My Google Adsense story and how I landed on TopBlogs

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20 July 2008

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I didn’t bother learning Search Engine Optimization since I thought I blog for the sake of blogging so what do I care if people visited my site or not? I’d be a hypocrite if I say I didn’t want to be a little famous and may be earn a little. But I want to improve on my content first and worry about SEO later.

My site traffic increased last week to a level that landed me on the Top 10 list on the Personal Blogs Category of TopBlogs. How did a blog that was not even on the Top 100 list was able to make it on the Top 10 in a matter of days? Well, it’s because of an addict and an earthquake.

One of the blogs I often read is that of self-confessed SEO Addict Marhgil Macuha. He has good content and gives very good SEO advice. Actually, just by reading his posts will give you an idea on what keywords to optimize, which is what I did last week. It’s like a little experiment for me since I only started reading on SEO just recently.

I read his post on the 8.1 earthquake prediction of Juseleeno Nobulega Daroose and he said just by blogging about it he’ll be able to earn several dollars more on his Google Adsense. Really? I want to know if it really works so I also blogged about it.

My post on the Philippine earthquake prediction had 5,600+ views and my follow up post on Daroose had 1,200+ views. The most number of page views I had previously for a post was only 400+. The highest I got on Personal Blogs Category of TopBlogs was No. 6.

I think Macuha deserved a beer from me but he says he doesn’t need it so I donated $2 to ABS-CBN Foundation instead. Hey, I don’t earn a lot you know. If I did I would have given him a case of beer. Now, my only problem is how to stay on the Top 10 list or even just on the Top 50 of the Personal Blogs category. As of this writing I’m already below the Top 50 and slowly falling into the abyss. I need to really work hard on SEO.

Another good thing that came out of my one week of fame is that I was able to earn $10 on my Google Adsense. Yup, I will already receive my Google Adsense PIN in the mail 2-4 weeks from now. When I will receive my first payment is yet another story.

By the way, this is my 100th post after more than two years of blogging. How pathetic.

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marhgil said:

nakakataba naman ng puso itong blog post mo.

good thing, nareach mo na yung $10. umpisa na yan. fastest way to get more traffic is to blog about upcoming events, yun nga lang, kapag tapos na yung event, bababa na yung traffic. that’s why I focused on popular keywords that are searched all year round. pero syempre, sayang din yung mga traffic ng upcoming events kaya hindi ko rin sila pinalalampas. yung mga bagyong paparating sa pilipinas, ang dami ring visitors.

# 20 July 2008 at 9:32 pm

ceblogger said:

Congrats, Glads! SEO is indeed a traffic drawer. But I’m really hesitant about it because of my very limited bandwidth.

# 21 July 2008 at 11:46 am

don_ser said:

wow… nakagawa ka agad ng post about adsense story ah. hehe. ako next time nalang. hehe

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# 21 July 2008 at 3:23 pm

PromdiBlogger (author) said:

wow, salamat sa advice. marami pa akong asin na kakainin at mga dapat matutunan. but i hope it’s really a start. i’m inspired by you guys kasi lahat naman kayo nag start sa wala.

# 21 July 2008 at 4:59 pm

PromdiBlogger (author) said:

hehehe…thanks. aba, magandang problema yan pag bandwidth lang pala pinuproblema mo. mag upgrade ka na ceb.

# 21 July 2008 at 4:59 pm

PromdiBlogger (author) said:

hehehe… akala mo naman kung gaano kalaki yung kinita ko.

# 21 July 2008 at 5:10 pm

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# 23 July 2008 at 1:44 am

inday said:

congrats po.. sana ako din kumita ng malaki sa adsense..

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# 23 July 2008 at 12:41 pm

PromdiBlogger (author) said:

Thanks Inday. I hope it’s a start of my Adsense income.

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# 23 July 2008 at 1:45 pm

jessie said:

Gladits,

Congrats fren. At least may kita ka nang ganyan ngayon. keep it up and we all might be seeing another SEO guru in the making.
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