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Meera Menon's avatar

Since it is own custom domain, can I monetise it with adsense?

Burk's avatar

No you can’t monetize with Adsense on Substack.

Meera Menon's avatar

Also, I have another Google blog in which I do tech content, is it worth it to transfer all that content to substack and buy custom domain here? Bit confused, hence asking. Thanks.

Burk's avatar

You can do that. If it’s worth it is another question. That depends on what your goal is.

Meera Menon's avatar

Goal is to monetise by Adsense and keep content free

Meera Menon's avatar

Thanks , if buy domain under my name, can I write unrelated topics in different sections? Or if I buy domain url under publication name, then, need to buy 2 domains if I have 2 publications?

Burk's avatar

You need one domain per publication.

Ankur Jhaveri's avatar

Fantastic guide Burk! I have one question though — isn’t it better to piggyback on Substack’s domain authority rather than building yours from scratch?

I’ve been contemplating having a custom domain. But the domain authority for that domain will be 0. My Substack domain (LazyAI.substack.com) has a score of 90!

Is it really worth the drop in DA score? Won’t it actually hamper SEO because of a low DA? Even if it rises, it’ll never reach 90.

Burk's avatar

In my eyes it’s always custom domain. Sure substacks domain is high but it’s not yours and never will be.