Think AdSense Doesn’t Pay Well? Think Again.
January 15th, 2007 by Scott W
Now there’s something you don’t read every day. John Chow wrote a post about The Internet’s Biggest Google Whores, which despite its name is a very inspiring article (at least to me).
If you go down the list, you’ll notice a trend. That’s right, the more users that visit a site every day, the bigger the paycheck. Profound, I know. But think about it– if you’re writing in a blog and expecting it to bring in huge returns, you better know how to market it. Just look at ShoeMoney’s Adsense check:
If that’s not inspiration enough right there to put marketing at the top of your priority list, I wonder what kind of jell-o your brain is made of. ShoeMoney is a pro at marketing his thousands of websites.
It’s no surprise to see Digg.com at the #2 spot, as it gets well over 200 million page views per month. $3 million this year alone. Not too shabby. How long do you think it will take to make News Corp. its investment back? Haha.
Notice the #1 spot is taken up by a dating website– PlentyOfFish.com. This is sad. I don’t mean because it’s #1, I mean because there are so many damned lonely people wandering the planet that dating sites are sucking the life out of us. What is exceptionally cool about this particular website is that it was built from the ground up by its owner and I can identify with him on that level as I built Sitdiary.net from the ground up; however, on the $3.6 million/year revenue from Adsense, I can not.
