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In the beginning, I have a blog. But I didn’t have Adsense ad on it. And then I discovered Adsense last August 2005. I learned that I could earn some money on it. So, I put all their ad code on my blog and waited for the money to come. But I was disappointed. Here’s my post, dated March 03, 2006, telling how I was disappointed with Adsense. I even preferred Adbrite ads. 
ano ang mas maganda, adsense or adbrite? matagal na akong nakasign-up sa adsense, kaya may mga ads dyan sa sidebar at footer ng blog ko, na ang sabi, powered by google. may bayad sila dyan kada page impression. lately, nadiscover ko ang adbrite. at kung mapapansin nyo, unti-unti kong pinapalitan yung mga ads ko sa sidebar ng adbrite naman. bakit? kasi naman, sa tinagal-tagal ko nang nakasign-up sa adsense, i’m just averaging 2 cents per day. at sa adbrite, kakasign-up ko lang, at isang text ad pa lang yung nilagay ko dyan sa sidebar, 7 cents per day ang kita ko. so, i’ve decided na yun na ilalagay ko dyan. referral na lang at google search ang iiwan ko sa google. tsaka sa adbrite, pwede ka nang padalhan ng cheke if you earn $20, sa adsense kasi, $100 pa. medyo matagal tagal yan kung ang average mo lang ay 2 cents per day. hehehe.
so adbrite or adsense? obviously, alam nyo na kung ano ang choice ko.
yun lang!
Loose translation:
Which is better, Adsense or Adbrite? It’s been a long time I’m signed-up with Adsense, that’s why you’ll see ads on the sidebar and footer of this blog labeled “Powered by Google”. They pay every page impression. Lately, I discovered Adbrite. And you’ll notice that I’m slowly replacing the Adsense ads with Adbrite ads. Why? Because, despite being signed-up for a very long time on Adsense, I’m just averaging 2 cents per day. And on Adbrite, I just recently signed-up, and I just put a single text ad on my sidebar, and I’m already earning 7 cents per day. So, I’ve decided to use it instead of Adsense. I’ll just use the referral ad and the Google search box here. And on Adbrite, they will send you checks if you earn $20. But on Adsense, you need $100. It will take me a longer time to reach that especially if I’m only averaging 2 cents per day. Hehehe.
So, Adbrite or Adsense? Obviously, you already know my choice.
See. I just jumped on the Adsense bandwagon when I first discovered it. Put the ads everywhere and waited for the money to come. And I only earned a whooping 2 cents per day. Hehe. That was more than 2 years ago.
During that time, I don’t know search engine optimization or SEO. I don’t know ad optimization. And there’s scarcity of bloggers talking about SEO. It was a puzzle to me on how those blogs on top of pinoytopblogs got thousands of visitors everyday.
Good thing, Marc Hil Macalua, the father of SEO Philippines, started an SEO contest. I did not join his first contest because I can’t afford to buy a domain name yet (or I didn’t know how ). What I did was I googled for an SEO e-book and found one that really helped me a lot. And to see if what it says is true, I started my text messages blog. I applied all the knowledge I learned on that SEO e-book, and the rest, they say, is history.
My Adsense earnings slowly went up, from a measly 2 cents per day, to 10 cents a day, to 50 cents a day, and to a dollar a day. By September 6, 2006, my Google Adsense earnings was already $94, nearing the $100 target. And Google already sent me my PIN. Here’s my blog post that day:
kahapon, nagtext sa akin ang father ko. sabi nya, “may dumating kang sulat dito, galing US, from Google!” well, tama nga sila, it takes 3 to 4 weeks bago mo mareceive yung sulat nila, sa akin, 3 weeks. ano bang sulat yun? no, hindi pa yun cheke dahil hindi pa naman ako nakakaabot ng $100. $94 pa lang ngayon eh. e ano nga yung sulat na yun? yun lang naman po yung PIN code ko. sabi kasi ng Google, magpapadala daw sila ng PIN sa postal address mo after your balance reached $50. it happened 3 weeks ago, at kahapon ko nga natanggap yung PIN nila. to know more about Google Adsense PIN, read this. Anong itsura nung sulat nila? hayaan nyo at scan ko next week. hehehe. pero ganito daw ang itsura. click here.
Loose translation:
Yesterday, my father sent me a text message. He said, “There’s a letter for you here, from the US, from Google!” Well, they are right, it takes 3 to 4 weeks before you receive their letter. For me, it took 3 weeks. What’s that letter all about? That’s my PIN code. According to Google, they will send you a PIN to your postal address once your balance reached $50. It happened 3 weeks ago, and yesterday, I received my PIN. To know more about Google Adsense PIN, read this. What does their letter look like? Don’t worry and I’ll scan it next week. But according to them, it looks like this. Click here.
By November 2006, I received my first Google Adsense check which I posted here.
My First Google Adsense Check
And every month thereafter, I always reach the $100 quota. Increasing a little every month. It’s more than 2 years already. Before, I was earning just 2 cents per day. Today, $20 in a day is a bad day for me. Thanks to SEO.
How about you? What’s your Google Adsense story? Create a blog post and I will make a Google Adsense story list here. 
Let’s share some inspiration to the newbies. (We could hijack the keyword Google Adsense if we unite! )
Their Google Adsense Stories
- My Google Adsense story and how I landed on TopBlogs by PromdiLiving
- Biggest Google Adsense Story by Zaldy Dalisay
- My First Adsense Payment: Received! by TechieGirl
- My Google Adsense Story by Donser
- My First Google Cheque by Jehzlau
- An Adsense Story To Share by Dexter
- How The Law of Attraction Helped Me Make Money In Google Adsense by Fitz
- My Google Adsense Story by Glenn
- How to Make Money Online: My Google Adsense Story by EasyLifeGuide
- Your Google Adsense Story here
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July 19th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Ayos! Magandang project ito.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
sir, pwede ba sasali rito kahit 3months pa lang ako? susulat din ako ng blogpost about nito. hehe. bibili ako ng laptop nextweek kapag dumating na yung 2nd google earnings ko ($690)…
at ang goog news ko ngayon, nasa top 50 pinoy blogs na ako. hehe,. thank God. !
July 19th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
ok ‘to! Sasali ako! hehe!
July 19th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
mmmm.. Cracking Google Adsense keyword? Interesting brad nice idea for you here and sasali ako pero mas ok siguro kung Make Money Online with Adsense?
wla lang who search Google adsense?
sana ako din nasa top 50 pinoy blogs ehheehhe..
July 20th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Sayang, wala pakong kita sa adsense $5.00 p lng. (9 months)
July 20th, 2008 at 3:57 am
Gratz! Also how do you get your Google adsense to appear more than 3 times per page? Diba legally up to 3 google adsense ads lang ang pwede per page? thanks!
July 20th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Since nagstart out ako sa google adsense nadepress din ako kasi I could not reach a dollar a day..kahit ngayon nasa 1-2 dollars a day minimum pa rin ako sa adsense pero its not bad afterall I will be recieving my first adsense earning next month..I learned a bit from these SEO gurus on how to optimize your blog posts..sana tumaas naman kita ko sa adsense kahit 5 dollars a day lang ok na sa aking yon..hehehehe
July 20th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
[...] 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 2-3 weeks from now. When I will [...]
July 20th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
@Fitz… ayos! sali ka!
@don_ser… sure! as long as you have a Google Adsense story to tell, pwede.
@apol… sige, wait ko entry mo.
@ronald mojica… marami nagsesearch nyan. check mo Google Trends. Though medyo maraming competition, pero kung magkakaisa tayo, walang imposible.
@Jan Alvin… sa umpisa talaga, medyo mahirap. learn SEO to get more visitors. and don’t quit.
@dominic… 3 Google adsense ad units, 3 link units ang legal. and that’s what I have. hindi naman ako lumalampas dyan. yung ibang ads dyan, from Chitika, Project Wonderful and AsiaCentury.
@ferdielicious…. basta keep on blogging and optimizing lang, lalaki rin yang kita mo.
July 20th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Hey Macuha..may kaibahan ba kung ang blog mo ay like two years na with updated posts and stuff kaysa blog na marami posts like a hundred posts pero 1 year pa lang? Kasi yong friends ko lumalaki adsense earnings nila kahit hindi sila nag eSEO sa blog nila pero they’ve been blogging for like 2 years now..Does a blog’s age really matter? I hope you can give me some feedback about this..thanks!
July 20th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
[...] this may not be the biggest google adsense story, but will be part of Macuha’s attempt to be [...]
July 20th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
cge magshare din ako ng story ko… halos pareho lang din tau, batchmate ata! hehe, lakas mo kumita, painom ka naman…
July 20th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
[...] My Google Adsense Story | Make Money Online Philippines | Macuha.com [...]
July 20th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
[...] My Google Adsense Story | Make Money Online Philippines | Macuha.com [...]
July 21st, 2008 at 5:39 am
Ang ganda talagang balik balikan ang nakaraan… hehehe To be honest i was copying your style in SEO experiment i also made a text collection para may traffic din galing sa SE
July 21st, 2008 at 8:11 am
hehe, gaganda ng mga story, sana ganyan dn akin kso d p q nkaka.kuha ng first payout from adsense eh, kuya paturo nman ng SEO pede? thanks.
July 21st, 2008 at 11:14 am
I already have my google story… pwede ba lumang post?
July 21st, 2008 at 1:58 pm
@Ferdielicious… domain name age is one of the factors for ranking. maraming factors, it’s just one of them. maraming binabalanse si google. siguro, when every other factors are the same, the one with the older domain ranks higher. they might have an older domain, but if you get quality links, you might beat them in ranking. just continue creating quality content and link building, tataas din ranking mo.
@major… oo nga, batch mate tayo. and i’m sure, mas malaki kita mo sa akin sa dami ng raket mo. haha.
@passive income… hehe. tuloy lang nang optimization. oks lang, nangongopya rin naman ako ng style ng iba dyan. secret na lang kung sino sila.
@gusher… download mo yung SEO e-book sa feeds ko. pwede ka mag-umpisa dun. tapos, makakalimutan mo nang magpaturo sa akin kasi andun na lahat.
@amy… sure, kahit lumang post. basta you have a story to tell about google adsense, iadd natin dito.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:41 pm
[...] want to thank Marhgil, for sharing some of his keywords and sharing his SEO knowledge , Jehzeel for patiently answering [...]
July 21st, 2008 at 3:58 pm
sir, nakasulat na po ako ng google adsense story. Please pakiadd na rin po. click mo lang yung name ko. hehe. Thanks talaga!
July 21st, 2008 at 6:51 pm
[...] office, baka mawala pa, ayun sa mga nakaranas na mawalan ng Google Cheque, hehehe.. Salamat din kay Marhgil sa pag bigay ng tip kasi siya nag sabi na ipa DHL ko nalang, or else, i’ll take the risk na [...]
July 21st, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Teka.. paki delete ng unang comment ko.. di ko nalink ng maayos.
Pasali
na link na din kita sa post na yan dati 
inupdate ko lang link.. hehe
My First Google Cheque
Thanks
heehee..
July 21st, 2008 at 7:16 pm
sir jehz, ang movies ko?
July 21st, 2008 at 7:18 pm
sir marhgil, thanks!
July 21st, 2008 at 8:59 pm
ahaha, ako stagnant si adsense. need ko aralin pala lalo seo para kumita naman blogs ko.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Busy ako nung mga nakaraang araw.. he he he. gagawa na ako..
July 21st, 2008 at 9:40 pm
@dexter - sino ako??? haha
July 21st, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Mukhang alam ko na he he he
ano yun pen name 
July 21st, 2008 at 9:47 pm
@ don_ser pala yun
July 21st, 2008 at 9:52 pm
waahhh.. ang laki ng kita.. kelangan ko rin pagaralan maigi SEO..
July 21st, 2008 at 9:54 pm
kailangan yata talaga ng pasensya saka yung tyaga para maging successful yung blog mo and earnings sa adsense..
July 21st, 2008 at 10:10 pm
[...] from Marhgil Site and it is because of that post that made me think to make this post. Visit his AdSense Story [...]
July 21st, 2008 at 10:13 pm
ayan meron na akong story to share An AdSense Story to Share ok na ba yan
daming link nyan sa ibang bloggers , way of saying thank to them
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:27 am
[...] of all, this post is inspired by Marghil Macuha’s My Google Adsense Story where he shares his journey with AdSense way back in 2005, his descent into the pit of low [...]
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:23 am
[...] Mahrgil: My Google Adsense Story [...]
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:33 am
Hi Marhgil. Here’s my Google Adsense story. Thanks!
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
[...] pay per click July 23rd, 2008 My Google Adsense story This is my blog entry to the Google Adsense story list of Marhgil Macuha :). To my new site visitors: This is about How I earn money on the Internet using Adsense. And my [...]
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Bossing pa add naman sa list, nag ping nko sa blogpost ko
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:45 pm
[...] My Google Adsense Story by Marhgil [...]
July 24th, 2008 at 9:34 am
bakit po ako pag naglagay ng code, yun lang talaga ung nag-aappear, wala tlgang ads?
will it take days or weeks para mgka-ads?
July 24th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
hi marhgil paano ba mag link ng credit or bank account sa paypal.. please help me naman thanks..
July 24th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
sige, gawa rin ako ng post ko about my story on google adsense. hehehe
July 26th, 2008 at 9:41 am
this is exciting!
I’ll share mine soon!, $20/day is a bad day to you, pero fiesta na sakin to! Enjoying every bit of it! hehehe,
this would be my 4rth adsense payday! I might reach 400 this july! yahooo!
July 27th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Lolz.. Same here ^.^ I had read many successful stories which had inspired me a lot. Had put google adsense ads on my blogs that barely makes me money. Suwerte na if maka 30 cents or more a day. Well, that’s on my blog.. Medyo nawalan ng pag-asa so I told to myself “bahala na yung mga ads to work out themselves, na addict naman ako sa paid blogging and I had made money from $5 to more than per blog entry.”
On my Google Adsense? Eto, waiting for my first check to arrive!! ^.^ Yay!! Now I’m on my road to success, hopefully.. My Tagalog movie website had helped me alot! I had passed the $100 Google adsense minimum payment now! ^.^
July 28th, 2008 at 10:21 am
[...] to flow, cha-ching. Well, it’s not that simple. Today I came across the Macuha blog where Marhgil explains his first hand account with the power of AdSense only if a good strategy is in [...]
August 6th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
This blog looks like a google whore big time! Just the top fold consists of 4 google ads already…too sell out man..too sell out
August 12th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
[...] My Google Adsense story by Macuha [...]