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Making money online - December 2006 results

January 2nd, 2007 by Kenric

The December numbers are in and they are lower than November’s results.  Although my blog adsense revenue went up, my blog traffic dropped dramatically when I did the complete URL changeover in mid-December.  Up until then, you could access my blog through its current URL and its old URL (afterreadingrichdadpoordad).  At some point I had to kill the old URL and it caused about a 75% reduction in search engine traffic.  That was a bad move, but I had to do it sometime.

Ok, let’s get to the numbers: this month (last month)

• Revenue from this blog: $49 ($33)
• Revenue from other sites: $47 ($82)
• Revenue from Amazon sales: $14 ($28)

Total Revenue: $110 (143)

• Google Adwords expenses: $11 ($17)
• Hosting expenses: $5 ($5)

Total Profit: $94 (121)

My blog actually made more money this month than last month even though traffic dropped dramatically.  However, with less traffic My CTR increased so that contributed to the increase.

The revenue from my other sites dropped dramatically, although it started to pick up near the end of the month.  Basically, my sites run on Google Adwords and I neglected my account.  I did not notice that my cost per click price, which was fine a month ago, became too low for proper showings.  Once I upped the price a few cents, the traffic started coming again.  You’ll notice my Adwords expenses dropped.  That’s because nobody was seeing or clicking my ads so therefore I didn’t have to pay for anything.

The Amazon sales is a function of my other sites, so it also dropped dramatically.  However, I don’t expect it to increase either as the Trump book is getting old now.

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