Making money from Youtube and Google
So a long time ago, when I first created my airsoft web site “Airsoft Specialists” I put Google Adsense ads on the site hoping to make a little money off it. Since I first did that nearly 2 and a half years ago, the ads have made me a grand total of 82 dollars, which I can’t access because at Google Adsense, they don’t waste time sending you a check until you’ve made 100 dollars or more. I don’t even use the site much any more, since I stopped playing airsoft, but I have an archive of it (linked above) that still generates views for me once in a while.
Now some time ago, Google bought Youtube, and since that time, if your videos met certain requirements, including copyright rules and a popularity requirement, you could link your videos to your Google Adsense account, and they would put ads with your youtube video(s)
For as long as I’ve had my Youtube accounts (I have 3) I’ve never had any videos popular enough to get ads on.
Well this morning, one of my videos on my battlepriest Youtube channel crossed that popularity threshold, and youtube sent me an invitation to ad Google ads to it. The funny thing is, I had no idea this particular video had gotten so many views. It’s not even one that I’m proud of in any way shape or form. It’s just a video of me in my apartment, practicing speed reloads with my Airsoft pistol This is the video:
They still have to review the video. (The invitation is automatic, they will have a person review the video directly to make sure it meets other requirements) The only problem might be the sound coming from the TV in the background. It’s not really recognizable, but if it is, they’ll probably say the video is breaking copyright rules and take it down. Which I don’t care if it is, cause like I said, I’m not proud of it anyway. But if it has the chance to make me some money, why not give it a shot?
So yeah, wish me luck that I can make a few cents a week with my video.
