You are going to learn how to never get slapped by Google, and how to always demolish your competition with higher placement and lower click prices. Seriously...we're not kidding here. Get it now!
I think my PPC earnings are the same (this time last year they were made just of Adsense, but now I'm referring to combined earnings of Adsense+HP ad program).
However my Amazon product sales are way down - November last year saw over $75 in commission from Amazon, while this month so far I'll be lucky to make $20 unless something changes!
(Please note that this is not my main account - I have several. ).
The subdomain change by Hubpages in July caused a big influx of traffic for some and a big Google slap for others. The site is still very topsy turvy from a range of things including Panda in February, the changes the site made to the rules in the following 3 months and then the big subdomain change in July.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.