How Switching Users to Firefox Can Significantly Increase Your AdSense Earnings
Saturday, June 9th, 2007There is a nice browser called Firefox by Mozilla with integrated Google Toolbar and a lot of nice features that help you browse Internet with more security and usability. I will explain some nice features that Firefox has. I recommend you to install it and enjoy Internet to the extent you have never done before. If you are using Internet Explorer, you may consider switching to Firefox, and I will explain you why.
You Can Significantly Increase Your AdSense Earnings
When you refer your readers to Firefox, you get 1 USD for each installation. It is quite simple.
If you persuade your readers that Firefox is useful to them, they will probably install Firefox. But how many of them actually use it. I used AWStats charts to check which browsers were used by our customers in May 2007 for our business site www.eastonhouse.net :
You see that Firefox users are only 11% of the whole readership. Let us assume that more than 50 % will be using Firefox in a year or two. You can earn 1 USD for each person who switches. Do you see the potential growth?
Let us calculate together. Assume you have 3000 readers a month, and 2400 of them use Internet Explorer. We believe you can have less than 50 % of your readers using Explorer, so 900 of them could be converted. And that is a potential of 900 USD per month. Of course not all of them will switch, but you can use more aggressive ways (keep in mind you do not want to lose you audience, though).
What Are the Aggressive Ways You Can Use to Persuade Your Users
There are scripts provided by Explorer Destroyer website that detect if your user browse your site with Internet Explorer. Then they provide three kinds of encouragement, according to your choice. If you are sure of your readership, you can use more aggressive ways, and if you are afraid of losing readers, you can use less aggressive options.
1. So-called Mild Encouragement (level of earnings $$)
At this level you only see a header over your content, with your recommendations, and a button with your AdSense referral code at the top right corner (you can choose yourself what button to put there).
2. Semi-serious (much more earnings $$$$)
The second level warns that this site is not compatible with Internet Explorer (this may not be actually true but it helps to persuade).
3. Dead serious
There is no way further to continue. Either you install or you quit. I would not recommend this way unless you are absolutely sure that your readers will not find what they are looking for, on other sites.
How to Install
Go to Explorer Destroyer website for detailed instructions. The whole trick is to change one line of your HTML code, the <body> tag, with their JavaScripts functions and calls. You can edit the text yourself, to make it more appealing for your readers, and it is very important to insert YOUR OWN REFERRAL code from your AdSense account!
What Are Other Mild Ways to Recommend Firefox?
- Put buttons provided by Google, to your sidebar
- Describe advantages of Firefox to your users
- Tell about nice plugins that Firefox has
- Implement features that are available only to Firefox users.
I hope this article was helpful, and you are now encouraged to install Firefox and drastically increase your AdSense earnings.
