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by ivanyv 4342 days ago
An AdSense site that's been running since '04:

   +-----------+--------+
   | Year      |      $ |
   +-----------+--------+
   | 2004      |    343 | (I was 24)
   | 2005      |    440 |
   | 2006      |  2,800 |
   | 2007      |  8,900 |
   | 2008      | 11,400 |
   | 2009      | 12,500 |
   | 2010      | 12,400 |
   | 2011      | 18,000 |
   | 2012      | 21,600 |
   | 2013*     | 34,000 |
   | 2014*     | 19,800 | (probably about $39k by year's end, more like $50k if I can help it)
   +-----------+--------+
* These are approximate as Google started paying in my country's currency.

I've made redesigns and adjustments over time, but it's been mostly passive, specially the past three years or so as I haven't touched it at all.

Don't ask me the URL, it's fugly and I'm embarrassed (though you can probably find it). Over the past few months I've been actually working on the side building a platform to help me launch other similar projects in a more useful, less ugly fashion. Too much to do, too little time. Stupid wasted youth :D

I never done a calculation like this before, and I didn't realize it's its 10th year anniversary! How cool is that. I would live like a king at 24 with my current cashflow.