> Hi there, you don’t know me, but I found your writings while searching for information about Intellitxt. That big thread on the SitePoint forums. I think it’s awesome how open you are about helping people. Thanks to you, I’m going to look into YPN. You see, last year an established website just fell into our laps, and now that hubby has fixed it so that Google can actually see all that content, it’s approaching the 500,000 impressions a month level, which is why I was searching for Intellitxt information. It’s not exactly a forum, but similar… It’s an advice site.
My husband and I are trying to figure out the best ways to get the most out of the site without looking too “spammy”, I guess. Anyway, thanks again for your help. Take care!
Thanks for the kind words and the email! After taking a close look at your site, I see a number of areas where you have room for improvement. I would start with you adsense placement initially. You basically have a poorly blended ad on the right sidebar that likely isn’t getting you many clicks. I would integrate the ads within your fantastic content and work on blending the ads to match the background, coloring the links blue (#0000FF). That alone will increase your adsense income by at least 2-3 times.
Once you have that down (remember to test, test, test!), I would then look at an option like IntelliTXT. I am not sure what your traffic levels are, but they like to work with established sites getting 500,000 or more pageviews monthly. I think this will provide good supplemental income for you as you grow.
The key for your site is going to be new and fresh content for the search engines to gobble up. Continue working to generate both new topics (questions) and good answers. This will keep the people coming and promote growth in a great way!
Best wishes!
Great suggestions Lee. Any chance we can have a look at the site also and make suggestions?