My Halo2Basics.com site gets about 2000 hits a month, so I figured with all of these damn web sites that I've been launching I might as well take advantage of the traffic and make some coin.

So, I subscribed to Google AdSense a few weeks ago and put some advertising on the H2 Basics site. So far I'm not to impressed. I've had one click for $0.06. But what's interesting is that the advertisements are kinda-sorta-relevant in a certain way. While I write this, these are the current ads on the site:

  • Sniper Rifles - Wide array of Airsoft Sniper Rifles Shop for Airsoft Online Today!
  • The Airsoft Gun Warehouse - Free Shipping! Great deals Guns, Rifles, Gear, Apparel
  • Paintball Sniper Guns - One Shot-One Kill Destroys Enemy. Long Boy Paintball Sniper Guns!
  • Tuffpak Guncase - The Adventure Begins When You Pak! The ultimate in gun and bow cases.

Hrm. Ok, I can see how ads for weapons would show up on the site since the content of the site talks about weapons and combat. What I was hoping for was ads related to the XBox and Halo game paraphernalia.

So I guess the general idea that you can't get something for nothing still applies. If I want to make money off of this, I'll have to put in some effort and work on the content of the site a bit.