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Re: Ask HN: How much ad revenue you make from your side project?

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Post by robtaylor »

Cherian wrote: post #3

I can speak for the food blogging industry. This is my wife’s blog[1] A good food blogger focusing on the US/High GDP audience can get CPMs from $1-4[2]. Where it gets interesting are the RPM numbers. If you can manage multiple ad networks, execute 100% fill rates, bid between networks and become a preferred partner, you can rake up to $12-15in RPM [3]. Here’s more of multiple revenue sources for a successful blog [4…

Your top right logo is 2.3meg https://www.alittlebitofspice.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03...

It can be much smaller and still get the 'retina' effect, saving load time and bandwidth.

Re: Ask HN: How much ad revenue you make from your side project?

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Post by srednalfden »

dave333 wrote: post #119

http://www.samurai-sudoku.com makes about $500/month on 170k page views/month but it only has one ad block for a better user experience. Also one page view can take hours solving the puzzle.

I like the sodoku designs. What technology do you use for the site?

Re: Ask HN: How much ad revenue you make from your side project?

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Post by biztos »

lappet wrote: post #39
phoboslab wrote: post #26

I make about $600/mo pretty consistently with a typing game ( http://zty.pe ) - about 200k visits/mo. I once managed another project that had about 14m visits/mo and made a meager $3000. Bad target demographic.

Wow, http://zty.pe is really fun!

That was awesome! I only got 1180 / 95.5% but I am lying on my back and have an injured hand. :-)

Re: Ask HN: How much ad revenue you make from your side project?

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Post by thomasdd »

phoboslab wrote: post #26

I make about $600/mo pretty consistently with a typing game ( http://zty.pe ) - about 200k visits/mo. I once managed another project that had about 14m visits/mo and made a meager $3000. Bad target demographic.

Very relaxing Game! Great!

Re: Ask HN: How much ad revenue you make from your side project?

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Post by jasonb778 »

phoboslab wrote: post #26

I make about $600/mo pretty consistently with a typing game ( http://zty.pe ) - about 200k visits/mo. I once managed another project that had about 14m visits/mo and made a meager $3000. Bad target demographic.

You guys are in the wrong game for making money. I got out of seo and paid ads and I trade now averaging about $2000 a day. Here's how you do it http://rurl.us/JC6fQ

Re: Ask HN: How much ad revenue you make from your side project?

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Post by haffla »

phoboslab wrote: post #26

I make about $600/mo pretty consistently with a typing game ( http://zty.pe ) - about 200k visits/mo. I once managed another project that had about 14m visits/mo and made a meager $3000. Bad target demographic.

A shame it crashes on both Chrome and Safari (iOS 10.3.2, iPhone 5)

Re: Ask HN: How much ad revenue you make from your side project?

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Post by wangarific »

joshvm wrote: post #69
Cherian wrote: post #3

I can speak for the food blogging industry. This is my wife’s blog[1] A good food blogger focusing on the US/High GDP audience can get CPMs from $1-4[2]. Where it gets interesting are the RPM numbers. If you can manage multiple ad networks, execute 100% fill rates, bid between networks and become a preferred partner, you can rake up to $12-15in RPM [3]. Here’s more of multiple revenue sources for a successful blog [4…

Very refreshing to see a food blog that's recipe oriented. I'll be trying some of those! When I see a picture of mouth watering food, I want the recipe, not paragraphs of fluff about what the author did that week.

FWIW, that fluff is what builds a relationship with readers and for a lot of food blogs that's what separates you from powerhouses like seriouseats. You can usually just jump down to the recipe card if you want to skip the fluff.

Re: Ask HN: How much ad revenue you make from your side project?

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Post by wangarific »

notadoc wrote: post #9
Cherian wrote: post #3

I can speak for the food blogging industry. This is my wife’s blog[1] A good food blogger focusing on the US/High GDP audience can get CPMs from $1-4[2]. Where it gets interesting are the RPM numbers. If you can manage multiple ad networks, execute 100% fill rates, bid between networks and become a preferred partner, you can rake up to $12-15in RPM [3]. Here’s more of multiple revenue sources for a successful blog [4…

Wow I had no idea food blogging was a profitable thing. Congrats to your wife. > If you can manage multiple ad networks, execute 100% fill rates, bid between networks Isn't that impossible to get 100% filled? I recall reading a while back that getting even 40% was challenging which is why the ad quality online has gone down and they're more intrusive? Lots of interesting stuff on this thread, thanks for sharing.

There are a lot of blogging categories that are surprisingly profitable but in different ways. The internet is quite vast!

Re: Ask HN: How much ad revenue you make from your side project?

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Post by wangarific »

gallerdude wrote: post #10
notadoc wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow I had no idea food blogging was a profitable thing. Congrats to your wife. > If you can manage multiple ad networks, execute 100% fill rates, bid between networks Isn't that impossible to get 100% filled? I recall reading a while back that getting even 40% was challenging which is why the ad quality online has gone down and they're more intrusive? Lots of interesting stuff on this thread, thanks for sharing.

If the internet has taught me anything, it's you can make a lot of money at anything if you work hard enough.

And long enough. It's a lot of survival until you learn enough to make money.
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