How many people who sign up for adsense ever get a check?

[Gene]

I use adsense and I know a lot of other people use it as a way to monetize their online activities. It is a good source of income for us.

I believe the current trigger amount to receive a check from google is $100 in earnings. I know several people who have added adsense to their site and through inattention, etc. have little if any earnings.

My question is what percentage of those who sign up for adsense ever earn enough to receive a check?

I think five percent would be an over estimate of the number who make any money and would not be surprised if it was under one percent.

What do you think?

[Alvin]

I get one every month, but it took me nearly a year to do it

[JiriNovotny]

I think that it is just a matter of time if you have around 100-200 visitors a day and the ads are properly placed.

I earned enough for a check and I have the ads just on a few pages with minimal traffic. It took me six months though . But hey, it's free money.

[AndrewJ]

There's no time frame required, your total carries over to the next month. The first check is always the hardest to earn in any program!

Andrew

[Dwane J.]

The checks come, it just takes time to get them. You also have to actively manage the sites, tweaking the positions, filtering low paying ads etc.

I changed the ad positions on a couple of my sites and they went from making around 20 cents a day to almost a dollar day

Once you reach the $100 mark it takes time to get the check. I don't understand their payout system. From the time you make the first 100 it could take 45-60 days to get a live check.

[AndrewJ]

Don't forget that direct deposit is now available in most countries too.

Andrew

[CeciL]

Google are the only ones to know that. Although I imagine it is the highest around.

In my experience in affiliate sales, not clicks... is 2% perform and half of that 2% perform consistently.

[Ellesse]

I'm almost there... getting my first check. I realise the wait seems to be relatively shorter when I stop checking my stats daily and focus on adding content.

[investorblogger]

Took me over a year for the first, then 10 months for the second, and still waiting for the third, but 12 months looks about right. It is free money, but I wouldn't rely on it solely for income (as some people do).

I don't aggressively push Adsense, though I would like to include it in the blog in my signature. I think it would make some money. After the site redesign, I will.

Kenneth

[Haris]

Originally Posted by JiriNovotny

I think that it is just a matter of time if you have around 100-200 visitors a day and the ads are properly placed.

I earned enough for a check and I have the ads just on a few pages with minimal traffic. It took me six months though . But hey, it's free money.

It's not free money. It's money for your hardwork.

[Isis Kali]

It's just like anything else. You'll get the money if you really, really work with it. It's all about the content drawing in the readers. No good content, no clicks!

[JiriNovotny]

Originally Posted by Haris

It's not free money. It's money for your hardwork.

Well, I just inserted some code in my page, I wouldn't classify that as a hard work

[radeldudel]

I signed up nov 2006, got the first money mar 2007, after five months.

I got the money as direct deposit, not as cheque, and yes, the money did arrive.

Since the payment I got $87, so only $13 to go for the next payment.

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[radeldudel]

Originally Posted by Dwane J.

filtering low paying ads

this caught my attention: how do you filter low-paying ads?

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[Brian Lee]

Good point. I bet Google gets to keep a lot of that money. There are a lot of people out there that set up AdSense with good intentions, but have didn't have the motivation to keep up with it.

It's kind of like rebate programs. Lots of people sign up, but few ever send in the rebate.

[radeldudel]

Originally Posted by Brian Lee

Good point. I bet Google gets to keep a lot of that money. There are a lot of people out there that set up AdSense with good intentions, but have didn't have the motivation to keep up with it.

It's kind of like rebate programs. Lots of people sign up, but few ever send in the rebate.

Well, there is a big difference: as long as your website has traffic, you'll continue to add pennies, and when you finally get to $100 you'll get your cheque, even if you have forgotten about it.

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