January 2008 Recap

As is widely reported around the web, the adsense dollars dramatically dropped in January. I was getting clicks that were, on average, worth 20-30% of what I have gotten for them last year. This could be because of the US financial crisis or it could be that Google is taking a bigger slice of their pie and handing out less and less to the publishers - how bout a web writers strike… anyone? :P

Anyway, lucky for me, I was able to increase my earnings by

1. mupress parking more than 20 new domain names
2. flog two of my domains

   * StumbleMe.com - $110
   * ThemesWordpress.com - $50

   In my mind, these two domains are worth at least double that but I wanted to have a go a selling some just to prove to myself that the domains I’m registering are worth more than what I’m paying. I’ve got another domain auction underway and snazzed up my domainholics site to showcase my domains.

3. and… channel more traffic to the HottestGirlOnline.com site via a snazzy new youtube promo:

   It’s been rated 4 stars and has over 1000 views! - not bad for two hours of work :D

So what was my earnings for 2008? A good o’ total of $296.59. How sweet is that? Even though the adsense click value dropped immensely, one of my brand new domains is raking in at a healthy 45% CTR on average - HUGE! I’m hoping Feb will be an even better month - wish me luck! :D

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