And adjust those figures to today's payout CPC and eCPM... he would now be making a very small percentage of what he used to make.
Dont forget that it might of been a loss for him many many people generate reveue but they are still in the red. Ive read of people spending $400 on adwords to make $50 on amazon. Showing a cheque means only that, showing a cheque. Put it this way, if i get someone to take a few photos of me tonight posing with some white powder in packages, does that make me a cocaine dealer? the next pablo escobar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Escobar ? Nope it makes me a weirdo fantasist trying to bring attention to myself, lol I have a tip for anyone looking to make money and needing advice on how to do that. Look for professional help for that, for example your local business startup advice, go speak to the people at the bank who you are with, you are not going to be rich following internet celebs. They are getting rich off of you though. Im still amazed that in the fast paced world of online business that people look backwards, why? Your missing the present and future opportunities.
for that check, back in 2005(?) i believe he purchased most of his traffic from AdWords.. He also had/has a pretty popular site about cellphones (or something) that i think was getting a lot of organic traffic.
I think this picture should be a sticky here in DP, seeing that it keeps getting recycled, even though that is like.......ages ago. Should be a wallpaper on every Adsense wannabe tycoon's computer, haha! Seriously, that is so OLD.
You can see his new pics here: http://www.shoemoney.com/gallery/v/misc/ (some of us other big-earners have pics in there too ) He is/was a moderator here at DP so maybe he'll stop by and answer everyone's questions (although, i would not hold my breath)