How would you monetize this traffic?

[chris24]

So I set up a wordpress blog about a hobby (nothing related to girls, sex, dating, etc.). And in one post I put up a picture of a famous chick in a scantily clad outfit (not nude) and somehow this pic on my site ended up ranked very highly in searches. So anyway, I am getting about 1500-2000 unique visitors a day just looking at this picture.

What are your suggestions to try to monetize this traffic (If it is even worth it)? Note that this is a legitimate blog that my friends and family look at, so I don't think I want to send to some porn affiliate or anything else too shady.

 

[Mike]

That's a great predicament to be in.

First, figure out who your audience is, and what they're interests are, then try to display ads that they would be interested in. Try email / zip submit offers. Adsense. Etc. In other words, do some testing.

PM me your blog URL and I'll be happy to give you more specific advice if you like.

 

[machinecontrol]

Put on some CPM ads like ValueClick, or some popups. Google Image Search traffic is the worst traffic I've ever seen(even worse than scammy third-tier PPC). They won't even look at your page, they just want the picture.

 

[xmcp123]

In addition to whats said above, I'd use some Javascript framebusting code to get rid of that damn image search frame that will give people an ad-less shortcut.

 

[pixxxorama]

Is the image being hotlinked ? or Fuskered ?

 

[chris24]

Thanks for the help guys. Unfortunately, this is a site hosted on wordpress.com and they don't allow javascript. I was thinking of just adding an affiliate link/image to this page (right under the picture). Basically, the traffic is coming from Google search and Google image search. When you search for this woman, the pic on my site is the #1 pic on the image search and it comes up on the normal Google SERP as well.

If anyone could give me a tip on what affiliate link to throw on here, that would be great. Thanks.

 

[clownstep]

Nobody can tell you what affiliate link to throw on there unless they see your site. As stated above you just have to do your own testing. You already have the traffic and it's free, so start testing you have nothing to lose.

 

[machinecontrol]

Be careful with the links, Wordpress.com doesn't allow ads.

 

[necromancer]

Be careful with the links, Wordpress.com doesn't allow ads.

phpbay is a wordpress plug that sets up ebay ads.

Not sure if that's what you guys are talking about but it's a possible monetization route.