I haven’t written an income report for over a year, but there is finally some information worth sharing. The main source of website income thus far has been Google AdSense, and while it isn’t anything too exciting, it has been picking up.
In August 2008 I received my first $100 payment from Google. This took me 18 months to accumulate. I had been running ads across several sites, trying different tactics to see what works. During that 18 month period, my worst month I earned 19 cents and during my best month I earned $21.53.
My second payment from Google came at the end of December 2008, taking only 4 months to reach the $100 threshold. My best month during this period was $59.11, driving by a few year-old blog posts that had good SEO and became relevant again due to Christmas. I simply updated the posts with 2008 information and watched the dollar bills roll in.
My average income over the last 6 months has been around $30 per month / $1 per day. This has obviously fluctuated a bit day-to-day and week-to-week.
I am on pace to set a new Best Month by the end of February and should break the $100 barrier by the end of March, which will be 3 months since my previous payment.