The Adsense Check for $132,994.97

 

by Jeremy Schoemaker on November 4, 2007 · 385 comments

About once every other day I get a question about the AdSense Check in my Gallery. I originally posted the check in this thread. Its most visited page on shoemoney.com (behind the main page course) with 1-2k unique visits per day.

So just going through the 120 emails or so in the last year on the subject I will answer questions-

  • 1) How much of the check was profit?

    At the time my expenses were 1 server @ 299$ per month for hosting. I would say atleast 130k was profit.

  • 2) How much of the traffic was pay per click?

    None of it was pay per click. Back then I did not know anything at all about pay per click.

  • 3) Where did all your traffic come from?

    About 70% of the traffic was direct 15% from search engines and 15% from referrals.

  • 4) How much traffic did the site get to get that much money?

    About 75k uniq per day.

  • 5) Why did you get a paper check and not wire?

    Back then Google did not do wire transfers for amounts of $10,000.00

  • 6) Do you think its possible to still earn that kind of revenue? (most often asked question)

    Yes.

  • 7) How long did it take to make revenue?

    I never tried to make any money the first 1.5 years it was running. I just concentrated on providing a good service. About 2 years after I started the site It started to do good revenue from AdSense

  • 8) Can you show the full month report from AdSense for that month?

    Sure.

and here is the full month report: (I have permission from Google to display this in my blog and in my presentations. Please check with Google before you disclose any of your reporting)

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Hi I am Jeremy Schoemaker and ShoeMoney.com is my blog. 99% of the post here are done by me but you will see others occasionally make guest posts. This blog is fun to write but for my day job I run several online companies.

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1 ed of semlaguna.com November 5, 2007 at 12:00 am

i always inspired by this photo…

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2 Champ January 14, 2009 at 12:14 pm

Yep this is one of the many things I can look at daily and it keeps me going. It is a good inspiration.

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3 Martin February 25, 2009 at 11:51 am

Yes.. I agree with both of your. I use shoemoney’s adsense check as my pc’s wallpaper. It is a good inspiration for me to work hard with my blog. Thanks a lot.. :)

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4 Olgi November 5, 2007 at 12:03 am

Yes this is one of the most inspiring photos I have ever seen :) Good Luck Jeremy and hope you break the 150k barrier (i have the same challenge but in a lower scale (15k))

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5 Shaun Carter November 5, 2007 at 12:21 am

It’s pretty impressive that Google lets you share CTR information. That check really is amazing and the fact that it came from one site is unreal. I’m sure now it pales in comparison to what you’re generating online.

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6 Nick Sullivan November 5, 2007 at 12:28 am

That’s awesome.

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7 Harshad November 5, 2007 at 12:36 am

I come here and watch that cheque whenever I feel lazy to work. The cheque motivates me to work more. :D

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8 Ferrarislave November 5, 2007 at 12:38 am

Really nice, thanks for posting. Unlike others, I’m happy for people who achieve numbers like this, good work!

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9 Stealth Employed.com November 5, 2007 at 12:46 am

That picture of you holding the massive check is one of the weighing factors in my decision to do what I do. Having that picture posted all the time on the site must create a lot of reader loyalty huh?

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10 Alex November 5, 2007 at 12:48 am

What a beautiful site to look at!!!

as a follow up to the last Q&A above. I was reading a blog where the guy said he knew of people that were generating $100,000 every couple of days. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IS POSSIBLE?

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11 ShoeMoney November 5, 2007 at 12:51 am

I have a good friend that was doing about 2M per month.. so that would be about 65k per day so yes 100k every few days for sure is possible

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12 JESUS January 12, 2009 at 8:41 am

how can i learn to do this, i am new to this any advise?

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13 Marco Richter November 5, 2007 at 12:54 am

I would have another question on this. Was that just a very big spike in earnings, or does the site make that money continously, let´s say a bit lower ~ 100k?

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14 DavidYin November 5, 2007 at 1:09 am

Yes, this cheque is so famous in the AdSense world. The report is what I see first time.
You are the powerful writer.

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15 ShoeMoney November 5, 2007 at 1:16 am

it bounces around a lot. We also do a lot of direct ad sales.

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16 Dave November 5, 2007 at 1:22 am

2m per month!!! Holy Sh*t!!!

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17 Jack November 5, 2007 at 1:40 am

Shoe, you’re crazy man!! oh my…

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18 jblu November 5, 2007 at 1:41 am

Great stats! Don’t we all want a check that size in the mail every month?

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19 Alex November 5, 2007 at 1:47 am

Shoe,

I went back and read the posts in the DigitalPoint forum. I was rollin’ when some guy asked you why you had not answered his emails and pm’s…… You replied because he was a “stalker”. That was hilarious.

Also, you say your friend “was” doing 2m per month. Since you used past-tense is he now retired on a island or incarcerated? :)

Lastly, The fact you are responding to emails at 1 in the morning goes to show that money never sleeps. Thanks for the info you are always willing to share…

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20 Dolphin November 5, 2007 at 1:57 am

Wow ..congrats! Something to aspire to lol. I’m a relatively new blogger to the scene (about a year old, give or take) but it’s been more of a hobby than anything else. I’ve recently decided to give Adsense a try.

It must feel like winning the lottery (not that I’d know lol)

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21 David November 5, 2007 at 2:23 am

Would you like to expand on what you mean by ‘direct’ traffic? Direct from where? What did / does it cost?

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22 Blog Contests November 5, 2007 at 2:30 am

Hmmm, I always had an idea it was NextPimp. Insane.

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23 JoeTech.com November 5, 2007 at 2:36 am

Wow… Your CPM was great. I was wondering about some of those same questions. I show that check to my wife every time I need a few more minutes in front of the computer to write on my blog or work on a site.

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24 Nathan November 5, 2007 at 2:38 am

Surely now that you are as much of a celebrity as you are, the site must be doing a whole lot better? As mentioned previously, you have good reader loyalty and i guess when buying things online people need that level of trust – so you must be getting a whole lot more now? :P

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25 Tim Spangler November 5, 2007 at 2:39 am

http://www.shoemoney.com/gallery/v/misc/commission-junction.jpg.html

haha wtf. You are a crazy, awesome man, Shoe.

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26 $1000 Dollar Project November 5, 2007 at 2:46 am

Thanks for the insight, its a massive feet of skill to get that sort of earnings, but your buddy who is pulling in 2M WOW! jeez i would love a slice of that action, thats a legendary www photo!

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27 ShoeMoney November 5, 2007 at 2:59 am

direct traffic = type in or bookmarks, homepages… I know most people dont understand but its free traffic and what happens when you have a service people really want

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28 Sam Nova November 5, 2007 at 3:13 am

I’m impressed but what I would really like to see is the numbers for last month or so. You do mention it bounces a lot, so is that from 75K to 150K pr month :)
Man, about setting goals, I’m just waiting for the day I can get the first 100$.

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29 Mr Daz November 5, 2007 at 3:28 am

Bee Gads, your eCPM and your CTR are lower than mine, that’s just pure traffic netting you that kind of revenue. I need to go on some traffic boosting kick right now. Anyone got several 100K of visitors per day going cheap like?

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30 David November 5, 2007 at 3:59 am

Thanks for reply. Thanks for sharing.

Maybe a subject to give your opinion on – building sites that people want? You can make a few quick bucks with junk, but sustainable income requires a site that people enjoy / need / want?

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31 Neil Duckett November 5, 2007 at 5:02 am

Some seriously mad figures there man.

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32 Wayne Liew November 5, 2007 at 5:04 am

Its good to see you explaining all the steps needed to get a such big check from Google.

I have a question for you as well. Will anyone get banned from Google Adsense make such great money with other ad networks? If possible, what are they?

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33 Rxbbx November 5, 2007 at 5:25 am

@ Tim Spangler
That CJ saldo is insane.. :)

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34 Lorenzo November 5, 2007 at 5:51 am

Shoe,

What change did you make to make your CPC go from 27 cents to $1.44 ?

The reason you became famous was because of this change if you kept at 27 cents per click you would of only made around 30k that month…please share.

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35 Strategic Internet Marketing November 5, 2007 at 5:52 am

*please allow me to express myself* OMFG!

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36 Tech For Novices November 5, 2007 at 6:01 am

Truly inspiring article

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37 marhgil November 5, 2007 at 6:10 am

wow!!! this is totally inspiring. now I see that my amount per click is normal compared to yours :D

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38 Mubin November 5, 2007 at 6:16 am

Who da Man? Shoe da Man. You Da Man. Shoe Da Man.

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39 Ventrilo November 5, 2007 at 6:16 am

Every time I see that picture I get jealous

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40 Ventrilo November 5, 2007 at 6:16 am

yea that site really was beast

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41 Ventrilo November 5, 2007 at 6:17 am

I need to meet this guy

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42 misyel November 5, 2007 at 6:27 am

i was amazed and motivated. have to work hard to earn $$$, thanks for posting it.

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43 ibt November 5, 2007 at 6:31 am

Shoe, how about your March 2007 $750K CJ Check? What is net profit and how many campaign are you running from CJ?

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44 Zubair Paracha November 5, 2007 at 6:53 am

You were having RPC around 1$ – so dere’s nothing special about the site – dat RPC did everything for YOU !!

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45 Domtan November 5, 2007 at 7:00 am

The good old adsense days. That’s one the best photos there Jeremy.

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46 Dbyt3r November 5, 2007 at 7:21 am

How long did it take for nextpimp to get these results?

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47 jim November 5, 2007 at 7:27 am

Hey Shoe, any idea why your eCPM spiked around 10 days in? It goes from single dollar digits to over $20, any idea why? (if you can remember that far back)

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48 Datenrettung November 5, 2007 at 7:28 am

Very impressive!!!

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49 George Kim November 5, 2007 at 7:53 am

Very nice. Thanks for sharing details! Great motivation right there. :)

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50 big money November 5, 2007 at 8:18 am

Shoemoney, I have a question about your direct traffic, how could you get so many type ins, homepages and bookmarks? How long was that site around for? I can’t see how “nextpimp” would just be some really hot random word someone would type-in to their browser lol. How did you originally make “nextpimp” such a hot name and what steps did you do to market that name so you would get direct traffic??? Thanks!

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51 Kiltak November 5, 2007 at 8:18 am

This is really depressing :) Even though your CTR sucks, you’re able to make a fortune anyways..

*sigh*

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52 stupid 3gp November 5, 2007 at 8:22 am

eCPM is the big question here. How you manage to have such eCPM may me Pure United States Traffic?

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53 Vingold November 5, 2007 at 8:23 am

It is this kind of post that keeps you on top. A lot of people here tales of “super-affiliates” making over $100K a month – its almost an urban myth on the internet. Everyone seems to know a friend of a friend. Its like big foot.

But then you come out and say BAM! Here is a picture of Big Foot. And not only that – but here is how I found Big Foot and he’s out there and you can find him too if you work hard, try a lot of ideas and find something people like.

Excellent post.

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54 McBilly November 5, 2007 at 8:29 am

That check really does inspire me a lot. And that 2M per month buddy of yours is also a great story. Still hoping for some of that action. :)

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55 jeanzei November 5, 2007 at 8:42 am

I’m wondering how long it’ll take me to make $100 :( ( horrible i know – but I’m still a rookie. t hanks for all the awesome info as usual!

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56 jennifer November 5, 2007 at 8:57 am

I have another question for you on this – How long did it take to get to that total?? It seems to have taken me forever to get over the 100.00 mark on my Google adsense account. Now I get it every month but not anything like you get!!

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57 Chris Jacobson November 5, 2007 at 8:59 am

Very inspiring Shoe!

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58 serge November 5, 2007 at 9:05 am

Thanks for the share. You answered some of the questions that I actually had. I wonder how much you make on that site now though?

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59 Bruno Silva November 5, 2007 at 9:20 am

Geez… my overall adsense income is 100 times lower than that!

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60 Tom November 5, 2007 at 9:21 am

Very inspirational, thanks Shoe!

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61 sockmoney November 5, 2007 at 9:24 am

Ahh the good ol’ days… =)

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62 CPA Affiliates November 5, 2007 at 9:31 am

Nice Breakdown of the common questions.

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63 Overclock November 5, 2007 at 9:59 am

Ahh..I take 3 month to make $80..:(

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64 hanji of money-code November 5, 2007 at 10:23 am

Thanks for answering those questions! As everyone has said, that image is very inspiring. I’m also liking that CJ check that is floating around as well.. you are the man.

hanji

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65 Coldie November 5, 2007 at 10:59 am

KooL, I like ur check den ur foto. LOL Good Luck & GREAT successful ahead, Jeremy. :)

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66 Nick November 5, 2007 at 10:59 am

I have a few sites that have a CTR of about 3-4% I wish I had half as much traffic as that site.

Nice to see all the adsense stats.

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67 Ginene November 5, 2007 at 11:08 am

I never get enough of reading this. Wow! This is truly freaking amazing!

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68 Rick November 5, 2007 at 11:23 am

YOUR KILLIN ME MAN!

I can’t get past 1K per mo.

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69 Jonathan Volk November 5, 2007 at 11:32 am

Amazing post. Very inspiring for sure.

Thanks for getting permission from google to post that screenshot – it really helps!

~Jonathan

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70 SonicReducer November 5, 2007 at 11:44 am

Awesome. Any 6 figure month is a good month for sure!

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71 Allyn Paul November 5, 2007 at 11:45 am

dunno what nextpimp is really about because my company blocks that page! It’s a “forbidden URL!!!”
Thanks, now I’m gonna get fired for trying to look at your success! LOL

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72 sir jorge November 5, 2007 at 11:50 am

I wish I could ever get that much.

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73 rhyan November 5, 2007 at 12:17 pm

that was seems to be a great profit and to think running on a $299 amount of server per month. 75k uniq for sure that would eat a lot of bandwith.

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74 Farmer November 5, 2007 at 12:20 pm

Traffic on that page must have dipped. ;)

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75 MyGoodFinds November 5, 2007 at 12:35 pm

Wow! I would be happy with $5K per month. Just enough to tell my great aunt to stop bugging me to go find myself a real job to pay me my 401(k) and pension for retirement.
I just want to work from home and some people don’t get it.

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76 Catherine L November 5, 2007 at 1:25 pm

This is pretty amazing income from adsense for just one site. Does it still do as well as it did back then?

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77 Greg November 5, 2007 at 1:34 pm

Shoe,
Can you shed some light on what happened to make the AdSense EPC go up 6X. For example Aug 5 and Aug 21 have essentially the same Click # stats, yet the clicks were worth 6X more. Do you recall if the adsense ads themselves changed, etc. It appears teh change happened on the 9th Day of the month whatever it was.

Just really interested in how you increased the EPC to over $1 around the 9th and onward.

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78 nextebizguy November 5, 2007 at 1:41 pm

Linkbait…. ;)

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79 King Jacob November 5, 2007 at 1:49 pm

If you read the post, it says 2 years;)

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80 CaribWebDev November 5, 2007 at 1:50 pm

thats one fat cheque

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81 King Jacob November 5, 2007 at 1:52 pm

Id say a $1 rpc is special you usually dont get that good of a rpc from just plastering adsense.

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82 King Jacob November 5, 2007 at 1:54 pm

The way things are going you are better off not depending on a pension for retirement.

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83 King Jacob November 5, 2007 at 1:55 pm

Lets see Im making .003 times that :)

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84 big money November 5, 2007 at 2:11 pm

Mister Shoemoney, I made a post in your forum: http://forums.shoemoney.com/showthread.php?t=627

I think this calls for a Shoemoney show featuring Mr. Shoemoney explaining marketing methods for receiving “Direct Traffic”. Explain the same step by step processes, tools and resources you used, we all want to learn about direct traffic marketing, especially what you did for this site. Even if it was a long and complicated process, we still would like to hear it and then study it (at least I would). I think this would make a great show!
ALL WHO WANT SHOEMONEY TO DO THIS SHOW OR POST SAY “AYE!”

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85 Backlink Checker November 5, 2007 at 2:13 pm

I am sure, detailed stats picture will surpass views of check picture. :p

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86 Hustle Strategy November 5, 2007 at 2:21 pm

I haven’t slept real good since I have seen it. Now that I know it is possible and how it is possible, I am trying to do it.

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87 ShoeMoney November 5, 2007 at 3:14 pm

advertisers bid more. nothing changed on the site

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88 mascix November 5, 2007 at 3:38 pm

I believe there was some adwords amount for that check. if is that true can you clear second question ? :)

I truly follow your blog :D

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89 bloggernoob November 5, 2007 at 3:57 pm

i think that is the check that launched a thousand blogs.

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90 Jente November 5, 2007 at 4:00 pm

wow, more then $1 a click average. I have to do it with $0.16 a click… That makes a difference.

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91 jim November 5, 2007 at 4:09 pm

nice, that’s probably a understatement too

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92 jim November 5, 2007 at 4:09 pm

write about other stuff :)

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93 Daniel November 5, 2007 at 4:11 pm

NOOOO! The question we all want answered is – Do you STILL make insane money from the site??

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94 printnpost.com November 5, 2007 at 4:31 pm

also a great thig to go back to this..keep us all going!…def going to make this a story for my authors.

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95 Jack November 5, 2007 at 4:35 pm

A domain doesnt have to be catchy or generic to get type-in traffic. As Shoe said, it has to have a community and/or just a site people like to go to. I go to shoemoney.com almost every day directly. And I don’t use a search engine. I type it in. There are dozens of forums and blogs as well as regular old sites that I type domains in or access bookmarks for on a daily basis. You create a community of people that want to be involved or fresh content that updates and people will kee coming back and will get new traffic and retain visitors.

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96 SEO Buzz Box November 5, 2007 at 4:37 pm

King of the ringtone!

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.nextpimp.com/

…an interesting study, thanks for sharing. :)

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97 Jente November 5, 2007 at 5:10 pm

I think english is also better as dutch…

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98 Greg November 5, 2007 at 5:15 pm

I agree advertisers bid more, but a 6x jump overnight. It makes me wonder if Google (unknowingly to you) upped the percentage payout, combined with Ad Rate increase. Also, agree with Shoes AdSense tips from the forum…IDC had a $30k/mo Adsense acct get canceled. We had NO back-up account and still do not to this day – we diverted traffic to other monetization.

Just fascinated by the massive EPC jump while all other stats remain consistent. Wish we had greater visibility into Google.

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99 corey November 5, 2007 at 6:07 pm

LMAO

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100 November 5, 2007 at 6:29 pm

Shoemoney, it was really cool of you to share this. Makes me want to go right back to the keyboard and work a heck of a lot harder. Congrats.

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101 John M Weaver November 5, 2007 at 7:51 pm

This is a pretty well known photo…How about doing a new one??

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102 Tim November 5, 2007 at 8:01 pm

At long last, the wait is over! How many people have you inspired with that picture? I was going to wallpaper my bathroom with it but…that would have been a little weird. I have had some fun making silly banners in Photoshop with it. If anything, maybe this will inspire people to go out and create a useful site instead of blogging about making money :) Thanks for sharing the love, Shoe!

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103 Keith Cash November 5, 2007 at 8:08 pm

I cannot get enough of seeing this check, It inspires me everyday. Maybe your could make a copy and put on a t-shirt. I think it would sale.

Cheers

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104 Manns November 5, 2007 at 8:10 pm

Farrrk me, that is really good. Hard work + creative thinking, good on you SM. Simply awesome.

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105 Gary November 5, 2007 at 8:40 pm

First of all, I think it’s time more people started looking at creating better content on blogs such as you mention. I’ve been working hard at developing a great article directory where marketer’s can submit there articles to drive traffic to there sites. It’s nice to see a post with absolute proof adsense is not dead and that there are many of us who generate quite a nice check from Google. Thanks for the motivating picture!

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106 mick November 5, 2007 at 9:14 pm

Someone stated above “ah the good old days”

think and take heed :)
The game has changed dramatically..only a few guys trusted in googles pockets now continue untouched IMO

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107 motorsportBABESau November 5, 2007 at 9:41 pm

that monthly report is absolutely sensational

i cant even imagine getting 1000′s of adsense clicks in a day

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108 Fizfaz November 5, 2007 at 10:01 pm

Really impressive me..! Cheers..

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109 great008 November 5, 2007 at 10:13 pm

Shoe you are the man!! You are definitely one of my big inspirations and that check rules man!!!!!

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110 nate November 5, 2007 at 10:32 pm

Thanks for showing this Shoe. It’s enlightening and inspiring :)

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111 Mike Huang November 5, 2007 at 11:15 pm

As I’ve said to myself before, this is simply amazing…so I’ll say it again. WOW!!!!!!

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112 John Loch November 6, 2007 at 12:37 am

That piccy never gets old.

Right niche at the right time, thats for sure. :)

More power to ya Shoe..

I wouldn’t mind seeing another one of your 10K experiments again.. that would certainly be worth a look :)

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113 John Loch November 6, 2007 at 12:53 am

Don’t plan on sleeping anytime soon either. He had timing, and a favorable niche playing to his advantage.

There’s nothing special about his approach. For all intents and purposes, he got lucky.

There’s a hell of a lot of sites out there that give people what they need. Not all of them make that sort of money.

For example, he’d be hard pressed to pull 25% of that nowadays if he tried it again on the same site (via AS).

His 10K experiment is my favorite. I think thats what deserves a closer look because it can be reproduced (unlike his AS check above), I’ll bet he could successfully repeat that experiment – a different niche perhaps, but I’ll bet he could do it. I like it because it has nothing to do with his branding or audience. :)

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114 chetan November 6, 2007 at 2:31 am

6 digit income in a month is for sure a huge deal..

And i was always wondering how you did that!!!

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115 Affiliate Marketing Tips November 6, 2007 at 2:39 am

Nice check :o ). The good money is still available through adsense, but the rules are not the same as they used to be. Really inspiring to see someone having had excellent results in the past

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116 Edman November 6, 2007 at 3:13 am

How on earth did you make the RPC go up from $0.25 to $1.5 overnight? Was it just a stroke of luck or did you actually do anything?

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117 Neon November 6, 2007 at 4:34 am

this is inspiring. that one month money is probably 3 years of working for a normal person. getting 5-figure check is already extremely hard. 6-figure check is totally in my dream.

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118 brad November 6, 2007 at 8:23 am

drools…..

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119 Deibson Albernas November 6, 2007 at 9:31 am

Thanks so much. Hope all is well with you!
made in brazil

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120 moneyseeker November 6, 2007 at 10:46 am

who is he and what’s the site ? please let us know . . .

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121 ptv November 6, 2007 at 11:15 am

Very inspiring post.

Thanks.

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122 pondlife November 6, 2007 at 12:49 pm

I just wanted to be able to say I’d posted a comment on this historical thread ;)
I know that Shoemoney has said that people are too hung-up on figures and this blog proves that because people just want to stare at this open-jawwed. …myself included! …it’s still inspiring though :)

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123 Backlink Checker November 6, 2007 at 12:54 pm

I heard of plentyoffish earning that so much high amount from adsense only.

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124 tolonosika November 6, 2007 at 1:30 pm

132k, 132 comments!!! wOOV that’S bizarre!!!

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125 Smart websites make money November 6, 2007 at 4:44 pm

Man, the only thing that crosses my mind is that with a few small improvements you would have probably doubled your check. The CTR was really low and you still made that kind of money, damn!

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126 David Isserman November 6, 2007 at 5:43 pm

That’s amazing…the power of the web (and Google) is amazing, isn’t it?!

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127 Klaudio November 6, 2007 at 6:16 pm

Incredible and impressive!
My problem to the 132994$ check :) is concentrating on the money and not on the service :p

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128 John M Weaver November 6, 2007 at 6:33 pm

The service and the money both clearly work bro…Everyone wins…especially Google!

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129 Niche Guy November 6, 2007 at 6:44 pm

That picture is how I found the blog :)
Still amazes me, and inspiring!

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130 wong ndeso November 6, 2007 at 7:22 pm

Hello, I am from Indonesia, may you teach me about Google adsense? Thankyou.

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131 widis November 6, 2007 at 7:29 pm

Hello, i am from indonesia, nice article guy. Thanks.

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132 ShoeMoney November 6, 2007 at 7:58 pm

I was contacted by Google about the jump but it was more like a “Hello and congratulations on your success. I will be your representative” kind of thing

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133 ShoeMoney November 6, 2007 at 7:59 pm

test

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134 gaman November 6, 2007 at 11:09 pm

Is that Marcus of PlentyOfFish.com?

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135 Vern at Aim for Awesome November 7, 2007 at 12:11 am

ha! That’s so amazing. Thanks for letting us in on this. I’m laying on my side (after falling down on my back) and typing this… I’m not sure I’m getting up for a while. 75,000 visitors gave you thousands of dollars per day… that’s so amazing. I am struggling for a few dollars per day. Hmm… me thinks something bigger is on order for my site! GREAT POST. Thanks man. Vern

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136 Mark Barba November 7, 2007 at 3:35 am

You work very hard, you give out amazing tips, and you really know your stuff — and i’ve read before that you hate it when people say you are “lucky”. BUT… Was the success of nextpimp down to any luck at all??

Is there a post about the history of nextpimp — i’d love to read it! sort of a wikipedia page on “nextpimp”

Love the blog.
.

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137 Amit November 7, 2007 at 8:18 am

Just read this blog dude you will easily learn :)

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138 Amit November 7, 2007 at 8:19 am

If you have some real good like shoemoney you can also make a similar check :)

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139 Amit November 7, 2007 at 8:21 am

May be he blocked some of the MFA’s though it was confusing for me too in the beginning since the income just jumped thrice is a couple days.

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140 Michael Woo November 7, 2007 at 10:00 am

This is just so sweet :)

Wish I could make $1m hohoho

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141 Ashish November 7, 2007 at 12:21 pm

Thats LOADS OF MONEY man…COOL

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142 Jason was here November 7, 2007 at 4:48 pm

Will you marry me?? haha jk im married allready and dont swing that way…
but will you at least let me put a rotating full page banner ad on all your sites for free? I have a bunch of sites that could use a bump in traffic……hahahahahaha
Always love to hear your stories…keep it up….
So as stands now are you in the million dollar a month bracket yet?

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143 Free Letterhead Templates November 7, 2007 at 7:34 pm

Why does the eCPM vary so hugely even though you have such large impressions?

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144 ubai November 7, 2007 at 8:00 pm

sumpah deh..itu $$$$ banyak banget…

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145 Profit Baron November 7, 2007 at 8:33 pm

Congratulations Shoe. I’ve been following your blog for a while, since noticing you around the digitalpoint forums.

Very inspiring to fellow other webmasters that money can be earnt online if they work hard.

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146 joko November 7, 2007 at 11:34 pm

Nggak usah mengharapkan langsung dapet dollar banyak dulu, lha wong dia juga perlu kerja keras juga dan waktu. Yang mau ikutan browsing di bayar dollar, silahkan klik link diatas. Pendaftaran gratis……kok..lumayan dapet tambahan dollar….

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147 piah November 8, 2007 at 2:35 am

Dear Shoe,
Please teach me how to achieve that figure. Adopt me as your lovely student. I will always remember you until you die.

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148 Martin November 8, 2007 at 3:27 am

Congrats, wow i still newbie in adsense, must work hard. would you tell me the secret. hehehehe. Wow i want to be like you get the check hehehe.

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149 Myspace Layouts November 8, 2007 at 3:57 am

God damn, I thought for sure that was from arbitrage. Thanks for telling a little bit more about how it was made.

Does the site still make this kind of money or has it gone down? I thought I heard that you sold it recently.

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150 joko s November 8, 2007 at 4:23 am

Nggak usah terlalu mengharapkan yang besar dulu donk. Kerja keras dan perlu waktu. Yang mau browsing dapet dollar, silahkan klik link di atas. Lumayan buat tambahan….

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151 budapestagent November 8, 2007 at 10:31 am

Do you have any explenation for the eCPM jump between 8th and 9th?
I mean its less PIs, less clicks but 5 times the cash!

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152 Joeychgo November 8, 2007 at 11:57 am

Notice, Jeremy doesnt have super high CTRs or anything. He has one thing… Traffic! Thats the whole key to making money online.

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153 Tony Smith November 8, 2007 at 3:01 pm

Every time I look at this check, I want to cry….I have so much to learn…*SIGH*

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154 Samantha November 8, 2007 at 4:50 pm

Damn, that is so crazy. I wish that I could rake in $130K a month! That’s $1.5 million a year… you can retire so early!

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155 scamfreemoneytalks November 8, 2007 at 10:30 pm

Wow! that’s a big one. congratulations. anyway i think i don’t think any blogger would earn that much nowadays. i believe the climate has changed a bit from the 2005 environment. but as long any single blog can generate USD10000 is already a big accomplishment. i hope i could learn a lot from your blog.

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156 coches alemania November 9, 2007 at 9:39 am

Felicidades por el éxito. Google podía poner como historias de éxito este ejemplo, pero me imagino que en español no será facil llegar a esas cifras.

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157 Multidivisa November 9, 2007 at 9:40 am

Para lo que se puede ver en las web y blog de español, parece un CTR muy bajo y un CPM extraordinariamente alto.

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158 Hooper November 10, 2007 at 12:20 am

You da man! Where else can you earn that kind of cabbage. Here is to many more of those being issued by Google.

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159 Steven Finch November 10, 2007 at 6:26 am

Thanks for the info. Thats pretty cool

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160 ketan November 10, 2007 at 7:12 am

$132,994.97 is huge man! how did you start promoting your site?

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161 Mahesh Mohan November 10, 2007 at 10:57 am

Awesome…. I have posted your earnings in DP… http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=5162321

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162 John November 10, 2007 at 12:25 pm

Holy Smokes! An inspiration to us all! Keep up the great work.

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163 WideScreen Wallpapers November 11, 2007 at 6:55 pm

That is one hefty check man, goodluck with your future ventures man.

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164 chetan November 12, 2007 at 1:58 am

Yep traffic is one of the main and important thing in making your ads get clicked.

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165 chetan November 12, 2007 at 1:59 am

I would have retired after earning for an year lol :D

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166 Link Snitch November 12, 2007 at 8:04 am

Thanks for posting that. Lots of information I have thought about asking for a while, but I have yet to write you. I want our first time to be something special.

LOL, not like that!

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167 Adsense Profit Guides November 13, 2007 at 12:07 am

Hoho. What a thing to do like this. Thanks , shoemoney. there are so many guys who shut their mouths about their ways of making money. You are different.

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168 Adsense Profit Guides November 13, 2007 at 12:09 am

I like this check.

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169 free sms-call November 13, 2007 at 6:44 am

wow..$132,994.97 .nice post

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170 Cory November 13, 2007 at 1:35 pm

Careful what you wish for! LOL I had a site a few years ago that jumped from .04 – .10$ a day in earnings to 3-400$ a day (was a World of Warcraft Mod site during the Beta of the game). Google sent me my 11,204.34$ check.. and now the IRS wants about half :)

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171 Phillip November 13, 2007 at 6:46 pm

Man, soon… very soon…

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172 Ali Roman November 13, 2007 at 9:31 pm

thats truly inspirational, you are the man..

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173 Matthias November 16, 2007 at 1:02 pm

Wow, great.. But this is a long time ago.. What do you earn with that today?

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174 Tim November 18, 2007 at 8:21 pm

I think this amount is just a DREAM for me :)
It’s just too much…

–blog for dream–

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175 Skruknott November 19, 2007 at 3:30 am

Thanks for sharing all this. We are gonna be the first ones in Norway to break the 100.000 USD per month. You are truly inspirational! Thanks!

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176 Skruknott November 19, 2007 at 3:33 am

How is it possible to make as much as 2M per month? That guy must have an insane number of visitors. Even to get 1 out of 100 to click with so many visitors are stunning. Simply wow…

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177 Skruknott November 19, 2007 at 3:34 am

I agree. Finding a niche is the most important thing you can do, really

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178 Abdul Wadud November 19, 2007 at 4:32 pm

Wow. Inspiring.

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179 Abdul Wadud November 19, 2007 at 4:34 pm

Wow. Inspiring.

Btw, your eyes look quite demonic. :D

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180 UFC-Forums.com November 21, 2007 at 12:29 am

Never would have believed it was possible.

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181 Part Time Blogger November 24, 2007 at 6:08 am

That picture is amazing thats more than most footballers earn in a month aswell

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182 Reverse Funnel System Blog November 24, 2007 at 6:51 pm

What a check! Didnt see anything like this. How long it takes you to earn such money?

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183 coches de importacion alemania November 25, 2007 at 11:30 am

Esta dificil de repetir esto otra vez. Ya que aún no hemos probado adsense, más motivación que esta no existe.

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184 coches de importacion alemania November 25, 2007 at 11:33 am

<a href=” mas motivacion no existe para usar adsense”

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185 coches de importacion alemania November 25, 2007 at 11:34 am

Mas motivacion no existe para usar adsense

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186 Jason Brailow November 26, 2007 at 11:29 pm

That is sooo awesome. Good on ya!

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187 weleh November 28, 2007 at 1:20 am

Hey dude you make Indonesian looks jerk. Mau promosi ditempat lain nyuk

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188 abhishek arora November 29, 2007 at 5:41 am

well done ! couldnt believe that it was possible – till i saw the check!

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189 abhishek arora November 29, 2007 at 5:42 am

couldnt believe that if you had not showed the check ! wow!

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190 Nick November 29, 2007 at 4:51 pm

I don’t think it’s possible now with all this competition :( .

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191 scott November 30, 2007 at 11:31 pm

Wow … what a motivator

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192 James B. December 3, 2007 at 3:12 pm

Nice. If i got money like that for one year i would be ecstatic. Maybe in ten years.

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193 Blog Images December 6, 2007 at 1:43 am

Happy for you, it does inspire and hope you get more success stories!

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194 ALLAIN JULES C@MMUNICATION December 9, 2007 at 11:01 am

Congratulations !

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195 Josh December 10, 2007 at 11:54 pm

Wow! Very nice. I would be lucky if I got a fraction of that, all I make with my lousy arcade website (www.abigarcade.com) is $10-30 a month. You are very lucky mate. Keep up the good work. I would like to know what is your website name.

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196 Josh December 10, 2007 at 11:56 pm

Very nice!

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197 Life is Colourful December 13, 2007 at 9:25 pm

This is my inspiration as well… but how come it was not money from PPC, then what was the medium of advertising back then in 2005?

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198 MJL December 13, 2007 at 11:34 pm

All I can say is… WOW!

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199 Affiliate Marketing Podcast December 16, 2007 at 3:28 am

Tis’ always nice to look back on this post. Very inspiring.

~ Dave

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200 DavidTan December 17, 2007 at 6:36 am

What an inspiration Shoe. I’m sure you are earning more than this nowadays. Cheers!

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201 Justin Khoury December 18, 2007 at 9:58 am

Probably the most famous photo in the SEO world. Very very inspiring.

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202 Amigo December 19, 2007 at 1:05 am

Hi !!
I have recently joined Adsense. However i dont have much knowledge about this kind of things. i have started it for my interest.
now after getting into this, i want to go deeper. Please guide me through all the basic knowledge required for it.

Thank you

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203 Webmaster Forum December 27, 2007 at 8:58 am

1 word :

amazing

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204 Patrick Smith August 30, 2008 at 3:19 pm

Wow! That’s quite a check! :P Good for him!

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205 Wendy September 4, 2008 at 4:33 pm

That check is truly an inspiration because it shows what hard work, determination, and sticking to something can bring results. Thanks for sharing it and keep up the good work.

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206 hjhartutikspd September 10, 2008 at 9:15 am

my new web is marketing hero. please. we make a lot of money with shoe money!

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207 hjhartutikspd September 10, 2008 at 9:17 am

my new web is marketing hero. are you make alot of money with shoe money please!

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208 Simulador de Hipotecas September 14, 2008 at 10:34 am

I wish I had a check like this…

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209 Eric Tan October 2, 2008 at 12:59 am

Can’t get enough of this picture…

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210 Ravi October 14, 2008 at 4:37 am

This result inspires us to reach us to that level. I wish if I can archive just 25% of it.

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211 hipoteca multidivisa October 17, 2008 at 2:43 am

the biggest check that i have receibe from adsense is 20 USD$ :)

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212 chubbypetsgarden.com November 13, 2008 at 9:30 am

Wow! I am inspire by the check…

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213 Anil Jadhav November 15, 2008 at 4:26 am

give me advise about adsense

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214 TechNald November 19, 2008 at 9:34 am

incredible! how did you do that? your amazing sir!

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215 Clifford December 8, 2008 at 7:29 am

This is really motivation. WOW, i can not believe this, im only doing $120 a month. I have a long way.lol. Well Done

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216 Tryksager December 15, 2008 at 6:40 am

That’s a check I would like to cash in ;)

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217 Ardhianto Adhi Nugroho December 24, 2008 at 1:23 pm

AWESOME!!! i wish i could get to

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218 Ardhianto Adhi Nugroho December 24, 2008 at 1:24 pm

unbelieveble…

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219 Jeremy January 5, 2009 at 12:46 am

Why we have the same name Jeremy but different earning? LOL. Teach your newly elected brother on how to make big checks from adsense. Congratulations! Bravo!

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220 Arfan January 5, 2009 at 11:49 pm

I always wondered wondered about the picture until i read this post, interested =)

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221 Kirk January 9, 2009 at 10:46 am

This is extremely good ppc, you are making $1.40 per click on over 4000 clicks. Those days are gone but the day where you did 4000 clicks at 25 cents per click is more realistic now.

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222 jox January 12, 2009 at 3:28 am

Im really inspired with that check you got there.

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223 nilai3 January 20, 2009 at 8:56 pm

wow! unbelievable income in adsense !! Really amazed me … How about now? Still the same income? Wow

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224 JL Hill February 7, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Just wondering (and I am sorry if this has been asked) how much of the check did you reinvest in your business?

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225 Elbpoet February 11, 2009 at 5:32 am

Just wanna say: I like this photo.

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226 Sarah February 13, 2009 at 11:00 am

I guess you might be the one and only one that earns that much through Google Adsense.

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227 tomek February 15, 2009 at 11:44 am

Interesting. I see the check is from 2005. Now it is 2009. I know the per click has gone down over those years, and most ads are PPC. How are the earnings today. I see this web does not even have AdSense anymore.? I know the guy that runs this content rich one http://www.maxi-pedia.com , and from what he told me, he does not make even a tiny tiny fraction of that.

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228 LakshmiNarayana February 21, 2009 at 8:34 am

This article really encouraged me the will in me to earn money through “google-adsense”! Thanks for providing an article with full of cheque proofs! Thanks a lot!
(www.knoweverything.tk)

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229 owain February 24, 2009 at 4:04 pm

Wow. That’s amazing! : )

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230 Kindaichi March 3, 2009 at 6:13 am

I was feeling discouraged until I saw this !

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231 Beauty World March 4, 2009 at 10:46 am

Me too… That is a lot of Money ..!!

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232 Cash Makers March 6, 2009 at 3:01 pm

AdSense isn’t an easy cash maker as it was in the days. Try diversifying, there are many other ad networks out there.

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233 9sky March 19, 2009 at 9:23 pm

wow, its amazing, pretty high ecpm!!

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234 kpsofts March 20, 2009 at 5:26 am

This check changed your life,isn’t it?Not only money but also fame (-;

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235 nikahsekeri March 22, 2009 at 1:20 pm

Yes.. I agree with both of your. I use shoemoney’s adsense check as my pc’s wallpaper. It is a good inspiration for me to work hard with my blog. Thanks a lot.. :)

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236 Reviews July 2, 2009 at 12:37 am

it is very nice. great job ,thank you very much.

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237 Reviews July 2, 2009 at 12:39 am

it is very crazy. thank you

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238 dizi izle July 3, 2009 at 4:28 am

wooow.. omg.. nice
That check is truly an inspiration because it shows what hard work, determination, and sticking to something can bring results. Thanks for sharing it and keep up the good work.

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239 derekpm July 13, 2009 at 12:44 am

Rather interesting. Has few times re-read for this purpose to remember. Thanks for interesting article. Waiting for trackback

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240 Clemento August 3, 2009 at 9:23 am

Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.

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241 JoseGregorio August 15, 2009 at 3:42 pm

Congrats! you must have been so happy when you got that check! It is amazing how many links you have for that photo!!! lol….thanks!

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242 Mahesh September 5, 2009 at 3:31 am

Hello Sir,

COngratulations on this achievement!

Pls share your experience with us so that we’ll get few tips to catch such levels in future.

_ Mahesh (India)

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243 Col October 27, 2009 at 11:20 pm

This is amazing! Plain inspiring…

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244 scheng1 November 8, 2009 at 11:47 pm

I hope to see this kind of earning by the time I’m a hundred years old.