Frind made just $5 in his first month, but by the end of the year, he was making more than $3,300 a month, largely by selling ads to paid dating sites that were interested in getting his unpaid members to trade up
From , his site expanded from 40 members to 10,000. Frind used his home computer as a Web server — an unusual but cost-effective choice — and spent his time trying to game Google with the tricks he picked up on the forums. In July, Google introduced a free tool called AdSense, which allowed small companies to automatically sell advertisements and display them on their websites. Continue reading “Frind knew little about search-engine optimization or online advertising, but he was a quick study”
