Name: Max Levitte Site: Cheapism.com Vertical: Shopping AdSense Partner for: 5+ years
Tell us about your site:
Called by The New York Times ‘a Consumer Reports for the cheap’, Cheapism.com is a budget-products review site, serving consumers who can only afford/wish to buy inexpensive products, but still want the best value for their money. Cheapism is the only review site that focuses exclusively on low-price products, a part of the market that is rarely reviewed by the experts.
What we do at Cheapism is research the low price products and services in various categories and then create a thorough buying guide on how to buy budget products in that category. Our editorial process involves defining the low-price range for each category, identifying must have features, summarizing key performance attributes, and then analyzing relevant reviews and recommending the best budget buys and what to avoid. We follow strict journalistic editorial guidelines when creating our content and take great pride in our articles.
What makes cheapism.com a great AdSense publisher?
We implement AdSense in a non intrusive way yet generate high eCPMs. We also manage to generate a significant amount of our AdSense revenue from a link unit.
Why do you love AdSense?
Because it targets exactly what our visitors are looking for.
Because it saves us from having to deal with advertisers.
Because it generates most of our revenue.
Finally, thank you again to everyone who submitted their sites for consideration!
8 of the TCs have posted more than 10K times in the Forum since they joined. We’d like to give a special mention to PeggyK of our English Help Forum, as she’s contributed an amazing 47,972 posts to date!
Thanks to all of the TCs who were able to join us -- we truly enjoyed meeting everyone face-to-face. We appreciate all of the contributions our TCs make to the AdSense community, and look forward to continued collaboration with them going forward.
In the meantime, we encourage you to watch our video tutorials, which will guide you through completing common tasks in the new interface. You can also find detailed information in our Help Center for the new interface.
Thanks for all the feedback you’ve provided about the new interface -- please do keep the suggestions coming. We appreciate your patience during this transition, and look forward to continuing to improve the new AdSense interface to meet your needs.
Posted by Allan Livingston - AdSense Product Manager
If you’ve been using saved reports in the old interface, please know that we’re working on a tool to help you easily import these saved reports into the new interface. We’ll be sure to let you know when it becomes available -- you’re welcome to re-create them in the meantime, but you may wish to wait for this tool.
We hope with the launch of these features, you’ll be able to better customize the way you analyze and receive information about your ad performance. Let us know what you think!
Posted by Simon Bowden and Louis Collard - AdSense Engineering
The +1 button and recommendations will appear at the bottom of display ads.
Susan’s friends and contacts will also be more likely to see the ad. While the dynamics of our ad auction aren’t changing, the ad will now be included in the auction for the pages Susan’s friends visit, as we know recommendations from friends can be a strong signal of an ad’s relevance.
+1’s will be one additional signal that help determine an ad’s relevance. All eligible ads will continue to compete in the ad auction, and we’ll continue to show the ones that will generate the most revenue for you. +1 button clicks are not counted as clicks on ads. Although you won’t receive any revenue for +1 button clicks, +1’s will help AdSense to deliver more useful ads to your users, which we think will result in higher returns over time.
On mobile, the +1 button will replace the existing ‘g’ logo and recommendations will appear for several seconds, then fade out.
The +1 button will begin to appear on AdSense for content and AdSense for mobile content display ad formats--image, animated gif, and Flash ads. If you’d prefer not to allow the use of +1 features and social annotations on display ads on your pages, you can opt out starting today by signing in to your account at google.com/adsense.
Display ads become much more powerful when people can see which of their connections have chosen to endorse them, leading to a better advertising experience and higher returns for you.
If you’d like to learn more about the +1 button on display ads, please visit the AdSense Help Center.
Keep in mind that with the recent launch of the Sites report, you can now see your domain and subdomain earnings without the need to set up URL channels. For tracking page level data or any other grouping of pages, however, please feel free to continue creating URL channels.
We'll also have a Q&A session during this webinar. You can submit your questions in advance to the AdSense team and vote on questions submitted by other webinar attendees here. The most popular questions will be answered live during our webinar! To join and participate in the webinar you’ll need to install Webex Meeting Manager.
How do I promote these opportunities on my site?
To promote any of these exclusive opportunities, you'll first need to be an approved publisher in Google Affiliate Network. Google Affiliate Network is available to all
AdSense publishers, and while most advertisers in the program are based in the US and Canada, many have international shipping capabilities. For more details, view all Google Affiliate Network opportunities available.
Apply for Google Affiliate Network with your AdSense Publisher
ID (or sign in if you're already a Google Affiliate Network publisher).
Once approved, review the opportunities available (link to GAN Blog Post to be added once live) and click the "Apply Now" link for everyone that you wish to
promote.
Tracking links will be available in your Google Affiliate Network account by viewing the Home tab. You can also search for "September
Exclusive Opportunities" links in the Links section on September 23.
When can I post these opportunities on my site?
All opportunities will be available on September 23, and all will expire at midnight September 26. Please note that it won't be possible to post any of these exclusives until
September 23.
When you log in to the new AdSense interface, you’ll see your top channels by estimated earnings along with the percentage change for the selected time period. So if you’ve chosen to view the last 7 days, you’ll see your top performing channels for that time range along with the percentage change they experienced compared to the prior 7 day period.
Thanks for all of the feedback you provided about bringing this report to the new interface -- you can check out this update by logging in to the new AdSense interface today. As a reminder, we’re gradually moving away from the older version and focusing on building improvements like these in the new interface. We encourage you to continue familiarizing yourself with the new interface, and as always, please feel free to leave us a comment with your thoughts and suggestions.
Tell us about your site:
“GoVisitCostaRica.com is a very informative travel website dedicated to traveling to and within Costa Rica. You can plan your perfect Costa Rica vacation; on the beach, in the forest or next to the volcanoes. See why Costa Rica is one of the best countries to vacation in.”
What makes govisitcostarica.com a great AdSense partner?
“We have a great use of AdSense within our large amount of content.”
Why do you love AdSense?
“AdSense has been a great add on to our monthly income for our very popular travel website.”
In the next couple of weeks, we’ll highlight our final Gold Star Partner so be sure to keep an eye on the blog!
Posted by Julia Riley, AdSense Strategic Partnerships
“We publish unbiased information and advice for home buyers. We are not trying to sell them anything, like most housing-related websites. We are dedicated to creating a smarter class of home buyers and homeowners, to reduce the chances of another housing crisis.
We are currently finishing a major content overhaul. Over the last few months, we have been updating and/or expanding every single article on the site. More than 200 new articles have been published since March 2011.”
Why do you love AdSense?
“Revenue. Simplicity. Reach.”
Finally, we want to thank everyone who took the time to submit their site for consideration! It's always great to see the vast array of sites in the AdSense network, and we hope you'll continue to develop and optimize your sites.
Posted by Julia Riley, AdSense Strategic Partnerships
