Bye-bye, Nuffnang!

James Ryan Jonas

Can't make money online with NuffnangAfter almost 3 months of displaying the I serve Nuffnang ads banner on our blog’s right sidebar, I am now removing it because not even one ad appeared there and not a single cent was earned during the last 3 months.

I know, some bloggers are earning from Nuffnang. It looks, though, like there are specific niches that appeal more to Nuffnang advertisers and our blog’s niche is not one of those.

This I discovered because even in Nuffnang’s Asia Pacific Blog Awards, only a few blog niches will be recognized which goes to show these niches are the prized niches.

What are these? They are the Shopping, Food, Fashion, Parenting, Travel, Celebrity, and Entertainment blogs.

Blogs that deal with gadgets, technology, cars, and I assume business and finance, are lumped together in a category interestingly termed “Geek Blogs.”

This is strikingly in contrast with the “uber-flowing” number of categories in the Philippine Blog Awards.

Question to Nuffnang publishers: Are you earning a lot from it? How’s the Nuffnang experience?

As for me, it’s bye-bye Nuffnang time already.

James Ryan Jonas teaches business management, investments, and entrepreneurship at the University of the Philippines (UP). He is also the Executive Director of UP Provident Fund Inc., managing and investing P3.2 Billion ($56.4 Million) worth of retirement funds on behalf of thousands of UP employees.