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Hello, I'm thinking of making my business free of charge and just making money off adsense. The site name is <URL snipped>
So, what do you think? Do you think I could make good money just off adsense?

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Short answer: making the whole service free and relying only on display ads is possible, but it needs realistic math, careful optimization, and backup revenue streams. Several replies here touched on traffic and user intent; the practical next step is to treat the idea like a finance model instead of a hope.

Start by sizing the opportunity. Use your real or projected monthly pageviews and apply a conservative RPM (revenue per 1,000 pageviews). Run a quick calculation to see if ad revenue covers your costs and desired profit:

pageviews_per_month = 50000
estimated_RPM = 4.50
monthly_revenue = (pageviews_per_month / 1000) * estimated_RPM  # = 225

If that number is far below your operating costs, Ads alone won't work. For RPM context and how it behaves by niche and geography, see an industry primer on RPM and benchmarks here.

If the math looks promising, optimize before scaling: improve time-on-site, focus on high-value countries, design for viewability, and run controlled ad experiments rather than blasting many slots. Use AdSense experiments to A/B test placements and formats and measure real RPM changes rather than guessing (). Follow AdSense placement and program rules closely—policy violations can kill an account and revenue quickly ().

Finally, don’t make ad revenue the only plank. Add at least one higher-margin option: email capture + promotions, targeted affiliate offers, lead-generation forms that sell to partners, or optional paid tiers for power users. Treat the first 60–90 days as a test: baseline metrics, one controlled experiment every 2–4 weeks, then decide whether Ads alone are enough or whether to introduce other monetization.

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Member Avatar for gdi

Your urs is sniped.

it depends on your website content and your website traffic and from where this traffic is comming if you are going to earn money from adsense or not..

Member Avatar for Dani

The majority of online publishers do that => Offer free content for website visitors in exchange for display and text ads.

Member Avatar for x3mario

You can make money through adsense. If you have a lot of visitors in your site, then surely you can earn $.

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I agree. Adsense works, but it all depends on where your traffic is coming from, and what they're looking for.

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