We’re donating yesterday’s Google Adsense revenue to charity, you should too

Were donating yesterdays Google Adsense revenue to charity, you should too

Yesterday, for those of you who don’t follow us on Twitter, was the single best traffic day on the website. We’ve broken our previous record two days in a row, but yesterday’s numbers were a bit of a fluke.

Earlier in the day, I wrote up a story about the NHK television application being on the App Store so that people could keep up with the news coming out of Japan. It was largely based around a TUAW article, and I felt inspired to post it as well.

One thing led to another and we found ourselves in the number one spot for ‘NHK Japan’ on Google News. Traffic began pouring in and really putting the boots to our server in the process. You may have noticed the server slowing to a crawl at times throughout the day.

But as the day went on, it became increasingly difficult to watch the our Google Ad revenue climb because of our fortunate position on Google News, and all because of our article about a disaster.

Late last night I decided that all of our revenue from Google Ads yesterday was going to be donated to charity. The amount doesn’t matter—every little bit helps.

You can do it too

So here’s our call to action. If you run a website that’s largely based on advertising, why not donate one day’s revenue to the Japanese cause? What’s one day in the grand scheme of things?

I’ve forwarded the money on to the Canadian Red Cross, but the charity doesn’t matter. Just get what you can into the hands of those who can help. We couldn’t sit idly by and do nothing, and we hope that you won’t either.

Every penny helps.

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About Joshua Schnell

Man, Myth, and Legend, Joshua is the Editor-In-Chief, and founder of Macgasm. He produces two podcasts, Macgasm TV, and The AppOrchard, and can be heard on CBC Radio once every couple of years.

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I dont know how to donate it..

I also decided to donate my one day earning of Google Adsense to Japan, i am youtube partner please share my this video among your friend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKiTsktLqS0 (Help Japan Just in 2 Minutes)

I also decided to donate my one day earning of Google Adsense to Japan, please share my this video among your friend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKiTsktLqS0 (Help Japan Just in 2 Minutes)

FORCE JAPON
FORCE JAPON
FORCE JAPON
FORCE JAPON

You can donate your google earnings directly to the Japanese Redcross, In a while google gonna update an option to pay directly through your adsense account. Please donate!

only one day? because not sure how much you earn per day, small bloggers like me getting very little amount per day. I'm planning one month revenue (mv3499@gmail.com)

muy acertado la iniciativa .estoy de acuerdo .

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