My First Google Adsense Check

April 6, 2009 in Making Money Online

I thought I’d do a Shoemoney picture since I received my first Google Adsense check the other day.

Like Shoemoney, I too didn’t do a whole lot to the site that generated this check.  It was mostly organic SEO, which is providing content that makes sense to humans who are reading the content, and thus makes sense to search engines.

One pdf that points this out succinctly is the Keyword Research Guide from WordTracker.  The example in the beginning of their ebook talks about using the keyword phrase “cheap filghts” instead of “low fares” and you’ll get more search engine traffic.  You and I talk about “cheap flights”, CEO’s talk about “low fares”.

If you don’t know anything about search engine optimization, it doesn’t really matter (well, it depends on what you’re trying to accomplish online) because good content will ultimately start ranking in the search engines.  With good content might come backlinks, which in turn helps you in the search engines.  So write the best stuff you can and make it popular somehow.  Keep an eye on how you write your content and how “normal” people  would search for it.

Certain articles became more popular over time and did well in the search engines.  It was a tech blog of sorts. I haven’t done an in depth analysis of what ads and why folks were clicking on, so I might need to do a bit of that.  After an analyzing the clicks and the articles I can tweak adsense to hopefully work even better.

The great thing about letting a blog sit for a while is to watch what content receives more attention and rises to the top.  You can then drive more traffic to the better performing articles, monetize them different ways and tweak the adsense for them.

I know, I know – I ain’t no Shoemoney.   :)    So it’s a few hundred thousand dollars off.

Here’s my check:

3413513452 a9bd2e3d71 My First Google Adsense Check

Here’s Shoemoney’s check:

adsensecheck My First Google Adsense Check

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  • Hi,
    i got a google adsense check.i want to know in wich bank i can change the check to cash.i am from kerala india .i dont have any bank account.
  • Thanks Adam and Rockstar Sid. I live about 60 miles from Shoe and I'm a lot older. But I'm hoping the distance thing helps. ;)
  • Rockstarsid
    Was just searchin for any adsense checks and luckily found the post. I must say, you resemble Shoemoney, sort of, don't worry about the hundred dollar check, I am sure it would take off to another level in no time :)

    Congrats!

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  • Congrats on your first Adsense check! They will stack up quicker as your blog gets more and more established. It took me over a year to get my first one and the second one came within 4 months, etc.

    <abbr>Adam Pieniazek’s last blog post..Five Life Lessons From “He Hate Me”</abbr>
  • @Salwa - Thanks and thanks for stoppin' by and commenting.
  • Congratulations on getting your first adsense. I know i was thrilled when i first received mine.

    And nice Shoemoney picture!
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