A few weeks ago we posted the winner of the AdSense Story Contest, and as promised, here are a few more of the stories and video submissions we received. This one comes from AdSense publisher Amit Agarwal of Agra, India. Amit is a professional blogger and personal technology columnist for the Financial Express and The Hindustan Times. He maintains a technology blog called Digital Inspiration, which draws readers from all over the globe and covers software reviews, web technologies, and social media. His latest venture, India Inc., carries news and analysis about business and finance. Amit also runs a message board where he personally answers reader questions on blogging, online monetization and software. In the early days, Amit was only making a few cents on Digital Inspiration. After optimizing the site, however, his revenue went through the roof. Now AdSense helps Amit lead a very comfortable life. Amit says, “I have tried a couple of other advertising programs on my website, but none of them have been so successful as AdSense. That’s because AdSense contextual ads are always so relevant to the content.”Amit has also found success with several other AdSense products and features. He currently uses referrals to recommend software to his readers, and has implemented link units to efficiently use space on his site. He also uses the Google Custom Search Engine, linked to his AdSense for search account, and so is able to monetize his search results while helping visitors navigate through his site’s pages with greater control. As he notes, “Currently 75% of my site revenue comes through the Google AdSense program. And I get more time to focus on writing new content for my readers rather than hunting for advertisers. AdSense has helped change my life forever.”Posted by Bennet Abraham - AdSense India Optimization Team
Successful Paypal To Eon Visa Card Withdrawal
After a long 6 of waiting the money I withdrew from my paypal account is now finally reflected in my Eon Visa Card. Others were lucky to get their money fast as early as 3 days like kirby a fellow blogger. But mine took the almost maximum of 6 days. I super hated the waiting period. But now I see my money and ready to reach my hand tomorrow morning. It’s 8:55 pm right now Philippine time.Here’s the proof of the transaction.The image shows the withdrawal I made from Paypal to my Eon Visa Card completed on December 21, 2007.
click to enlargeThe image below shows the successful withdrawal of my money to my eon card account dated December 27, 2007
click to enlargeThe peso equivalent of my $100 though is very very low. I don’t know why the conversion rate is this when in fact during the time that I withdraw my money the peso dollar conversion rate was something like 41.800php. If Union Bank used today’s conversion rate, I should have gotten a higher amount of 41.600php per dollar. And even if the previous conversion rate it still doesn’t match. The peso dollar rate reflected in my account is $1=40.89 php. It’s really strange. Anyway, I think I’ll just have to work double hard to make more money. The remaining money in my paypal will have to stay there for a while. The peso dollar exchange rate might change this week or the next week to my favor. I will also be receiving my adsense payment for the month of december. I think I’ve earned well this month. I will post all my earnings for december at the end of the month.
