I’ve been waiting a while to run a post like this, but figured it would be considered “incentivizing clicks” by Google. Well, with an official zero advertising on this blog, bar a few affiliate links from October, there is absolutely no harm to come of posting this. Maybe. So, without further ado, here is how I made $6.84 in a year through AdSense.
Sometime around now last year, I started my first actually-displays-in-Google-results and gets-readers-style blog. I think it may have been a bit before, like March, when I signed up for AdSense, but it was close.
That said, I randomly checked out my account today. Naturally, I saw a line of zeroes, so, as always, I selected “All time” from the dropdown box.
$6.84.
Huh. I wonder why it went up.
Maybe Google just has sympathy for me.
That means I make about 13 cents a week from AdSense.
Hm, at that rate, I can pay for one of my five domain names in just a few more months.
Thus, I present to you the steps you can take in order to make $0.13 per week with AdSense:
Paste it onto non-targeted sites
Whether it be poor keyword selection, covering a wide variety of unrelated niches, or simply running it on a site whose audience doesn’t even view ads (e.g. Tech blogs which run articles about Adblock Plus), this is an important step to preventing bringing in the big bucks with AdSense.
Don’t optimize your positioning
To get the most bang for your buck, so to speak, put a well-blended 125×125 in your sidebar, below the fold, and past any content regular visitors will see, preferably surrounded by content nobody will read (a blog roll, for example). Don’t read about the heat map, don’t try different positions, and definitely don’t do any research.
Don’t get any traffic
Stumbling your own articles and putting them into irrelevant categories is a great way to kill any targeting you once had. Additionally, participate in social networks nobody uses, be very overbearing in your approach to drive away any potential interest, and always be sure to follow the three Bs: beg, bitch, and be beligerent.
Drive away any traffic you do get
- Include a welcome message for stumblers asking for a thumbs up (remember the three Bs)
- Fill your blog only with spam and pictures of your ugly puppy
- Have an eye-disintegrating design
- Provide no access to RSS/email subscriptions (you know, just to prevent any repeat visitors)
- Insult any commentors (or don’t follow up at all)
- Steal content from other sites with no attribution
- Host your blog on a free service (preferably Blogger) or free hosting complete with banner ads
- Provide no real useful information
Last but not least…
Take absolutely no advice whatsoever (not even your own!) related to making more money online.
Follow this post like The Bible (Or, you know, the Kama Sutra) and I guarantee you will make as little money online as is humanly possible while still running ads.
