When I made my first ever blog two years ago and subsequently wrote 69 blog posts at my second site, I have no real intention to make money. I just want to share to others random thoughts culled from the deep recesses of my existence. But after reading success stories of bloggers earning enough to pay the bills, I became curious and admit that I became somehow jealous. I was like, “Kung kaya nila, bakit di ko subukan?” I decided to invest on buying my own domain since I was told that you can have more control and can make money faster.
On February 6, 2009, this site was born. However, I managed to launch the site and make my first post on February 12. Read The Ark Is Now Ready To Sail! to know the troubles I have gone through.
There are actually many ways to make money online. As it is the best, I decided to use Google adsense (GA) and integrate their ads to this site. But my earnings were so slooow. I managed to reach $10 around 3rd week of March. That’s after 6 weeks. I experimented with my ad placements and read more blogs on SEO (search-engine optimization). I did some on-page and off-page optimizations as well.
Then on May 1, 2009, I was given my Google adsense PIN. The PIN is supposed to verify the accuracy of my contact information and to help ensure that I will receive my GA payments. By April 30, I already have $23.39 which means that I barely make 30 cents per day. But it’s OK, I know that there’s no shortcut to success. I just write and write and did SEO. I have computed that if this trend continues, I might be able to reach $100 within 10 months or less.
Then May 18 came. It was the very first time I earned more than $1 in one day with $1.29. It was the day after Hayden Kho helped me attract traffic to this site. Well, it is proven time and again that to attract traffic to your site from the search engines, you have to write about the current hot topics coupled with good content.
It also helped that my posts are now indexed by the search engines within minutes. During the first 3 months, my blog posts usually appear on SERPs (search engine results page) after one week. And by then, the topic I have written about has already cooled-off which is not good for me.
My countless sleep-deprived nights doing SEOs are now paying off. I now have a Page Rank (PR) of 2 and able to maintain a fair number of traffic from the search engines. For the month of June, I made $43.67 and could be even more if not because of the 4 days I lost because I exceeded the bandwidth limit of this site. On average, I am now earning $2.5 per day for the past 2 weeks. Not bad I think considering that I only maintain one site.
And today, exactly 5 months after My Ark Full of Worry-Free Thoughts 3.0 was born, I made my first-ever $100. It means that I am already eligible for payment by Google. It took me just 5 months instead of the 10 I originally expected. Here’s the screenshot of my Google adsense:
Sorry for the red strips. I am not allowed to divulge my adsense data except for the total earnings. But I assure you, this is real. This is not an April Fool’s Day joke. 
I hope to make at least $80 this month and finally make more than $100 per month thereafter. Wish me luck. I’ll share some tips someday when I am already doing real good.
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July 9th, 2009 at 12:06 am
ang galing naman.Paburger ka naman jan bro!
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ark Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
O ito sa iyo
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mike Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
d yan ark. Gusto ko ung tunay,hehehe….
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ark Reply:
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:25 am
Haha, sige next time pag nagkita tayo.
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July 9th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Congrats Ark..you did very well. kaingit talaga hehe..
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ark Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Sipag at tiyaga lang talaga ian. I know kaya mo rin.
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July 9th, 2009 at 3:22 am
Wow, Congratulations Ark! Ako for one year din bago ko naka reach sa minimum pay-out, pero I didn’t know anything about how adsense works and SEO before hehehe… I don’t have my own domain din before, yun din sabi ng isang blogger sakin before that I should get my own domain and try wordpress…
Hmmm.. burger… burger… burger… hahaha…
Keep on Blogging and Good Luck!
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ark Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Parehas ra man ta ug experience oi. And I know other bloggers as well.
Three burgers coming up!
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July 9th, 2009 at 5:14 am
Congratulations!
I wish I can reach the GA minimum payment soon.
More power to your blog
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ark Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Good luck bro. Just continue blogging. You’ll reach it soon.
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July 9th, 2009 at 8:24 am
People think that money is made overnight but as you have proven it is not.This is a good post for new adsence publishers I have yet to blog about adsence and don’t think i will.But this is the first time i have read something that was from a normal publisher.the most are talking 100′s or 1000′s and make it sound so simple but this is a good post.I have joined with you on MBL and hope you will join me also.
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ark Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Yes, money will not just appear out of nowhere. You have to be patient and persevere. At the end of the day, hard work still pays. Thanks for the nice comment.
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July 9th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Congratulations! I know u deserve it.
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ark Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Thank you. I know.
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July 9th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Congrats Pre.. more adsense earnings to come….
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ark Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Thanks bro for dropping by.
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Downloader Reply:
July 19th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
ano nafefeel mo ngayon bro? hehe… treat mo kami lahat ha? haha biro lang.
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ark Reply:
July 19th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Sympre masaya. I hope magkita-kita din tayo sa mga blog summits one of these days.
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July 9th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
cheeseburger!! naman kuya.Anyways buti ka pa-I started running adsense ads on my blog march.Up to now, 30 usd pa. . .
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ark Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Ok lang yan. DI naman overnight ang success sa blogging eh. Di mo mamalayan, bukas eh may $100 ka na rin.
O ito sa iyo.
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July 9th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Hi Ark, congratulations!! Don’t forget to buy me something with your $100 from AdSense. I’m waiting, LOL
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ark Reply:
July 10th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Thank you. Ano ba ang gusto mo? Burger din?
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July 9th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
good for You.
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ark Reply:
July 10th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Thanks.
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July 10th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
congrats kuya.. alam kong masipag kang tlg.. More Blogging ha.. alam kong hindi magsasawa ang mga tao sa blog mo.. sana makarating rin ako dyan..
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ark Reply:
July 10th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Sana nga hindi sila magsawa, hehe.. Good luck sa iyo. I know kaya mo rin.
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July 11th, 2009 at 3:39 am
I really liked your blog!
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ark Reply:
July 13th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Thanks bro.
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July 11th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
hey congrats congrats ark! dahil sa hayden kho news n yan .. our site got suspended last may umabot kme ng 15k visitor/day nagcause daw kme ng slow down s server that the other sites got affected… medyo ulet kme ngayn sa less $1 per day…
but just got our 1st payment yesterday $125 =)
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ark Reply:
July 11th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Haha, 2 consecutive months na nga na bandwidth limit exceeded ako eh dahil sa traffic na dulot nun. Pero 4,000+ visits lang sa akin. I’m happy na nasustain ko ang GA earnings ko kahit di na mainit ung issue na un.
Congrats sa 1st payment mo. I’m expecting mine soon.
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July 11th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Hi. I read a few of your other posts and wanted to know if you would be interested in exchanging blogroll links?
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ark Reply:
July 13th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Sure. Where can I see your blog roll?
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July 13th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Bro, simula pa lng yan, next month dodoble na yan, then mas lalaki pa in the coming months. And mahirap sa adsense yung unang kuha mo ng 100 pero yung mga susunod, every month na he he he
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ark Reply:
July 13th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Oo nga. Magkano na earnings mo ngayon? $500+/month na ata kayo eh.
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Pastilan Reply:
July 14th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Yung nakuha ko nung May 26th was $380 then for June 26 was $520 and yung makukuha ko ngayong July 26th is $561. Now I guess yung makukuha ko sa August would be more than $600 kasi ngayon pa lng nga e na middle pa lng ng July medyo $310 na. Sabagay sa apat na blogs yan galing. Adsense pa lng yan, he he he tapos meron pa akong mga paid postings na umaabot rin ng around $200-$300 a month. I guess if I will go all the way with my online ventures I’d make really good income, ang dami kong plano pero di ko magawa dahil sa trabaho ko. Sa tingin ko yung day job ko is becoming a bore and a hindrance and am planning to give it up. Nasa crossroads ako ngayon, trying to have the best decision.
Ano pala yung host mo, bakit medyo nasisira ka sa bandwidth? I have an account with Fatcow and so far ala ako reklamo and I am planning to add more WP blogs. Ala lng ako oras eh.
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ark Reply:
July 14th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Wow, galing naman. Kunsabagay, you are earning na at your own pace and time at nagiging hindrance na ung day job mo. Nasa crossroad ka nga. Gut feel lang yan bro. Kung saan ka masaya, stick to that. Marami namang naging successful making money online eh.
Ploghost ako bro, 10Gb lang ako eh. Maganda nga daw yang fatcow, baka nga lilipat na ako jan e. Unlimited disk space at bandwidth kasi sila di ba?
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July 13th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Nice blog,
Also it is very nice to get money from adsense, I want to learn from this blog.
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ark Reply:
July 14th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Sure, feel free to browse around.
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July 13th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Wow congratulations. For me, it look me more than 6 months to earn my first hundred. I was making cents for my first 6 months.
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ark Reply:
July 14th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
At least narating mo rin ung magic number na un di ba? I know you are earning enough already.
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July 13th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
wow! galing sir ark! parang kailan lang ng nagsimula ka sa blogging
Congrats ha! I totally agree with the sleepless nights part; i remember nung vacation sleeping 3am in the morning just doing seo and backlinks; wah! nearly got me sick!
Congrats again sir! keep it up!
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ark Reply:
July 14th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Oo nga eh, parang kailan lang. Nakakapagod din pero worth it naman once the cash starts flowing, hehe..
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July 15th, 2009 at 11:28 am
waw! kainggit naman!
i hope i’d earn $100 in Google Adsense too.
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ark Reply:
July 15th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Of course you can. Sipag at tiyaga lang yan.
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July 16th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
wow! idol… kelan kaya ako magka100 dollars? sa’n na po yung basketball cards? hehe.. sana po andun kayo sa Pamulaan last month. yung adidas event.. andun sina cagers Peter Simon, Enrico Villanueva..read my post for more.. ehhe.
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ark Reply:
July 16th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Email me your shipping address bro pag nakapasa ka na at ipapadala ko sa iyo ang mga un.
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July 16th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
patulong po sana ako- SEO.. hehe.. gusto ko rin magka100 bucks.. ehhe
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ark Reply:
July 16th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Sure, just email me.
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July 16th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I like your story, because I can feel how honest you are. Would you mind sending me info thru my email address on how to purchase Google Adsense? I like your tagline”Kung kaya nila, kakayanin ko rin” By the way that good smiling face on the picture really paints a thousand words. Thanks and more power! God bless you my friend.
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ark Reply:
July 16th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Google Adsense is not purchased. You can register at their website and try it for yourself.
Thanks for the visit and inspiring comment.
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July 18th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Congratulations! I remember my first time too and it was really a special experience. I don’t even know a lot of SEO stuff. I hope you can share some of your SEO tips here.
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ark Reply:
July 18th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Yes I will. Watch out for that.
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July 18th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
congrats bro manlibre ka naman hahaha…ako rin lapit na.
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ark Reply:
July 18th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Sure, burger rin sa iyo? Hehe.. Wow, may SEO tips post ka na ha? Gawa din ako ng ganyan later.
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July 18th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
kuya, congrats po! gano katagal bago niyo naabot ang $100? hinihintay ko pa rin po yung saken eh. hehehe.
.-= Jerick Mac´s last blog ..Koo Hye Sun is Geum Jan Di in Boys Over Flowers =-.
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ark Reply:
July 18th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
After 5 months bro. Good luck sa iyo’ng quest din.
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July 20th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Congratulations! yeah, your blog has been disabled before because you exceeded bandwidth. I visited it before. Probably you have high ranking on SEO.
As for me, I am blogging since April 2008 with my blogspot blog. It took me 8 months to earn my first $100 since I didn’t took blogging seriously.
But when I started blogging at Millionaire Acts and consistently update it, it took me just 3 months to earn my 2nd $100.
Although a lot of times, it’s hard to concentrate writing articles on just your niche.
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ark Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Yap, I exceeded my bandwidth due to the traffic spikes I’ve been getting for some days. PR2 pa lang ako so I think di pa masyado mataas un.
Actually, marami ngang articles sa niche mo eh. Kailangan nga lang ng mas maraming research. Tsaka mas malaki ang CPC ng mga keywords sa niche mo.
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July 20th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
ay sir Ark, ask ko lng na nung nagmove ba kayu sa WordPress, tinransfer nyu din ung mga old post nyu sa wordpress?? im planning on moving to wordpress na for good e,either 000webhost or Dreamhost gamitin ko(free lang ung sa dreamhost ko, good for 1 year na nga lang =D). Any good inputs will be appreciated. sana next post nyu din, eto naman topic nyu =D
Godspeed! =D
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ark Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
No, nung lumipat ako sa WordPress, di ko na nilipat ung mga old posts ko from ark.i.ph. I considered na lang un as archive ko. Hindi ko na pinakialaman un. I started from scratch dito sa bago. Mas maganda kung ganun na lang din ang gawin ko.
I’ll share some tips next time bro. Thanks for the visit.
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July 20th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Good Day Ark!
I am Ron of http://www.townsdelight.com and a member of SEO.PH to.
I wonder if you will be interested po sa aming event.
This is free food tasting event and a bloggers meetup for all.
Salamat and hope to hear from you soon.
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ark Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
This is a great event. As much as I wanted to attend, I can’t. TagaMindanao kasi ako at medyo malayo ang inyo sa amin.
Thanks for the invitation anyway, I appreciate it much.
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July 20th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Congrats and great that you have earn from blogging
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ark Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Thank you sir.
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July 21st, 2009 at 1:26 am
Congrats Ark. Good to know that you have reached $100 in GA earnings na. tuloy-tuloy na yan. SEO more, traffic and income will follow.
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ark Reply:
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:26 am
Oo nga, I really hope so. Thanks.
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July 21st, 2009 at 12:15 pm
congratulations! perseverance do pay
time to bring out the beers! cheers!!!
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ark Reply:
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:27 am
Yeah, cheers!
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July 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 am
galing mo bro!!! keep it up!
Hakuna Matata!
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ark Reply:
August 4th, 2009 at 12:16 am
Salamat bro.
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July 23rd, 2009 at 8:41 am
Congrats naman dyan. It is already an achievement. Earning in this area is quite difficult especially when youre starting out. Just don’t forget to enjoy blogging.
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ark Reply:
August 4th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Of course I enjoy blogging. Thanks for the visit.
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July 23rd, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I finally got $0 on my Google Adsense(hahaha). Actually I finally got interest in building my own website(www.mattrmatters.weebly.com)kaya salamat naman at na approve ang Google Adsense ko. Bro, pls share to me how to attract visitors. Mabait k nman db(hehehe)
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ark Reply:
August 4th, 2009 at 12:18 am
I’ll make a series of posts about that later bro. Just watch out for them.
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July 23rd, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Congrats.
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ark Reply:
August 4th, 2009 at 12:19 am
Thanks.
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July 25th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Art,would you suggest buying my own domain? How much nga b? I’m doing my best na para kumita din,why not db? God bless you bro!
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ark Reply:
August 4th, 2009 at 12:21 am
It depends on your financial capability. If you have the money, you can buy your own domain and pay for the hosting immediately. Or pwede ding sa blogspot ka magsimula dahil free lang sila. Medyo complicated din kasi kung gagawa ka ng site from scratch kung wala ka prior knowledge. Nahirapan nga ako nung simula eh. Pero its better talaga pag may sarili ka kasi kaya mong gawin lahat ng gusto mo sa site mo.
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August 17th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Wow! I’m so jealous. but this is very inspiring.I’m only earning about 5 cents ($0.05) from Adsense. huhu
please help. by the way add kita sa blogroll ko dude.
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ark Reply:
August 17th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Thanks for adding me bro. Watch out for my tips later.
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August 25th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
wow galing naman, di pa nag 100 ang adsense ko pero im sure malapit na rin… galing ng adsense… so keep blogging
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ark Reply:
August 25th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Good luck sa iyo. Go go go!
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October 31st, 2009 at 5:04 pm
bro,
help naman! ask ko lang sana kung kelan ko matatanggap ang payment ko from adsense, na-reach ko na kasi ang 100 dollars sa adsense ko (October 30) kelan ko kaya matatanggap ito? meron ba payment verification nahihintayin ko? kelan? meron kasi ako nabasa tungkol sa threshold pero di ko maintindihan eh. hehehehe!!! help naman pre!!!! ty.
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ark Reply:
October 31st, 2009 at 10:12 pm
End of november mo pa matatanggap yan.
Pinadalhan ka na ba ng PIN mo? Un lang naman ang kailangan eh para maverify ka.
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November 10th, 2009 at 11:52 am
naiinggit ako sir. bow. haha
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November 25th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
kuya,
what do you say about revenue sharing sites? Katulad ng xomba.
I recently started writing there hoping to make money with adsense. I used to have a blog but i couldn’t keep at it and i tend to write on different subjects so i joined there. I’ve heard nothing but good words about that site. Ok po b ung placement ng adsense sites? do you think it’s profitable?
Would love to hear your opinion on this.
Thanks.
BTW,
If you’re interested in joining, you can sign up here: http://www.xomba.com/referral/777e1864
that’s my referral ID.
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October 22nd, 2010 at 12:47 am
Nice that is really cool. What are you making monthly these days?
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