Having a load of things to do over the last 3 weeks including thinking about doing the 100 posts in 30 days challenge so I didn’t get round to posting an Adsense Revenue update for June. Although if I remember rightly I hinted that my Adsense earnings were on track for nearly $400 in a post towards the end of the month. As it turned out I actually broke through the $400 mark to get to a nice healthy income of $407 for the month which was a vast improvement on all previous months.

Google Deindexed My Site

A bit of a nightmare situation occurred for me at the beginning of this month when my best earning site was deindexed from Google. It was my oldest site that I originally build nearly a year ago, long before I had ever heard of the keyword academy or before it even existed for that matter. The site was in the loans niche starting to do really well thanks to all the keyword academy techniques I had learnt over the last few months but I has stupidly disregarded the need to modifying the site itself and concentrated on on getting it up the SERPs.

Well with good search engine results in such a competitive niche comes scrutiny from you competitors, one of whom obviously saw my site, decided it was a bit spammy and reported it to Google. The site was built in a manner that deserved to get it deindexed, a fact that is now clear to me. The keyword density was far too high on the home page and the navigation was crap. I had actually planned on changing it over from a static site to a wordpress blog but had become complacent because it was starting to make me some good money, around $150 in Adsense earnings last month.

Anyway that was a big hit to take and quite frankly I felt like I had just taken a huge step backwards in my quest to make money online. Losing your best earning site is no fun but it has taught me two things. Firstly, you have to stay on your toes and ensure that your sites can stand up to an inspection from a Google engineer and secondly, we have to diversify in this game and never put all your eggs in the one basket. Build a whole load of sites and monetize them in different ways. I’ll continue to build “Make Money With Adsense” sites but I’m also going to look into learning how extract the maximum from sites built for affiliate products.

As things have turned out it looks like I’m going make nearly the same this month as I did in June so feel like I’ve recovered a bit from the shock of the site deindexing. Other sites that I’ve built are starting to get traffic and therefore produce Adsense clicks and a little revenue. I’ve also put Amazon affiliate widgets on a few sites and one of them has had quite a few sales so things are looking up. Hopefully by next month I’ll see increased Adsense earnings again after this months small hiccup.

In order to do this I’ll have to divulge past money made from adsense so we all know where I’m starting from and where I want to be in the future. The money made from adsense up to this point doesn’t make for very exciting reading, however things are going to change in the months to come with large monthly payouts from the Big G being deposited directly into my bank account every month.

Money Made From Adsense So Far

My account went live last July and earnings have been more or less increasing month on month since then as you can see from the stats:

• July: $1.21
• August: $0.49
• September: $6.04
• October: $3.72
• November: $44.36

(In November my documentary site which had been online since July and provides the majority of my adsense income suddenly got a very welcome boost up the SERPS from Google.

• December: $71.58
• January: $71.03
• February: $89.96
• March: $101.81

(Its only the 25th of March at the time of writing so I’m course to make around $115 this month.)

Earnings From Google Adsense

Of all the actions we can take to put us on the right track to an improved financial situation setting goals is perhaps the most important. If we don’t have a set numerical goal to strive for its all too easy to make excuses when things don’t go to plan and even easier to put off doing unpleasant tasks which we know are crucial to achieving the success we desire.

Having said that I’m not entirely sure how much I should be aiming to make from Adsense. We’ve all heard the rumors of people making $100’s every day from adsense while they sit on the beach sipping pina coladas, but I’m going to keep my feet on the ground and reach for a number I feel is realistically obtainable if I put the required work in to make money from Adsense.

The best day I’ve had so far earned me $13 and that’s pretty much the only guide I have to what is possible in this Money From Adsense game. I reckon if I can make it to a point that I’m making $50 a day on a consistent basis then I’ll be very happy with my returns and I feel this figure is realistically achievable, so that’s the number I’m going to pin on the wall and aim for over the next three months. If you’re planning to make money with adsense make sure you have your own goals and do everything in your power to ensure you fulfill them.

MY GOAL: Make $50 per day from Adsense by July 1st 2009

Wish Me Luck!