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Morning all,I’m Matt from That Pond Guy, a specialist pond maintenance company based in Burham, Kent. I’ve just joined LJN and thought I’d introduce myself.We cover Kent, London and the wider South East, looking after everything from garden wildlife…
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Best professional battery hedge trimmer at present?
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Best professional battery hedge trimmer at present?
I have been using Stihl hla 86's for the past 5 years, but I am finding I am replacing them every 1-2 years. Are there any better alternatives at the moment? The only annoying thing is that I have all the AP batteries and chargers so changing brand…
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I run Adsense on my site but have modified the settings on Adsense to ensure that my local competitors do not appear there. this can by done both by geographical region and by inserting specific urls - so Susan and Niall and my other local competition don't get a click through from me! To date (and I check my site most days) I have yet to see any competitors there. Most are from London or the south east so not in direct competition at all.
What do you reckon??
Cheers
Nicky Patterson
GardenImprovements.com
Silly question - So what benefit would you get from having adsense as I reckon the chances of someone clicking on them would be very slim. Unless the trade off is that someone local to you clicks on your ad from someone elses site - Does this make sense? Sorry long day I have been fitting the kitchen out at home!! :-(
It certainly isn't making me wads of cash though!!
For these adverts to pay you need a fair few visitors to your site, I'd say roughly 20,000 a month.
You can tweak what is displayed on the ad strips, but then again you might be blocking some of the higher paying advertisers.
I offer web tips through my own personal blog, and don't run any advertising, because in the space that ad blocks would take up I'd prefer to be highlighting my own work and the fact I follow my subject.
I think you'd most probably have more joy out of writing a review of a gardening/landscaping book and having an affiliate link to Amazon so that people can buy it.
(If you go down this route place the affiliate link at the end of the article, it's 3x more effective than higher up)
I'd measure the effectiveness of the ad blocks and see if they really are bringing in something of value, or whether the space could be put to better use.
All the best,
Craig
A potential sale, if I can hook up with a buyer, is potentially worth so much more than the few cents I could get if they click on an ad.