Adsense Masters Course Review
Posted on February 15, 2010
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Disclosure: The following Adsense Masters Course review contains affiliate links and I receive a commission if you decide to buy through my link.
I rarely buy anything internet marketing related lately because I have bought quite a lot of ebooks and courses in the past and in the 90% of the cases the information was crap or just a rehashed information from someone else.
The Adsense Masters Course has a few different views and approaches to earning money with Google Adsense and online business in general.
I first came across the author, John Xfactor at warriorforum.com where he openly shared lots of his tips and ideas on how he earns over $300 per day with Adsense. (you’ll find a link to that thread on the sales letter)
There were tons of questions and eventually John decided to compile an ebook (and a few videos) based on his system and the Q&A he shared.
What The Adsense Masters Course Is About
John has developed a system of building very small and very tight niche sites that primarily target just one keyword which he uses in the domain name.
He may add 5 more pages to the site with related keywords and build a few links to it and that’s about it.
The key to his system and his success is:
- how to find high paying Adsense keywords with some demand and low competition
- how to design the site to get highest CTR on Adsense
- how to get links to those sites
That’s the core of the Adsense Masters Course and it works well for John.
How I Benefited From The Course
I don’t build sites like John and I don’t intend to. 
I learned an interesting thing about getting links with article submissions. John doesn’t give you any new secret article submission sites but he has a different approach to writing articles for those sites.
I can see the logic of that and while I haven’t tested this approach I definitely will in the future.
I also learned something about site design that produces high CTR for Adsense and I have already modified a template on one of my test sites which shows promising results.
The Adsense Masters Course ebook is 95 pages long and 93 pages for me were really not something new, but the 2 tips that I got from the book are something really refreshing in the area of Internet marketing which just bombards you with fancy and “awesome” new products which don’t add anything new to the online business knowledge.
Whether a few tips are worth $77 is your call. If you follow through and don’t just read the ebook and earn at least $77 by applying new ideas, then the ebook is worth the money.
If you don’t follow through, then it’s not.
My Thoughts On The System
John’s approach is different than mine in two major ways.
1. I build just a few large sites that eventually become the authority in that niche. That has several advantages:
a) Every page posted on the authority site gets a boost in the rankings and quickly ranks well in the search engines.
b) Every link acquired for that site helps ALL the articles on the site rank better through more link juice. John has to acquire links for each of his small websites and one new link helps only one of his websites. (or maybe a few just a little bit if he interlinks them)
John’s sites will almost never get any organic links in the future because they are really bad looking (he knows exactly why but that’s the fact most people will agree on) and they don’t suggest authority on the topic. My sites get organic links because they eventually become the top dog in that niche and are very large with lots of visitor interaction thanks to C2 module of SBI.
So they are talked about and linked here and there from other top sites in that niche. That gives them even more ranking power and even less chance that they will be penalized or lose rankings for one or another factor in the future.
2. I don’t focus that aggressively on getting the highest CTR by throwing the Adsense block directly in the face of the visitor. I think there are probably 90% of websites on the Internet that use Adsense and I and probably many others are frankly sick of these Adsense ads.
I give visitors the choice of reading the text or clicking on the ad and while the site’s main objective is similar, I am quite content with lower CTR while at the same time providing the visitor with something useful.
You have to realize something: most people (I dare to say over 90%) have no idea what Adsense ads are and how they work.
They don’t really make a choice whether to click on an ad because they know it’s an advertiser offering something or to keep reading below (or beside) the ad because the main gist of the article is still ahead.
No, actually they just click on something that is aligned with the intention they have mind – and that is usually the Adsense ad that stands out in their face.
They click on it almost instinctively without really knowing what will happen – and voila, you’re earning money because people don’t know how this Internet things works.
Most people don’t even know what a browser is, can you imagine? Do you think they know what Google Adsense ads are, how they look like and how the whole system works?
It doesn’t really give me great pleasure earning money tricking people. While I know that Adsense above the fold is a must if you want to get at least a decent CTR, I wrap text around it to give people a choice of a click or reading the text.
I’ve talked to many friends about Internet marketing and Adsense and when I surfed around the net showing the examples of Adsense ads they had no idea whatsoever that those were Adsense ads AND that the owner of the site earns money through clicks.
So while I don’t recommend John’s strategy of slapping Adsense ads right in the face of unsuspecting visitors, I did learn a few tips on how to improve the CTR which I will adapt to my sites and still give people the chance of another action besides just clicking on that ad.
Final Words
I recommend John Xfactor’s Adsense Masters Course because there are a few good tips and ideas that I haven’t read before (and I read a lot ) which you can use and implement into your existing sites.
But I definitely do not recommend you build sites like John because they are maximized for best earnings with Google Adsense and do not have the visitor’s satisfaction in mind.
There is no emphasis on the quality of articles or how to write them in order to provide easy-to-follow tips or advice or reviews for someone who is looking for info on the Web.
In fact, there are tips on how to write as fast as possible rewriting the existing info on the web.
I also don’t think this system can work in the long term with Google. Getting your main keyword in the domain name and taking advantage of Google’s algorithm flaw that currently allows those domains to rank realy well cannot last in my opinion.
It’s easily exploitable and you need just a few poor links to get that keyword focused domain into the top 10. I personally think this won’t work in the next few years…
The sites also look bad (because that gets the highest CTR) but if all sites on the Web looked like that, it would be really a nightmare.
I personally recommend you build nicer looking sites, give the visitors a chance or reading the text or clicking the ad and build interesting and informative websites with lots of videos, pictures and ways of interaction (C2) for visitors.
One more things that I really liked from John’s ebook is his mindset and his approach to work. You can see that I even quoted him (with his permission) at the top right of this blog.
John has the right attitude to success and you can also learn from that even if you don’t apply any of his tips and tricks to your site.
The ideas from the Adsense Masters Course can add to your overall knowledge of Internet marketing but I really recommend you just adapt them to your websites and stick to large content sites and develop them into authorities on the topic.
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When you visit the Google Adsense site, they try to teach you where to place your ads. The strange thing is I think they want you to slap your visitor in the face with an add right away. That’s just a theory, but could I be correct in saying that google doesn’t mind messy looking adsense sites. They could actually be encouraging it.
Thanks, Tomaz! You read my mind since I had noticed the quote on the top right of your site and was going to ask if you recommended that course.
I came across this course 4 months ago.
I now have about 10 minisites like this, and in my opinion, they work, but require lots of work.
In my experience:
- the design layout really works, it gets you two digit CTR very very easily.
- you can rank in top 10 within days if your article is well optimized for inpage SEO:
+Use SBI analizer
+link to lots of other high PR pages
+add one or two images with right alt tags
+add Youtube video.
Yet I have to agree with you, Tomaz, that I don’t believe this model will work for too long when Google suddenly decides to change their algo regards keyword domain names.
But meanwhile its main interest is how to increase revenue- so thats fine, I guess.
I have not earned anywhere close to $5/day in any of my sites (as projected from the book), the highest one is about $1 per day/per site, others just few cents here and there. Perhaps I need to build more links. But again I dont want to build properties for other people – in this case EZ and Goarticles.
So I now mainly use his method to test out new site concept before building authority sites.
Same here…I have bought this course months ago after browsing the Warrior forums.
I bought and tried 20 plus domains. It’s quite a trickle of income.
I have since to focus on mega sites that can grow traffic over time. Building mini sites are really riskier and costlier in my opinion.
I hope you will take Tomaz’s advice here because I think i honestly think that is more enduring.
Hi Tomaz!
Your really a refreshing voice of reason within this internet marketing world of ours.
Its really quite sad that this is the first time in a long time that I’ve seen someone who:
1.Honsetly reviewed a PRODUCT, not just make somthing up by looking at the salespage.
2.Analyzed it and gave me tips on how to implement it in a better way using his own experience.
So big ups, I’ll be picking this course up in a couple of days through your link, I’ve been looking at it for a couple of months anyway since i feel like getting a introduction to adsense.
Ive only done an affiliate-site so far, however not profitable yet (not enough traffic) so i pay my bills by doing webdesign for local buisnesses.
Would you mind taking a look at my site and see if there is anything i can improve upon?
All the content is original, and the keyword research in my mind is actually quite good (made some mistakes, first site and all
)
specifically i think my question is:
“Big fat affiliate links” vs “in content links”
My guess is in content links might have lower CTR but they may actually have higher conversions? More trust factor i mean.
And also im trying to figure out this backlink thing, is article marketing the way to go? What do you recommend?
anyways, thanks for a great blog and i will be coming back for more
To your continued success,
Martin
The issue with big sites is that it’s difficult to get it going and make it sticky. With niche sites, you have a much better chance to get conversions and traffic.
I would agree that authority sites are the way to go but it’s a bigger investment in terms of time and money and by then a big dog can come in and eat your lunch. Also, who is to say that G wouldn’t change their algo to go against your site? I’ve seen big sites get dropped off their primary index before with no reasons at all. Would you agree that is having all your eggs in one basket?
The only part that I agree with is that it takes more time. I don’t think it’s more difficult to make a big site sticky – there are no extra brain cells needed to get those links.
I just takes longer.
Second, it’s impossible that another site comes and overtakes me. I get found for 40,000 keywords, some other SBI sites get found for 100,000 keywords per month. How are you going to overtake me?
If you beat for 25 keywords and push me one spot down do you think I’ll even notice?
I don’t think you really realize the power of a big site.
And Google cannot ever change the algorithm so much that it would affect me significantly. A high traffic site has thousands of links.
There is not way that they would not count. But on the other hand, your small niche sites have probably just a few links. They are much more vulnerable to any changes of algorithm.
And since they’re all based on the same system, you actually have all the eggs in the same basket. One algo change will affect all your sites. A big authority site doesn’t even flinch on algo changes.
I am making a full time living with the Xfactor method of creating ultra tight niche sites. While I’ve started to diversify in the meantime (I’m also a site flipper at heart so I’m having success selling some of my Xfactor sites at Flippa.com), my main part of business still relies heavily on it.
Btw, before joining SBI I didn’t realize it was you but you’re my main competitor for one of my small sites. Yours is also a niche site but you’ve grown it quite bit in the meantime. Got lots of ideas on how to grow mine based on yours actually (no, not copy, just ideas for tier 2). I was totally surprised to see one day in the SBI forum that one of YOUR sites was THAT ONE! So without realizing I’ve been ‘following’ you long before I knew who you really are
Small world, eh…
Marika
Btw, I’ve just been reading your other post on when to monetize. There is a completely different mindset on monetizing an authority site and a small niche site. Actually for tiny niches it’s advised to put Adsense on it right away as you’ll get some nice clicks from the Ezinearticles that you’ve written so you can start earning with the site right away.
Plus there is the issue that small, focused niches might never get to 100 visitors a day. For those that have never done a tiny niche, you might be surprised to find out that many have a max of 10-20 visitors a day. This is why the Xfactor system relies on setting up many small sites (some people have as many as 100 such sites, or 50, etc) which all together will pull in the weight to get $100 visitors or day or more. And each one of them have Adsense up from the very day they start the site. It’s not weird, it’s just another way to make a living, which also works quite well.
@Marika
In your last post I think you are thinking small. If you build 100 niche sites to bring in 20 visitors each, that is 2000 visitors per day approx.
That is a lot of work building 100 niche sites. Same process over and over again. If your 100 niche sites each have 5-10 pages, then that is about 1000 pages.
If you built one site with 1000 quality content pages on one topic and got 1 or 2 links per month to it, I would guess you would make about 5x more revenue and about 5000 visitors per day.