Adsense and Internet: Mid July Report

For now I'll be reporting on how this whole adsense thing is going for me twice a month. Sometimes it gets slow, sometimes not so much, but I figure that saving it for twice a month will give me a lot of information to in turn give to you.

Let's just take a moment to remember my goals from June. If I recall correctly, I wanted 500 unique visitors a day and between $25 to $30 a month from my adsense earnings. I also wanted to create two new sites.

Now let's review where I am on this lovely summer day of July 20th.

Goal 1: To get 500 unique visitors a day.
Results so far: So far I haven't reached this goal. I've peaked at 633 in a day and my lowest has been 336. I'd say my average on a day is probably 410 (that's what I get most days). If I average all the days so far in July I have an average of 447 for the first 19 days of July. This isn't terrible but it isn't great either and I was hoping on averaging 500 by this time. Weekend are when I see the amount go lower (into the 300s) and weekdays are when I see it level out around 410 give or take. Let's hope for the best in the remaining days of the month.

Goal 2: To make at least between $25-$30 in the month.
Results so far: I've exceeded my adsense expectations already and expect to double what I've expected from adsense earnings this month. So far I have made $43 and expect between $50 and $60 by the end of the month. While this isn't a lot of extra money each month, a full year of making this much off of adsense will pay my rent for a month. I'll take it! Not to mention that if I continue to double this every month (which won't be easy but it's my goal) I'll be making bank in no time. On a daily basis I average anywhere between $0.50 and $3.50 a day. By keeping track of my adsense earnings on adsense and google analytics I've been able to see which pages on my sites have ads with a higher CPC. This is helpful because I now know which pages I should be targeting. For example, I have one keyword that I've been targeting since May. This keyword is pretty competitive, recieves a mediocre amount of traffic, but has a very low CPC. I manage to rank number 4 on google search for this keyword now (I peaked at 3) but I make on average $0.10 from a click. Some days I get 15 clicks, and imagine if I had done proper keyword research from the begining. I could be making a lot more than I am. I guess that's why it's called "learning" before "succeeding". But mind you, I can't stress this enough: KEYWORD RESEARCH IS SO IMPORTANT. When I started I didn't know about CPC, I only new about keyword competition, traffic, and SEO. It's really too bad but too late to change it. It is what it is.

Goal 3: Make two new sites.
Results so far: I've made two new sites, yes. One of them is a site that gets little traffic through most of the year but at one point in the year it is consistently one of the top 100 google search terms searched for a few days. This means I won't get much action except for a few days where I'll get a ton of action. It's not very competitive so I'm ranking pretty well on google for it considering it's a baby blog. I've made a second site which I've put on hold for now and I'll tell you why. Hubpages. Hubpages basically a site that allows you to post articles and create "hubs" which are like mini sites. You can put google adsense on and a number of affiliates, and you get 60% of the impressions that are made. You may wonder why you would want only 60% of the impressions when you can start your own site and make 100%. Well, with hubpages you'll get a lot more traffic with a lot less work than it's possible to get starting up a new site. I've been concentrating on hubpages and while I'm not exactly overflowing with cash, I've been making a few cents each day. I think the more I put into it the more I will see coming back. If I do good keyword research and use good SEO I could be making real money from it, as a lot of people are. We'll see how that goes. I want to make at least anoth 20 hubs by the end of the month. Seriously check out hubpages, it's easy to use and doesn't take too much time.

I'll be with you again to discuss how July turned out and my goals for August. I hope you're all doing well and making boat loads of cash! Be patient with google adsense and starting off in making money online. It's a real job but the work you put in turns into gold and I've already seen that happening.