I did no work on either creating new online articles or backlinking in December 2009. In November 2009 I had a target to earn $5 from Infobarrel and $30 from Hubpages so here are my results.
Hubpages: $31.14 (33% decrease)
Infobarrel: $1.40 (100% increase)
As can be seen there was quite a considerable decrease in Hubpages earnings - this despite my page views staying quite similar to November 2009. However from research I know that my page views are coming from different hubs in December to November and these happen to be ones with lower earnings per impression.
In January 2010 (a new year already!) I hope to halt this slide in Hubpages earnings. I also hope to create an annual review soon.
Monthly Update - November 2009
Once again this month I did not create any additional content. In fact, other than replying to a few comments on hubs etc I did no work at all.
Earnings for November 2009.
Hubpages: $46.65 (11% decrease)
Infobarrel: $0.70 (18% decrease)
Needless to say I am disappointed with this decrease but it is not unexpected considering how little work I have done on my online work this month. However, it does show that income from Hubpages and Infobarrel truly is passive, that is to say an income is made even with little (or in my case no) work.
For the coming month I shall have the same targets as I set out in my October 2009 monthly update due to lack of work being carried out in the November.
Earnings for November 2009.
Hubpages: $46.65 (11% decrease)
Infobarrel: $0.70 (18% decrease)
Needless to say I am disappointed with this decrease but it is not unexpected considering how little work I have done on my online work this month. However, it does show that income from Hubpages and Infobarrel truly is passive, that is to say an income is made even with little (or in my case no) work.
For the coming month I shall have the same targets as I set out in my October 2009 monthly update due to lack of work being carried out in the November.
Monthly Update - October 2009
During October I was unable to produce any new hubs or infobarrels due to new work commitments. However I did some work on creating backlinks to improve the rankings of my hubs in the search engines (particularly Google).
Earnings for October 2009:
Hubpages: $51.31 (94% increase on September 2009).
Infobarrel: $0.85 (86% decrease)
Compared with my targets set in my September Monthly Update, I have easily met my Hubpages target, but missed out on my Infobarrel target. Since I have not created any new hubs, I don't plan to increase my targets for my November earnings so they shall remain $30 from Hubpages and $5 from Infobarrel.
Earnings for October 2009:
Hubpages: $51.31 (94% increase on September 2009).
Infobarrel: $0.85 (86% decrease)
Compared with my targets set in my September Monthly Update, I have easily met my Hubpages target, but missed out on my Infobarrel target. Since I have not created any new hubs, I don't plan to increase my targets for my November earnings so they shall remain $30 from Hubpages and $5 from Infobarrel.
Monthly Update - September 2009
I realise this is a bit late - but you know what they say, better late than never!
During September I wrote 6 hubs, but no new infobarrels. The hubs I wrote were on Negative Calorie Foods: Celery, My top 10 songs, answering the questions What is the longest river in England?, What is the highest mountain in England? and How do I find my WEP key? and Jack Wills Clothing. There was no financial reason for why I chose to put these 6 articles on Hubpages, I just felt that it would be easier than putting on Infobarrel since with Infobarrel all articles need to be approved.
So here are my earnings for September, along with the change from the previous month:
Hubpages: $26.40 (10% increase on August earnings)
Infobarrel: $6 (138% increase on August earnings)
You may recall that the targets I set in my August monthly update were to earn $5 from Infobarrel and $30 from Hubpages. As you can see, I met my target for Infobarrel, but didn't for Hubpages. As such I shall keep the same targets for both, since I did not publish anything on Infobarrel in the last month, so there is the possibility my earnings from this site will be down.
During September I wrote 6 hubs, but no new infobarrels. The hubs I wrote were on Negative Calorie Foods: Celery, My top 10 songs, answering the questions What is the longest river in England?, What is the highest mountain in England? and How do I find my WEP key? and Jack Wills Clothing. There was no financial reason for why I chose to put these 6 articles on Hubpages, I just felt that it would be easier than putting on Infobarrel since with Infobarrel all articles need to be approved.
So here are my earnings for September, along with the change from the previous month:
Hubpages: $26.40 (10% increase on August earnings)
Infobarrel: $6 (138% increase on August earnings)
You may recall that the targets I set in my August monthly update were to earn $5 from Infobarrel and $30 from Hubpages. As you can see, I met my target for Infobarrel, but didn't for Hubpages. As such I shall keep the same targets for both, since I did not publish anything on Infobarrel in the last month, so there is the possibility my earnings from this site will be down.
She Told Me - A great new do-follow backlinking tool and earn money from Adsense
As those of you who frequent the Hubpages forums may already know, a new website has launched. This is a social bookmarking site, which provides do follow links and takes part in Adsense revenue sharing. This new website is called She Told Me. The revenue sharing is relatively high, and there is the option of earning even more through referrals!
One downside is at the present time the pagerank is only 3, but the website is undergoing a massive explosion in traffic, so this will probably increase. In addition, as there are less users than Digg etc it will probably be easier to get your articles on the front page.
All in all this seems to be quite a good website and one which I intend on exploring further. I have provided a link above, this is a referral link and so I will earn some from your posts, but I believe you lose nothing. In addition, if you sign up as my referral I will keep an extra eye out for the links you submit, with the option that I will vote up your submission, taking it one step closer to the front page.
One downside is at the present time the pagerank is only 3, but the website is undergoing a massive explosion in traffic, so this will probably increase. In addition, as there are less users than Digg etc it will probably be easier to get your articles on the front page.
All in all this seems to be quite a good website and one which I intend on exploring further. I have provided a link above, this is a referral link and so I will earn some from your posts, but I believe you lose nothing. In addition, if you sign up as my referral I will keep an extra eye out for the links you submit, with the option that I will vote up your submission, taking it one step closer to the front page.
Monthly Update - August 2009
During August I have written a further three Infobarrels. These are one on reviews of paid survey sites in the UK, one on shopping areas in Bristol and one on how to unlock a UK mobile phone. As they were all longer than 1000 words, I have achieved 15 points, which means that I will get 80% revenue share. Put simply, this means my Adsense code will be used to show adverts 80% of the time on Infobarrel. What is more, I could have had a revenue share of up to 90% by writing more articles.
I also managed to write one hub on the website Hubpages on the basic rules of soccer.
I continued to earn money from Adsense earnings throughout this month from both Infobarrel and Hubpages, as shown below.
Hubpages: $24.09 (22% increase on July 2009)
Infobarrel: $2.52 (525% increase on July 2009)
As can be seen, there was a considerable increase in earnings from both sources. I exceeded my targets for earnings which I set in my July 2009 Monthly Update. I saw a very high increase in earnings for Infobarrel, however, this is to be expected since I produced my first Infobarrels in July and they are still maturing. The 22% increase in Hubpages earnings is also very good and shows how hubs earn more money as they mature, since in August I increased my total number of hubs by less than 4% and yet saw an increase in earnings of 22%.
I am pleased with my earnings for the last month, but intend on setting further targets for earnings in September. I wish to earn $30 from Hubpages and $5 from Infobarrel. Whilst these targets are relatively hard, particularly the Inforbarrel one, I hope it can be reached and will write articles to help me do it.
I also managed to write one hub on the website Hubpages on the basic rules of soccer.
I continued to earn money from Adsense earnings throughout this month from both Infobarrel and Hubpages, as shown below.
Hubpages: $24.09 (22% increase on July 2009)
Infobarrel: $2.52 (525% increase on July 2009)
As can be seen, there was a considerable increase in earnings from both sources. I exceeded my targets for earnings which I set in my July 2009 Monthly Update. I saw a very high increase in earnings for Infobarrel, however, this is to be expected since I produced my first Infobarrels in July and they are still maturing. The 22% increase in Hubpages earnings is also very good and shows how hubs earn more money as they mature, since in August I increased my total number of hubs by less than 4% and yet saw an increase in earnings of 22%.
I am pleased with my earnings for the last month, but intend on setting further targets for earnings in September. I wish to earn $30 from Hubpages and $5 from Infobarrel. Whilst these targets are relatively hard, particularly the Inforbarrel one, I hope it can be reached and will write articles to help me do it.
Changes to OpinionWorld
I have used a paid survey site called OpinionWorld many times. I liked the site because they previously paid per survey directly into a PayPal account, unlike other companies which would give points for each individual survey, and once a certain level of points had been achieved these would be exchanged for some sort of reward. However, despite recently receiving a further £1 into my PayPal account, I have noticed a change to the OpinionWorld surveys. Now, many surveys are given points. Whilst there is no difference to the amount earned for each survey as far as I can tell, there is the need to save up to £10 (so ten surveys need to be completed). I should imagine the company has done this to save on administration costs, as well as many people never reaching the payout level.
I personally feel that this is a disappointing change though and as a result I will be much less likely to complete OpinionWorld surveys in the future.
I have also adjusted my OpinionWorld review accordingly to take account of these new changes.
I personally feel that this is a disappointing change though and as a result I will be much less likely to complete OpinionWorld surveys in the future.
I have also adjusted my OpinionWorld review accordingly to take account of these new changes.
Monthly Update - July 2009
During the past month I have started using Infobarrel properly, and have written my first 3 articles - are they called infobarrels or barrels?. They were primarily used to compliment some of my existing hubs, so one was on summer events in Bristol, one was on how to become an avon representative in Canada, and the final was on Cribbs Causeway.
I also published five new hubs. These were, as with most of my hubs, on random topics which came to my mind. As a result I wrote a hub on the hotels in Falmouth, Cornwall, a holiday in Flushing, how to become an Avon representative in the UK and becoming an Avon representative in the US and buying the best rubber teachers stamps.
Aside from these I have discovered that Homepages-Friends, where I got paid for searching the internet, is no longer running the service as of the 1st August, and so July will be my last set of updated figures.
Hubpages: $19.74 (59% increase on June 2009)
Homepages-Friends: £0.83 (12% decrease on June 2009)
Infobarrel: $0.48 (New for July 2009)
I was hoping that I would break through the $20 barrier for earnings from Hubpages for this month, but in the end came very close. However, I should hopefully make it in August. I have also made a smaller amount from Infobarrel, I will aim for much more modest earnings of $2 from Infobarrels over the coming month. To help me achieve these goals over the next month I hope to create a few more hubs/infobarrels as well as improve my existing ones.
I also published five new hubs. These were, as with most of my hubs, on random topics which came to my mind. As a result I wrote a hub on the hotels in Falmouth, Cornwall, a holiday in Flushing, how to become an Avon representative in the UK and becoming an Avon representative in the US and buying the best rubber teachers stamps.
Aside from these I have discovered that Homepages-Friends, where I got paid for searching the internet, is no longer running the service as of the 1st August, and so July will be my last set of updated figures.
Hubpages: $19.74 (59% increase on June 2009)
Homepages-Friends: £0.83 (12% decrease on June 2009)
Infobarrel: $0.48 (New for July 2009)
I was hoping that I would break through the $20 barrier for earnings from Hubpages for this month, but in the end came very close. However, I should hopefully make it in August. I have also made a smaller amount from Infobarrel, I will aim for much more modest earnings of $2 from Infobarrels over the coming month. To help me achieve these goals over the next month I hope to create a few more hubs/infobarrels as well as improve my existing ones.
Monthly Update - June 2009
Once again this month I have not spent a lot of time on online money making activities. However, I have written five hubs. With the exception of one on the top 10 countries with the largest population, they have performed relatively poorly. The other hubs which I have written are ones on the best places to get opening times for businesses in the UK, shopping in Falmouth, the online jukebox We7, and audioboo - the audio Twitter.
June 2009 earnings:
Hubpages: $11.69 (87% decrease from May)
Home-pages Friends: £0.93 (42% decrease from May)
From other sources, including paid surveys I earnt nothing, which is to be expected since I have been unable to complete any for the last few months. Hopefully I will be able to complete more soon though.
As can be seen my earnings, especially from Hubpages, experienced a massive drop in the previous month. This was mainly due to the good fortune which I had in May when a link to one of my Hubpages appeared on the front page of Yahoo! (see page on massive Adsense earnings surge). In addition, for the vast majority of June several of my hubs, including my most constantly performing one financially, seemed to drop right down the Google rankings, resulting in a massive drop in traffic. However, these have now started to appear back in the Google rankings, and so my earnings from these should hopefully increase in July.
June 2009 earnings:
Hubpages: $11.69 (87% decrease from May)
Home-pages Friends: £0.93 (42% decrease from May)
From other sources, including paid surveys I earnt nothing, which is to be expected since I have been unable to complete any for the last few months. Hopefully I will be able to complete more soon though.
As can be seen my earnings, especially from Hubpages, experienced a massive drop in the previous month. This was mainly due to the good fortune which I had in May when a link to one of my Hubpages appeared on the front page of Yahoo! (see page on massive Adsense earnings surge). In addition, for the vast majority of June several of my hubs, including my most constantly performing one financially, seemed to drop right down the Google rankings, resulting in a massive drop in traffic. However, these have now started to appear back in the Google rankings, and so my earnings from these should hopefully increase in July.
Monthly Update - May 2009
During this month I have been rather busy and unable to commit too much time to my online money making activities. I wrote two hubs at the beginning of the month, on on Great Dance Party Songs and one a review of the online survey site OpinionWorld. I have also written a Knol on Biochar. This writing of the Knol was an experiment to see if Knol's would gather traffic, although unfortunately so far it has been extremely disappointing. Apart from this I have carried out a few paid searches using Homepages-Friends, but that is about it.
May 2009 earnings:
Hubpages: $88.73 (658% increase from April)
Home-pages Friends: £1.73 (258% increase from April)
From other sources, including paid surveys I earnt nothing, which is to be expected since I have been unable to complete any for the last few months. Hopefully I will be able to complete more soon though.
As can be seen there has been a massive increase in Adsense earnings. This was mainly due to the good fortune I faced with a link to a search result page being placed on the Yahoo homepage. For this Yahoo! search one of my hubs appeared top of the rankings, and so I achieved a lot of traffic from this with an associated surge in earnings. I also had a great increase in the amount I earnt from paid searches, although this may mainly be due to having carried out very few last month.
I hope to increase my number of hubs as well as exploring various other money making opportunities.
May 2009 earnings:
Hubpages: $88.73 (658% increase from April)
Home-pages Friends: £1.73 (258% increase from April)
From other sources, including paid surveys I earnt nothing, which is to be expected since I have been unable to complete any for the last few months. Hopefully I will be able to complete more soon though.
As can be seen there has been a massive increase in Adsense earnings. This was mainly due to the good fortune I faced with a link to a search result page being placed on the Yahoo homepage. For this Yahoo! search one of my hubs appeared top of the rankings, and so I achieved a lot of traffic from this with an associated surge in earnings. I also had a great increase in the amount I earnt from paid searches, although this may mainly be due to having carried out very few last month.
I hope to increase my number of hubs as well as exploring various other money making opportunities.
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