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Behind the decision: A meme

I was tagged by iRonnie to reveal my decision(s) behind monetizing my blog(s).

Well, I am not hiding my reasons behind monetizing my blogs. I will not be a hypocrite. So here it goes… I love earning dollars! Who doesn’t? Can you just imagine how much it is in peso when you write a $10 post? For 50-200 words, in a matter of minutes, you earn approximately 400 pesos. In a matter of minutes, I earn more than what an average worker here in the country earns in a day. Will you say no to that?

The truth is, I was not planning on monetizing any of my blogs. I didn’t even know about PayPerPost et al until May of this year. When everyone is into monetizing as early as 2006, I was
just contented writing blog posts and learning how to earn money from Google Adsense. But there are things I wanted to buy for myself that I just couldn’t get from my salary at work. You see, I am a breadwinner. I am taking care of almost 75% of our household bills and providing for my family is my number one priority. So when a friend taught me how to monetize my blogs, I eagerly started doing so. And when I did, I was able to buy something for myself. I was able to start saving some money. Great di ba?

Anyway, to make it simple, I started monetizing my blogs to earn some extra income. And since I am earning a bit more now, I made a goal. A car by December :)

To ate Ghee and others who are thinking about this Google slap, no, Google’s PageRank drop is not altogether dependent on sponsored posts. There are non-monetizing blogs whose PR dropped by -2. While there are monetizing blogs whose PR increased. So, all we know is that Google is out on a PR trip and we are all vulnerable.

So to those who are raising their eyebrows when they see a blog with sponsored posts, just keep it to yourself, whatever bad things you are thinking and wanted to say. You cannot give us the dollars we are earning by criticizing us. And when you don’t want a blog with sponsored posts, then just close the browser and that’s that.

“BEHIND THE DECISION” originator: Thesserie

Instruction:

  • Please share the reason/s why you decided to do ads/paid posts. State how your earning is helping you in any way.
  • Pass it to 2 bloggers/publishers only.
  • After my name, list ALL your monetized blogs. If you have more than one blog, add the next blogs by using numbers only (such as 1, 2, 3, see my example) instead of long links.
  • Use the button but please no direct linking.
  • I would really appreciate it if you could drop me a line should you decide to entertain this tag. I would like to pay you a visit and add you on my list.

*Thesserie, 2 & 3 | Marie Vanidosa , 2 | Girlie, 2 | Rhada | Rach , 2 | Ironnie, 2 | Jane | Mari | Jo | Ghee, 2, 3 & 4 | Sasha

And now I am tagging Mousey, Maiylah and tita Liza.

And by the way, I am re-launching my akoni as a personal blog once more. Visit naman kayo dun :)