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.
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3) Where did all your traffic come from?
About 70% of the traffic was direct 15% from search engines and 15% from referrals.
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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
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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- Comment Dislikes
February 2, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Congratulations! This is so awesome!
January 5, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Gratulation – The Adsense Check for $132,994.97
January 4, 2010 at 4:44 am
I found this informative and interesting blog so i think so its very useful and knowledge able.I would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this article. I am hoping the same best work from you in the future as well. In fact your creative writing abilities has inspired me.
November 30, 2009 at 7:39 pm
How can you avoid smart pricing?
November 14, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Nice check man !
November 8, 2009 at 11:47 pm
I hope to see this kind of earning by the time I’m a hundred years old.
October 27, 2009 at 11:20 pm
This is amazing! Plain inspiring…
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)
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!
August 3, 2009 at 9:23 am
Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.
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
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.
July 2, 2009 at 12:39 am
it is very crazy. thank you
July 2, 2009 at 12:37 am
it is very nice. great job ,thank you very much.
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..
March 20, 2009 at 5:26 am
This check changed your life,isn’t it?Not only money but also fame (-;
March 19, 2009 at 9:23 pm
wow, its amazing, pretty high ecpm!!
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.
March 3, 2009 at 6:13 am
I was feeling discouraged until I saw this !
March 4, 2009 at 10:46 am
Me too… That is a lot of Money ..!!
February 24, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Wow. That’s amazing! : )
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)
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.
February 13, 2009 at 11:00 am
I guess you might be the one and only one that earns that much through Google Adsense.
February 11, 2009 at 5:32 am
Just wanna say: I like this photo.
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?
January 20, 2009 at 8:56 pm
wow! unbelievable income in adsense !! Really amazed me … How about now? Still the same income? Wow
January 12, 2009 at 3:28 am
Im really inspired with that check you got there.
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.
January 5, 2009 at 11:49 pm
I always wondered wondered about the picture until i read this post, interested =)
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!
December 24, 2008 at 1:24 pm
unbelieveble…
December 24, 2008 at 1:23 pm
AWESOME!!! i wish i could get to
December 15, 2008 at 6:40 am
That’s a check I would like to cash in
December 8, 2008 at 7:29 am
This is really motivation. WOW, i can not believe this, im only doing $120 a month. I have a long way.lol. Well Done
November 19, 2008 at 9:34 am
incredible! how did you do that? your amazing sir!
November 15, 2008 at 4:26 am
give me advise about adsense
November 13, 2008 at 9:30 am
Wow! I am inspire by the check…
October 17, 2008 at 2:43 am
the biggest check that i have receibe from adsense is 20 USD$
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.
October 2, 2008 at 12:59 am
Can’t get enough of this picture…
September 14, 2008 at 10:34 am
I wish I had a check like this…
September 10, 2008 at 9:17 am
my new web is marketing hero. are you make alot of money with shoe money please!
September 10, 2008 at 9:15 am
my new web is marketing hero. please. we make a lot of money with shoe money!
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.
August 30, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Wow! That’s quite a check!
Good for him!
December 27, 2007 at 8:58 am
1 word :
amazing
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
December 18, 2007 at 9:58 am
Probably the most famous photo in the SEO world. Very very inspiring.
December 17, 2007 at 6:36 am
What an inspiration Shoe. I’m sure you are earning more than this nowadays. Cheers!
December 16, 2007 at 3:28 am
Tis’ always nice to look back on this post. Very inspiring.
~ Dave
December 13, 2007 at 11:34 pm
All I can say is… WOW!
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?
December 10, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Very nice!
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.
December 9, 2007 at 11:01 am
Congratulations !
December 6, 2007 at 1:43 am
Happy for you, it does inspire and hope you get more success stories!
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.
November 30, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Wow … what a motivator
November 29, 2007 at 4:51 pm
I don’t think it’s possible now with all this competition
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November 29, 2007 at 5:42 am
couldnt believe that if you had not showed the check ! wow!
November 29, 2007 at 5:41 am
well done ! couldnt believe that it was possible – till i saw the check!
November 28, 2007 at 1:20 am
Hey dude you make Indonesian looks jerk. Mau promosi ditempat lain nyuk
November 26, 2007 at 11:29 pm
That is sooo awesome. Good on ya!
November 25, 2007 at 11:34 am
Mas motivacion no existe para usar adsense
November 25, 2007 at 11:33 am
<a href=” mas motivacion no existe para usar adsense”
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.
November 24, 2007 at 6:51 pm
What a check! Didnt see anything like this. How long it takes you to earn such money?
November 24, 2007 at 6:08 am
That picture is amazing thats more than most footballers earn in a month aswell
November 21, 2007 at 12:29 am
Never would have believed it was possible.
November 19, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Wow. Inspiring.
Btw, your eyes look quite demonic.
November 19, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Wow. Inspiring.
November 19, 2007 at 3:34 am
I agree. Finding a niche is the most important thing you can do, really
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…
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!
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–
November 16, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Wow, great.. But this is a long time ago.. What do you earn with that today?
November 13, 2007 at 9:31 pm
thats truly inspirational, you are the man..
November 13, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Man, soon… very soon…
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
November 13, 2007 at 6:44 am
wow..$132,994.97 .nice post
November 13, 2007 at 12:09 am
I like this check.
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.
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!
November 12, 2007 at 1:59 am
I would have retired after earning for an year lol
November 12, 2007 at 1:58 am
Yep traffic is one of the main and important thing in making your ads get clicked.
November 11, 2007 at 6:55 pm
That is one hefty check man, goodluck with your future ventures man.
November 10, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Holy Smokes! An inspiration to us all! Keep up the great work.
November 10, 2007 at 10:57 am
Awesome…. I have posted your earnings in DP… http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=5162321
November 10, 2007 at 7:12 am
$132,994.97 is huge man! how did you start promoting your site?
November 10, 2007 at 6:26 am
Thanks for the info. Thats pretty cool
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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*
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.
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!
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….
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.
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.
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.
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….
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.
November 7, 2007 at 8:00 pm
sumpah deh..itu $$$$ banyak banget…
November 7, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Why does the eCPM vary so hugely even though you have such large impressions?
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?
November 7, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Thats LOADS OF MONEY man…COOL
November 7, 2007 at 10:00 am
This is just so sweet
Wish I could make $1m hohoho
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.
November 7, 2007 at 8:19 am
If you have some real good like shoemoney you can also make a similar check
November 7, 2007 at 8:18 am
Just read this blog dude you will easily learn
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.
.
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
November 6, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Is that Marcus of PlentyOfFish.com?
November 6, 2007 at 7:59 pm
test
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
November 6, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Hello, i am from indonesia, nice article guy. Thanks.
November 6, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Hello, I am from Indonesia, may you teach me about Google adsense? Thankyou.
November 6, 2007 at 6:44 pm
That picture is how I found the blog
Still amazes me, and inspiring!
November 6, 2007 at 6:33 pm
The service and the money both clearly work bro…Everyone wins…especially Google!
November 6, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Incredible and impressive!
is concentrating on the money and not on the service :p
My problem to the 132994$ check
November 6, 2007 at 5:43 pm
That’s amazing…the power of the web (and Google) is amazing, isn’t it?!
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!
November 6, 2007 at 1:30 pm
132k, 132 comments!!! wOOV that’S bizarre!!!
November 6, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I heard of plentyoffish earning that so much high amount from adsense only.
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
November 6, 2007 at 11:15 am
Very inspiring post.
Thanks.
November 6, 2007 at 10:46 am
who is he and what’s the site ? please let us know . . .
November 6, 2007 at 9:31 am
Thanks so much. Hope all is well with you!
made in brazil
November 6, 2007 at 8:23 am
drools…..
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.
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?
November 6, 2007 at 2:39 am
Nice check
). 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
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!!!
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.
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
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!!!!!!
November 5, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Thanks for showing this Shoe. It’s enlightening and inspiring
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!!!!!
November 5, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Really impressive me..! Cheers..
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
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
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!
November 5, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Farrrk me, that is really good. Hard work + creative thinking, good on you SM. Simply awesome.
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
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!
November 5, 2007 at 7:51 pm
This is a pretty well known photo…How about doing a new one??
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.
November 5, 2007 at 6:07 pm
LMAO
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.
November 5, 2007 at 5:10 pm
I think english is also better as dutch…
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.
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.
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.
November 5, 2007 at 4:11 pm
NOOOO! The question we all want answered is – Do you STILL make insane money from the site??
November 5, 2007 at 4:09 pm
write about other stuff
November 5, 2007 at 4:09 pm
nice, that’s probably a understatement too
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.
November 5, 2007 at 3:57 pm
i think that is the check that launched a thousand blogs.
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
November 5, 2007 at 3:14 pm
advertisers bid more. nothing changed on the site
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.
November 5, 2007 at 2:13 pm
I am sure, detailed stats picture will surpass views of check picture. :p
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!”
November 5, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Lets see Im making .003 times that
November 5, 2007 at 1:54 pm
The way things are going you are better off not depending on a pension for retirement.
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.
November 5, 2007 at 1:50 pm
thats one fat cheque
November 5, 2007 at 1:49 pm
If you read the post, it says 2 years;)
November 5, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Linkbait….
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.
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?
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.
November 5, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Traffic on that page must have dipped.
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.
November 5, 2007 at 11:50 am
I wish I could ever get that much.
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
November 5, 2007 at 11:44 am
Awesome. Any 6 figure month is a good month for sure!
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
November 5, 2007 at 11:23 am
YOUR KILLIN ME MAN!
I can’t get past 1K per mo.
November 5, 2007 at 11:08 am
I never get enough of reading this. Wow! This is truly freaking amazing!
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.
November 5, 2007 at 10:59 am
KooL, I like ur check den ur foto. LOL Good Luck & GREAT successful ahead, Jeremy.
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
November 5, 2007 at 9:59 am
Ahh..I take 3 month to make $80..:(
November 5, 2007 at 9:31 am
Nice Breakdown of the common questions.
November 5, 2007 at 9:24 am
Ahh the good ol’ days… =)
November 5, 2007 at 9:21 am
Very inspirational, thanks Shoe!
November 5, 2007 at 9:20 am
Geez… my overall adsense income is 100 times lower than that!
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?
November 5, 2007 at 8:59 am
Very inspiring Shoe!
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!!
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!
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.
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.
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?
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*
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!
November 5, 2007 at 7:53 am
Very nice. Thanks for sharing details! Great motivation right there.
November 5, 2007 at 7:28 am
Very impressive!!!
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)
November 5, 2007 at 7:21 am
How long did it take for nextpimp to get these results?
November 5, 2007 at 7:00 am
The good old adsense days. That’s one the best photos there Jeremy.
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 !!
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?
November 5, 2007 at 6:27 am
i was amazed and motivated. have to work hard to earn $$$, thanks for posting it.
November 5, 2007 at 6:17 am
I need to meet this guy
November 5, 2007 at 6:16 am
yea that site really was beast
November 5, 2007 at 6:16 am
Every time I see that picture I get jealous
November 5, 2007 at 6:16 am
Who da Man? Shoe da Man. You Da Man. Shoe Da Man.
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
November 5, 2007 at 6:01 am
Truly inspiring article
November 5, 2007 at 5:52 am
*please allow me to express myself* OMFG!
November 5, 2007 at 5:51 am
Shoe,
What change did you make to make your CPC go from 27 cents to $1.44 ?
The reason you became famous was because of this change if you kept at 27 cents per click you would of only made around 30k that month…please share.
November 5, 2007 at 5:25 am
@ Tim Spangler
That CJ saldo is insane..
November 5, 2007 at 5:04 am
Its good to see you explaining all the steps needed to get a such big check from Google.
I have a question for you as well. Will anyone get banned from Google Adsense make such great money with other ad networks? If possible, what are they?
November 5, 2007 at 5:02 am
Some seriously mad figures there man.
November 5, 2007 at 3:59 am
Thanks for reply. Thanks for sharing.
Maybe a subject to give your opinion on – building sites that people want? You can make a few quick bucks with junk, but sustainable income requires a site that people enjoy / need / want?
November 5, 2007 at 3:28 am
Bee Gads, your eCPM and your CTR are lower than mine, that’s just pure traffic netting you that kind of revenue. I need to go on some traffic boosting kick right now. Anyone got several 100K of visitors per day going cheap like?
November 5, 2007 at 3:13 am
I’m impressed but what I would really like to see is the numbers for last month or so. You do mention it bounces a lot, so is that from 75K to 150K pr month
Man, about setting goals, I’m just waiting for the day I can get the first 100$.
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
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!
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.
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?
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.
November 5, 2007 at 2:30 am
Hmmm, I always had an idea it was NextPimp. Insane.
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?
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)
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…
November 5, 2007 at 1:41 am
Great stats! Don’t we all want a check that size in the mail every month?
November 5, 2007 at 1:40 am
Shoe, you’re crazy man!! oh my…
November 5, 2007 at 1:22 am
2m per month!!! Holy Sh*t!!!
November 5, 2007 at 1:16 am
it bounces around a lot. We also do a lot of direct ad sales.
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.
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?
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
January 12, 2009 at 8:41 am
how can i learn to do this, i am new to this any advise?
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?
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?
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!
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.
November 5, 2007 at 12:28 am
That’s awesome.
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.
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))
November 5, 2007 at 12:00 am
i always inspired by this photo…
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.
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..