Payday Loans and Consolidate Debt Loans

Remember my Payday Loans Experiment? This blog has ranked in the 2nd page for the keyword make money online with payday loans and because of that I've got additional visitors for this blog. More visitors more chances of making money.

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During the first two days of the experiment I noticed a high ECPM rate which I cannot divulge to you or I risk my adsense account of being banned. Let's just say I earned additional 2 dollars estimate. On the third day of the Payday Loan experiment, I noticed a high ECPM still but slightly lower earnings and then the earnings went even lower today. But the Payday Loan experiment has increased my ECPM that's a constant data.

In connection with the Payday Loan experiment, I have also decided to include Consolidate Debt Loans. Again I don't know really get what this whole phrase really mean. All I know for is that Payday Loans and Consolidate Debt Loans are relatives..hahaahah.. Consolidate Debt Loans is just one of those things I like to talk about now. If this article gets indexed by google right away and if this blog appears on the first or second page of the keyword Consolidate Debt Loans in google then my experiment is already successful. Im experimenting both to make more money from adsense and at the same time get a good rank for certain keywords.

So long for now.. Keep you posted of my Payday Loans and Consolidate Debt Loan experiments.

Watch Me Bang My Wife

Slow down guys and gals, this is not pornography or sex article. I was checking my site A Lady's Confessions , moments ago and made some template tweaks, I noticed this link unit advertisement from google. The ad says "Watch Me Bang My Wife". The ad showed up on the article I wrote about the "Possibility of Men Giving Birth". See the ad below. That's not the live ad. Just a snapshot!

So google actually advertises porn sites? I'm just curious as I was surprised by this kind of ad appearing on my blog. That's the first ad I noticed tending to promote pornography. It could just be a strategy of the advertiser though to put some interesting, eye catching title for his ad, and get more visitors and make more money. What do you think?


Anyway, I told you guys about my Adsense experiment on Payday Loans . The money I made with Payday Loans experiment is fluctuating though. Some days high, some days low. I need more time before I can give a better judgment. So please bear with me.

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.

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The image below shows the successful withdrawal of my money to my eon card account dated December 27, 2007

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The 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.

Marhgil Macuha Not Marghil Macuha

How stupid of me to have made a mistake in typing the word Marghil Macuha instead of Marhgil Macuha. I ranked 5 for the SERP using Marghil Macuha but I had to delete the entire post and re post it again fully corrected to "Marhgil Macuha". Making a typo error is one of the gravest mistake any blogger could make. Letters interchanged can affect your ranking for a particular keyword in my case Marhgil Macuha, Marhgil Macuha, Marhgil Macuha. I should have paid more attention to the word.

With a serious mistake on my part, I am now very very doubtful if I can make my make money online blog appear in the first page of the search result for keyword Marhgil Macuha. Having no knowledge professional knowledge of SEO the fight is tough!

Win or lose its a privilege to write about a co Filipino blogger. As for the payday loan, ill keep you updated of my adsense earnings in tomorrow's post. I'll show you how much money this payday loan experiment has made me.

Update:

I ranked #5 for the wrong keyword. The competition is not tough. See image below.

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Marhgil Macuha: First Impression

Never have I joined a contest online. I just don't have luck when it comes to contest online and in the real world. Although I've hosted one contest in my blog. Contest is a good way to make money online and because of that I've decided to forego of my Payday Loans experiment for now and talk about Marhgil Macuha and his $150 SEO Mini Contest. The contest requires you to simply write anything about Marhgil Macuha and his contest.

The name Marhgil Macuha resembles and sounds like my old friend's name- Margieh, and the Macuha surname reminds me of the famous ballerina in the Philippines Liza Macuha. Although when the full name Marghil Macuha is taken together it sounds weird. Forgive me but that's my first Impression with the name.

So who is Marhgil Macuha?

He is a Filipino Blogger who calls himself a Laugh Charm. Marhgil is one of the few first Filipino bloggers I've come across and started to look up to. Marghil probably does not know this but one of his blogs was the first filipino blog I've commented on months ago prior to the creation of my blogs. I continue to visit his blogs for tips and inspiration. This guy is making a fortune in blogging and that makes me envious of course in a nice way.

Marhgil Macuha

So anyway, the idea behind the Marhgil contest is to get the top SERP for the keyword Marhgil Macuha to win. I don't expect to win in this contest but it's worth the try. Who knows I could make money instantly!

Payday Loans Niche

As I was roaming around the web in search for new ideas, news ways to make money online, I've come across few articles about Payday Loans. Top paying list of adsense keywords include payday loans or loans. It makes me think about starting a new blog about this topic but I know I wouldn't be authoritative when it comes to this and it will all be useless for me and to the readers.

So what is payday loans actually?''

According to Wikipedia:

A payday loan (also called a paycheck advance or payday advance) is a small, short-term loan that is intended to cover a borrower's expenses until his or her next payday. Typical loans are between $100 and $500, on a two-week term and have interest rates in the range of 390 percent to 900 percent. The loans are also sometimes referred to as cash advances, though that term can also refer to cash provided against a prearranged line of credit such as a credit card.

Still don't fully get it? Never mind.. I wont dwell on this definition.

What am trying to point out is that there are bloggers who have reported higher pay per click for ads related to payday loans. Some reports showed as much as $5 to $8 a click. This idea interests me. But since I don't know about payday loans, I will try to mention it in my posts and track the ads and the corresponding pay I get. I can't figure out how to do it, perhaps Ill use stat counter.

On average I get 3 dollars a day now. The highest adsense earnings I made in a day was over $20. I aim to surpass that and make $50 a day. The payday loan thing will be one of my strategies. It's a trial and error process. There is no hard and fast rule with Adsense. You have to experiment and explore.

In my next post, I might discuss about how I increased my clickthrough rate.

So long for now. Happy Holidays.

Teens Resort To Sex For Money

Reports of Teens resorting to sex for money saddens me. Everyone needs money but do people need to engage in some kind of prostitution to get it. Prostitution is a dirty work. Although I hate to judge the people who do this kind filthy source of income, but come on people you can do more than just offering your bodies for sex. You can do a better, more decent work and yet make a decent amount of income. Prostitution as far as am concerned springs more from laziness and not poverty. Success in every endeavor requires hard work and a little bit of luck for some.

Looking back, the selling of flesh for money is the sphere of the adults, now it has become a job for many teenagers and underage children. The world has gone mad and seeing more and more teens and children selling their bodies for some cash is alarming. I am not a teen anymore, but back then I always knew how to make money with just a small money as capital. I would buy a pack of candies and sell it to my friends and I earn money. I do work for other people and get paid. Money comes to me as a teenager through decent ways that I can be proud of. Teens can even make money online, in the same way that I make money online despite having to battle school and blogging together. It's possible and I encourage teens to use the web decently to make money. Its difficult at the very beginning but it gets easier along the way. If you don't like blogging or facing the web to generate cash, its not bad to apply for work at restaurants or even do tutorials for younger children or walk dogs for some dollars. Oftentimes the opportunities are there, it's us the people who don't take time to find them.

Tracking My Adsense Revenue: $1.23 A Click

The other day I was so surprised to see that one of the clicks in the adsense ads in my Funny Photography blog amounted to $1.23 a click. I could imagine myself getting at least 10 clicks multiplied into $1.23, I could make a lot of money in a day from adsense alone.

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The earnings indicated in the image was not my overall earnings for that day. I tracked the ads found in my blog that day and one of the ads was linked to new york times and something about film making. I speculate these are high paying ads. But i'm still observing and I can't conclude with finality. Right now my photography blog gets at least 30 visitors a day. Not so impressive but am content for now. It's making money for me at least..

Help In Hotel Reservations

Going on Vacations is one of my favorite ideas, whether it be for pure fun or for business. I just love going out and be in different places. But it could be troublesome to think, plan and prepare for a travel. You need to find the right destination to visit and the right place to stay. Take a look at what I found – a website which will do the planning and booking of your trip- HotelReservations.com. This site has been in the business of providing great reasonable prices for trips for over 6 years. Experience wise, this site has it. Hotel Reservations offers more than 70,000 properties worldwide.

The best part about this site is the ability to check destination places and find available hotels for you and your family. There is actually a search box where you can search for places and hotels. In the search box you will be asked if you have children so that you can find the best hotel or stay area that will suit your family and make your stay more enjoyable.

The site also offers discounts and special promos say getting a $100 rebate on hotel booking, and gas for your car. You can actually save money from these. Problems, concerns are easily dealt with in the 24 hour customer care. Just in case some things need to be sorted out. There are a lot of things the site offers. Go head over to the site and discover what I mean.

This post is brought to you by our friends at Hotel Reservations dot com.

Pay-ads Proof of Payment

This is a follow up of my post about Make Money With Pay-ads. (Just click the link to read the whole post).

I got paid by Pay-ads once more. All in all I have already earned $35 from Pay-ads. The first payments where sent to my e-gold account as there was no paypal back then. Just recently I received almost $2 from the site. See image below.

The money I made from this site went down because I totally forgot to put the banner in my blogs. In fact you don't see the banner in this blog. Anyways, Pay-ads pays per impression. If you have a good traffic you should consider pay-ads.

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Visit the Pay-ads site here.

If you notice I am starting to make money even from not so popular money making programs or earning sites. And that just makes me happy.

UPDATE: My blog got malware on them and google placed this warning "This site may be harmful to your computer!" The culprit: Pay-ads! When I removed pay-ads code my blog was cleaned again. My friend who was using pay-ads also experienced the same problem but after removing pay-ads code her blog was free of malware again. So I discourage anyone now from using pay-ads!

Get Paid Tonight Paid Me

Remember my post about Get Paid Tonight? Here's the link. So anyway, Get Paid Tonight paid me! How much? Well, only $.12 but the thing is it really pays. The money was sent straight to my Paypal Account. See the proof of payment below.

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Get Paid Tonight pays you on a nightly basis for completing paid to sign up offers, clicking ads and for reading mails. I did not complete any offer. I just signed up and I got 1 referral who made money and that's where my $.12 came from. Now I'll complete one paid to sign up offer and see how much money I will be making tonight. It's open to all users worldwide. It's like treasuretrooper and Cashcrate only that you get your money every night. Click the banner below to visit the site and start making money even cents. Good luck!

Mylot Paid Me Yesterday

I checked my Paypal Account today and was surprised to receive another mylot payment. I don't post to mylot anymore. Whatever money I have earned this past month from the site came from a few referrals I have. The money is not big but it's still money. You can check the image below for proof of payment.

Payment Received last December 14, 2007

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MYLOT pays its members for every post, every discussion and responses they make. Members also earn by uploading photos or images. Membership is free and payment is through paypal or moneybookers. Anyone, even teens can make money from mylot simply by posting and participating in discussions. You get paid cents per post or response. Not really a fast money maker but if you love group discussions and interacting with people, MYLOT is the place. The cash you make is just the bonus part. Visit MYLOT.

Polka Dot Beddings

When polka dot was first introduced in dresses, bags and even shoes it became a hit. If you still recall your grandma wearing a polka dot dress, and oh did I forget polka dot undies. Hahaha! Polka dot designs are not anymore associated with the older age group as fashion and style transcends generation. Nowadays you see designer dresses, bags and shoes with polka dot prints, (they can cause you lots of money) even home accessories, bedding accessories in polka dot designs. Polka dot prints look good on beddings and pillow cases as well. You can find samples of polka dot designed beddings at Bedding Vision. You can also turn your own polka dot images or pictures into personalized polka dot bedding! This Christmas season these are perfect gifts. Check the site and see what I mean. Polka dots on your beddings look chic, stylish, and fun. There are also Race Car Bedding if you may so desire. This type of design is appealing to males and sports enthusiasts.

Sample Polka Dot Bedding.

My "Sex Related Diseases" Blog Is Making Money For Me

My blog about Sexually Related Diseases which was started last October 2007 is now making money for me. The blog gets at least 60 visitors a day coming from search engines, at times almost 90 visitors. Mind you, the blog has 1 outbound link and very few inbound links and up to now it still puzzles me how I get that number of visitors considering I never promote that blog, made no directory submissions whatsoever. Most of the keyword searched by people who were led to my blog are "genital warts", "herpes", "gonorrhea". I get target traffic to this blog and as a result I get higher pay per click on the ads found. I now earn more with this blog in addition. I now think of promoting the site so that I can get over 100 visitors a day. Maybe a template change will even boost my earnings.

Waiting for the EXPUSE Number

Today I went to Union Bank to deposit money to my Eon Card. I use Eon Card for my Paypal account. My Eon Card was activated last tuesday. I tried to add it to my Paypal account but I received the message that my card was denied by the bank that issued it. I later on found out that for your Eon card to be added to your Paypal account you must have a transaction history. In response to that I deposited 200 pesos to my Eon Card today. Just minutes after the deposit, I accessed my Eon Card account balance online to verify if the deposit is indicated in my balance, and it was indicated. I then added my Eon Card to my Paypal account and Paypal approved the card. But there is a problem, however and that is the Expanded Use Number.

For me to use Paypal with full functionality, that is I can deposit and Withdraw, I need the 4 digit Expanded Use Number from Union Bank. Without that number its impossible to transfer paypal funds to my Eon Card. I tried to call the Union Bank Customer Service using the Toll Free hotline but I can't get through. I think the line is inexistent already. But I sent a mail to Union Bank using my Cyber Account requesting for the Expanded Number. I hope to get a response by tomorrow.

I'm so excited to get all the money I have earned online, which is currently stuck in my Paypal account. So please Union Bank give me my Expanded Use Number ASAP!

One of America’s Top 10 Islands

My Uncle and his family lives in Florida. They have not told me much about the State itself but I’m fully convinced that it’s one of the best American States to visit, not only because the climate is almost similar in the Philippines but also because of the wonderful scenery and tourist attractions particularly the beaches and islands in this Sunshine State. If only I have enough money, I’ll fly now to Florida.

Anyway, I know one particular Island in Florida that was voted as one of America’s Top 10 Islands- the Amelia Island. I first heard about this Island from a friend in Florida. He talked about this Island, narrating his fun, delights and thrills spending some memorable moments with nature. It is definitely relaxing to stay in an Island like Amelia’s Island where according my friend you see live oaks hugging the white sand beaches. There are other attractions in this great Island, such as the golf course and great restaurants offering fine cuisine.

Well, everyone needs a break from the hustle and bustle of city life and bond with nature. Amelia’s Island is a perfect destination. You will be thrilled by its splendor. The Amelia Island has Lodging Special promo going on. If you book two nights, you get the 3^rd night free at any of their participating Hotels and Bed and Breakfasts. That will definitely save you money. So if you want to experience nature at its most exquisite head over to Amelia’s Island.

Pay Per Play Net Audio Ads- The New Way To Monetize

There's been a new buzz in the blogosphere about getting paid to play a 5 second audio in your website. Yes audio ads, not photos, not text ads. PPP is a new way for advertisers to serve a 5 second audio advertisement to any website. For a sample audio ad click here. Okay, here's how you do it. You put a snippet in your website, everytime someone views the page where the code is located, you get paid. So every time the audio is played you make money. The audio is context related. So audio ads will play depending on your website's content. By the way, the code is available but no ads will display until the 1st of February.

NetAudioAds PPP is not new, it has been running for 2 ½ years, has over 66,000 advertisers and over 550,000 websites that serve PPP ads to their visitors.

The 550,000+ websites that currently serve these ads are responsible for 43 million streams (impressions) of advertisers' 5 second audio ads on a monthly basis.

QUESTION: What is the compensation structure for this program?

ANSWER:

• 25% of what the advertiser spends on PPP ads you serve on your own website(s).

• 5% of what the advertiser spends on PPP ads played on the website(s) of those you refer.

• 5% of what the advertiser spends on PPP ads played on the website(s) that your direct referrals bring on board.

Any website, new, old, with no traffic or huge traffic can join Pay Per Play, regardless of Page Rank or Alexa Rank. PPP audio commercial ads can co- exist with your google Adsense ads so set aside any worries of Adsense Policy Violation.

Few questions still linger in my mind, like will the ads slow down the loading of my site, because that was an impediment in the widgetbucks code implementation. I hope not. Will my visitors get annoyed hearing the audio ads everytime they visit my site? In the same vein that I get irritated seeing so intrusive ads? I mean the audio ads play automatically, not giving the site visitors the option to play it or not play it. Well, i'll have to look on this one and see the reactions from my visitors.

So, I have questions but nonetheless I still signed up. Why not? I can withdraw anytime and stop displaying the audio ads in my websites. I have a celebrity blog which gets lots of traffic and I think audio ads in this blog will bring in more money.

I urge you to sign up to this program. Give it a try, the benefit of the doubt. The Free Registration takes less than 3 minutes. If it turns out you are not making profit from this new program then you can back out anytime. Join now and once you've tried it for a week or so decide whether to push through with the program or not. Go to the SIGN UP page. Good luck!

Quick Money

When my parents learned that I am making money online, they were a bit skeptical but amazed. They don’t want me to work at the same time study, because they want me to focus on one goal and that is finish my second course. It took a little time of explaining and I told them I earn from blogging, not really an easy task at the beginning but it gets easier along the way. My sister asked if blogging meant quick money and I told her it’s not. Quick money for me has got something to do with cash from winning in a lottery or perhaps applying for a quick loan at Oasis Payday Loans. Getting loans online is the easiest way to get money and not blogging. (I could hear my best friend laughing at my back about this.)For instance you apply at Oasis Payday Loan you get your money fast, easy and deposited directly into your account. Well, am not really the type of person who is fond of getting loans online, but I must admit they are really of help in times of money difficulties.

Get Paid Tonight

Just moments ago I joined Get Paid Tonight. I learned of this money making site from a fellow blogger. To thank him for letting me know of this earning site I joined under his referral. What I so love about Get Paid Tonight is the fact that they pay you almost instantly, that is every single night. That means that if you hate the waiting associated with weekly or monthly payments, like I do, then Get Paid Tonight might be just what you need.

So what is Get Paid Tonight?
It's one of those GPT sites. You are paid to sign up for offers, complete offers, click ads, and visit advertisers websites. For example you complete a free trial offer you could be paid $50 instantly. Get Paid Tonight welcomes international users. Members will be paid via different types of e-payment like e-gold, PayPal, NetPay or StormPay. And the payment is scheduled on a nightly basis. Your earned money gets to you really fast. So if you wish to make more money online I suggest you include Get Paid Tonight in your money makers now. Teens, even high school students can join this site and start making money. I'll keep you posted of my progress in this program.

Funny Photography

I'm proud to announce my new blog "Funny Photography". I am so amused with funny photos of children, people and animals so I thought of starting a new blog based on that concept. Google has indexed 90 percent of the pages already but my visitors haven't reached even 10. I started it yesterday, and that explains. Lol..

There's a huge doubt whether I can make money from that blog. There's a tough competition for that keyword and there's not that much searches lately for keywords "funny pictures", "funny pics", 'funny photos", or "funny photography". But nonetheless I put some ads. Who knows what started out as a hobby- collection of funny photos, will become my best money maker in the near future. Now, am dreaming! hahahah!

Seriously, if you happen to visit this blog, I REQUEST you to support my new blog. Just a quick visit, I'm sure you'll enjoy the posts. Your comments are highly anticipated and appreciated as well. Thanks..:)

WidgetBucks Is Starting To Distribute October Earnings

This is the buzz in the Widgetbucks blog

"WidgetBucks is now distributing October earnings to publishers -- nearly 10 days ahead of schedule. The initial wave of PayPal payments was sent yesterday, while the remainder go out over the next couple of days. Checks are being processed and mailed early this week as well, including those sent to international publishers. Given large holiday snail-mail volumes, please allow for additional time for checks to arrive, especially those sent outside the U.S. Note that only those publishers who earned $50USD or more (including the $25 sign-up bonus) during October will receive payments. Considered the fastest growing ad network on the Internet today, WidgetBucks has served three-quarters of a billion ad impressions in just its first two months."

Good news for those very FEW who have reached the minimum payout! I have over $60 in this money making program but this past month I have not been promoting the site or placing their ads on my blogs because of their changed policy regarding clicks outside Canada or US not being paid. However, Widgetbucks is to be implementing or serving CPM (cost-per-thousand impressions) ads within its widgets so publishers can monetize their international traffic. I am looking forward to this new development and hopefully make more money from Widgetbucks.

Help in Caring For Your Loved Ones

Seeing Elderly people reminds me that But someday I’ll be one of them, old, sick and useless. That s*cks! But that’s how we will all be. Not even scientist can reverse the aging process. But what startles me most is the idea of being alone, your children not supporting you and caring for you. I hope not. It’s ungrateful for children to do that to their parents.

When I grow old, more than the money that my children can give to support me, I want them to take care of me. I don’t want to be left alone in a nursing care home. My children can go hands on preparing my food, my medicines, etc. There are guides to doing all of these as that provided at Bettercaring where there are care options, care news, expert care tips that anyone can use to take care of the elderly.

Sucessfully Received My Adsense Payment Through Western Union

Finally I got my adsense payment. All the hard efforts to make money online have been rewarded!

Last November 28 I received my first Adsense Payment which is over $200. Google sent my payment through Western Union last November 26 but I learned of it in the 28th day already. I could have claimed the money on the 27th had I known of the payment earlier.

In claiming my adsense money from Western Union all I did was to fill up the Western Union form for receiving money. The data required in filling up the form included the MTCN, the amount involved/to be received and the name and address of sender. I also presented two valid IDs. That was basically it. After a few minutes I already received my adsense earnings. By the way, I received the money in dollars and afterwards converted it to peso at western union still. Compared to receiving checks, the Western Union option is the best, fast, easy and secure.

Crazy, Funny Jokes

Allow me to divert from talking about money making.

I found some jokes and i want to share them with you.



Joke 1.

This wife is too jealous

There was once a wife so jealous that when her husband came home one night and she couldn't find hairs on his jackets she yelled at him, "Great, so now you're cheating on me with a bald woman!"

The next night, when she didn't smell any perfume, she yelled again by saying, "She's not only bald, but she's too cheap to buy any perfume!"

Joke 2.

The tradition at weddings

A little boy, at a wedding looks at his mom and says, "Mommy, why does the girl wear white?"

His mom replies, "The bride is in white because she's happy and this is the happiest day of her life."

The boy thinks about this, and then says, "Well then, why is the boy wearing black?"

Joke 3.
Kids at the Wedding

At a friend's wedding, everything went smoothly until it was time for the flower girl and her young escort to come down the aisle.

The boy stopped at every pew, growling at the guests. When asked afterward why he behaved so badly, he explained, "I was just trying to be a good ring bear.

Joke 4.
Why didn't the sailors play cards?
- Because the captain was sitting on the deck.


Joke5.
Two prostitutes, after Christmas holidays:
- What did you ask Santa Claus to give you?
- Hundred dollars, as usual.

Teen Earns Millions Via MySpace

Ashley Qualls a 17 year old teenager, started making MySpace templates for her friends and later on started and developed her own site, Whateverlife.com. What started out as a simple website of a teenager is now a multi-million dollar business. She now makes templates for free for My Space, Facebook and Xanga.

Ashley Qualls first Adsense check was $2,790. She gives her templates for free and relies mainly of advertisements to make money. Her website has only been up for about a year and a half.

Turnig down a $1.5 Million USD offer including a car of a her for the website Ashley stressed, she wanted to see how far she can get with it. Ashley is now a drop out, quit school, bought a house and has helped launch artists such as Lily Allen.

Stats reveal that Whateverlife.com attracts

• more than 7 million individuals,
• 60 million page views a month
• and over 250 thousand hits a day.

Ingenuity is ageless and success befall to both the young, the old, a graduate and even to a high school teen drop out.