For fun, I set up Google AdSense last year. It is behind those ads you see in the sidebar of the blog. I didn’t expect to make much money and never thought I’d be able to live off the Ad revenue.
I just checked my total income and it is now at $4.02! Woo hoo. It seems to me that there is a very good reason for it – the ads are complete shite.
At least 80% of the blog is about food but it almost never includes food ads. I never ever mention dating but there is always some poxy ad for a dating agency. I once mentioned a Ford Mustang and for weeks had ads for US car dealers. The day they do ads for hair transplants, I’m taking them off the site.
Having said all of that, I added an Amazon ad recently for comparison and only selected food as a category. Income to date? £0.00!
Oh well, I’ll just stick to the day job then.
technorati tags: AdSense, Amazon.co.uk
April 20, 2006 at 12:12 pm
Now what will your bald readers do?
I’ve always suspected AdSense to be crap, and now I know. What’s $4 in euros anyway? Sure, splash out on a Cornetto or something.
April 20, 2006 at 12:21 pm
It’s the bald writer who has the problem. It’d be the first accurate ad on the site.
The money might even stretch to a block of raspberry ripple. But I have to get to a tenner before they’ll do a transfer. And me all ready with the Cayman Islands account.
April 21, 2006 at 2:47 pm
Jesus, things is bad man, and you with all those mouths to feed.
In the interest of ensuring the gang get a dinner this evening I shall click on all the ads – well one does what one can to assist those families in poverty!
Kate
October 25, 2006 at 4:59 pm
i use adsense adds and in the past week iv made $57.95 and i only own the one clan site…you must be doing something wrong mate, adsense rocks…not bad for a 15 year old lad
October 25, 2006 at 5:36 pm
Now I’m completely depressed. Maybe it’s cos most of my readers are Irish and AdSense has a hard time displaying accurate ads for over here.
December 8, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Hows the adsense going??
Just had another payout this month, I made a quick buck by puttin up a proxy site, maybe you should give it a try, it pays for the server charges