Monetize Your Web Site with Google AdSense

Monetize Your Web Site with Google AdSense

© Herman Drost

Why would you want to earn a few cents or dollars per click

from displaying Google AdSense ads on your web site? Can

you really make good money from this source of revenue?

Well, multiply those clicks for every page on your web site

and you will build a monthly residual income with very

little effort.

What is Google AdSense?

Here is an excerpt taken from Google's FAQ:

"Google AdSense is a fast and easy way for website

publishers of all sizes to display relevant, text-based,

unobtrusive Google AdWords™ ads on their website's content

pages and earn money. Because the ads are related to what

your users are looking for on your site, you'll finally

have a way to both monetize and enhance your content

pages".

How much you earn per click depends on how much the

advertisers are willing to pay. If the keywords the

advertiser has chosen are in high demand you could receive

several dollars per click. Alternatively low demand

keywords will yield a few cents per click.

How does Google AdSense work?

1. Sign up for a new Google Adsense account.

It only takes a few minutes.

2. Once your site has been accepted (usually within one

day) you will receive a snippet of code to include on your

web pages. You can insert this code on as many pages or web

sites as you like. Google AdWords will start appearing

almost immediately.

3. You earn a few cents or a few dollars per click when

someone clicks on the Google AdWords displayed on any of

your web pages. Don't create revenue falsely by

repetitively clicking on your ads. This will result in

Google penalizing or possibly eliminating your site. You

may also lose the money you already earned.

4. Viewing your stats - you can check your AdSense earnings

anytime by logging into your web-based account. Here is

what you will see:

Impressions - how many times Google AdSense ads have been

displayed on your Web page.

Clicks - the number of times an ad is clicked.

Clickthrough rate - the percentage of times an ad is clicked,

out of the total number of impressions.

Your earnings - how much you have earned from Google so

far.

5. Google will send you a check every 30 days when you earn

$100.00 or more. You will also receive payment at the end

of the year, regardless of your account balance.

Who is Google AdSense for?

Content-based web sites - google advertisers want their ads

on web pages that contain highly targeted keywords. This

enables the Google search engine to easily spider the site,

plus engage the visitor in the web page content. This

better prepares the visitors mind to then click on the

Google AdWords ad.

Theme-based web sites - create a web site that focuses on

highly targeted keywords. These should be keywords that are

often searched for (high demand) but don't have too many

competing web sites (low supply). For more information on

this read topic read my article

"How to begin to make money online"

How to increase your AdSense earnings

1. Choose one topic per page - write content for your topic

with a few targeted keyword phrases. Google will then serve

ads that are more relevant resulting in higher

clickthroughs.

2. Use white space around your ad - this will make your ad

stand out from the rest of your page so visitors can easily

view it. Google also provides different colors for your ad

so it will harmonize with the web page color.

3. Test out your ad placement - Google recommends using the

vertical skyscraper format that runs down the side of your

page for optimum results. Try testing both horizontal and

vertical formats over a period of time to see which format

gives you the best results.

4. Create more content-based pages - expand the theme of

your web site by creating pages that focus on your keyword

phrases. Optimize those pages for the search engines. This

will not only attract traffic to those pages but make them

more relevant for Google AdWords to be displayed.

5. Site Built It - the perfect tool for creating lots of Adsense Revenue.

Site Built It provides all the tools necessary to quickly create

keyword-rich web sites that rank high in the search

engines. This will produce a flood of traffic to your site

of highly targeted visitors.

My Personal Experience - "Since I added Google AdSense ads

to the article pages on my web site last month

(http://www.isitebuild.com), I have earned a nice residual

income. Since this extra revenue was unexpected, I am

grateful that I took the time to implement the Google

AdSense program".

Conclusion - give Google AdSense a try by writing

keyword-focused pages based upon the interests you are

passionate about. You will not only enjoy writing about

them, but earn some extra cash as well.

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