Please, Not Another Pointless List to Click Through!


What Problem Each State is Known For

This was the last one I clicked on when I was scrolling through Facebook. I live in Utah so I have to click through 44 pages just to read the one page about my state. To save everyone a lot of time, Utah consumes a lot of porn and pain killers. People from Alabama, I'm jealous. I don't remember what your problem is, but you don't have to click through 44 pages to get to your state.

Why do they do this?

Answer: Page views

I have tried a couple different monetization techniques for my blog. Ad companies are a big one, but not one I do anymore. There are two main ways people make money from lists. 1. clicks. people clicking on the ads, and 2. impressions. People just seeing an ad. People clicking on an ad is obviously worth more, but impressions can still make you money. When I was reading the list of State problems, I gave that website 44 page views. Impressions take about 1000 to make $1. Don't quote me on that, that's just an estimate from my experience. Assuming people make it on average through 25 states, you only need 40 visitors to your site to make $1 from impressions. If you have a page like mine, and you want impressions, I would need 1,000 visitors to accomplish the same thing. Now, if the list gets 1,000 visitors viewing 25 pages, you would make $25. The downside is that it creates kind of a spammy experience for the user, and you don't get people wanting to come back to your website.
Food for thought for the next time you click next page at the bottom of some list.

How do I monetize?

Right now I'm using affiliate links, marketing products specific for my content. For those unfamiliar with what affiliate links are, I get a commission each time someone buys a product, or downloads an app using my links from my website. Right now I'm running ads for two investment apps I like and use, Stash and Robinhood, and for a screensaver app I love that makes people money as well called Smore.

Shameless plug: 

In case anyone is interested, I'd be willing to sell some advertising space on my website as well, assuming I like your product. Message me if you're interested.

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