Google Adsense
AdSense is great, and if you want to learn how to make money , read this article .
But you should know, I actually make more money with affiliate marketing
than AdSense
Here's your complete guide to getting started along with some info on how
to maximize your earnings, why some accounts are disabled and even alternatives
to AdSense.
I'll even recommend what I believe is the best kind of theme to use for
AdSense.
If you want to jump to the various sections, use the table of contents on
the right.
AdSense is a nice way to monetize your traffic, and very easy to implement.
Google.com earns most of its revenue by allowing other website owners to
advertise on their search results pages.
All this is managed through a program they call adwords (pay per
click marketing).
You see these ads displayed above the free/organic results and along the
right side of the page on Google.com.
These are called Sponsored Results, and the advertisers
are paying a certain amount of money per click for these ads.
It's an auction-based system that allows advertisers to compete for those
spots. Whomever has the highest bid and most "quality" ad, gets the
top spot and so forth.
Now you can earn a share of the revenue that Google earns
from AdWords by displaying these same text or image ads on your site. When
someone clicks, you earn roughly 68% of the click and Google gets the rest.
This program is called AdSense.
It's a great program that can help you drive additional income to your
website -- especially if it's mostly content based.
So if you are one of those people that doesn't like the idea of paying for
a site, this is an excellent way to earn your money back and then some.
Please make sure you read this entire article. AdSense is not a
get-rich-quick scheme and it takes a lot of work to make money. Don't think
that just because you join, you are guaranteed to make big money.
The concept is simple. You display ads and get paid when people click and
sometimes just view the ad (usually it's mostly clicks, though.)
How Much Can You Earn With AdSense?
The commission you receive per click depends on how much advertisers are
paying Google for the particular ad. You will earn a share of that
amount. I've heard of earnings anywhere from 2 cents to $15 per click.
Getting over $1 is probably very rare, although it does happen from time to
time. However, you will find that most of your earnings will be on the lower
end of the spectrum.
It's important to note that I cannot estimate how much you will
earn based on your traffic. People always want to know what the average
amount is per click.
No one knows the answer to this except Google, so don't let anyone try to
tell you any different. It would be impossible for myself or any AdSense
publisher to give this information because the ads all cost different prices
and we have no idea what advertisers are paying.
However, there are some niches that obviously pay more. So it is logical to
believe that keyword phrases like sex, make money, etc. may earn
you more per click since these are highly competitive keywords that are
searched for quite a bit on
The more competitive the search term, the more the advertisers pay and the
more you earn as a publisher.
Even though Google will not reveal how much you are earning for each ad
that is clicked from your site, you can still login to your account at any time
and see the total amount of revenue you've generated that day, week, month,
year, etc.
For example, if you see that you've made $12.60 today from 9 clicks then
you can calculate that your average click-thru commission was $1.40 per
click. That's as detailed as their stats will get. Also remember,
that's only an average. You won't know how much each specific ad brought
in.
The amount you'll earn also depends largely on the amount of targeted
traffic you receive to your own site, how well the ads match your audience's
interests, the placement of the ads on your pages, and of course the amount you
receive per click.
Ideally, you should create a site on a topic you know a lot about.
That way you'll have a much easier time creating a generous amount of content
on that subject.