Adsense Money Success

How to Make Money with Adsense on Hubpages

2009-06-02T11:46:00.000-07:00

Adsense is probably the most popular advertising network on the internet. Chances are you have been on a website or blog today that is utilizing Adsense to monetize it's traffic.

That is, trying to make some money from the people who come to their site. Starting a blog or a website with targeted information is one way to get started making money with Adsense, but there is another perhaps easier way to get started. It's called Hubpages. I never like to dissuade people from starting their own blogs because I'm all for it.

I think it's important to completely own your work on the internet. But if you are just getting started out, I think a good place to start (and to practice!!!) making money online with Adsense is Hubpages.

Hubpages is a website where authors can write about whatever their expertise is or pretty much whatever they want to. For instance, if you are a plumber, you could write about plumbing. If you were a bird watcher, you could write about certain types of birds. Well, those are quite obscure references, but my point is you can write about whatever you want to write about.

You can earn money with Adsense on Hubpages. You get 60% of the revenue that your writing earns on the website. You may be thinking, why would I only want 60% when I could have 100% on my own blog. Hubpages is a site that gets a lot of respect from search engines as being a high quality, frequently updated site that produces good user-generated content. In other words, it's a Google cream dream. For this reason, things you write at Hubpages--they're called hubs--rise in the ranks of the search engine results pages much more quickly than they would if you were just going to start your own blog and write.

When you publish your work, you START OFF with a few links already, from the new hubs page and you also get a link from each keyword you choose. Think of it as having a head start--because it still doesn't mean you will make a lot of money if you don't spend some time writing good, keyword-rich content that is highly searchable in the search engines.

When you're trying to make money online, one of the keys is traffic. If you get a lot of targeted traffic, then you should be able to make money with your hubs. But it starts with writing good content.

Adsense ads are based on relevancy. If you are able to create content about a certain subject and you can get traffic to it, then you are well on your way. One of the ways to ensure that the right kind of ads pop up is to make sure that you are very clear as to what your article is about. The way you do this is with a title, keywords, and tags. Use the correct phrase for what your article is about and you should have highly relevant ads.

Read more about how to make money online with Hubpages.

Got AdSense Questions? Go Straight to the Source.

2008-10-31T16:13:00.000-07:00

If you are a beginning AdSense publisher or just have some questions about the program that you've been meaning to get answers to but haven't had the chance, now you can go to the new AdSense Help Forum (for English speaking users only).

The help forum has recently been retooled by Google and is very helpful. One of the strengths of the new forum is you can personalize your profile and there are different levels and points systems based on participation.

When you have questions about terms of service, problems arising with your ads, or questions about AdSense optimization, definitely start at the help forum. Read more about it at the official Google AdSense blog.

Adsense Referral Program Goes the Way of the Dodo

2008-07-22T10:49:00.000-07:00

Adsense is still one of the best ways to make money online. The people at Google are making one significant change to the program. They will be canceling the popular referral program.

Webmasters and content producers will no longer be able to earn revenue with the Google Adsense referral program. Personally, I never really go involved in it. No one clicked that huge button on the bottom of this page.

Using Adsense Ad Link Units on your site

2007-12-10T20:04:00.000-08:00

The Adsense link ad units--the smallest Adsense units you can use--are often overlooked by Adsense users. Some think that the adlink units don't convert because a visitor to your site has to press two links in order for you to get paid.

Adlinks look like this (see diagram below). Notice the page they take your visitors to. That's where they have to click a link in order for you to get paid.

It seems like that's asking your visitors to do too much to get the information they want.

But this logic is faulty. And if you are not using the adlink units, you may be missing out on an extra Adsense revenue stream.

Unlike the other Adsense ad units, which are most effective when they blend in with the content on your website, adlink units are best used as additional navigation for your site's visitors. When someone clicks on an adlink, they are taken to a new page with a set of adsense text ads on them. That's where they need to click for you to get paid for the click. So it does take two clicks.

There are two types of adlink units: horizontal and square. They are smaller than most of the typical ad units you will be using. Adlinks are best utilized in sidebars or the very top of the page--in a way they replicate standard navigation links on a website.

The 728x15 horizontal row Adlink works well at the very top of web pages in the leaderboard position.

The 180x90 "button" works well too in a sidebar above or below your navigation links. I have heard of people having great success with this unit at the top of the left sidebar, a location that people often notice first. If it attracts readers, then they may click the unit.

My recommendation is to set up a channel with your chosen adlink unit and to observe how it performs in one of the two position described above. Or, since websites are all different, experiment with the link units in a different location.

Do some testing and see what works best for you, but don't just disregard these adlinks. They may become your best performing ad.

Read my post on how to set up channels.

Adsense and Keywords, Part 2

2007-12-10T17:33:00.000-08:00

In my last post, I provided some reasons why keywords are crucial to success with Adsense. In this post, I want to provide some basic strategies and resources to help you choose the best keywords for your site.

Let's say you want to start a website about vacations because you love recreational travel and that's what you like to write about. What you want to do is research the broad term "vacation" and see what the most popular terms are for this field. One way to do this is to do a Google search for "vacation." You will probably see a lot of airlines and travel agents come up in the top for this term. It's a very competitive and broad term.

What you want to think about next is choosing a more specific niche. Maybe you should focus on "Caribbean vacations" specifically or maybe "cruises." What you want to do is get a feeling for what terms are popular, what are searched for the most and what they pay. This may or may not affect what kind of content you put on your website.

One resource you can use to tell you in a very basic, unscientific way, how popular is a search term, is called Keyword tracker. There's a fee trial section of the website. For more detailed information, there is an advanced pay section. This tool will also show you related terms and how popular they are.

Another great resource to use is the Google Adwords Keyword Tool. This tool will tell you how popular a keyword it, how competitively the ads for that term pay, and even an estimate of how much each click costs the advertiser. This tool is designed for the people paying for the ads, so if a keyword costs ten dollars, an Adsense publisher doesn't get paid the whole ten bucks. You get a portion of that ten, but it makes sense that a keyword-relevant ad that costs more will pay more.

Another way to think about keywords is to look at successful websites with similar themes to yours and try to figure out what keywords they use.

The point is not to stuff your website with tons of keywords--the point is to use terms in your content effectively.

It's not a perfect science choosing keywords for your Adsense website, it's a lot of trial and error. What works for one person may not work for another person, but it is important to know how crucial keywords are to your Adsense success.

One last tip about keywords. Think about what you would enter into a search engine search field if you were looking for something. If you wanted to find information about a vacation to Greece, you would probably type Greece Vacation.

If you were looking for cheap car insurance, that's what you would type. Think about what word someone would type in to try to find the type of content your website offers. This is a good way to think about keywords.

Adsense and Keywords, Part 1

2007-12-10T16:08:00.000-08:00

If you've read any articles about using Adsense on your blog or website, then you most likely have read about the importance of using effective keywords in your content.

There are several reasons for this.

1) Using the right keywords or phrases will ensure that targeted ads display on your site. Since Adsense ads are relevant to what you write about (and this is one of the reasons Adsense is such an easy program to use), it is crucial that you use good keywords that explain what your site is about.

2) The right keywords will help you attract the right search engine traffic to your blog or website. You don't just want anyone to visit your site. Let me rephrase that: you don't want people to come to your site and be surprised when there is nothing of interest to them.

This kind of visitor will usually leave the site because they think it is of no help. Furthermore, none of you ads will be of interest to them. You literally have seconds to keep a visitor on your website before they click the back button. Using the right keywords will attract the visitors who are interested in your site and will spend some time there.

3) Certain keywords pay higher than others. Think about it. An Adsense ad for a cookbook will not pay as much as an advertisement for car insurance. A cookbook probably goes for between $20 and $30 on average, while car insurance can be hundreds of dollars per month.

The point is that someone selling cookbooks has less money to pay for ads. A car insurance company stands to gain more money from each customer they receive, so they can pay more money for each click on an Adsense ad they create.

You don't want to use high paying keywords just in hopes of making more money per click, but you do want to try to use higher paying keywords that relate to your content. There is no point in clogging up your website with search terms because you ruin your visitors' experience at your site and you will be penalized as spam by the search engines.

Remember, always focus on creating useful and informative content that will bring people back to your site.

My next post will be about choosing your own keywords and some resources that will help you do it.

Adsense and Keywords, part 2.

Why Adsense is a Good Choice for Your Website

2007-12-03T16:09:00.000-08:00

I realize that I've written quite a few articles about Adsense and I have touched on a lot of the reasons why Adsense is a good program to use on your website or blog. But I haven't yet put together the main reasons I think Adsense is a great program in one list.

I want to give you a short list of why Adsense is a good choice and why it works for me. So here goes nothing...

Reasons why Adsense is good for you and your website

1) Adsense is easy to use.Once you sign up for Adsense and place ads on your site, very shortly you should get relevant advertisements popping up on your site.

2) You can start earning money immediately. You earnings are updated instantaneously and you can check how much money you are making any time you want. Once you earn your first $100, then you start getting paid.

3) It's run by Google and is a reputable program.

4) You never have to deal directly with a vendor, sales person, or company whose ads you display. You also never have to speak to any customers. Google handles all of this. This is a huge plus.

5) Adsense statistics are easy to understand. One of the biggest turnoffs in an affiliate program is when it is difficult to understand the stats or how you get paid. Adsense is designed for newcomers who know nothing about internet marketing all the way to advanced, seasoned veterans.

6) Adsense is free to use. As long as you comply with the terms of service, you can make money with this great advertising program.

7) You can use Adsense on more than one website. Under one account, you may display Adsense ads on multiple websites that you own. Using "channels" in your account, you can see how various ads perform and make necessary changes to them.

8) Higher-paying Adsense advertisers compete for space on your website. If you have a good website, substantial traffic, and optimized ad units, you should get higher paying ads on your website because vendors often compete for the best spots on the best websites.

I think this is a pretty good list of the reasons I would recommend using Adsense. I also want to end with this caveat that I have probably written several times already in other posts, but I know this to be true--the better your website's content is, the better you will do with Adsense or any other advertising program for that matter.

What Should My Adsense Website be about?

2007-12-03T14:54:00.000-08:00

A lot of people who have an existing website or blog and already have readers, subscribers, and decent traffic from search engines decide to "monetize" their websites by placing Adsense units on their pages.

Other people build their sites from the ground up starting with Adsense ads on their pages the whole time.

The question you may be asking yourself is, "What is a good topic to base my website around?" The answer is, "Whatever you want."

And this is completely true. It is almost guaranteed that there are Adsense ads for whatever your arcane or obscure topic may be. But in all seriousness, you should write about something you see yourself still being interested in months down the road.

It takes time to build up traffic and content, so you should pick something you are into. If you are a guitarist, write about guitars or recording equipment. If you are a gardener, write about a certain type of gardening.

You can be successful with almost any topic, and although some subjects will tend to have higher Adsense clicks than others (a site about Porsche's should have more expensive ads than one about t-shirts, etc because the audience is different), you should still write about something you are excited about.

And no one said you can only have one website. If you want to, you can look at it as an investor would, maintaining several websites of varying topics, looking at it as investments in different topics.

Whatever way you do it, try to have fun.

How to Start an Adsense ready Website

2007-12-03T14:17:00.000-08:00

You are here reading about the Adsense program, so most likely you know what it is and you may already have your own website or blog on which you write posts that have Adsese ads next to them.

If you already have an Adsense-enabled blog or website, then you probably don't needto read the rest of this post.

If you don't have a website or blog yet, then you've come to the right place. If you don't know where to start, how to get a blog or website, and how to start making money with Adsense, I would tell you to just look around at this site you are reading.

My point is that it is pretty simple to start a blog that you can put Adsense on. There are places online where you can start without spending a dime.

Obviously, AdsenseMoneySuccess is hosted by blogger.com, a free blogging service now owned by Google. That's why there is a "blogspot.com" in the domain name (unless I've pointed a new URL to this address by the time you read this).

I have had pretty good success hosting web pages at blogger. It is very easy to start. You just go over to blogger.com, pick a topic, select a website template, pick a blog name, and start writing.

The beauty of using blogger for a blog that you want to place Adsense advertisements on is that there are "widgets" that are very easy to use. Right from one of these Adsense widgets, you can decide what type of ad unit you want to use, what size ads you want, and what colors you want to utilize. It's also easy to place the ads in the location of your choice on your web page.

The system makes it quite easy to experiment with different ad setting to see what works and what doesn't. If you don't have a website or blog yet and want to get started with Adsense, I would definitely recommend you start one at blogger.com.

You will have to sign up for the Adsense program too, but once you do, you can access it from your blogger site.

The Adsense program takes some time to master and only once you start getting traffic to your site, will you get clicks on your ads. My advice is to be patient, experiment with the program, but first and foremost, try to get some traffic to your website. The easiest way to start doing this is by creating good content.

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Feel free to ask me any questions you have.

Setting Up Adsense Channels

2007-12-03T11:37:00.001-08:00

In the Adsense world, stats are like oxygen. You need them to survive.

The more information you have about your Adsense ad units, the more money you will eventually make with the Adsense program. Information is power. And nowhere is this adage more evident than on the world wide web.

One of the most important things you want to do is set up channels to monitor your Adsense ad units. I was going to write a post explaining how to use channels and how to set them up in your Adsense account, but then I remembered a post I had read at courtneytuttle.com that explained the whole process more eloquently and with better pictures than I could.

Why do the work when you can link?! Just kidding...or am I?

Adsense Ad Colors: Blending Ad Units

2007-12-03T09:59:00.001-08:00

One of the best ways to increase your Adsense earnings is to blend your Adsense ad units into your site. Basically, what you want to do is use the colors you use on your website.

If the theme of your site is orange and red, then you don't want your ad units to be green. And like I've written in previous posts, don't use borders. Ever.

There is a great example at the Inside Adsense blog about one website whose revenue increased exponentially because the owner learned how to blend Adsense units seamlessly into the site.

The better you integrate your ads into your site so they don't stick out like sore thumbs, the higher your click-through rate will be and the more money you'll earn with Adsense.

One quick tip: often you will see the URL of the Adsense ad colored blue, which is the traditional internet color for links. You might consider making the URL line (usually the last line of an ad) blue because people are used to clicking blue links.

Adsense Basics: How to Get Traffic to Your Website

2007-11-29T16:23:00.001-08:00

Getting people to your website is really the only reason you have a website. Regardless of whether you created a website for your family and friends, for your business, or strictly to make money in a particular niche, you want people to come. And if you want to make money with Adsense, you want a lot of people to come.

The math is simple here. The more people who come to your site, the more money you will make with the Adsense program. If you utilize effective keywords consistently, and update your site consistently, you should start to build up traffic from search engines.

Search engine traffic tends to convert well with the Adsense program, meaning that people who come to your site from doing a keyword search on Google, Yahoo, MSN, or Ask.com, are very likely to click your well-targeted Adsense ads.

In addition to using strong searchable keywords, updating consistently, and providing well-written useful content, perhaps the most important thing is to build up links to your website from other websites.

If a website links to you that means they like your site, and some of that site's visitors will check out your site. Search engine algorithms look at links from established websites as a stamp of approval and as a result, the more links you get from good websites, the higher your search engine ranking will be.

The logic goes something like this: if a lot of websites about video games link to my video game website, then it must be a pretty good video games website. Or vacation website. Or whatever your subject matter is.

Other ways to build traffic are by signing up for social networking websites like Digg, Stumbleupon, and Delicious, and becoming active on these websites. Soon, people will start adding your web pages and articles to these sites and more and more people will see your content, visit your site, and or course, click your ads if they are relevant to them.

Another very important way to get traffic to your website is by becoming active in the community of other website owners and bloggers who write about similar themes. People go so far as to write "guest articles" for similarly themed websites to promote their own site while providing content for someone else.

Commenting on articles, and showing a little "link love," are good things to do in starting a mutually beneficial relationship with another website owner.

There are a lot of theories and ideas on how to build traffic to your Adsense website, but the first thing to do is create a good website that people want to spend time at, and or course, link to.

In the beginning, just concentrate on building up content and making your site as good as possible, while using effective keywords and placing and presenting your ads in the best possible way.

Adsense Ad Units: The Wider the better

2007-11-28T10:01:00.000-08:00

So you have a site up with some articles that you think are helpful and informative. As a result you're starting to get traffic and you may be making money with Adsense.

Now, you're possibly asking yourself, "How do I get more clicks?"

Wouldn't it be nice to see that number in your daily earnings? (see picture above)

The answer to the question is there is no perfect answer--it totally depends on your site's layout, the theme of your content, your audience, where your traffic comes from. There are a myriad of things you can do to optimize your ads however. I wrote briefly about ad placement using the Google Heatmap in a previous post and not using borders on your Adsense ad units in another post.

One answer to the question of "Which ad format should I use?" that comes from Google itself is to use wider ad units. Google claims that as a rule of thumb, wider ad formats outperform taller ads.

Wider ad units, like the 336x280 Large Rectangle, are easier for readers to "take in," meaning they can absorb them more effectively than taller ads which may require more eye movement to absorb.

A great link to use (and the one that I know a lot of people have success with) is the 336x280 Large Rectangle. I think this is the best Adsense ad format to use and I tend to use it at the very top of my web pages. It's the first thing people see when they visit my site, it's wide, and it kind of resembles a table of contents.

If visitors see an ad they like, they may click it. If not they'll scroll down to the rest of the site. A lot of an ad's "clickability" is in the presentation.

Take this cue from Google: the wider the Adsense ad unit, the better.

Adsense Niche Websites - Should you build one?

2007-11-27T14:42:00.000-08:00

Niche websites are always a good idea for publishers who make money online with Adsense.

Here are some reasons why.

1) Adsense serves contextually relevant ads. The more "niched down" you are, or in other words, the more focused you are on a certain theme or subject, the more targeted your ads will be to your readers. If you write about many unrelated subjects then you will have random Adsense ad units pop up on your page that will be of no interest to anyone. You can write about anything you want to, but a little focus goes a long way in increasing CTR.

2) You will get more return visitors if you have a solid thematic focus. If you write a post every week about Movies or Search Engine Optimization to pick two random themes, then your readers will know what to expect. More people will subscribe to your blog or website if it's clear that you will be writing in depth about a certain subject. You can think of it as creating a brand.

3) You will become a viable expert on your chosen subject. The more you research and write about your subject, the more of an expert you become. You will gain a ton of knowledge and people will flock to your website once they see that you have a lot of good information that they can use.

4) You can provide in-depth knowledge. Websites and blogs are only successful if visitors can get something out of them. Whether it be knowledge, how-to guides, or a community of similar minded people, the best niche sites always provide something useful to site visitors. That's one key to success that can't be overlooked. A little promotion helps too.

Improve Adsense Earnings with simple tweaks

2007-11-26T17:15:00.000-08:00

Break down the borders--of the advertisements on your site, that is. One way to drastically improve your Adsense click-through-rate is to eliminate the borders that may surround the ads that show up on your site. Don't round the corners. Get rid of the corners.

The logic behind this is simple--and you can get rid of the borders very easily in your Adsense account. The logic is that ads with borders around them look more like advertisements to your site visitors and strong defined borders take up too much space.

Let me pull back here for a second. The aim is not to try to pretend that your Adsense ads aren't ads. Border or no border, most likely people will know that when they click one of you Adsense ads, they are clicking on an ad. The attempt is not to trick anyone.

Let me get into what a border does do though. A text link unit that has a border will be clicked less because the border--which is essentially a descendant of the similar looking bordered ads from the classified section of the newspaper--will tell people that they should ignore that particular section of your web page because it is an advertisement section. It separates the section from the content of your site, telling people that it is not related.

The same goes for ads placed in the sidebars of your blog or website--they will simply be clicked less than more integrated advertisements that complement your site's content.

The idea is to create a better user experience. Adsense ads can provide links to vendors or other websites that your readers may find useful. Ad units with borders tend to clutter up websites and distract your readers away from the ads and not to them, which is what you really want.

When you get rid of the borders on your Adsense ad units and blend them in with the colors of your website (which includes the background coloring--don't leave the background white if your backdrop is green) you will get more clicks and make more money.

Adsense Text ads vs. Image ads: Which should you use?

2007-11-26T10:49:00.000-08:00

Once you start working with the Adsense advertising program to earn revenue from the traffic to your site, you probably want to think about where to place your ads so they get the most attention (and clicks!) from your website's visitors.

But even before this step, you want to think about what type of ads you want to display. The Adsense program gives you the option to display text ads and image ads (and more recently, video ads).

To be successful with Adsense, in most cases you want to select only image ads to be displayed on your website or blog, which is an option you can choose. All websites are different, but as a general rule, Adsense text ads perform better than Adsense image ads.

An example of a typical banner ad

Here are some reasons why Adsense text ads work better than image or banner ads.

1) Text Ads tend to blend into websites better.

Image ads and banners look like the advertisements that they are. Text ads are less intimidating and are more likely to be clicked by someone looking for certain information or products.

The key is to make the ads displayed on your site as relevant and useful to your site's visitors as possible. The more the ads complement your site and your readers' experience, the more clicks you will receive and the more money you will make.

2) Well-formatted, well-placed text ads don't clutter a website.

They create more options for your visitors. Banner ads and image ads don't. They look like a dead end because most people know they lead to a page selling something.

3) Banners look like ads.

People are used to clicking links on websites to go to another destination, so when they see an Adsense text link, they are more likely to click on it, especially if it is blended into your site well. No one likes to click a banner because they scream "Advertisement!"

4) You have more control over Adsense text ads than you do with image ads.

You can format the text ads you place on your site by choosing what size you want them to be. You can also choose the colors for the title, text, and website link that appear on the ads. And you can decide if you want the ad to have a border around it or not.

With image ads, you can only specify the size. You don't know if what appears as an image ad is going to blend in well with your site. Usually, it won't. This brings me back to point one: advertisements that blend in with the website get clicked more often and make more money.

The way Adsense works for you is entirely based on the content and design of your site as well as ad placement, traffic, and your own strategy. Because everyone's experience with Adsense is different, some webmasters may be successful with certain image ads.

From my own experience I would highly recommend using text ads over image ads. Most people I talk to about Adsense and PPC publishing agree.

Think about it. When was the last time you clicked on a banner ad?

Adsense Ad Placement for Maximum Profits

2007-11-16T23:59:00.001-08:00

The Adsense program is essentially built around the idea of contextual relevance. The ads on your blog or website should be relevant to the content you have published on said blog or website--otherwise, no one would click any ads because they wouldn't be (you guessed it) relevant.

Similarly, if your ads are not placed in "relevant" positions on your webpage, then you are going to have a much smaller CTR (click-through-rate) than you would if your ads were placed in areas where they will most likely be seen by your site's visitors.

Here is the Google page heatmap:

The darker colored sections of the page are the "hot zones" of the web page, the areas that facilitate the most clicks of your ads.

As you can see in the diagram above, the sections closest to the content--ie, the thing that brought the visitor to your site in the first place--are where Adsense ads get the most clicks. This makes perfect sense because these are the regions where the readers eye is most focused. These areas perform better than the sidebars, which is where a reader expects advertisements to be.

Also, since humans tend to read from left to right, ads placed on the left side of the page and near the articles convert into clicks very well.

The bottom of the post also can be a good spot to place Adsense ads because the reader will be inclined to "read on" below the article to look for more information. If there is a relevant ad that interests the reader, they may click the ad.

And folks, it's all about clicks. Once you get clicks, then you will want to do everything possible to get the highest payment per click you can. But first you gotta get the clicks.

Adsense Success - 3 Adsense "Rules"

2007-11-16T10:44:00.001-08:00

Google Adsense is the most popular advertising program used by bloggers and website owners to earn revenue from their sites.

It's a great way to make money because all you do is clip a little bit of code, add it to your site, and place the ads. It seems very simple and it is, but that doesn't mean you will start earning immediately with the adsense program. There is a learning process, but you can start to make money quite quickly.

The following list is three basic Adsense "rules" you should know even before you put Adsense ads on your blog or website. There will be a lot more that you will learn as you begin to implement your Adsense strategy, such as ad placement, size of the ads, and how many to have on a particular page.

This list should serve as a primer with several things to keep in mind as you start with Adsense. Soon, you will be on your way to getting set up with Adsense, and you will be closer to getting a check from Google in the mail (see picture above).

1) Create Relevant Content. Write good quality articles and posts that help people gain knowledge or that contain useful information. This is the most important part of your website. It seems obvious, but some people seem to ignore the quality of their content, instead focusing on advertising and linking "schemes" to try to make money.

The success of your website boils down to the content. You can have a beautifully-designed site, but people won't come back if they don't get anything out of your content. You need to design your website with the visitor's experience in mind. You want to create value for your visitors.

2) Use relevant keywords. If you write an article about classic cars, make sure you use a consistent keyword phrase related to that topic several times throughout the article.

Now, don't spam of course by loading your article with 50 of the same keyword phrases--that's one way to guarantee that your articles never see the light of day in a search engine. First and foremost, write a good quality article.

3) Write consistently about certain topics. If you have a website about mp3 players, make sure all or most of your articles are related to that topic--you can write stories about the development of new mp3 technology, new model releases, or tips and tricks about certain mp3 players.

This way, your Adsense ads will be more targeted and will be clicked more, increasing your revenue. You will also have the "right" traffic, meaning visitors who are more apt to be interested in your content and any relevant advertising on your site.

These fundamental rules will help you make more money with Adsense. Making sure your content is strong, well-written, relevant, and contains appropriately-placed keywords is the foundation of your success with Adsense.

If you write interesting, informative, keyword-rich content, not only will you attract visitors, you will attract repeat visitors.

And they'll keep coming back for more.

The Adsense Clutter - Where to Find the Real Adsense Advice

2007-11-15T11:26:00.000-08:00

I started this blog because I have been making money with the Adsense program and I wanted to share my knowledge with my fellow website owners and bloggers.

Writing a blog or maintaining a website is not a quick way to make a lot of money. Nor is it an easy way to make money. It requires some work and perseverance to make your site popular, gain significant traffic, and eventually make some money.

As you may know, Adsense is the most prevalent advertising program on the internet. When I started out I wanted to read everything I could about the program. The problem I ran into is that there is so much information on the internet, particularly about the Adsense program--what I call "Adsense Clutter"--that it is hard to sift through everything.

What I want to do here is tell you about some of the resources that I found to be immensely helpful in learning about the Adsense program and building a website in general.

Hopefully, this will help you sift through the clutter. And if I can be of some help, I hope you will never consider my site to be part of said clutter. This is not a definitive list, it is just a couple of resources that I am thinking about right now and that I remember were helpful to me. I have literally read hundreds of articles about these topics--these are a couple of diamonds in the rough.

courtneytuttle.com is a great website that I only discovered recently after I was already making money with Adsense and had a pretty good handle on the program overall.

Anyways, I am very impressed with this site. I find it to be very helpful with the basic knowledge of how to start a blog, how to build up links to your blog, how to use various advertising programs, and much more. Check this site out. Specifically, read the following two articles.

How People Make Money Blogging and 5,263 Words on Starting a Blog.

StevePavlina.com is a great website that is part motivational, part how to go about creating a blog or website that will generate revenue, and part life coach. I don't really know how else to explain it. I only know that is very helpful and Steve is immensely successful. Read the following article.

10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job. In this article, Steve writes about his journey to the internet guru he is today. He discloses that he pulls in roughly $40,000 a month on his website. At least listen to what he has to say!

I hope these resources help you in your quest for internet success.

Adsense Book Review - The Adsense Code

2007-11-15T10:12:00.000-08:00

One of the books that helped me a lot in learning about using Adsense on my blogs is called The Adsense Code.

Joel Comm is the closest thing to an expert on Adsense and currently makes somewhere around $19,000 every month using Adsense ads on his various websites. That's pretty good money!

The Adsense Code covers a lot of what bloggers and website owners should know about how to place the ads on their sites, which ads have the highest CTR (in other words, which ones get clicked the most and make you more money), and how to implement some basic Adsense strategies.

Not only does Joel cover how to get started with a blog by writing about hosting, domain names, and running a website, he also has a whole section dedicated to the different kind of money-making sites you can build.

I definitely recommend The Adsense Code to the novice and intermediate level bloggers because it is a great way to introduce yourself to Google's Adsense program and gives you the basic tips to get started. I also recommend it to the more advanced website owner because it probably a good refresher course and will rehash tips and strategies you may have forgotten about. I know it did for me. Plus the book is only about $16.00 on Amazon--money that will be recouped many many times over once you put the knowledge to use.

Overall, this is a very useful book for anyone trying to make money online. There are a few typos, but Joel makes up for these really minor mistakes by providing great Adsense information.

Buy The Adsense Code.

Clicking on the link above will take you to Amazon, where you can purchase this book.

Sign up for Adsense and start making money today

2007-11-01T12:33:00.000-07:00

The first thing you need to do if you want to make money on Xomba, one of the best places to make money online is by signing up for Adsense. Adsense is by the far the easiest and most efficient way to make money online. I made $2,000 last month on Xomba.

The reason the Adsense program is so successful for online writers is that advertisements are generated that are relevant to the topics you write about. In other words, if you write about acoustic guitars, the Adsense ads that appear on your website will relate to guitars, concert ticket sales, where to get a good deal on a new acoustic guitar--things of this nature that relate to the themes that you write about.

Why is this good for you? It's good for you because relevant ads get clicked more. If someone goes to your site to read about cars and an advertisement for an acoustic guitar pops up, they will never click that ad because they're not thinking about acoustic guitars, you're thinking about cars. Now, if an ad for cheap car insurance or car detailing service pops up, they would be way more likely to click it because it's relevant.

Every time someone clicks an ad on your website, you immediately get money sent into your Adsense account.

To get started earning with Adsense on Xomba, first sign up for Xomba which takes about a minute. Then come back here and click the huge over-sized button below this post to sign up for Adsense--you can't miss it. If you ever have any questions about Adsense or how to make money using it, just ask me. If you sign up for Xomba here I'll tell you how to make money with articles on Xomba, how to promote your work, and how to get more traffic to your articles.

To summarize, here are the steps you need to take in order to start making money on Xomba.

1) Sign up for an account on Xomba at this link. When you sign up at Xomba (which takes about a minute to do) I'll get in touch with you and start helping you make money as soon as I can.

2) Sign up for the Google Adsense program through the link below this post, or the link at the top of this site.

3) As soon as you do these two things, you're on your way to making money on the web at Xomba. Once you sign up at Xomba, you can send me a message anytime with questions about anything and I'll get back to you ASAP.

4) If you sign up for Adsense and Xomba through my site, I will do my best to help you make at at least $100 in your first month--starting as soon as you sign up. That's the least you will make. Literally, the sky is the limit. It just depends how much you want to write. Keep in mind, both of these sites are 100% free.

So make sure to bookmark this site or keep it open in another window, so you can find your way back to sign up for Adsense after you sign up for Xomba. I look forward to reading your posts and seeing you make money!