a) Ways to make money from Adsense by Distributing articles through ezine and article announcement lists
Some of the most effective methods ways to make money from Adsense clicks involve the simple step of just increasing the volume of targeted traffic to a site. One of the ways of doing this is by distributing interesting content to ezine lists and article announcement lists. It is not too difficult to quickly build a list that reaches a million or so email boxes and can thus give a lot of visibility and drive tons of highly targetd traffic to your Adsense site or sites. Probably the most popular place for doing this is at Yahoo groups, but there are a few others that you can find easily by using your favorite search engine.
Success here depends on three main factors. Firstly you should be careful to join article announcement lists and ezine lists that are as relevant as possible to your subject matter and offering. Secondly your headline has to be a killer headline that will grab readers by the scruffs of their necks and force them to open your email message amongst the dozens or even hundreds of others they receive daily. It goes without saying that the content must meet the promise of your sensational headline. Anything less will cause annoyance and leave all those potential visitors to your Adsense site feeling cheated. And believe me, you don’t want to cause this sort of reaction because it is definitely not one of the ways o make money from Adsense or any other program for that matter. Thirdly, you will need the sort of resource box in all your articles that will leave most of your readers with no option but to visit your Adsense site.
Within a very short of consistently applying this technique, my daily Adsense earnings increased seven-fold.
b) Ways to make money from Adsense by Distributing free articles to high traffic article sites
Some people find the recent trends that have seen an increase in article sites surprising. I don’t. The net is primarily an information-seeking tool. Anything that will help improve the search and quality of information will greatly benefit the people making that effort.
Some of the older article directories receive very high traffic, mainly from web masters and site owners seeking quality free content for their sites. So apart from the immediate exposure these sites also guarantee plenty of future targeted traffic to your site, when folks find your articles useful enough to re-post at their sites.
The more new articles you release to these sites every week, the more targeted traffic your Adsense sites will receive. This is in fact one of the most effective ways of making money consistently from Adsense clicks. One of the reasons for this is that targeted traffic will tend to spend more time at your site or sites, and the more time they spend, the higher the chances that they will click one one of the Adsense ads posted there.
c) Ways to make money from Adsense by Using Articles And A Viral Marketing Website
Any online marketing technique that involves the use of referral marketing or viral marketing automatically has a huge chance of being a success. The net is ideal for viral marketing and in fact gives any viral marketer huge leverage. Viral marketing or referral marketing is one of the most effective ways to make money online. Just ask Bill Gates.
When Gates was trying to play catch up on the Internet after an earlier mistake of underestimating the future importance of the net, he launched his Hotmail free email service when rivals like Yahoo already had millions of users. He decided to use a simple referral marketing technique. Every Hotmail message that went out had a brief signature at the end requesting the recipient to sign up for their free Hotmail account. Within a few short months, Hotmail had millions of users. And there are many other amazing stories which viral marketing boasts of on the net.
There is one of the very simple ways to make money from Adsense by going viral. Sign up at a leading viral marketing site. You will automatically get your own viral site. You can then use some of your articles to point people to your viral site. The way these sites work is that anybody who signs up at your site will have to visit your Adsense site if you register it at the site. So within a very short time you will be driving thousands of visitors to your Adsense site.
Admittedly this traffic is less targeted. Still the huge potential and possible numbers you are able to receive using this free tool more than makes up for this.
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ShoeMoney Reveals How He Made $132,994.97 From AdSense In a Month
I couldn’t help but felt totally in awe while reading a post over at ShoeMoney.com where he answers several frequently asked questions about the AdSense Check in his Gallery that showed him holding one worth over $100K. Keep in mind that the check was for August 2005.
Sure, it’s a link bait post but a good one at that, so it’s worth linking to. If you are looking for a real life example of publishers making insane amount of money from AdSense, check this one out. Posting the picture again will continue to “resurrect” readers’ interest and certainly create an opportunity for him to promote his sites.
I quote the FAQ in full below:
What site was it for? What does the site do?
The site is nextpimp. The name was kind of a joke at first… next-pimp like pimp out your nextel phone. It started as a wallpaper site for nextel phones which grew into ringtones and other stuff. All content is 100% user generated.
How much of the check was profit?
At the time my expenses were 1 server @ 299$ per month for hosting. I would say atleast 130k was profit.
How much of the traffic was pay per click?
None of it was pay per click. Back then I did not know anything at all about pay per click.
Where did all your traffic come from?
About 70% of the traffic was direct 15% from search engines and 15% from referrals.
How much traffic did the site get to get that much money?
About 75k uniq per day.
Why did you get a paper check and not wire?
Back then Google did not do wire transfers for amounts of $10,000.00
Do you think its possible to still earn that kind of revenue?
(most often asked question) Yes.
How long did it take to make revenue?
I never tried to make any money the first 1.5 years it was running. I just concentrated on providing a good service. About 2 years after I started the site It started to do good revenue from AdSense
Can you show the full month report from AdSense for that month? Sure.
He even includes a screenshot of his AdSense report for that particular month. With permission from Google, he discloses his CTR and CPM. Can you imagine making such insane amount of money while only spending $299 monthly on web hosting? Check out his daily income below. Now convert those to Malaysian ringgit, are you thinking what I’m thinking?
And that’s not even his main income, according to him, AdSense has accounted for less than 5% of the incoming revenue for his companies. In addition to that, his blog at ShoeMoney.com is pulling just under $30,000 in October from direct ad sales, 30% from affiliate programs and other sources. Obviously more than the amount John Chow made from his blog. It made my head spin just thinking about those seriously mad figures.
But it doesn’t stop there, in March 2007 he made USD709,626.81 in commission from Commission Junction. I hope that’s a typo because I started to feel a little depress right now LOL. Just joking, it’s great inspiration for everyone. I don’t know if he earned that amount as a vendor or affiliate, regardless, it’s just insane to make that much monthly.
So did you notice a running theme here? He doesn’t make money by serving AdSense or selling paid links on his blog. While creating a blog can make you rich if it’s done correctly, I believe you’ll have to explore other monetization options in order to go to the next level.
You’ll need to create sites that serve certain purposes like PlentyOfFish.com or NextPimp.com, then learn PPC and do affiliate marketing. Remember Ashley, the 17 year old teenage girl who pull in over $70K monthly from AdSense by offering free MySpace templates on her site?
That goes to show that offering a service or products that lots of people are interested in will help you make money online faster.
Now I‘m not suggesting you drop everything you are doing now and start brainstorming similar ideas and hopefully get rich next year. I am aware that there are tons of other ways to make money online and not everyone can be as successful as those above even when they create the next free dating site, or free ringtone download site or give away free Myspace templates.
Often people become successful because they are able to offer the right products/services at the right time. Some may call that luck, but I call it knowing when to act when opportunity presents itself. If we can do that, we’ll be the next ShoeMoney.
Finding High Paying Adsense ADS! ! !
Finding High Paying Ads is not as easy as it sounds (is anything?).
Do a search for Google on High Paying Adsense Ads and you won’t find too many sites listing the best keywords for Adsense. The top Adsense users in Adsense discussion forums tend to be pretty secretive about not only what keywords they focus on, but also what sites they run. I don’t blame them either - its good business sense really.
Having said this there are a number of strategies and tools that you might like to employ to help find high paying keywords.
Buy them - Finding high paying keywords for your blog is possible by yourself for free - but as with everything a few entrepreneurial types are willing to do the leg work for you to save you some time and give you a comprehensive result. One service that you might like to try to find good keywords is Top Paying Keywords.
Trial and Error - I know this will frustrate some of you who want a nice and easy quick fix but overall it is one of the best pieces of advice I can give. Try writing on a topic - track the results - if it pays off do it again….lots. Adsense allows you to track specific pages or sections of your blog using its ‘channels’ feature - if you’re smart you’ll watch which sections of your blog are generating the highest ads by dividing your overall earnings by the number of clicks and comparing it to other channels. Keep trying new topics until you strike gold and then dig in like crazy!
Are there Any Ads? - This is a good first question. Despite the many thousands of advertisers using Adsense there are some topics where the answer to this question is no. A simple way to check is to head to Google and do a search for the key words you’re wanting to blog about. The results page will bring up not only a list of other sites writing about that key word (they are you competitors) but on the right hand side there will be a list of ads - these are the same sorts of ads you’ll get on your site if you write on the topic. If there are ads there, it is a good sign. If there are not - maybe its worth finding another topic to write on if you’re hoping to attract ads.
7 Search has a list of the 100 of the top paying keywords (in their advertising program - not Adsense) at the moment. Its a bit depressing actually to see a list like this because you’d have to sell your soul somewhat in order to go with many of them. Its an interesting site to check out though.
Also from 7 Search (and more useful) is their Keyword Suggestion Tool which gives you an idea of what people are paying per click on different tools (again this is not specifically for Adsense but it will give you an idea of what the going rates are). Find What also has a similar service.
Google Adsense’s biggest competitor are Overture (they run the ads on Yahoo) - they offer a service where you can enter your keywords and they will not only tell you how much advertisers are paying for the words but also how many people are searching for the term. This is a very useful tool.
Sign up for Adwords - One way of getting a feel for how much people are willing to pay per click is to sign up with Google as an advertiser yourself. It doesn’t cost much to start a mini campaign and do some research this way. You’ll get a feel for what people are bidding on different words very quickly this way.
Targeting High Paying Adsense Ads is an important aspect of generating an income from Adsense. It is not enough in and of itself however. You can have $10 per click ads (I’ve not found any of these yet) but without generating any traffic your research into the right ads will be useless. Likewise it is one thing to identify which ads you want to target - but it is another thing to actually get these relevant ads showing on your site. It is to this topic which our next post in this series will head - Finding Relevant Adsense Ads.
Writing for the Web - more Adsense $$
Did you know that your writing can immensely impact how your visitors behave while visiting your site? If you're trying to sell a product or a service, what you say and how you say it is extremely important because you don't want to lose your visitor's interest before they get to the all-important order page.
Below you'll discover how to improve your writing skills in order to keep and captivate your visitor's attention.
Stress The Benefits Early and Often
Don't focus on what you want, focus on what your visitor wants. Whether you realize it or not, when a person lands on your homepage, there's a little voice inside their head that constantly asks, "What's in it for me?"
They came to your site because they are searching for something, and it's your job to help them find it.
Now, this next sentence is going to sound a little harsh, but it's the truth. . .
Your visitors don't care about you until they find out what you and your site can do for them.
Think about it. When you go to Google and do a search for "download music", that means you are looking for a site that will allow you to download your favorite songs.
So when you click on the first site, you don't want to get bombarded with biographical information about the author of the site. At this point, you are looking for the benefits. You want the goods, the guts, and the glory.
Now, after you discover that this site may be of use to you, you may decide to read up on the author and how the site was founded, etc. But you don't want to be hit with the history of the site right from the beginning.
I see so many people starting their web sites out with a 10 paragraph bio about themselves. The paragraphs are filled with countless "me's" and "I's". (Yawn)
If you are trying to sell a product or a service, this is the absolute WRONG way to go about it. You must feed your visitors the benefits, give them what they want. Get rid of all the I's and me's and replace them with the all important word, "YOU". Remember, you are not writing this site for yourself, you're writing it for the potential customer.
Don't Assume People Will Read Everything
The average person will only read between 5 and 10 percent of your site. This is because most people find what they're looking for within the first few pages. So if you're trying to sell something, make sure your important benefits are listed upfront and get to the point quickly.
Not only will they not read every page, they also won't read every word on your pages. They scan for information just like they're reading a newspaper. That's why it's important to make sure your pages have lots of concise paragraphs separated by subtitles.
This makes it easier for them to scan and find the information they're looking for. Don't make them hunt too long to find something or they'll leave.
This is another reason why it's important to include some kind of site directory or table of contents on your site. Also make sure that it's accessible from every page. Organization is definitely key.
Below you'll discover how to improve your writing skills in order to keep and captivate your visitor's attention.
Stress The Benefits Early and Often
Don't focus on what you want, focus on what your visitor wants. Whether you realize it or not, when a person lands on your homepage, there's a little voice inside their head that constantly asks, "What's in it for me?"
They came to your site because they are searching for something, and it's your job to help them find it.
Now, this next sentence is going to sound a little harsh, but it's the truth. . .
Your visitors don't care about you until they find out what you and your site can do for them.
Think about it. When you go to Google and do a search for "download music", that means you are looking for a site that will allow you to download your favorite songs.
So when you click on the first site, you don't want to get bombarded with biographical information about the author of the site. At this point, you are looking for the benefits. You want the goods, the guts, and the glory.
Now, after you discover that this site may be of use to you, you may decide to read up on the author and how the site was founded, etc. But you don't want to be hit with the history of the site right from the beginning.
I see so many people starting their web sites out with a 10 paragraph bio about themselves. The paragraphs are filled with countless "me's" and "I's". (Yawn)
If you are trying to sell a product or a service, this is the absolute WRONG way to go about it. You must feed your visitors the benefits, give them what they want. Get rid of all the I's and me's and replace them with the all important word, "YOU". Remember, you are not writing this site for yourself, you're writing it for the potential customer.
Don't Assume People Will Read Everything
The average person will only read between 5 and 10 percent of your site. This is because most people find what they're looking for within the first few pages. So if you're trying to sell something, make sure your important benefits are listed upfront and get to the point quickly.
Not only will they not read every page, they also won't read every word on your pages. They scan for information just like they're reading a newspaper. That's why it's important to make sure your pages have lots of concise paragraphs separated by subtitles.
This makes it easier for them to scan and find the information they're looking for. Don't make them hunt too long to find something or they'll leave.
This is another reason why it's important to include some kind of site directory or table of contents on your site. Also make sure that it's accessible from every page. Organization is definitely key.
Be smart with your site - to build Traffic
Look at Your Site Through Your Visitor's Eyes
After you've written your copy, it's a good idea to take a step back and put yourself in your visitor's shoes for a moment.
Pretend you are visiting your site for the first time and read over all the content. Then ask yourself a few questions:
Have I explained everything clearly?
Sure the content makes sense to you because you wrote it, but if you were a first-time visitor, what questions might you have? Did you leave out some information because you assumed the visitor already knows? Are there terms or phrases that you need to define?
Does the content flow logically?
Have you put the cart before the horse? Do your thoughts jump all over the page or are they organized?
If you develop your content in your head as you type, it's very easy to produce copy that is unorganized. Make sure you read over everything to ensure your paragraphs and sentences flow logically.
Does your site navigation make sense?
Navigation is so very important. You don't want your visitors to get lost so it's important that your navigation titles make sense and clearly define what each section/page is about.
You also want to ensure that important pages like the order and contact form are easily accessible from every page on your site. In addition, be sure that your navigation is consistent and doesn't change from page to page.
If you find this task difficult to do, ask a friend to help out. Have them read every page of your site and jot down any questions or comments that develop as they go along. You'll be amazed at what you'll discover when someone else reads your work.
Writing Effective Headlines
Every page on your site should have a headline. And since the headline is the first thing a person sees, it MUST make an impact and draw the reader into your copy. Here are some tips on writing effective headlines:
Always use the present tense.
Make sure your words consist of upper and lowercase letters. All caps scream to people and look very unprofessional.
Use strong verbs. Instead of "cut" use, words like slash, chop, dagger, etc.
Challenge the reader. Try titles like, For Serious Golfers Only! or Only Click Here if You Want to Make Money Today.
Too many exclamation points scream out "Amateur!!!!" If you must use them, use only one.
STRESS THE BENEFITS! Tell the readers, "What's in it for them." For example, You Can Earn $800.00 by Next Week.
Use the words "I" and "you". For example:
I am working at home and loving it - You can too!
Ask a question that begs an answer. But make sure your ad answers the question, otherwise your reader will feel tricked or "lead on." For example, Do You Know the Easiest Way to Earn $5,000 Per Month?
Use attention-grabbing words like Discover, Amazing, and Powerful.
After you've written your copy, it's a good idea to take a step back and put yourself in your visitor's shoes for a moment.
Pretend you are visiting your site for the first time and read over all the content. Then ask yourself a few questions:
Have I explained everything clearly?
Sure the content makes sense to you because you wrote it, but if you were a first-time visitor, what questions might you have? Did you leave out some information because you assumed the visitor already knows? Are there terms or phrases that you need to define?
Does the content flow logically?
Have you put the cart before the horse? Do your thoughts jump all over the page or are they organized?
If you develop your content in your head as you type, it's very easy to produce copy that is unorganized. Make sure you read over everything to ensure your paragraphs and sentences flow logically.
Does your site navigation make sense?
Navigation is so very important. You don't want your visitors to get lost so it's important that your navigation titles make sense and clearly define what each section/page is about.
You also want to ensure that important pages like the order and contact form are easily accessible from every page on your site. In addition, be sure that your navigation is consistent and doesn't change from page to page.
If you find this task difficult to do, ask a friend to help out. Have them read every page of your site and jot down any questions or comments that develop as they go along. You'll be amazed at what you'll discover when someone else reads your work.
Writing Effective Headlines
Every page on your site should have a headline. And since the headline is the first thing a person sees, it MUST make an impact and draw the reader into your copy. Here are some tips on writing effective headlines:
Always use the present tense.
Make sure your words consist of upper and lowercase letters. All caps scream to people and look very unprofessional.
Use strong verbs. Instead of "cut" use, words like slash, chop, dagger, etc.
Challenge the reader. Try titles like, For Serious Golfers Only! or Only Click Here if You Want to Make Money Today.
Too many exclamation points scream out "Amateur!!!!" If you must use them, use only one.
STRESS THE BENEFITS! Tell the readers, "What's in it for them." For example, You Can Earn $800.00 by Next Week.
Use the words "I" and "you". For example:
I am working at home and loving it - You can too!
Ask a question that begs an answer. But make sure your ad answers the question, otherwise your reader will feel tricked or "lead on." For example, Do You Know the Easiest Way to Earn $5,000 Per Month?
Use attention-grabbing words like Discover, Amazing, and Powerful.
Monitor Adsense Ads!
You want to make money with adsense - but how do you know what works and what doesn't? That is a question that has to be asked if you really want to make the big buck. Then again you can just guess at it ......
How ? Monitor Adsense Ads!
Constantly monitoring the performance of Adsense Ads is an important part of increasing your Adsense revenue. Monitoring helps in determining which formats, colors, placements etc are performing better in terms of CTR and accordingly we can make modification such to optimize Adsense for maximum performance. The best tool that Adsense provides for the publisher to monitor Ads is using "Channels". For more information see our article on using Adsense Channels.
The best way to monitor your ads performance is to set up several channels inside your Adsense account. By setting up a channel for a particular set or type of ad you can monitor their performance and compare them to other ads.
Lets us various types of channels that we can use for monitoring Adsense:
You can create one channel for the whole website - It is enough to create a URL channel for this purpose,
One channel, may be for a 336 x 280 rectangle inside the page content,
One channel, may be for a 160 x 600 skyscraper in the right navigation,
One channel for the Adlinks in the left navigation.
Various URL channels for various subsections of the site (to see which section performs better)
Shown above is just an example. By setting up channels this way you can examine the difference in performance between various ad formats.
How ? Monitor Adsense Ads!
Constantly monitoring the performance of Adsense Ads is an important part of increasing your Adsense revenue. Monitoring helps in determining which formats, colors, placements etc are performing better in terms of CTR and accordingly we can make modification such to optimize Adsense for maximum performance. The best tool that Adsense provides for the publisher to monitor Ads is using "Channels". For more information see our article on using Adsense Channels.
The best way to monitor your ads performance is to set up several channels inside your Adsense account. By setting up a channel for a particular set or type of ad you can monitor their performance and compare them to other ads.
Lets us various types of channels that we can use for monitoring Adsense:
You can create one channel for the whole website - It is enough to create a URL channel for this purpose,
One channel, may be for a 336 x 280 rectangle inside the page content,
One channel, may be for a 160 x 600 skyscraper in the right navigation,
One channel for the Adlinks in the left navigation.
Various URL channels for various subsections of the site (to see which section performs better)
Shown above is just an example. By setting up channels this way you can examine the difference in performance between various ad formats.
Google Money Making Ad Options
Google Money Making Ad Options
Google offers three ways to make money from them:
Google AdSense for Content - A variety of size and shape ads for placing in your content are available. These can be text or image ads or both - you specify what you'll allow. Ad units are full ads. Link units are simply a strip of text links that your visitors might want to click. Google allows you to put up to 3 Ad Units and 1 Link unit on each page of your Web site, provided you follow its policies - both for AdSense and for Webmasters.
Google AdSense for Search - This places a search box on your Web site. When a user enters a term and conducts a search, a search results page opens, that hosts more pay-per-click ads. You can customize the color scheme of the search results page to harmonize with your web site.
Google Referrals - Here you make money by referring visitors to use a Google product, like AdSense, AdWords, the Google Toolbar and other Google software. Just like Google AdSense for Content and AdSense for Search, Google generates the code that you paste into the desired location on your web page. You can choose from a wide variety of buttons and text links of different colors. As an example of how Google Referrals works, if someone goes to your site and clicks the link and signs up for an AdSense account, when that person earns a $100 from Google AdSense and receives a payout from Google, you'll also receive $100 for referring them. This is a great idea to me, because you can be the world's worst Google AdSense advertiser, but if an ad dynamo happens to visit your site and uses your referral link, you can make money anyway!
Rules for Adsense - "to make money"
Rule #1
If you are going to make money with Adsense then you build your site for that purpose. You don’t slap Adsense on an unoptimized site and expect to make much money with it.
Rule #2
Adsense works best when you drive targeted search engine traffic to your site and the visitor clicks an ad targeted to the term that the user found your site with. Or a related term.
ie. John is searching for “Adsense Tips” using a search on Google. He finds your site listed for that term. He visits and at some point he sees an Adsense ad on your site for “Adsense Tips” or “How to make money with Adsense” or “Adsense for beginners” and clicks one of the ads.
That is a targeted click. You will receive the best CPC. (cost per click or in simple terms this is the amount of money Google will pay you for the click) In this case let us say you get paid $0.50 for it.
Now Bob drops in on your site because someone (maybe you if you don’t know any better) stumbled your post on stumbleupon. Bob isn’t looking for anything - he’s just aimlessly surfing the stumble sites. He doesn’t see much that interests him but clicks on an Ad just out of curiosity. He doesn’t convert for the advertiser - why would he (but sometimes it can happen) as he is just checking things out. He spends two seconds on the advertiser’s landing page and leaves.
Bob is an untargeted click. Google will pay you $0.01 for the click.
Do not get hung up on all the variables at work here. Just understand that you want to drive as much targeted traffic to your site and avoid as much untargeted traffic as you can. You want to rank well in the search engines for as many keywords as you can that are related to your niche and you want to avoid driving traffic to your site from untargeted sources. No stumbling, digging, reddit, etc. If others do it you have no control so don’t get in a flap - it happens. Just don’t chase that traffic yourself.
Overall you will get both kinds of traffic - as long as the majority of your clicks come from targeted sources you will average a decent CPC. They will never all be perfect clicks. If the majority of your clicks end up coming from untargeted sources of traffic then eventually you will be smart priced and all you will see will be the 2 cent CPC. If that happens then pull Adsense off the site and leave it off until you can change the traffic source to more targeted visitors.
Now, before you all ask, yes you can get direct traffic from other blogs linking to you or from people bookmarking you. In general these people are interested in your site’s niche and probably have related niches. Whether they are targeted or not is usually not a concern as they will be readers and are not likely to click your ads anyway. You can have a million stumblers show up too as long as they don’t click your ads you will be fine. I am not telling you that you can’t have untargeted traffic - you can - you just don’t want them clicking ads. There are programs available that allow you the option to only show ads to search visitors. If your site has a lot of untargeted visitors then use them. I am too lazy to go find the links but I am sure some of my readers will supply them in the comments. If you are new here then you may as well learn this now - I yak a lot and my friends roll in to do the leg work. I encourage it because it gives them a chance to introduce themselves and they are people you should get to know - they help me, I help them and they will help you. If you have no online friends then make friends with some of mine as they will be your best resource. Just be sure to give as much as you get.
(Don’t be shy - get involved. You will notice by the abundance of comments that I belong to a growing community of like minded folks who all help each other and are far more knowledgable than any other group you will meet online. We were all beginners at one time and we don’t mind passing along our knowledge to others - take advantage of it and pay it forward when you can.)
Rule #3
Do not click your friends ads and discourage them from clicking yours. You will get banned. Google can tell when multiple clicks come from the same IP. It is un-natural and sticks out like a sore thumb. Never ever get involved with click fraud. It is not worth it and yes - you will get caught! Yes you will… you beginners had better listen to me as you are all going to try and think of a way to inflate your clicks. DON”T!!!
Rule #4
A successful Adsense site is a site that doesn’t look like an Adsense site. No splogs. It must contain legit information and serve some purpose other than simply displaying Adsense. It is against the Adsense Terms of Service to create a site for the sole purpose of slapping Adsense on it.
How you create an Adsense site for the purpose of making money with Adsense without looking like you have just created an Adsense site for the sole purpose of making money with Adsense will be discussed in the next post. (say that 5 times fast)
If you are going to make money with Adsense then you build your site for that purpose. You don’t slap Adsense on an unoptimized site and expect to make much money with it.
Rule #2
Adsense works best when you drive targeted search engine traffic to your site and the visitor clicks an ad targeted to the term that the user found your site with. Or a related term.
ie. John is searching for “Adsense Tips” using a search on Google. He finds your site listed for that term. He visits and at some point he sees an Adsense ad on your site for “Adsense Tips” or “How to make money with Adsense” or “Adsense for beginners” and clicks one of the ads.
That is a targeted click. You will receive the best CPC. (cost per click or in simple terms this is the amount of money Google will pay you for the click) In this case let us say you get paid $0.50 for it.
Now Bob drops in on your site because someone (maybe you if you don’t know any better) stumbled your post on stumbleupon. Bob isn’t looking for anything - he’s just aimlessly surfing the stumble sites. He doesn’t see much that interests him but clicks on an Ad just out of curiosity. He doesn’t convert for the advertiser - why would he (but sometimes it can happen) as he is just checking things out. He spends two seconds on the advertiser’s landing page and leaves.
Bob is an untargeted click. Google will pay you $0.01 for the click.
Do not get hung up on all the variables at work here. Just understand that you want to drive as much targeted traffic to your site and avoid as much untargeted traffic as you can. You want to rank well in the search engines for as many keywords as you can that are related to your niche and you want to avoid driving traffic to your site from untargeted sources. No stumbling, digging, reddit, etc. If others do it you have no control so don’t get in a flap - it happens. Just don’t chase that traffic yourself.
Overall you will get both kinds of traffic - as long as the majority of your clicks come from targeted sources you will average a decent CPC. They will never all be perfect clicks. If the majority of your clicks end up coming from untargeted sources of traffic then eventually you will be smart priced and all you will see will be the 2 cent CPC. If that happens then pull Adsense off the site and leave it off until you can change the traffic source to more targeted visitors.
Now, before you all ask, yes you can get direct traffic from other blogs linking to you or from people bookmarking you. In general these people are interested in your site’s niche and probably have related niches. Whether they are targeted or not is usually not a concern as they will be readers and are not likely to click your ads anyway. You can have a million stumblers show up too as long as they don’t click your ads you will be fine. I am not telling you that you can’t have untargeted traffic - you can - you just don’t want them clicking ads. There are programs available that allow you the option to only show ads to search visitors. If your site has a lot of untargeted visitors then use them. I am too lazy to go find the links but I am sure some of my readers will supply them in the comments. If you are new here then you may as well learn this now - I yak a lot and my friends roll in to do the leg work. I encourage it because it gives them a chance to introduce themselves and they are people you should get to know - they help me, I help them and they will help you. If you have no online friends then make friends with some of mine as they will be your best resource. Just be sure to give as much as you get.
(Don’t be shy - get involved. You will notice by the abundance of comments that I belong to a growing community of like minded folks who all help each other and are far more knowledgable than any other group you will meet online. We were all beginners at one time and we don’t mind passing along our knowledge to others - take advantage of it and pay it forward when you can.)
Rule #3
Do not click your friends ads and discourage them from clicking yours. You will get banned. Google can tell when multiple clicks come from the same IP. It is un-natural and sticks out like a sore thumb. Never ever get involved with click fraud. It is not worth it and yes - you will get caught! Yes you will… you beginners had better listen to me as you are all going to try and think of a way to inflate your clicks. DON”T!!!
Rule #4
A successful Adsense site is a site that doesn’t look like an Adsense site. No splogs. It must contain legit information and serve some purpose other than simply displaying Adsense. It is against the Adsense Terms of Service to create a site for the sole purpose of slapping Adsense on it.
How you create an Adsense site for the purpose of making money with Adsense without looking like you have just created an Adsense site for the sole purpose of making money with Adsense will be discussed in the next post. (say that 5 times fast)
If Your Site Is Rejected by Google...
If Your Site Is Rejected by Google...
If you receive that email from Google stating that your site has not been accepted, the first thing you should remember is that as an AdSense member, you become a partner and are representing Google, Inc.
They have to make sure the websites that display these ads are up to par or they could run the risk of losing advertisers. Imagine if you were paying Google to display your ad and you found it showing up on a poorly developed, junky website.
Of course, if your site is rejected, it doesn't mean it is poorly developed. There may be other reasons:
1) Is your site an "About Me" page?
Google does not usually accept these kinds of personal sites because most of them do not have a specific topic or theme. They are usually just random facts about the website owner or their hobbies, pictures, etc.
It would be difficult for Google's technology to display targeted ads on these kinds of pages because the topics vary from subject to subject.
They are looking for "themed" sites that contain a generous amount of information on a specific topic. It could be anything from sewing tips to sports. Just make sure there is an obvious theme with adequate information.
2) Is your site organized?
Be sure your site has a neat and clean navigation that's easy to follow. Also ensure all the links work and that there are no typos. Keep the colors to a minimum and make sure each page has a consistent layout.
3) How many pages are on your site?
Even though Google doesn't specify a page number requirement, many believe they are looking for web sites with a certain amount of content. Again, it's not likely a two-page site will get accepted. Try to strive for at least 15 pages.
4) Is your content solid?
Don't just submit a website with a bunch of links to other sites. Be sure you have a themed/niche site with enough original content of your own.
5) Is your site an exact carbon copy of someone else's?
Some believe Google can find out if your site is original or not. Don't risk it and steal from someone else. It will come back to haunt you.
If you're stuck, write a few articles of your own and then go to sites like http://www.articlecity.com/ and sprinkle a few of their articles around your site to beef it up.
6) Be sure to read their program policy and procedures carefully and make sure your site hasn't violated any of the terms.
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