Pathik Shah

What is Mesothelioma?

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos particles. It causes malignant cells to develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body’s internal organs. Companies are liable to pay their employees a fair amount compensation if the workers are exposed to asbestos. Many lawsuits pertaining to Mesothelioma are filed every year around the world.

Mesothelioma, Asbestos and Adsense

Google Adsense is the biggest online advertising network in the world. It offers context sensitive advertising in which ads are published across the publisher network based on the content and certain keywords.

Mesothelioma has been the highest paying keyword since around 2005. It’s rumored that the CPC (cost per click) on Mesothelioma based keywords like mesothelioma, mesothelioma asbestos, mesothelioma lawyers, peritoneal mesothelioma, mesothelioma attorney ranges anywhere between $90 to $40. This is the amount paid to the publisher each time anyone clicks on any mesothelioma related ad. To compare this with other keywords, an average keyword pays you only about $0.06 – $0.20 per click.

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As most of you may already know, starting this month, Google has started sending Google Adsense Payment Checks to Indian publishers using the Bluedart Courier service, at no extra charge, instead of normal post or DHL.

The checks now arrive faster than earlier, in about 40 days from the month when your earnings reach $100.

To track the status of your check, you can use the Bluedart tracking number provided by Google once they issue the checks – normally 25 days after the earnings reach $100.

Get your Tracking Number

- Log in to your Google Adsense account.
- Go to the My Account tab > Payment History
- Click on the Payment Issued – Details link (in the month after your earnings reach $100.)
- Get the Tracking number alongwith the name of the Courier service used to dispatch the check. (In this case, Bluedart).

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Today, I received my first Google Adsense Check via Bluedart. The earnings are for the ads published on PathikShah.Com from December 2008 – March 2009. It isn’t much, but does make ends meet.

When I first started this blog, it was mainly because of 3 reasons -

1. I wanted to be the top search result when anyone googled my name
2. Everyone I knew had a blog
3. I was bored

Unlike most other bloggers, I wasn’t trying to satisfy my creative urge to write, nor did I want to make the world a better place by writing the best tech blog around. . I was just plain bored (I still am), and wanted to do something to keep me occupied (which this blog failed at).

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So my blog has been up since about 2 months now, and the response have been pretty good. I have made it quite big and am earning loads of cash now mainly through Adsense and some other Ad programs.

These are my Adsense earnings for the month of December 2008.

Not bad, huh?

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