Google Adsense is unpredictable

If you’re desperately trying to earn money from internet, you should know or ever heard about Adsense before this. Me too!! Google Adsense has served me well since I jump over it few months ago. So good, and it help me pay some of my mortgage and car loan. icon smile Google Adsense is unpredictable

Well, like other internet newbie like me who just started using Adsense, you will rush copying Adsense code into your website or blog, with hopes that you will earn from it from the very first day your website goes live. You can do that, but I won’t recommend you to do so.

If you already have few website earning consistently from Adsense, you might need to think it twice. Have you heard about Smart Pricing before? If not, please read it here from Google. Borrowing sentence from Digital Inspiration

Basically, if you are a Google Adsense publisher running a network of sites, one low-performing website could cause Google to lower the ad prices (EPC) of all sites in your account.

I have 2 websites which generate income consistently until I create few others several months ago. After the website goes live about 2 month, I start installing Adsense code and barely 2 weeks after, I can feel that ‘Smart Pricing’ has effecting my revenue by almost half. What the heck?? I’m aware of Smart Pricing, but don’t think that it will affecting my account since that site has been live for almost 2 months event though the traffic is still low. I’m in process of removing Adsense from there and hopefully my earning will back to normal.

If you noticed, I have been trying to monetize this blog with Adsense as well, but I have removed the code and thinking of putting it back maybe after this blog receive steady traffic from search engine or have at least PR 2 or 3 . Having this experient made me thinking back what have I read before from several internet marketers, who own hundred website monetized using Google Adsense. Do they experience the same thing too? Or they just bluff about this in order to sell their ebook? I believe Google is brilliant enough to trace the same publisher ID exist in thousands different website, right?

At the same time, early last month, Google has started closing Adsense account which related to Adsense arbitrage as well as who own made for Adsense website. Be careful of what you’re doing, or otherwise you can say good bye to Google Adsense.

By the way, I’m enclosing a screenshot of my Adsense earning. Don’t get me wrong here, I’m not showing this off, but to inspire you that part time blogger with very limited time to online per day be able to earn from internet as well. As long as you works toward it, there is nothing impossible. Keep it it up!!

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top kontera earner

 top kontera earner

I have started displaying Kontera ad on my website since mid of February, but the income is not very much encouraging. I have USD 49 in my account since day 1 so I have been thinking reconsidering displaying this ad in future, since it is not as much as what Adsense give me. But I do admit that Kontera does not have any impact to my Adsense earning so far. But before that, I’m looking how much other publishers are earned from Kontera.

After spending few hours digging around, this is the best that I found. The highest earner per month is Grownupgeek blog, which lead the list with USD1500 per month. I believe, there is other website that earns more than this, such as commercial blog, forum or website who did not reveal how much their income.

1.Grownupgeek
Earning – USD1500 (May)
Source : http://grownupgeek.blogspot.com/
Picture of cheque : http://www.shoemoney.com/gallery/v/misc/Grown-up-geek.jpg.html

2. Johnchow.com
Earning USD 1000 (May)
Source: http://www.johnchow.com/make-money-online-may-2007/

3. courtneytuttle
Earning: USD 220.77 (May)
Source: http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/06/02/may-earnings-report-and-evaluation/

4. Xenkatana
Earning: USD 218.76 (May)
Source: http://www.xenkatana.com/2007/06/05/may-earnings/

5. Studio707
Earning – USD 126.21 (march – April)
Source http://apis.studio707.net.my/index.php/2007/06/08/woot-my-first-kontera-payment/
http://apis.studio707.net.my/index.php/2007/06/04/kontera-payment-anyone-received-the-payment-yet/

6. Paula Neal Mooney
Earning: USD 115.05 (May)
Source : http://paulamooney.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-konteracom-earnings-are-11505try-to.html

7. Staska.net
Earning: 47.49 (April)
Source: http://www.staska.net/2007/05/05/my-online-earnings-for-april-2007/

8. Stevenaitchison (May)
Earning: USD 17.01
Source: http://www.stevenaitchison.co.uk/blog/2007/06/01/online-earnings-for-may-2007/

9. Matt Huggins
Earning: USD 1.28 (May) I like this guy by the way he announce his earning. Even though it is not much, I’m respect his honest in declaring it.
Source : http://www.matthuggins.com/blog-earnings-for-may-2007/

10. Bobmeetworld
Earning: USD 37 (May) – Bob is thinking to quit displaying this ads
Source: http://bobmeetsworld.com/my-thoughts-on-kontera/#comment-2920

11. Askdavetaylor
Earning : Does not reveal how much he actually earn from Kontera per month, but it ranged from 4 – 5 dollar pe rday.
Source: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/make_money_with_kontera_contextual_advertising.html

If you earn some amount from Kontera and want to be included in the list, or you know someone who earn from Kontera but is missing from this list, do let me know through the comment section below

Important lessons from internet and blogging

I have been off line for the past 2 days attending my elder brother’s wedding ceremony in Shah Alam, Selangor Malaysia. It was very fun and happy moments for us since we have new family members and I will get new and the only elder sister (even though she is is younger than me Lol). In Malay tradition, we have 2 different ceremony, the first one would be held on bride’s house, while the second one would be held in bridegroom’s house which would in my parent’s house a week later.

Finish story about wedding ceremony, I’m back to Penang this evening (around 6.AM CST), and immediately check my blog, email and of course my income. I’m actually not planning to write anything today since I’m still quite tired after long hours driving, but suddenly I have an idea what should I write today from those emails and report

Do no depend solely on PPC.
I was quite surprised today when the income for this Saturday & Sunday is half from what i normally earn, even though the number of visitor and page views are almost the same. Usually, weekend would be among the day where i earn the most and i have the heaviest traffic. Normally, less traffic and page views means less income but you know, the internet is something that you can’t predict

Even though income from this source is really unpredictable but it still quite important to me since I have not yet mastering building income from affiliate, having membership program or creating newsletter which I’m still in process of learning. Even blogging is something new to me.

I also have plan to start getting involved in some of pay per post kind of things, but this blog was not approved since it was not fulfilling the terms and conditions stated(another example of not reading terms and conditions which I will talk about it later in this post)

Submit your website to appropriate directory
I have my website ranked first on one web directory removed from the listing recently. Though this is my mistake, since it was submitted to incorrect web directory, but i still feel frustrated why they have approved my submission at the first place. But when my website started to ranked better and even ranked first, only then they take an action using this reason. Though this listing does not really affected the number of traffic (not sure on the long run), but i have lost a numbers of visitors from there.

While I’m upset about this , it will became a tough lesson for me to read the ‘terms and conditions’ before make any submission to any directory out there or clicking ‘submit’ or ‘agree’ button on something after this

Terms and Conditions (TOC) or Term of Services (TOS)
How often do your read terms and condition before your proceed registering or accepting something. How often you check back the TOC and TOS for any programs that you have joined? I bet no one read it all except for something that related to monetary such as our PPC program, clickbank or paypal. Taking TOS or TOC for granted is something we should avoided to avoid possibilities of losing potential of income and benefit in future. As what i have mentioned above, i have losing a numbers of traffic due to this silly mistakes which i can avoid if i read it carefully

If you’re an adsense publisher, this is something that you should take it seriously since Google will make changes on it TOS from time to time. Read it more at official adsense blog

Human made mistakes, so do I. Learning from mistakes is harsh, but it does serve well to us in future.