Comments on: Six Figure Bloggers Becoming More Common

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:31:45 +0000

brem check out what is a good ctr in adsense?

By: Blogbooster

Blogbooster — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:00:55 +0000

Say it in other words Darren: 50% of all Problogger-readers earn less than 100 $ a month by AdSense. ;-) I started blogging in Germany 2.5 months ago and have a 40$ income on AdSense this month. Any other affiliate programs, also eBay Relevance Ads, seem only to waste space on the pages. I run two blogs with daily updates: The blogbooster and the gadget insider. So there's a lot of improvement possible.

By: Victor

Victor — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:07:07 +0000

Wow, sounds like the crowd is wanting a full-fledged research project, Darren. Have you work cut out for you.

Here are some additional ideas to throw into the mix:

- Length of time, in minutes, the site has been alive
- Their site as compared to others in their niche
- How many posts per per day and words per hour
- A plot scale to determine how good their content really is
- How much growth can be expected this year, and within the next 10 years, divided by the total number of people on the internet, giving an estimated cost per visitor
- How often they eat their Wheaties?

Alright, i’ll quit being a smart as*

Good poll, Darren.

Vic

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:39:55 +0000

Another interesting post, and one I’ve commented on on my own blog.

Like others have said, some form of context would be beneficial, especially length of time the blog has exisited, number/frequency of updates, income growth over time.

As with all polls of this nature, I’m inclined to belive that 25% or so of the votes in the $10k+ category are hoaxes, or wishful thinking as someone politely put.

Even so, distribute those stats across all adsense publishers worldwide and its alot of bloggers making alot of money, but an enormous number of bloggers making nothing.

By: PSPCulture » Blog Archive » Adsense Bloggers

PSPCulture » Blog Archive » Adsense Bloggers — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:37:01 +0000

[...] Darren Rowse over on Problogger has posted a poll on how much income bloggers are making from adsense per monthy, on average. [...]

By: brem

brem — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:42:55 +0000

It’s obvious that traffic is one major factor in the amount earned. Which brings me to the question of what would be a nice Click thru ratio…

By: gary

gary — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:40:21 +0000

I’m one of the people in the $10,000+ range, but the question asked how much I make on Adsense. It didn’t say anything about earning it through a blog. I don’t happend to run any blogs, but rather one high traffic site. So keep in mind that these figures may not necessarily reflect blog earnings, but rather simply adsense earnings. However, that being said, Problogger has still helped me tremondously even though I don’t run a blog.

By: Leon

Leon — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:13:37 +0000

False alarm. I just needed to fill out some more information. But I still need Adsense help.

By: Leon

Leon — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:01:39 +0000

I have adsense on my blog, but when I view it, the ads aren't there! I started using adsense on Nov 16. I haven't earned 1 cent! And there were only 4 clicks, 2 of them mine. HELP!

By: brem

brem — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:56:09 +0000

Also where they placed their ads :-) LOL

I mean… let’s get all the info possible :) I’m all for it!

brem

By: Victor Tan

Victor Tan — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:38:30 +0000

Another way of breakdown besides how long they had been blogging would be how many blogs they run and the adsense revenue of the highest earning blog.

By: brem

brem — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:29:44 +0000

That might enlighten some newcomers to keep their early hopes down. I personally blog for fun. While it’s certainly exciting to see traffic come up as months fly by, it’s not how I pay the mortgage on my house. Not that I would not love that to be the case, mind you.

Sucessful bloggers I suspect spent a lot of time trying to find where their expertise or where their uniqueness could be best displayed. Of course, there are the occasional lucky ones who got famous almost overnight, but success takes time and dedication. You have to provide to your audience, and deliver content they will enjoy.

I’d be interested to see a follow up from your survey from people who answered on the top figures as to what their roadmap has been to get towards there. Was it fast, or very long and hard work… This kind of stuff.

brem

By: Dan D

Dan D — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:09:56 +0000

Interesting results. I agree with DavidC that a 2 part survey of site age and income would help us newbies get an idea of how long it takes to get to the higher levels.

By: Bill Nadraszky

Bill Nadraszky — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:54:12 +0000

I am near the bottom of the list. As I have brought more blogs online I have been ableto increase my adsense to about $30 per month.

One of the things I did a couple months back is delete any extraneous links and made sure that the adsense was not competing with other affiliate programs on the page. This worked out pretty well but as we all know it is really more all about traffic

By: Ariston Collander

Ariston Collander — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:38:43 +0000

I purchased the Six Figure Blogging course and found the information useful, but have not noticed any difference in my AdSense numbers. I think it’s more applicable to the new blogger rather than someone who has been at it for a while. All of the informaiton hinges upon your chosen niche and the content you provide.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:33:54 +0000

I’d also keep in mind that the survey asked about Adsense earnings in general. I’m relatively new to the blogging scene, so the majority of my Adsense earnings are from regular ole’ content sites.

I say that because others commenting above mentioned factoring in # of blogs, years blogging, etc. Perhaps a more accurate representation would be # of sites and number of years publishing online, regardless if the site is a blog, forum, static content, etc.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:29:54 +0000

Darren,

I hope I am not getting too personal by asking you this question. How much was your Adsense intake/ income last month, and how much did you make overall from all your contextual advertising – Chikita included? Do you care to share?

By: Jon Mills

Jon Mills — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:26:21 +0000

I think there are a number of things that come into play as to why their are people even in the $3000 a month range

I believe like with my regular sites its a long time committment, though I agree with thomas pierce in that blogs can certainly out perform any regular html for a number of reasons but to do so you have to stay on top of the daily tasks

Currently I earn more from my html sites but im working on my blog sites and will give it a good 2 years effort of daily posts.

Some days I wish i had an army working for me.

Really good post thought darren. Getting a lot out of your blog

By: Jonathan Danylko

Jonathan Danylko — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:25:52 +0000

Darren,

It makes me wonder how many of the people who took the poll coincide with the people who purchased your Six Figure Blogging package.

Just an observation. :-)

By: Bill Peschel

Bill Peschel — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:00:28 +0000

Yes, the number of blogs and time spent with those sites would be an important addition to the next survey. Is it possible to include these three questions (income, # of blogs and time) into your current survey format, without having to, for example, have everyone go to a separate page? Keeping out that extra step will encourage the same number of responses and improve the credibility of the results.