2009 was pretty much a roller coaster year and given the recession, a so-so one for blog earnings. I noticed that not many visitors were buying video games and their related products off of the Play-Asia ads on my blog.

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So while 2008 saw a cool USD 700 dollars in terms of commissions, there was a 60 dollar drop in earnings for 2009. Adsense earnings were steady however, bringing in almost the same amount as 2008, at around USD 220.Nuffnang contributed as well, with slightly over RM 100, which while little (the site doesn’t attract the local crowd), was better than nothing.

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One good news about 2009 was there were no shortage of advertisers approaching Nineoverten.com to advertise their wares, this brought in about USD 150.

The money was well spent though, paying off the PS3 (I bought it on installments) and the hosting fees for Nineoverten.com, buying plenty of games (for the DS and PS3), presents for the girlfriend and financing my year end trip to Krabi. Pretty good example of a self-sufficient blog eh?