Google Adsense - $4 in 5 months. Finally I can buy that Audi RS6
Posted on April 19, 2006, by Conor O'Neill, under Blogging, Technology.
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.
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6 Replies to "Google Adsense - $4 in 5 months. Finally I can buy that Audi RS6"
conor on April 20, 2006
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.
Kate on April 21, 2006
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
Karl on October 25, 2006
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 
conor on October 25, 2006
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.
Karl on December 8, 2007
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 
The Swearing Lady on April 20, 2006
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.