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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Online Profits with Google AdSense
Google as a way to profit online? Absolutely true! I'm sure by now the majority of those on the internet have at least heard of Google AdSense, almost as sure as I am that anyone with a website has tried using AdSense at one point or another to earn revenue. AdSense is a very easy to use tool provided by Google that works in conjunction with Google AdWords to provide relevant ads on your website.
The way this works is pretty simple. A business pays for advertising on Google, then places ads to be shown in Google's search results and on other websites. In turn, Google then places these ads according to their relevancy, into their search results and on websites that have partnered with Google through AdSense. Since most of Google advertising is done on a Pay-Per-Click(PPC) basis, Google gets paid each time someone clicks on an add. Websites owners that have partnered with Google through AdSense also receive a portion of Google's profit each time someone clicks an ad displayed on their website. These transactions can range anywhere from a few cents to a few dollars depending upon how much a company is paying for advertising.
There are several "packages" or "systems" out there that promise to show you how to make thousands of dollars a month or per week even, just by using Google AdSense. I'm going to go ahead and break this down for you...even if you did make thousands of dollars a week (highly unlikely) using only Google AdSense, Google only sends out checks or direct deposits once per month. Thousands per month? This is actually a possibility if you have an extremely popular website. To give a reality check to these "packages" and "systems," seriously take a moment and do the math. Just say that you have a blog that attracts 100 visitors per day, and your average profit per click is $0.20. If 100 percent of those 100 visitors each click an ad, your profits would average around $20 per day. This averages out to be around $600 per month. Still not too bad, but a far cry from thousands per week.
You don't need some 20 to 50 dollar package to tell you how to do this...its really simple, and you wont get much more than this out of any of the packages for sale out there. Go to https://www.google.com/adsense/login/en_US/ and click on "Sign Up Now." Follow the instructions, sign up for the account, wait for approval from Google. Once your AdSense account is approved, follow the instructions after logging in to get started. Answer a few questions from Google, tell them how you want ads to be displayed on your page, submit, and copy your HTML code provided by Google AdSense. Paste the code into your website. Ads will appear on your site, people click on the ads, you get paid. Its as simple as that.
Keep in mind that this is just a very brief overview of the "how-to," but if you have questions or need to find information about performance and optimization of the ads, refer to Google's AdSense help forums and the training material provided by Google. DO NOT waste your time and hard-earned money with any of the so-called proven "systems" as you will find that all the information, training, and advice is free and available to the public.
If you have any questions on this topic or any other topic that I have discussed, please don't hesitate to ask!
William a.k.a. greendaddy428
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Google Analytics Integrates with AdSense
One of the earliest requests that I remember seeing AdSense publishers making of Google in forums is for better analytics and stats on their AdSense earnings.
Today (years later) AdSense have announced what we’ve all been suspecting would happen for ages - they’re integrating AdSense with Google Analytics stats.
It isn’t available to all publishers yet (they’re rolling it out gradually) but if it is you’ll see an invitation in your AdSense admin area. Here’s how AdSense describe it:
“you’ll now have access to granular reports that break down AdSense performance both by page and by referring site. Armed with this new data about user behavior, you’ll be able to make more informed decisions on how to improve the user experience on your site and optimize your AdSense units to increase your revenue potential.”
Being able to know which specific pages on your blog are earning a lot (or not much) and which sites traffic earns you the most is going to open our eyes as publishers to many possibilities and hopefully more profitable blogging.
Here’s a video from AdSense that hopefully sheds some more light on this new feature for those of us not yet able to access it.
AdSense Allows Feed Ad Review
Google AdSense launched a feed ad program last August. Now, they're enabling users to review their ads before they appear in the posts.
The feature is called the Ad Review Center. Users can approve or disapprove of ads before they go into the feeds.
To do so, login to your AdSense account. Then look for the Ad Review Center in the 'Competitive Ad Filter' section under the 'AdSense Setup' tab. Choose the Client-ID starting with ca-feed-pub.
You'll have to put your ads on hold for 24 hours before you can filter through them. During that time, no ads will be served to your feeds, but afterwards you can go through the ad approval process.
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Google AdSense Offers Expandable, Rich Media Ads
Google AdSense is introducing expandable ads to their ad offering. Expandable ads are ones that increase when an action is taken. With some networks, ads increase in size when a user mouses over or scrolls a page. But AdSense's expandable ads will increase only when clicked on.
The AdSense expandable ads will only increase up to double the width or height of the original display. Users can click to close the ad at any time. The ads can include rich media such as video and images.
Advertisers will pay based on a cost-per-click (CPC) or cost-per-impression (CPM) basis. CPC ads will only cost the advertiser when users click through to the landing page.
Related Reading: Google Unveils Adsense for Mobile Search Google Now Offers AdSense for Feeds Google AdSense Video Units Add 3 Languages, 4 Countries
AdSense Allows Feed Ad Review
Google AdSense launched a feed ad program last August. Now, they're enabling users to review their ads before they appear in the posts.
The feature is called the Ad Review Center. Users can approve or disapprove of ads before they go into the feeds.
To do so, login to your AdSense account. Then look for the Ad Review Center in the 'Competitive Ad Filter' section under the 'AdSense Setup' tab. Choose the Client-ID starting with ca-feed-pub.
You'll have to put your ads on hold for 24 hours before you can filter through them. During that time, no ads will be served to your feeds, but afterwards you can go through the ad approval process.
Posted by Nathania Johnson at 10:57 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Google AdSense Offers Expandable, Rich Media Ads
Google AdSense is introducing expandable ads to their ad offering. Expandable ads are ones that increase when an action is taken. With some networks, ads increase in size when a user mouses over or scrolls a page. But AdSense's expandable ads will increase only when clicked on.
The AdSense expandable ads will only increase up to double the width or height of the original display. Users can click to close the ad at any time. The ads can include rich media such as video and images.
Advertisers will pay based on a cost-per-click (CPC) or cost-per-impression (CPM) basis. CPC ads will only cost the advertiser when users click through to the landing page.
Related Reading: Google Unveils Adsense for Mobile Search Google Now Offers AdSense for Feeds Google AdSense Video Units Add 3 Languages, 4 Countries