The Internets Biggest Google Whores

By Steven Finch on Monday, August 27, 2007

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At the end of September last year John Chow released his a list of the Top Google Whores, and this post is going to try to update this list. Any readers who might know of anyone who should be on the list make sure you let me know. Additionally, if you are on the list and need the amount update, please let me know.

  1. Markus Frind: PlentofFish.com - $300,000 per month. Plentyoffish.com receives up to 500 million page views per month and make over $10,000 per day for Markus, who runs the site from home.
  2. Kevin Rose: Digg - $250,000 per month. Do I really need to give Kevin Rose an introduction. Kevin Rose started Digg in December of 2004 with just $1000. Today Digg is one of the biggest news sites on the Net, with over 400,000 members and over 200 million page views per month.
  3. Jeremy Schoemake: ShoeMoney - $140,000 per month. If ever anyone can be considered an Internet marketing superstar, ShoeMoney would be near the top of the list. Jeremy Schoemaker is a search engine marketer who knows how to take advantage of both Google AdSense and AdWords.
  4. Jason Calacanis: Weblogs, Inc. - $120,000 per month. Before Jason Calacanis sold Weblogs to AOL for $25 million, he got the network of blogs making over $4,000 a day from Google Adsense.
  5. David Miles Jr & Kato Leonard: Freeweblayouts.net - $100,000 per month. This was claimed by the Washington Post in an article. Freeweblayouts.net gives away designs that people can use on their Myspace page.
  6. Tim Carter: AskTheBuilder.com - $30,000 per month. Tim Carter is a licensed master plumber and carpenter with his own radio show. He also makes frequent television appearances. He founded AsktheBuilder.com in 1995, The primary focus has been catering to an avid following of fellow builders on the site.
  7. Andrew Leyden: PodcastDirectory.com - $30,000 per month. Andrew receives nearly a million hits a month on his podcast directory.
  8. Shawn Hogan: DigitalPoint.com - $15,000 per month. According to the New York Times back in January 2005 Mr Hogan makes $15,000 per month from Google Adsense by using a very unique revenue sharing model.
  9. Max Goldberg: YTMND.com - $10,000 per month.
  10. Steve Pavlina: StevePavlina.com - $10,000 per month.
  11. Matt Daimler: Seatguru.com - $10,000 per month. Matther Daimler, 28, developed an obsession with finding the most comfortable seats on the long airline flights he took for business.

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