Finally made it, its taken 2 months but I’ve finally hit the magic $100 on Adsense!
Ok so lets look at how I actually managed it.
Sites displaying Adsense:
- 2 blogs, this one and another on a popular mmorpg pc game.
- 2 content driven sites.
- 21 web proxies.
The main bulk of the income has come directly from Adsense which is displayed on the main page of the proxies. The very nature of proxy advertising is to get burst traffic, generally over time the revenue generated from proxies tends to drop, that’s why setting up new fresh proxies as often as possible is the way forward.
My current Adsense total = $102.12 that’s as of 2nd March 2009 (date of this post)
My goal was to try and break the magical $100 mark in February, but I think I can let myself off for missing the mark by 2 days!
The question is, what to do now? Well more of the same really. I’ll be looking into updating my content sites along with adding more. Creating more web proxies and focusing on services I can provide.
My latest project is www.corelogo.com which has taken off really well. I’m happy with the design of the site and I’ve just started to advertise the services CoreLogo offers around webmaster forums. Its nice to have something different to do, its all very well staring at text for hours on end but that can soon become a drain and off putting to some extent. There’s nothing better than whipping out Illustrator and Photoshop to get the old creative juices flowing!
First of all let me hit you guys and gals with some figures.
Domains cost = $7.13 for 6 domains, of which I’m only currently using three.
Hosting = $5.98 per month
Domains + Hosting = $13.28
Adsense Earning
27th = $1.13 (Running 2 proxies with addition to Tech-FAQ toplist only.)
28th = $2.98 (Added both proxies to tons of toplist sites.)
29th = $4.68 (started a new proxy. added to all toplists as previous two. Now running three proxies.)
Total running costs – Adsense earning = -$4.49
As you can see from the result I’m currently $4.49 in the red. That’s after three days using only Adsense. I fully expect to pay for all my hosting and domain costs today, once the clicks start to roll in. However I’ll be facing some further expenditures. I’ll be needing a better hosting plan, after using 11gig out of a 20gig hosting plan so far! But that’s only a minor increase, and will hardly make a difference if I continue to see the sort of day on day increase in Adsense earning I am at the moment. I also started a proxy based Google Group, subscribe via www.getworkdone.info !
As far as today goes another proxy or two will be set-up. I’m on the lookout for some more quality templates to use. Its best to avoid using the same one over and over, it will only end up bringing you attention from the Adsense goon squad. Same goes for content, its best to make sure each proxy is unique in content.
I wake up this morning to $3 revenue from the two proxy sites I’m running. As far as advertising goes I’ve only been adding them to proxy toplists. This performance so far has been fantastic from my point of view. I fully expect that with today’s income from both sites I will have paid for hosting and so the sites have become self sufficient!
Today’s plan is to add the current two proxies to more toplists. The best place to find quality toplists is to copy the competition. Using the Tech-FAQ toplist I was able to find active proxies and then using the links they display, add my sites to those toplists. Hey if they are using them, they must work!
I also want to get another proxy up and running, which should be easy enough.
I also need to look at adding none Adsense adverts to the proxified pages. These are the pages the site produces when people use the proxy function. You are not allowed to display Adsense on any sites you do not own, also people may visit sites with content not allowed by Adsense, for example gambling sites.
AdBright and ExitJunction are two I’ll be looking into.
Also on a side note, I’d like to say thanks to free internet media for the write up they have kindly done on Blog Stew, which can be found here Blog Stew It’s What’s For Dinner.
Thanks Guys!
Yesterday after sorting out hosting and buying up a few domain names I finally managed to get my first two proxies online. First of all let me give you my simple explanation of what a proxy actually is.
What is a proxy?
Proxy sites allow you to basically browse the Internet from within another website. How does this bypass content filters you ask? Well, content filters will see you visit the proxy site but that’s it. They cannot record or track what sites you view while on the proxy site. Most content filters will prevent you from visiting sites with ‘proxy’ in the address. Therefore you will notice most proxy sites do not include the term ‘proxy’ in their URL’s. This means people at work or school can access their favorite sites which are commonly blocked. So needless to say they get a lot of traffic fairly fast.
What I’ve managed to do so far…
As with every other type of site, you need to promote/advertise them to get exposure which ultimately equals more income from whatever advertising system you are running, obviously Adsense in my case.
First thing is to select a proxy script. Then main two scrips currently used are Glype and PhProxy. PhProxy is most common followed by Glype. My initial intentions were to use Glype, as PhProxy has stopped development. This means it will no longer have any type of developer support which means no updates. However, there are so many resources for PhProxy compared to Glype that I made the last minuet decision to use PhProxy to begin with.
Next up I needed a proxy template. Using some free template sites I quickly got two templates ready for action. Completed the simple task of uploading them to my new shinny proxy server. Changed some of the design elements to fit in with the domain name, such as the logo and slogans. Then I added both to Tech-FAQ proxy top list.
Then went to sleep.
I woke up this morning to $1 revenue from Google Adsense. I want to say that’s the easiest $1 I’ve ever made, but sadly when I look back on the work I’ve done over the last week its really not that much at all! However this has shown me how easy it potentially is to make money with multiple proxy websites. Currently I’m adding the two proxies to as many top lists as possible. It looks like I’ll be doing this all day! Then I’ll look into adding my links to some paid newsletter subscription services.
My next few posts will revolve around my newly formed proxy empire, so stay tuned. I’ll also work on a proxy start up guide based on my experience.
