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Revenue Worries Knock Google

A recent post by myself, Micro-Market Shakeup, suggested that Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo was opportunistic and if the internet was controlled by two major players – Microsoft and Google – the future for publishers earning an income online may become more difficult, less financially stable and less profitable.

With the sluggish US Economy impacting business on a World Wide scale, it was only a matter of time before Google was affected too. This occured on Tuesday, with Google’s share price being slashed 4.57% to $464. The move came after research firm Comscore reported a sluggish January in the viewing of paid-for-advertisements on the Google site.

The total clicking on to Google’s paid adverts was 532 million, down from 533 million a year before, Comscore said.

Despite the strong growth in searches in January, there was a decline in the click through rate of paid-for advertisements which create the bulk of both Google’s and publisher’s revenue.

So, what is the future?

I don’t have a crystal ball but I am certainly keeping my eye out for offline investments too. I’m not exiting the internet, in business you have to ride out the waves, but I am spreading my risks. Realistically, revenue can only lower to a certain level before an uproar or boycott occurs by publishers, with bigger sites probably conducting private ad deals.

I doubt we’ll ever have another dot com bubble, the internet is now a necessity rather than a luxury. However, in my own personal experiences where I see my PPC going to $0.03, it is apparent, and has been for a while, that publishers are not in control.

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

Joyriding The Social Media Boom

Joining the web 2.0 social media boom that is plaguing the internet is something I never thought I’d even consider, especially with the stiff competition in extremely lucrative market. With sites like FaceBook.com estimated to be worth billions, social media websites have recently attracted the backing of global corporations such as Google.com.

Before you think I am going to start “BookFace.com” and attempt to steal a segment of the market (which would make everyone laugh rather loudly), I am not. After finding three successful websites that are quite simply, popular blogs, I have decided to attempt to do something similar.

I have a rather cool name and slogan too, something I just thought up and lukily the .com was available!

I’d really like to know what you think the future is for social media sites and where you see the market going in the next few years? Do you think older sites like MySpace will be pushed out by newer sites like FaceBook? With new ideas like Twitter being able to post notes on the move, what will the future be for letting people know what you are up too or where you are?

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

Christmas Has Come Early!

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I’m really pleased with my progress online recently. I have managed to begin covering my costs and start making some profit, I just hope this success is long term! Running quickly through my sites, Off Beat Ink continues to pull in around 1,000 uniques per day and provides $2 income, Featured Links on Kortaz are sold out with a whopping 12 sales this month and this blog has generated a few dollars through post sponsorship!

So far so good, the next stage is to increase the popularity of my site’s further thus increasing my income. I have began on a third project that I mentioned here, I just need to add content and flood it with traffic. This is another blog but not one I need to update daily. I plan to launch either this week or next.

Taking advice from dedicated commenter Marc, I intend to attempt to sell advertising space on Off Beat Ink to private bodyart companies in the near future. Roll on 2008!

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

p.s. I have decided to blog 1-2 times per day in an attempt to increase my readership! 

Good day!

Monday turned out to be a good day afterall! Work went quickly, I got a few sales (bonus money!) and I logged on to check my website stats/earnings.

Things are looking brighter and the clouds beginning to fade. I can see a positive future online but I don’t want to spoil the surprise for you…I’ll be posting my earnings at the end of the month along with a number of quality posts explaining how I did it. Afterall, sharing is caring!

In the mean time, I’ll leave you with a few links to keep you occupied…

>> Al at Self Made Minds made his first $1,000 Adsense day! – Link

>> Ashley Qualls: Teenage MySpace Millionaire! - Link

>> Have you heard of the Rubicon Project? – Link

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

Posts to follow

I think it’s important for me to highlight what I’ll be blogging about in the near future so you know what to expect shortly. Working full time, blogging, trying to start and maintain profitable websites whilst getting enough hours sleep each night is far from easy, but it is something I love. On occasion, some things slip, including Khalid’sLife.com, so here is what you can read about over the next few weeks…

• Taking OffBeatInk.com from 0 – 30,000 unique hits in less than two months.
• Earning online again – how, how much and with who?
• Further reviews of advertising networks, both PPC and CPM.
• Projects in the pipeline – what is being planned for 2008?

I hope you stick around for some really detailed posts that could indeed help you with your persuits. Sharing information is good, especially if it makes you $$$!

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.