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Can you live off your earnings from adsense?

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ponxposted 7 years ago
I was wondering if people can live on their earnings from Adsense...or is it mostly a hobby based earning?
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  Traqqerposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  I've been on here only about a week more than you have and from what I can tell, there is definitely a potential for high earnings, but will take a lot of work. You really need 100+ hubs before you start seeing some noticeable ad-based income flowing in......and that may just be a few dollars to begin with. From what I've seen the last few years of having been on a site like eHow, it also takes time for your articles to percolate through the web and increase in the search rankings.
  
  My monthly income from eHow ranges anywhere from $100 to $200 with about 250 articles. Here, I've earned about $3 my first month with about 40 hubs.
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  JacquiDposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Do you write articles for eHow or do they have an adsense type thing? I get $15/article I write for them through demandstudios.
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  Traqqerposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  I no longer write revenue share articles (adsense) with eHow. I don't like demandstudios' review system.
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  warchild75posted 7 years ago in reply to this
  No cant live off of it just yet,but hoping to within the next 5years,at the moment it pays my car insurance,mobile phone bill and buys me maybe one xbox game per month.I do have a couple of blogs but havent monetised them yet as they just dont have the traffic yet.
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  emievilposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Nope. Still a long way to go. But at the moment, it pays for my one month Internet bill .
  
  Edit: Oooppps, I mean my monthly Internet bill
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  JacquiDposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Oh man, my dream job lol. Adsense off of Hubbing. Someday!
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Flightkeeperposted 7 years ago
I know that one of the top hubbers pay their rent with HubPages. As for me, I'm able to pay a utility bill each month with HubPages.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Flightkeeper....paying your utility bill is also great! Hopefully I will be able to do that someday!
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  Flightkeeperposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  It's a very small bill ponx, don't be too impressed.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  ok :-)....but an extra income is always worthwhile I'm sure....
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kmackey32posted 7 years ago
i could of payed a bill once this year....lol
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  I did not get you kmackey32.Did you mean that you did pay bills this year?
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KCC Big Countryposted 7 years ago
Guess it depends on much your living expenses are. Some hubbers make thousands a month...and when I grow up I want to be just like them.

Right now, I easily pay several bills a month with mine.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Thousands a month is quite a long way off for me as of now! :-) But hope to make at least a double digit earning.
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  KCC Big Countryposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  I make the monthly payout threshold and I'm in the triple digits......I just need make some improvements and some concentrated efforts.
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geargirl113posted 7 years ago
Not yet... but I am planning on being able to.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Ya me too!
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MauKatposted 7 years ago
I can't live off of my Adsense earnings, but I do make enough to pay for my hosting and my domain addiction!
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  That's nice to hear!Good going :-)
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Benjimesterposted 7 years ago
I like to get to milestones. My first one was making $1 a day. I think everyone looks for that milestone. Next I wanted HP to pay for my gas. I spent about $40 a week in gas. After that comes the rent. Definitely not there yet, but on my way
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Ya that sounds reasonable. And hope you reach your "rent" milestone soon!
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MPG Narrativesposted 7 years ago
Slowly getting better each month. Wasn't even paying for a coffee when I first started. So glad its getting better
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Nice to hear that!
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Mishaposted 7 years ago
I do
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  schoolgirlforrealposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  wow, Misha, that's awesome!
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  WOW!That is really awesome.You are going to be an inspiration to many Hubbers I'm sure.
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  pisean282311posted 7 years ago in reply to this
  he is super star on hub...he at times makes in one day what people like me take an year to make...
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  schoolgirlforrealposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  that's hard to believe now that I saw his profile thou.
  Not a lot of hubs etc
  How is that possible? I thought the most you could earn is 15,000 a month
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  15,000 a month! ....i'm not even close to 5 bucks a month!
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  saleheensblogposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  that great, do you have another profile or your 21 hub was enough for it? i read few of your hubs. that were great.but is it enough?
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  earnestshubposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  ... and loving it! as Maxwell would say.
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pisean282311posted 7 years ago
i manage to pay half of my internet bill
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Good Good pisean282311!Your next milestone should be to try and pay the whole of it
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Anna Marie Bowmanposted 7 years ago
Not even close to being able to live off my earnings, but I have been away for a long time, haven't written anything (until recently) in over a year. Haven't been doing the things I need to to earn good money here, but starting to pick up the pace again. Getting back into the swing of things, and seeing results little by little. It is a lot of work, but the best work I could ever imagine doing!!!
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  I can understand that Anna....This does require a lot of commitment and time and patience I think....and I have to try and find time b/w my job and writing on HP...But I will keep trying ...and all the best to you too!
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Pcunixposted 7 years ago
Live off my Adsense? No.

Off Adsense plus Chitika plus affiliate sales plus book sales plus other sales that come directly from web activity, almost. Off all that plus a very little bit of other work, very definitely.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  So it's mostly the web Pcunix . That's good.
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  Pcunixposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  It is complicated.
  
  I can definitely say that a third of my income is directly from my websites. The rest is harder to pin down.
  
  Example:
  
  A long time customer was referred to me by someone else, but thought my rates were too high. I did not hear from him again for months, but then he called me out of the blue. He told me he kept finding my web pages when he was searching Google for answers to problems and that he now did want to contract with me. In the ensuing years, I have invoiced over $60,000 to his company for support services.
  
  How do I credit that? Other customers might have still given me that business if I just had a "business card" website, but they might not have. How about referral business from someone who has been a regular reader for years?
  
  A lot of new opportunity comes through that site, It is just hard to attribute it absolutely.
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thisisoliposted 7 years ago
It depends how much work you put in to it.

You can make full time earnings off adsense, if you put the work in to it. Using a mix of incomes is a better way to go though!
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Yes thisisoli I agree with that...
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kmackey32posted 7 years ago
I am praying one day I will beable too!!!!!
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Me too
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Kidgasposted 7 years ago
Maybe in a decade or two.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Kidgas, Maybe not live off it but I am sure you will enough to pay your bills , like a lot of the others.
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Dorsiposted 7 years ago
I can pay some bills every month with what I get from Adsense here, and am planning on making a livable income with HubPages. I go through learning spurts and am working on learning more about backlinks now.
BTW Misha- you are my HubPages hero!!
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  Mishaposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Aww, thanks Dorsi, love ya too
  
  Saleheen, it is not all from hubpages. In fact hubpages is a small part of it. What I make on HP is enough for a decent living in most parts of the world, I just happen to live in a place that is many times more expensive.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Misha I think I have to read much of hubs now .
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Nelle Hoxieposted 7 years ago
Just adsense no. But combined with my affiliate income,yes and quite well.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Nelle....That's great!
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Lissieposted 7 years ago
I make a full-time living online. If it was just Adsenes - I could live off it if I moved to a cheaper Asian country. Adsense plus affiliates - Im making about the avg wage of my country.

Its just hubpages though and I have multiple accounts here as well - oh and its not random. Learn how to pick keywords- write a lot of hubs, learn how to do backlinks - rinse and repeat.

Its not that difficult but most people quit before they have made enough effort to succeed
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Lissie that does give me inspiration.I agree that its difficult to just make everything off just HP.
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  Lissieposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Its not even desirable ponx - you want to diversify your online income as much as possible :-)
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cindyvineposted 7 years ago
I'm getting there, got my first Adsense cheque and am working towards the next
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Good to hear that cindyvine.And best of luck for your next one!
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CMHypnoposted 7 years ago
Its beginning to pick up - enough to pay a utility bill every couple of months. Hope it keeps improving for all of us!
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Thanks for your wishes CMHypno!
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Rookie70posted 7 years ago
Guess it depends on much your living expenses are. Some hubbers make thousands a month...and when I grow up I want to be just like them
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  I am a very very long way off from 1000's a month but I hope to make at least 50 a month for now.
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  xixi12posted 7 years ago in reply to this
  how do you do it. I have not even made anything since i started. I didnt even know you could make something. lol
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Mrvoodooposted 7 years ago
Yes.

Although if I was a normal type person with wife, kids, mortgage, car payments, etc. probably not. But it pays for my rent, food, beer, smoke, and the occasional holiday.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Good to hear that and all the best for more earnings to come!
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WryLiltposted 7 years ago
I can certainly see the snowballing of earnings happening. And I'm hoping to earn enough to stay home full time as a mum.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  That's nice to hear Wrylit!All the best for more!
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Evan Hutchinsonposted 7 years ago
I can pay my car payment with it, but my main career by far provides the meat of my income.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Well as of now my main income provides everything but hope so HP can help me earn the extra income!
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Sunny Robinsonposted 7 years ago
Ahh it would be nice to pay some bills with adsense, especially as I stay at home a lot.

Maybe even pay a vet cost for one of my dogs who needs to get his eye checked.

Yep, sure would be nice. Lol.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
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Dale Nelsonposted 7 years ago
We are planning a holiday for mid next year and so every time we near the thresh hold, we move it a bit further away.

Keeps me motivated to chase a threshhold. We could probably pay a few bills, but this way works for us. Its more fun.

I wonder if any other hubbers are doing this. It also takes away the disappointment every time you check your earnings to see what youve done so far.
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Chasing a threshold is a good thing to keep you motivated I think.All the best Dale!
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MissEposted 7 years ago
Hmmmmm..... in a card board box maybe.....
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
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Singular Investorposted 7 years ago
My earnings pay the rent but not the rest yet. It's all Adsense and 90% comes from blogs only around 10% from my 65 hubpages - I still find the click-through rates on my hubpages very low and getting 700 backlinks to one hubpage like one person does is very difficult if you are doing it all by hand !
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  ponxposted 7 years ago in reply to this
  Well then it seems like its a long way off for me!
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