February 4, 2012

My $250 Adsense Day

Posted on 19. Jun, 2009 by in Blogging Tips, Internet Marketing Tips, News

Yesterday I had a bit of a shock and I thought it would be nice to share it with you guys.

I logged into my Google Adsense Account at around 11 in the morning and to my suprise it was sitting at around $40.

My first reaction was that I was getting spam clicks, but on further investigation I could see that visitors were pouring in from all over the United States. This all happened on a Frugal Living site of mine.

All 10,000 odd visitors came from Yahoo for one keyword. The only explanation I can give is that Yahoo featured a link to the search page somewhere on their website.

So after spending a lot of the day refreshing the Adsense page my final Adsense earnings were a whopping $256.90. Around $245 of that from one site, one article and one keyword.

Here is my Adsense screen shot:

adsense18june09

So what does all this mean?

This amazing spike only lasted a day but gave me a nice taste of what I am aiming for and shows that it isn’t an unachievable dream.

The article was an old one written almost a year ago and although it has been doing consistantly well in the search engines, nothing prepared me for this onslaught.

My site even went down half way through the day and I had to get support to get it back online. Turns out I had some permissions settings messed up!

My lesson…. Keep writing quality articles for my niche sites. Each time you plan, research and write an article you are adding to your online real estate. You never know who or what trend may pick up your content and send you on such a ride.

….. Now I need to power onwards and make this consistent.

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64 Responses to “My $250 Adsense Day”

  1. Anna 19 June 2009 at 4:55 pm #

    Wow that’s great Forest! Those surprises are the best. And it’s true, they really are encouraging even when they are momentary. I remember the shock of my first Adsense spike. Now and then I get them again but never $250!

    Annas last blog post..5 Simple and Powerful Ways to Use Google Analytics

    • forest_parks 22 June 2009 at 1:40 pm #

      Thanks Anna,

      It’s still a shock that it happened but it just goes to show how hard work can eventually pay off.

  2. Michelle H. 19 June 2009 at 5:22 pm #

    That’s great Forest!

    Congratulations!

    • forest_parks 22 June 2009 at 1:41 pm #

      Thanks Michelle (PS, will be answering your email’s very shortly).

  3. passive income ideas 20 June 2009 at 5:22 am #

    Hi Forest,

    Congratulations. Don’t we all hope everyday was like this huh. But I’m sure it gives you added motivation to try to achieve this yet again or at least close to it.

    Peter Lee

    passive income ideass last blog post..How To Start Making Money With Adsense

    • forest_parks 22 June 2009 at 1:42 pm #

      Thanks Peter, yes every day like that would be pure awesomeness…

  4. Web Career Girl 20 June 2009 at 12:00 pm #

    Wow what an amazing day! I like that you remind us that every post is adding to our online real estate. It helps to be reminded of that sometimes!

    Web Career Girls last blog post..Setting Up My First Autoresponder Series

    • forest_parks 22 June 2009 at 1:42 pm #

      Thanks :) … The more we put out there the more chances we have of things like this happening.

  5. Mark Sierra at MeAndMyDrum.com 20 June 2009 at 2:23 pm #

    That’s great, Forest! Keep up the great work!

    Mark Sierra at MeAndMyDrum.coms last blog post..Part 2 of What To Do With Low-Paying CPC Keywords

  6. Damian 22 June 2009 at 9:51 am #

    Bonza! Thats a nice days work aint it! :o )

    Damians last blog post..Wealthy Affiliate Review – Scam or Legitimate?

  7. forest_parks 22 June 2009 at 1:41 pm #

    Thanks.

  8. Ric 24 June 2009 at 8:38 am #

    Forest, this is not the first time I heard that an old site reemerged and started making money again w/ adsense. I guess it depends on the search trends as they change. Hopefully history will repeat itself.

    Regards..

    Rics last blog post..Starting Internet Business

    • Forest 24 June 2009 at 10:04 am #

      Hey Ric,

      Thanks for coming by.

      It’s happened to a few sites of mine before but never to this degree… Sadly it was just a one day thing but still it was awesome.

      Forests last blog post..Musically Motivated Monday – Hey…

  9. M Rahman 24 June 2009 at 8:27 pm #

    I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

    • forest_parks 3 July 2009 at 9:20 am #

      Thanks very much, looking forward to hearing from you.

  10. internet marketing reviews 1 July 2009 at 3:54 am #

    But I’m sure it gives you added motivation to try to achieve this yet again or at least close to it.

    internet marketing reviewss last blog post..Chris Cobb’s CPA Arbitrage Review

  11. door knocker 1 July 2009 at 7:21 am #

    Adsense is just awesome and its really a good adsense day.

  12. Andy 1 July 2009 at 10:19 pm #

    Wow forest thats a great days work. I hope one day my ad sense account will look like that.

    Keep up the good work….

  13. SaveYourMarriage 2 July 2009 at 1:30 pm #

    This is an encouragement to me since I haven’t done much with adsense lately. I have been more focused on affiliate marketing, but adsense shouldn’t be overlooked.

    SaveYourMarriages last blog post..Opening Move – What to Do First After a Breakup

    • forest_parks 3 July 2009 at 9:21 am #

      Hi, Adsense can be an awesome supplement but if affiliate marketing is working well for you that can be well worth concentrating on too.

  14. Dunc Wilson 2 July 2009 at 5:19 pm #

    That’s awesome news Ben! I once made $0.25 in a day on adsense. You are clearly the master.

    Dunc Wilsons last blog post..Crank Daddys

  15. Congratulations. My best day with adsense was only about $12 dollars.

    • forest_parks 15 July 2009 at 9:20 am #

      Thanks….. Hey you need to fix your comment name link as it’s broken right now…

  16. Evoltage 3 July 2009 at 10:35 am #

    Awesome! Not many people realize how many different ways their are to make money on the internet. I hope you can keep this up!

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    • forest_parks 15 July 2009 at 9:21 am #

      I’ve been doing $15-$30 a day since which isn’t bad…

  17. ubieranki 16 July 2009 at 8:47 am #

    Pretty impressive… almost 260 bucks in one day. Nice job. Making money thru Google Adense is not as easy as it looks like.

    ubierankis last blog post..Wyścigi dla chłopaków

    • forest_parks 23 July 2009 at 11:11 am #

      Nope it isn’t… This was a lucky day but still just shows that hard work can pay off. Hopefully one day I will earn this every day.

  18. passive income ideas 16 July 2009 at 8:56 am #

    Hi Forest,

    Did you manage to get any more of such good results or came close? I’m focusing a little more on adsense myself so any tips would surely help me. BTW hope your England trip was good.

    Peter Lee

    passive income ideass last blog post..My Experiment To Monetize Adsense Treasure

    • forest_parks 20 July 2009 at 6:03 am #

      Hey I am still in England sadly so finding it hard to finish the case study up…. so far results are not amazing but I never finished submitting stuff…. so need to get back on that. It will be back up and running soon.

  19. passive income ideas 16 July 2009 at 8:59 am #

    Hey Forest,

    Just realize something. The date is showing as ‘Fri 19′ for everyone here. Is that the day time stood still or what? :)

    Peter

    passive income ideass last blog post..My Experiment To Monetize Adsense Treasure

    • forest_parks 20 July 2009 at 6:03 am #

      That is weird!!! Must just be a bug in this post!

  20. Developerholic 18 July 2009 at 11:39 pm #

    This post have inspired me very very much. I have a lots of ideas in my mind but I have yet to execute it. Geez -_-

    Developerholics last blog post..PenomaBlue Theme WordPress

    • forest_parks 20 July 2009 at 6:03 am #

      Thanks…. Let me know if you need any advice and good luck.

  21. Davin Lee Warner 22 July 2009 at 4:06 pm #

    Wow, that’s some nice earnings you made there. I’m always scared about Google adsense chasing away potential new subscribers although it seems that’s not always the case.

    I’ve just created a new blog but I think I’ll pass on the ads for now.

    Anyway, keep up the good work.

  22. Redjeki Dot Net from Technology News 22 July 2009 at 6:36 pm #

    How if like this day by day?

  23. forest_parks 23 July 2009 at 11:21 am #

    Hey Davin,

    There are ways to show ads only to those who come from search engines or only show ads on older posts…. A plugin called “Why Do Work Adsense Plugin” can help you with that.

    Thanks and thanks for the visit.

  24. Dinesh 23 July 2009 at 8:44 pm #

    I always wanted to earn such a big sum of money

    • forest_parks 24 July 2009 at 4:07 am #

      And you definitely can if you work at it… Thanks for visiting.

  25. Dyski 13 August 2009 at 6:28 am #

    My biggest adsense earning for a day didn’t exceed $30. Congrats on such a good score. I look forward to $1000 a day post :) .

    Cheers

    • forest_parks 16 August 2009 at 2:27 pm #

      $30 is still a really nice number to hit. Just have to get there consistently. Well done though :)

      I don’t think the $1000 day post will be for a long while yet :)

  26. How to Blog from Jonathan Muller 17 August 2009 at 10:57 am #

    That’s incredible! What’s the url of the site? Man… talk about encouraging. That type of day could keep you going for a while.

    • forest_parks 17 August 2009 at 6:55 pm #

      Hey thanks :) , I actually keep the site pretty under wraps. Mainly because I have some nice articles that rank well with Google and I don’t want competition to start chipping away at me….

      • Jonathan Muller from How to Blog 17 August 2009 at 8:02 pm #

        Alright alright fine lol. That’s probably the smart thing to do. That’s still a very impressive feat though. Could you tell me how much it makes on average a day? Or is that too much information?

        • forest_parks 19 August 2009 at 1:48 am #

          Ha ha, sorry :) . It makes between $5-10 a day on average but that’s partly due to me hardly working in the last month. I am back to work soon so hoping to triple that soon.

          • How to Blog from Jonathan Muller 19 August 2009 at 7:35 am #

            Wow and that’s only from one site! Way to go man. Best of luck with making it bigger. Is that your only adsense site?

            • Forest 19 August 2009 at 7:37 am #

              No I have quite a few that range in how successful they are…. I make around $700 a month from adsense. Hoping to get that up to $1000 soon.

              Thanks for the compliments :)

              • Jonathan Muller from How to Blog 19 August 2009 at 1:07 pm #

                Lol can you start writing posts about that? I mean I’m sure there would be a lot of interest, especially considering how successful you’ve been. I’d love to read a post of any pointers that you have.

                • forest_parks 20 August 2009 at 6:13 pm #

                  I will definitely start posting a little more about it all soon.

                  I don’t consider myself a guru or anything so am sometimes a little weary about telling people what they should be doing.

  27. Get Back Your Ex Girlfriend 22 September 2009 at 4:56 am #

    Congrats on such a great Adsense day! It’s like you said – the quality of your articles really counts, not so much the quantity. You’d be amazed at how many bad and “spun” articles there are out there…

    • forest_parks 22 September 2009 at 6:26 am #

      Thanks very much. Yes the internet is full of awful rubbish… And the most amazing articles too…

  28. faydaliweb 18 November 2009 at 8:20 am #

    Can you explain how you do that.I mean whick placement did you use on adsense in page
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    • forest_parks 18 November 2009 at 4:21 pm #

      For the most part it was a Large Rectangle below the blog post title but above the content, left aligned.

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  31. Salman from Tech Crates 3 March 2011 at 12:09 am #

    Wow that’s great…Congrats
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  32. William Rose from panasonic fz47 14 August 2011 at 9:09 am #

    Congratulations on your 250USD adsense day!

    It’s all about targeting the right keywords with adsense. Buyer keywords have HUGE potential. Do you use a special CTR theme?

  33. forest_parks 3 July 2009 at 9:22 am #

    Yep, thanks.


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