My First Ever Google Cheque
21
February
This, is my first ever Google cheque since implementing their Adsense programme 5 months ago.
I felt excited for my first ever American cheque, for it is a very, very hard earned piece of paper. First, it took the cheque approximately a month to travel from Buffalo, New York, to Melbourne, Australia, via Posten Sverige AB of Sweden, and then you’ll have to wait for a few more weeks, or maybe up to a month for the cheque to clear. No, it doesn’t end there, the bank charges you several % off your hard-earned cheque. All in all, that’s a pretty hefty process ain’t it?
I’m not sure about you guys, but I think Adsense dollars are harder to come by nowadays. Perhaps my keywords aren’t high-paying enough, or should I say, my enthusiasm on Adsense slacked off in the last few months. I’m doing less experiments and tests on placements/positioning, keyword targetting, etc.
Oh well, I gotta get down to work for the next Google cheque.
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1. lilian | February 21st, 2006 at 10:55 pm
Fwheeet! So secretive ler, never give estimated amount oso.
Over here in Msia, I waited for 5 weeks to get the cheque, another 4 weeks for the cheque to clear and by then, no more stim liao.
BTW,u don’t have obsence number of ads on your site like me. Hehehe. I used the max number allowed. More to trap the unsuspecting surfers to click rather than inconvenient my regular visitors.
2. wingz | February 22nd, 2006 at 12:34 am
lex : can put the cek pictures meh ?
phuiyo u said lidat one ka lilian ? later kena ban then u know
3. LcF | February 22nd, 2006 at 3:04 am
First of all, congrats! It is a good start. More cheques are coming soon and they are bigger!
Australia? I thought you can use the electronic fund transfer? It is much MUCH faster! and directly fund into your bank account!
4. Wuching | February 22nd, 2006 at 9:13 am
wah! so rich now wor! can chia me now leh! for me, i’ll never live to see my cheque!
5. Che-Cheh | February 22nd, 2006 at 9:27 am
Congrats…
Ya me too will never live to see my cheque.
6. Alex | February 22nd, 2006 at 11:59 am
lilian: Lolz, the first digit is 2. I don’t like my personal blog being flooded by ads, ads will slow down page loads. Less is better for me. Perhaps more ads on my other blogs.
wingz: Just don’t reveal how much you earn
LcF: Austria can be support, but not Australia, that’s sad
Wuching: Haha, come to St. Kilda then! Just give it a little more time. You’ll see it. Optimize your ad-placement, keywords a bit.
Che-Cheh: Thanks! You’re still young lah, can see wan!
7. wuching | February 22nd, 2006 at 6:45 pm
alex, i think che-cheh is older than u wor!
8. Jacky | February 22nd, 2006 at 8:32 pm
That’s great.
9. Archie Chi | March 25th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
COngrates! ^_^ hope u get more cheque from google soon:P