So last month I decided I’d give AdSense a try. I’m averaging about 20k pageviews a month now and my hosting costs have risen quite a bit lately. If this website could pay for itself in an unobtrusive manner then that would be just great.

Below are the figures for the month. Unfortunately Google’s terms and conditions prohibit posting any information about the percentage of clicks from visitors or the price for views, but suffice to say I’m considerably below the quoted “average” I’ve heard of 2-7%.

While I won’t be retiring on these earnings any time soon, they do cover my monthly hosting costs which is good enough It’s scary to think about just how much these numbers would need to be ramped up to make a viable living from blogging though…