Google Adsense Payments Delayed

I may not be the only one but my Google Adsense earnings for July was not sent by Google to me. It took a long time for my july 2010 earnings to be processed and be visible on my Google Adsense dascboard earnings history

I usually hold my payments every six months to coincide with my renewal of dollar time deposit where all my Adsense earnings go (for my retirement fund or foreign travel expenses)

My PS dollar time deposit's due on August 3 so I release the hold on my account before June 15.

Problem's that probably due to Google's too busy it was already August when they posted my earnings for July and also did not release my payment earnings.

Anyway, will just wait for next payment release cycle here.

Western Union Quick Cash Remittance Procedure

After two years, I finally monetized my Adsense earnings for my pathetic blogs. Income from Adsense that I set to receive via Western Union. It's not much since I only have a respectable daily income recently when I optimized my blog.

I went to Western Union on Paseo de Roxas, Makati to get it at around 6pm (they're open up to 7pm). The procedure's simple, I just filled-out a form, provided my drivers license (they require government issued ID), and details of the remittance:

MTCN: Money Transfer Control Number (provided by the sender i.e. Google)
Address of Sender
amount of remittance

they asked me if I wanted it in peso of dollar. It's a good thing that they buy dollars at P42 per $1 when the dollar exchange rate is P42.38 so it's a good deal, not a greedy Western Union agent.

I'm looking forward to more earnings for my blog to subsidize my expensive hobby i.e travel and photography :P

Receive Adsense Payments via Western Union in the Philippines

To all Philippine-based individuals using Adsense, you may now receive Adsense payments at any Western Union agent. To activate, just follow the following procedure:

1. Sign in to your account at www.google.com/adsense.
2. Visit the My Account tab.
3. Click the 'edit' link adjacent to the 'Payment Details' header.
4. Select the Western Union Quick Cash radio button.
5. Click 'Continue'.
6. Click 'Save Changes' to save your payment type.

Details of the news provided by the Adsense Team below:

We're excited to tell you that we're offering a new payment method for some countries. If you're located in Argentina, Chile, China (Mainland), Colombia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, or Romania, you can now sign up for Western Union Quick Cash, a new form of payment that lets you receive your AdSense payments in cash using the worldwide Western Union money transfer service. Payments will be available for pickup at your local Western Union agent the day after they are issued, according to our normal payment schedule.

It's free to receive your AdSense payments by Western Union; you'll no longer need to wait for a check to arrive in the mail. this choice can also cut down on bank fees and long clearing times associated with depositing checks.

Before you sign up, please keep these important points in mind:

* As mentioned above, Western Union Quick Cash is only available in Argentina, Chile, China (Mainland), Colombia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, and Romania. We'll be sure to let you know if we're able to offer new payment options to additional publishers.

* This payment method is currently only available to individual payee names; we can't offer it to businesses.

* You'll need to bring your government-issued ID to pick up your payment, so please make sure that your AdSense account payee name exactly matches that of your ID. Please contact us if you need to update the payee name in your account.

* Payments must be picked up within 35 days of issuance or they will expire. If this happens, a payment hold will be placed on your AdSense account and the payment will be credited back to your account.

* Payments will be made in US dollars, but depending on your local Western Union agent, they may be picked up in your local currency.