I just came across a post on SEOlogs.com that was written a few months ago. “B Jones” documents the growth of SEOlogs and provides screenshots of his adsense earnings quarterly. I thought it was a very clever post not only from the information it provided, but it’s also one of those posts that provokes readers to interact more with the blog and perhaps grow “attached” to it. In a broader view, this is how the big web 2.0 players do it. Apple probably does the best job at product attachment. They hit our emotional nerves and this is why they have so many fanboys. If you look at popular bloggers like Shoemoney, they blend informational posts with personal ones. One of his most popular posts is about his Duodenal Switch (fat surgery, basically). Readers like some insight on the person behind the monitor.

Going back to the SEOlogs.com post, his first month (July, 2005) showed earnings of $7.52 - not even enough to buy the lunch I just finished eating.

In March of 2007, he was up to $2,321.62 - almost enough to live on.

I think it’s very inspiring that in under two years, a simple website can grow to earn so much. This actually got me thinking back to when I started on the web - around the same time. Last year, I was making about 3-4k every month. It’s hard to believe, even now. It’s also hard to believe where all that money went…

Read the post over at SEOlogs.com

By the way, whoever I link to is lucky as hell. My blog has a PR6!