My best AdSense year

Just past total 2005 earnings

[jetteroheller]

My second best year was 2005.

Now I have all the time to December 31th to have a much better yearly incomt.

[naitsirhc26]

I need to always be reminded by posts like these not to get discouraged by Adsense, and that it usually takes years for a steady stream of income to be produced out of Adsense. I must keep reminding myself that I am only in like my sixth month, and that I still have quite a ways to go!

Keep up the good work!

[norbiu]

I'm in my 30th month and earnings are still like a roller coaster ride.

[Hobbs]

A better way to compare site/network performance is by earnings per 1000 ads served, comparing total earnings assumes you received the same amount of traffic and clicks.

Most site owners over time see a rise in traffic, clicks and overall earnings, that does not mean that most people are doing better year after year.

[wyweb]

My second best year was 2005.

My best year was 2005. It's been downhill since.

[ken_b]

jetteroheller; Congratulations!

Always good to hear of success.

[Khensu]

Go get um Jettero!

I double my traffic and earnings every three months, so ever year is always better. (Don't ask, I work 70 hrs a week on it)

[naitsirhc26]

Well so far my earnings have been on the rise, and after about a year of running my site, my traffic also increase though 25% each month. I also spend some time fixing up keyword structure, adding a couple pages of content daily, and always getting new members. I find that basically, the more I work on the site, the more Adsense goes up. Same goes for traffic for me. The more traffic, more Adsense goes up.

I would say that at this point I spend about 40 hours a week on the site.

[zett]

I started Adsense sometime in 2005, and back then I thought Adsense was great. Then came a very good 2006: daily revenue almost doubled, compared to 2005, and I knew that 2005 was mediocre. 2007 is still better than 2005 but way below 2006, despite having added a lot of unique content since then. Only an okay-ish first half of 2007 saved this year.

In terms of eCPM (with 2005 being 100):

2005 = 100
2006 = 126
2007 = 98

[Webwork]

I'm happy to read your report jetteroheller. You must be doing something right. ;)

[edited by: Webwork at 2:04 pm (utc) on Oct. 4, 2007]

[mattg3]

Yeah I make now as much as in my first adsense month. This year is saved by 3 really good month, since then CTR is falling, not ecpm.

Essentially adding new content just makes up for the losses in increasing adblindness. Traffic has increased in these 2 years, people stay longer and bounce less.

Rationally it's better to invest the 70 hours and more in other income streams, adsense is a sideline that will increasingly become worse until most people have understood that it is not a fast get rich scheme. Maybe there is a chance when all them give up and the content network becomes less MFAy.

The constant devaluing of content seems to continue. My gf just got a phone where you can send your pics directly to blogger ... I saw a guy on youtube reaching top positions cause he took hundreds of 5 second videos of take away meals. Webpages with 1/3 content the rest ads and users comment on these pages..

Anyway congrats jetter, wished I could do the same.. :)

[drivewind]

2005

[mattg3]

Hmm another thread says you have 300.000 impressions per month, I have from 2 - 10 million .. probably my market, science, is cr@p ...

[ecmedia]

On target to have the best year ever too. Falling ecpm made up through more content/traffic.

[netmeg]

By the middle of June this year, I hit the revenue I made for all of 2006. And that was BEFORE my peak traffic hit. I'm at 275% of last year's revenue now, and it keeps getting better. I'm cool.

[cocacolafun]

eCPM tells more:
In terms of eCPM (with 2005 being 100):

2005 = 100 (nov - dec)
2006 = 240 (jan - dec)
2007 = 501 (jan - oct)

[cocacolafun]

Another way to compare years is $ per click

In my case:
(with 2005 being 100):

2005 = 100 (nov - dec)
2006 = 166 (jan - dec)
2007 = 300 (jan - oct)