Advertising on your Website or Blog

Having advertisements on your site can help pay for the costs of the site, such as domain registration and renewal fees, the web hosting service that you will need to use that you will have your website or blog on, any advertising that you might do to promote your site as well as many other costs that come with owning your own site.

cash-money-dollars-coins-currency-image-advertising-website-blog-tips-help-guide-pointers-advice-free-informationThere are many expenses that a lot of website or blog owners don’t think about when they either start their own site or already have started their own site. These expenses will have to either be paid for by you, the site owner yourself, or by some other means of monetization. The easiest way to make some money from your website or blog is to have advertisements on your site in which you earn money from.

Advertisement types

There are many different types of advertisement types that you can use to help generate some kind of revenue from. There are affiliate advertisements in which you get paid from someone visiting the advertiser’s own website and making some kind of purchase, signing up for a service or some other type of action that the visitor must do for which you will be paid for. There are advertisements that you can place on your site in which every time a visitor to your site clicks on them and visit’s the advertisers own website, you will earn an amount of money just from that action. There are several other types of advertising options for a site owner, but the two types listed above are the most common types of advertisement options.

Reasonable amounts

Determining which type is best for your website or blog will be up to you as the site owner. Something to consider is the amount of advertisements that you place on your site. Many people will leave and not come back to a site that has too many ads, so if you do have advertisements on your website or blog just make sure not to over do it. When placing the ads on your site ask yourself the question that if this was someone else’s site, is it one that you think has too many ads?

Impact on earnings

Also, placing too many ads can actually have a negative impact on the earnings that you receive from your advertisements. There is a phenomenon called “Ad Blindness” or also called “Banner Blindness” in which a visitor to a site will either consciously or subconsciously ignore the ads. One key reason that this can happen is because of placing too many ads so your site visitors will only pay attention and see things that they don’t determine to be an ad. So, if you are placing advertisements on your site, don’t over do it.

Relevance

Now last but not least, if you decide to place advertisements on your site, make sure to try to place advertisements for products or services that are related to what your site is all about. If you have a site that is about weddings, then you won’t want to be placing up ads for sporting goods for example. Try to keep advertisements on your website or blog that are something that goes along with the niche that your site is in. That way you will have a better chance of making more money from those ads.

Making the decision

Making the decision to place advertisements on your website or blog is one that does take a bit of consideration of all that you are trying to achieve and what is best for both you and the visitors to your site. So make sure to spend a bit of time thinking and researching before you decide if and what advertisements you will be placing on your site. You’ll also probably want to do some testing over time with different ad types and products and/or services to see what works best for your particular site and it’s visitors. Good luck with whatever you decide is best for your website or blog.