How Many Blogs Do You Have?

This is an important question if you are trying to make money online: How many blogs do you have? More importantly: Do you make money off of them?

If you have several blogs, that's great news. You'll get lots of opportunity to make money online. But if your the words on your sites do not translate into dollars, you're just wasting your time.

You see, if you build a blog because writing is your hobby, that's fine. But if your intention is to make money, then be aggressive and build site the correct way, especially if you want to make money off of google adsense.

Ask yourself: how many hours have I spent on one blog alone? For how long have I been doing this? Did it pay off?

If you don't even break-even, it's time to re-check and re-evaluate your techniques. Else, you'll to continue to waste time for nothing.

No Google AdSense On This Site

If you happen to land on this blog, you might ask: a blogger not running Google Adsense, how come? If you are a long time internet lurker, it's probably a common knowledge to you that almost all bloggers run Adsense as their one major stream of income online.

Well, I'm not one of them.

To be able to generate money by blogging using Adsense, you have to know exactly what you are doing.

It's hard to make money off of Adsense. You probably have tried it, and witnessed the famous .01c per click. It's disappointing, because you've heard bloggers like reaping money with Adsense.

So you ask: Why only .01 cent?

Because Adsense does not perform well on a personal or generic blogs (such as this). Adsense can be maximized on a niche blog.

A niche blog is a site that runs on a specific subject or topic only. For example: A blog about Injury Lawyers in New York will not post something about TV.

Therefore, in order for your Adsense to succeed, you must have a site that offers something a visitor is looking for. You should have a way out. And that way is the Adsense advertisement.

Think about it, if you have a general blog that has various subjects, Adsense will be confused as to which Ads are going to be shown. As a result, the rate of ads will be very low. If that happens to you, it means you are getting smart-priced.

If you got smart-priced, the rates will affect all your sites that run Adsense -- whether it is niche or general. To solve this, immediately turn off Adsense in all your sites, wait a few days (one week is better), and put back Adsense only on your niche sites.

I am running AdSense on my other sites, and the rate of click is reasonable. Putting Adsense here will just destroy it.

First Adsense Check

I finally received my first Adsense check from Google. My adsense click hit the $100 mark so it means Google has to pay me.

I know a lot of bloggers use Adsense in their blogs, but I am also aware that the rate of clicks is not that high. Like I said before, use Adsense in a niche blog not in general ones like this. Adsense click rate is high if readers came from search engine.

Below you will see my check as an evidence. Had to blur out sensitive info.



So, how long did it take me to get $100? You want straight honest answer? Nine (9) months. Like having a baby. :P

What about you? Have you gotten your Adsense check already? Still waiting?