A lot of people have been making money with Google AdSense since well… the beginning of time. However around 2007 AdSense made a lot of changes to their program and their payout has been decreasing since. Maybe Google decided to keep more money for themselves, after all they never really let you know how much you’re supposed to be paid.
Watch the Google trend: http://www.google.com/trends?q=adsense
Yes you can still make money from Google AdSense, but it’s definitely not as lucrative as it used to be. Yet strangely enough, it’s still one of the easiest ways to make your first few cents online. The problem is that it can stay at “just a few cents daily” if you’re not sure of what you’re doing, and it’s not going to make you a millionaire either.
I think you can make your own conclusions on this one. Is AdSense on it’s way out slowly, or do we need more time to judge?
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Adsense is becoming adcent. Very frustrating.
Adsense is tough. They can ban you anytime. They banned many people who were high earners before, and they can do it to you at any time. You have to understand who is the real boss here, they make sure you DO understand that.
Now bow to your boss. Amen.
I think it’s time to looking for google alternatives now…
Adsense still pays for my car, food and rent.
Yes, it’s a dying trend. But that’s where things get better. As google becomes more strict about the quality of your site and starts weeding out junks from the program, my pay has actually gone up.
I believe that its just the buzz that is going down. I dont see the usage going down anywhere. There are still millions of blogs and web portals that rely on Google adsense. Also its the blogosphere that has been the steering source of the maximum buzz that we see.. Lately the buzz has been about “affiliate marketing” so the buzz about Google adsense is low. My 2 cents