Hi Alexandre, Some people are doing this but it's not a way to get rich quick, and there's work involved.
The click through rates for AdSense ads embedded in the home view of a gadget are usually very low and the eCPM is even lower. Also, some people will refuse to even consider using a gadget if it contains any AdSense ads at all and many more simply ignore them. AdSense ads pay well when they match up with content that is of genuine interest to the visitor. Indirect methods much work better. For example, imagine a gadget that calculates electrical resistance linking to a well written tutorial about calculating resistance and other electrical engineering topics. Ads in that tutorial would likely be about measurement instruments or engineering software and would be of genuine interest to the visitor. The CTR and eCPM in that case would be much better than what you might get from a "Free Ringtones!!" text ad just beneath the resistance calculator in the gadget. Another growing market is for OpenSocial gadgets. Webmasters who are trying to create communities and make their sites "stickier" will often pay for custom gadgets that are more suited to their purposes than the gadgets that are available for free. Also a number of very large companies have used gadgets for ads and viral marketing. You can see some examples of these at http://echo3.net/ Echo3 Online Services is a group of contractors who among other things, create gadgets for clients who don't have the time or expertise to do it themselves. [Disclaimer: it is my company =)] Hope something in all that helps and good luck with your efforts. On Apr 24, 6:47 am, agomes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I developed a couple of gadgets with a niche target audience. > Before I dedicate myself fulltime to this technology can you guys > share some experience about if this is a viable way to make a living? > > Is it possible to leverage ad sense in the gadget and if so how > profitable can it be? > > Thanks for your ideas, > Alexandre --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
