10/what-google-never-told-you-about-making-money-with-adsense-a-review/

Shane
in March 2005, for an Adsense book which I also bought at the time, before we knew he was in bed with spam bloggers, and selling “made for Adsense” crappy spam sites with Yaro’s help.

Shane - I actually promoted a resource that Joel wrote - not Joel himself….

I’ll repost a comment I left on Duncan’s post because I think it’s got some relevance here too:

I havn’t really looked into Joel’s latest product. I was approached to promote it but my first impression was that it wasn’t where I’m at as a blogger.

I have linked to (with aff links) two of Joels products previously - both of which I’ve recommended (with qualifications). Both help publishers get the most out of AdSense and Chitika and speak of generally accepted techniques for increasing their performance. I’ve linked to them with the qualification that they are really aimed at beginners and not advanced users.

My first impression of Joel’s new product is that it looks a little spammy. I doubt it’s his intention for them to be used that way but I’ve little doubt that they will be used by some who buy them for those purposes.

It’s always difficult when working out what to recommend. I come across many blogging tools that could be used for good or evil - you just have to look at how people use Blogger.com or even WP to see that… but some are perhaps more ready made to be abused than others and in those cases I tend to steer clear of them.

I don’t have any issues with Joel personally - we’ve exchanged some great emails over the last year or two - but some of his products are a better fit than others for me I guess.

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I stand by my recommendation of Joel’s AdSense book in the link Shane provided above - it is a good introduction to using AdSense. However just because I recomend one resource doesn’t mean I endorse other products he’s written or the partners he works with on them.

Joel hasn’t lost me as a customer, yet. I’m not disappointed with the product I bought, just some of the tactics he uses, and I wanted to let you know because the network effect can impact you negatively as well as positively.

[…] Hopefully Yaro will read all of this and change his mind, but lets see why Yaro is getting people to sign up for a free e-book from Joel here…it’s simple really, Joel told him to […]

[…] 1) Yaro launches a post titled “How To Make Money With Blogs + AdSense - Free E-Book” 2) Duncan responds on EJ stating that how Joel Comm’s new product (Adsense templates) are pure Adsense spam and should be banned by Google. 3) Yaro deletes Duncans comments in order to remove his less than nice words about Joel Comm. 4) Duncan becomes Cowboy for a day (ie. the new JOAB) 5) Duncan destined to pursue this, does further research. Even the old Cowboy would not have gone this far. […]

Referring to Mike, it’s generous giving away a free book, yes, but it serves Joel well too. He will be perceived as more trusted, and people will be more likely to feel comfortable making a purchase decision. On the other hand, there is so much good free information out there - if you can be bothered searching and sifting through the dross, you don’t need to purchase much if anything to be an Internet success. My free eBook, http://www.InternetMillionaireEbook.com explains the basics of marketing online, but it also introduces readers to one of my other businesses. Nothing is free (without advertising!) in this world! It’s just about reading as much as you can, then making an educated decision.

[…] Even Cursory Associations Can Kill In the wake of this fiasco, some prominent bloggers have been brought into the picture as a result of their relationships with Joel Comm, prior or current. For example, the whole problem started with Yaro’s promotion of Joel Comm’s free AdSense e-Book - where there were some connotations of his endorsement of Joel’s Instant AdSense Templates as well. Later, a reader pointed out Darren Rowse’s review of Joel Comm’s popular AdSense e-Book, which Duncan Riley did not “flame” as much as the AdSense Templates - highlighting perhaps some measure of hypocrisy. All this just goes to show that any links you might have with anybody can hurt you, especially on the web where associations can be found with a single Google search. This perhaps implies a need to conduct in-depth and continuous research before beginning any sort of “endorsement” relationship (which is actually rather ridiculous to expect anyone to do, of course). […]

I signed up for the adsense and never got your book, which is why I signed up.

tell me much more about blogs.

Hi I missed the pre launch of Joel Comm’s “getting started with blogging and adsense” ebook do you know how can I download a copy?

Thank you

Hi Yaro -

You are undoubtedly aware of Joel Comm’s latest Monthly Adsense venture. Anyway, even if they are/were quality sites, I don’t see how anyone “legit” could get 50 or so sites indexed and ranking enough during a month in order to get any type of Adsense income. Google doesn’t even index links on pages with PR3 or lower, and still others will be placed into “supplemental hell.” They will never get enough traffic, no matter how many sites you have, if they’re not indexed properly. So it seems like creating endless Adsense sites - whether we call them spam or not - is a futile effort.

Jamie Clarkson
Affiliate Marketing Reviews

Please share some ideas on how to get more traffic to my blog. Thanks

Please share some ideas on how to get more traffic to my blog. I’ve started making money but I’m hungary for more.

you know, adsense plug ins such as adsense delux never worked for me. i get a much better click through rate simply by adding adsense code to my sidebar as a text widget….makes the ads look like a menu as opposed to ads. I think it also helps to get a hold of some really nice adsense ready wordpress themes like these: Adsense Ready Themes for Wordpress

lastly, skyscrapper adds do better for me then those giant square ones….the font on those skyscrapper ads tend to stand out more….

but that’s just my experience

do you have e-book for paid review programs ?… I’m looking for that…
oh ya, do you know how to be not penalized for google pagerank but still productive for paid review program

Hi Yaro,

thanks for all the inspiring posts I´m a regular reader of your blog.
Since I write a blog myself, I was wondering, if you could list all the wordpress-Plugins you use to bring advertisings in your blogposts, rss feed, etc.
I know of UBD, but that doesn´t bring an ad into the rss feed like “this post was brought to you by”
or promote a product of yourself underneath each post in the rss reader.

Maybe this could be an interesting post for all your readers?
Thanks for your help in advance
Christian