Okay, okay. Now that Google has changed its Terms of Service to allow me to talk about my earnings from AdSense, I’ll come clean. I’ve had AdSense links on my blog since May 12, 2004, and I’ve amassed a grand total of $4.38. And I even succumbed and tried those crazy new AdLinks, too. (Admittedly, the switch to TypePad resulted in a couple of adless months before I upgraded to Pro.)
But Danny Sullivan notes you still aren’t allowed to “engage in any action or practice that reflects poorly on Google or otherwise disparages or devalues Google’s reputation or goodwill.” So maybe I should shut up and just pocket my $4.38.
(Noticed they’re testing electronic transfer of earnings now, too. Hope that allows them to distribute smaller amounts than they do by check, or I’ll get my first check from Google in 25 years!)
Of course, I’m not doing this for the money. This blog just allows me to experiment with the various contextual ad solutions out there. Looking forward to trying others as time goes on (and more are officially introduced).
Google’s Tom DeLay Problem
A quick one kids: Google’s AdSense, which I experimented with on this page for a while, comes up with some insane
AdSense NonSense
Tom Watson shares some of his experiences with Google’s AdSense program and walks away unimpressed. So-called contextual advertising rarely delivers as planned — especially when it comes to making sense of politically-charged blog postings: “AdSense d…
heh that $4.38 if you built more blogs could end up making the adsense payout a lot sooner than you expected,why not experiment with some more blogs and make more adsense profits?