[image from http://www.donaldserrano.com]

In the Philippines, we’ve all heard about student teachers (students who are teaching at the same time…) or student _______ , replace the blank with whatever profession. But have you heard of a student Adsense Guru? Well you have now! This Adsense Guru has already earned a lot through Adsense while still in school! Now how is that for a side profession…

Well this student and Guru at the same time is no other than Donald Serrano aka don_ser. Though he calls himself “the feeling problogger”, do not be fooled by this because he really is a problogger.

Let’s check out how the interview went…

Paolo: So thank you Don for accepting this interview, so how are you doing?
Don: I’m doing fine. Thanks

Paolo: How long have you been blogging?
Don: I don’t know about blogging before. But I started making websites when I was 13. And was encouraged to join adsense when I was 17. Google Adsense declined my application because I was underage at that time, so I decided to use the name of my girlfriend.

Doing HTML and other Web Programming languages manually is so difficult. Thank God I discovered blogging last April 2008.

Paolo: Other than blogging, what do you do? Do you have a full-time job?
Don: I’m just a “tambay” boy. I’m supposed to be a 4th year graduating student but I stopped schooling because I wanted to have a simple life. Hehe.

Paolo: Do you have any plans on taking this online earning venture to the next level (full-time)?
Don: Yup! But I don’t know what to do and where to start.

Paolo: How long did it take for you to earn $100 in Adsense?
Don: 2 months. (http://www.donaldserrano.com/donser/2008/07/my-first-google-check-2/)

(Ok now to the meaty part of the interview)

Paolo: No need to give the exact figures but how many digits of income do you earn from Adsense(dollars/peso)?
Don: 5 digits in Peso every month… But sometimes I only get 4 digits in peso…

Paolo: How many blogs do you have to create that income?
Don: In 2008, I only maintain 1 blog. Now, I have plenty

Paolo: Is the profit shared evenly between the blogs? Or is there a main blog that you get the majority of your income?
Don: I have a main blog

Paolo: For those starting to blog, what niche do you recommend them take?
Don: As what Tyrone of MillionaireActs said, always take the niche that you are passionate with

Paolo: How do you look for a profitable niche?
Don: I just look for blogs with high traffic and find what keywords they are receiving massive traffic, then I copy their keywords, not their content. This is called Hijacking

Paolo: Do you only do pure SEO or do you use PPC as well?
Don: I have no money to pay for PPC, so I only do pure SEO.

Paolo: So how many hours do you allot for SEO per day?
Don: 20 minutes per day is enough. I stop doing SEO when I find my keywords already in the SERPS.

Paolo: When you say you do SEO, what exactly do you do? Or is this a secret =P?
Don: It’s not a secret. SEO for me is linkbuilding. I look for websites or blogs with High PR and I ask them to exchange links with me. That’s my SEO technuiqe

Paolo: How do you optimize for a keyword?
Don: Link Building

Paolo: Do you think content is King?
Don: For me, not really… because all the articles in my blogs are useless and nonsense. I even get so many negative comments everyday because of my poor quaility content.

Paolo: To the newbies (like me), what do you think is the best step we can do to increase our Adsense incomes?
Don: Never click or encourage others to click your ads. Just do SEO everyday, make a post everyday and wait for the earnings to come. Also, Use an Adsense Optimized theme.

Paolo: What mistakes do you often see newbies doing in their Adsense campaigns?
Don: I see a lot of newbies sending spam messages on friendster and facebook offering Free Cellphones, free laptops, etc. And when I get to their blogs, I see text above their adsense ads saying “Click one link below to receive your free cellphone”.

something like this:

“Get your free cellphone exclusive only for friendster members!Share ko sayo yung website na nagpapamigay ng free cellphone sa mga friendster members!This is 100% true kasi nakakuha na din ako and i want to share this blessings to everyone.Just visit the website below to get your free cellphone
http://*******************.com…
Pumili lang ako sa mga kulay green na nakasulat tapos nakakuha na ako”

“Hello mam sir,Im the Marketing secretary of EazySmart cellphone company,may news po kami galing sa company namin.Today magpapamigay po kami ng 8 thousand na cellphone units sa mga friendster members and we just included you to our list!Opo may libre ka na din cellphone galing sa amin!Find out more below”

“HI I AM A BIG ADSENSE EARNER AS YOU CAN SEE IN MY CHECK I EARNED A LOT IN ADSENSE ALREADY SO IF YOU WANT TO EARN LIKE ME ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS VISIT MY SITE: http://*******************…/ AND CLICK AT THE GOOGLE ADS.
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT GOOGLE ADS ARE, THEY ARE THE BLUE WORDS YOU JUST HAVE TO CLICK IT AND YOU WILL EARN TOO, TRY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU DO NOT BELEIVE ME? LOOOK AT THE PICTURE OF MY PROFILE SEE HOW MUCH I EARN! DO NOT BE ENVIOUS BECAUSE YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO MAKE MONEY BY CLICKING THE ADS ON MY SITE. KAYA NATIN TO KAHIT NAGHIHIRAP ANG PILIPINAS!”

I really hate to see newbies doing this kind of illegal technique

Paolo: Who is your Adsense mentor? Do you have one?
Don: A friend of mine, Jehz Laurente.

Paolo: How about Infolinks, how did you come to know about it?
Don: I knew about it from a blogger friend.

Paolo: I often see a lot of newbies get discouraged quite easily when they only see cents in their daily earnings, what message do you have for them?
Don: Just try and try… Don’t mind the earnings. Just do your best to have many visitors on your blog. THe more visitors you have, the more chances of getting clicks. And the more clicks you get, the more chances of higher income. Hehe

Paolo: Would you like to thank anyone for helping you when you were a newbie before?
Don: First, I’m really thankful to God for introducing this online rocket to me.
Second, to Jehzeel Laurente and Marhgil Macuha for answering my questions regarding Blogging and SEO, for sharing Tips and for helping.

Paolo: Any additional tips for anyone wanting to earn an income online?
Don: Hijacking keywords is the easiest way to get high traffic and earnings. hehe.

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