In 2009, I earned $10,390 from travel blogging: $7,251 – Direct banner/text link sales $910 – Linkworth $840 – TextLinkAds.com $785 – Freelance work $362 – Google AdSense $19 – Miscellaneous affiliate sales $13 – Amazon.com As you can tell, selling advertising directly is by far the biggest way that I’ve monetized my travel blogs. [...]
Continue reading about Web Earnings for 2009 (Year End Total)
Happy New Year! After my record-setting month of November 2009, I expected to see a dip in December. Plus, with the holidays and people traveling, I knew the traffic to Go Backpacking would dip. In December 2009, I earned a total of $568: $520 – direct banner/text links $35 – Linkworth $13.50 – affiliate sale [...]
I am writing this as the final hours wane in November, 2009. Just last month, I set a new record for online earnings, and I knew November had great potential due to a lot of links up for renewal. But I didn’t expect the results to be so awesome. I almost doubled the earnings of [...]

