You can make $1 to $K from adsense. It totally depends on you.
Your subject, your aim.
Are you ready for the hard work? Laziness won't bring you a single penny.

Originally Posted by astrojith

One of my best friends, Thilak of Tech-Buzz makes a living out of it. Same goes for Darren Rowse, John Chow, Amit Agarwal etc. But of course Adsense is not their only source because what if Google bans them ? How're they going to make a living ?

The point is, it is possible to make a living from the money you get from Adsense but its not safe to rely on it.

If you follow those Pro bloggers a little closer, you'll see they make very little off of Adsense.

Their main income is from affiliate marketing programs and private ads. John Chow stated recently that his income from Adsense was so low that he was removing them from his site.

I believe Google has shot their self in the foot with this so called "Smart Pricing." People are looking for alternatives to .05 clicks.

In fact, in a recent blog post, I listed 15 alternatives to Google Adsense. Any of those programs can make you as much, if not more, than Adsense.

People are leaving a lot of money on the table by using Adsense only. Webmasters tend to get a little lazy because Adsense is easy to throw up. Then they don't look into the different ways they could monetize their sites.

Don

Originally Posted by Popeye

Webmasters tend to get a little lazy because Adsense is easy to throw up. Then they don't look into the different ways they could monetize their sites.

Actually yes. I have seen such a thing in many of my friends for 2 reason.

1. They tend to be lazy as stated
2. They are afraid they will not be making so much in the current month as Adsense is already giving them and will not be able to take such a risk.