Well, to top the Christmas list off, I got a nasty surprise when I saw a huge BUMP on my advertising placements for the Christmas run. On top of that, it’s the traffic that I was quite worried about actually when the traffic flow was getting too much. Well, within the last 3 hours, Adbrite reported I received over 781 UNIQUE VISITS in TWO HOURS! I thought someone sabotaged me by placing my site on ADBUX which is a Paid Per Click site (pays me and you ONE CENT EACH TIME) to get even with me. Yes, being Worst Blogger of the Year 2007 (NON-US) is BAD for my business. Kicked out of PAY-PP (and the PAP is getting even with me) and some advertisers left my business alliance, it bore a dent on my $7000 a month ‘jajan’ (candy money).

So back to the point,Thanks to Nuffnang, I received my daily dose of advertising. Yes, I had to decline the last run, which was Guinness Stout (which I have nothing against the Irish), of which I had to stand by Drive and Don’t Drink Campaign. I would love to run theirs even on PPC or eCPM basis because I have to promote my fellow comrades in Dublin,Eireann. That is just being Irish. Anyway, with 700 Visits an hour will surely put me on tier 50 on the Nuffnang Analytics. What is this Nuffnang Analytics? Every average visitor bring a point. Each Tier had it’s own ‘Quota’.

Tier One is the LOWEST. You get NOTHING! Some of you have even tried clicking on your ads,but get paid NOTHING right? That is because in the contract, you must have 10 visitors a day excluding yours. They planted a cookie inside it. So they know.

Then with traffic between 10-50, you get on Tier Two, which lands you BAND ONE ads! You will get about RM1.20 for your Static Ads. Get 50-100, you land on Tier Three, Band TWO, which is S$2.88 or RM3.58.

So what is this bullshit hype all about CPM,CPC and EPC? Well, Each advertising has a value. They agree with the Advertiser how much they willing to pay for each CLICK or per 100 views of their ad, commonly known as CPC (Cost per Centi). That will work out to Conversion Per Mille (CPM) which means how many clicks per thousand impressions. They also work out the EARNINGS PER CLICK by that method.

So, if you show your ads to 100 visitors, and out of that, one person click, means you convert 1% of your views. Your CPM will be 0.01% at most, by looking at how many from that 1% will go deeper, and click inside the advertisers’ site. A conversion means a sale or sign-up. Out of that, a click can get the affiliate or referrer a commission, which works out the EPC or Earnings Per Click.

Don’t care what, Nuffnang took a cut.They impose a normally 25% fee. Then there are are setup fees and other stuff. And so that comes to your Pay Check.

So what do you do to get that kind of advertising tier of $90 per advertising spot?? Well, drive more people in. Quality targeted traffic. You need a good spread of Singapore and a high load of Malaysian Traffic. Not just from Chinese but the Malays, Indians and visitors abroad like the US, UK, Europe and Australia. Your keywords must be absolutely great. Perfection is a must. And should you use CHINESE, get a standard English translation too as a vast majority who read are Romanised. The traffic will then come in also from Search Engines and Keywords. Look into your KEYWORD ANALYTICS of your blog.

Should I split my blog up? Yes, if the theme and focus differ from each other. One for your cat, one for your fish, one for your work, girlfriend, your concubine and scandals alike and what more can I say.Heck, write one about your Mother and Father and Grandparents too should you prefer. You need a GLOBAL traffic conversion whom will hop from one link to the next and that counts ALOT.

So, what is the total score?

Per Visitor, it will give you at least the following:
Adsense : 0.001 US CENT (based on 10c CPM)
Adbrite : 0.1 US CENT (Based on the CPC,CPM and FULL PAGE ADS)
Bidvertiser: 0.0001 US CENT (A long short)

Auction Ads: 0.01 US CENT
TextLinkAds: 0.01 US CENT (or $10 a mth)
ShoppingAds: 0.001US CENT

Advertlet : 0.01 SG cent
NUFFNANG: 0.15 MY SEN + 20 Sen per click.

So, if one day you draw in 1000 visits and 5000 clicks or page views (because people want to read the comment and replies) effectively you stand to earn about RM12 which pays for your hosting, domain name and even a Teh Tarik and Roti Canai at the local Mamak Store. Heck, it even pays for your motobike’s petrol to get to work.

Blog Roll People. Mention them, Trackback, and Visit them often. That will make you earn a decent earning. 20c is still 20 sen. As they say, it’s TABUNG AYAM, sikit sikit makin membukit. And if you feel your friends’ site is interesting, help them by clicking and visiting their sponsor. Don’t just click and close. Click deeper so it’s not fraudulent. Be HAPPY, because it’s 99sen for a 45mins call, thanks to Digi. No longer Orang Kuning but Gino’s Orang Oren!

As the lyrics in Aflin Shauki’s song Ah Long Bukit Beruntung… Kami Hanya Mahu Tolong. Tidak Perlu Borang J atau EA, Tidak perlu 6 bulan penyata gaji….oooooh Kami Ah Long Kasi Lu Untung!

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