Rise of the Professional Blogger 231
Victor Cheng writes "Robert Scoble today points to a blogger who is claiming he earns between $10,000 and $20,000 per month via Google Adsense." From the article: "The cheque was the biggest cheque I've ever held onto (well the biggest I've held onto that has my name on it). The amazing thing is that in the month of May I earned more than I earned in a whole year in 2003 from a 'real job' (of course at the time I was only working a 3 day week while I studied part time) and well over half as much as I earned from Adsense in the whole of 2004."
Re:Not a smart thing to talk about... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Not a smart thing to talk about... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:And now he gets even more money... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:$10,000 - 20,000? (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/07/12/ear
Re:And now he gets even more money... (Score:3, Informative)
Part of the blame lies with our beloved Google. They are actually funding a problem that they used to fight. It would be nice to see them put some effort into the problem instead of just cashing in like the do.
Adsense isnt all evil. It does allow many people to fund their often beloved web sites. It can be a great way to encourage people to make public their skills and knowledge in their special interests. It is fueling the best aspects of the web, that being the amazing diversity and depth of knowledge in any area you care to name.
It's such a good thing I even made a web site telling people how to do it right.
Re:And now he gets even more money... (Score:3, Informative)
That was until now. If we all add this to userContent.css he can go back to his previous job:
iframe[src*="googlesyndication.com"] { display: none !important; }
If you don't want to see similar stuff on Slashdot, just do enter this:
iframe[src*="googlesyndication.com"], iframe[src*="industrybrains.com"] { display: none !important; }
I think this explains why I post this as AC. Further reading: Blocking Advertisement [mozilla.org].
Re:And now he gets even more money... (Score:2, Informative)