Like what I had in mind, the blog advertising network Matched.co.uk finally closed. I had this weird feeling that Matched will not materialize in the long run. This is because there are very few advertisers in the network and its offers to publishers are not very appealing (at least in my view). Add to that the fact that I did not make any money with the network. lol!
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This morning, I was a bit shocked to find out that Smorty is showing some signs of life. I opened my email from the administrator indicating that an opportunity is available in my dashboard. I logged on to the network and found out that there was nothing (as usual).
Sponsoredreviews.com (SR) is a blog advertising network where I am a member of (among many other networks, lol!). Just a while ago, I logged on to my dashboard after more than a week. I was a bit disoriented because SR has adapted a new bidding system once more. This time, there is no minimum bid. You can only see the maximum bid for each opp and this gives advertisers a slight advantage because most bloggers will be forced to place lower bids in their hopes to get some review opportunities.
Today, I received my second direct offer from PPP. I received it via Yahoo Email Alert. The first PPP direct offer came exactly one month ago. The requirements of the offer are not difficult to follow. Minimum of 100 words, one link, neutral tone = 9 bucks is not a bad deal for a low-profile blogger like myself.
Yesterday, I received an offer in my PPP direct offer in my dashboard. The PPP direct is very similar to the regular PPP review job except that you, the blogger, doesn’t have to run after opps or wait for its availability. Many posties know this already but in my almost-a-year membership of PPP, this is the first time I’ve received an offer via PPP direct. Other friends in my small blog network have received at least one offer during their first six months of doing internet marketing with PPP. As of this writing, some of them have already received 5-6 offers.
I have removed Chitika codes in my 6 sites two weeks ago. If you have been visiting this site and reading some articles, you’ll know that I only serve Google Adsense ads and Widgetbucks. Also, I’ve long given up on Smorty to make money online. 
Blog advertising makes money but sometimes, money earned is also dependent on the payouts of networks you are a member of.
After blogging for almost a year and having been involved in the blog advertising business for 3 months (yes, I have been active in blog advertising for 3 months only), there are some things I have realized in paid blogging.
First, making money online is not easy. Many new bloggers expect that making money online is easy because of the success stories of their new-found affiliations with other bloggers who allegedly have made serious cash in blogging for a couple of months. While some are true, most of the stories out there are nothing but publicity stunts or plain and simple crap.
Before I have learned to make money online, I was so curious why so many bloggers and webmasters boast of their income (in thousands of dollars). My curiosity led me to explore the world of blog advertising. Initially, this was not my concern as a newbie blogger. All I wanted to do was post research articles about Nursing, education and computer science. That’s it, I said to myself.
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