What Is It?
It's a program you can apply to and
partner with Google to earn online revenue by displaying ads on your
websites. This is contextual advertising which basically means the ads
displayed are relevant to the content and it's a pay per click model (
PPC ) which means you get paid whenever a visitor clicks on an ad that
is displayed on your website. Google then sends you a monthly pay check
for your publisher earnings. You can display ads on any site in your
portfolio which complies with Terms of Service ( TOS )
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Here's a quick list of what you need to
build up an online income with this program.
1) First you need a website with some
quality content and a number of pages. It doesn't need to be a huge site
but I don't recommend applying for an account if you only have a single
page site. This also means you need hosting unless you are using a free
blogging platform. Don't worry, this is relatively inexpensive ( under
$10 a month starting out ).
2) Then you need to apply for a Google
Adsense publisher account. Providing your site is offering good quality
content and complies with their terms of service, you shouldn't have any
problems getting your application accepted.
3) Google provided you with some ad
code that you need to copy and paste into any pages you wish to display
ads on. Your earnings and click through rate will be dependent on a
number of factors including ad positioning.
4) You need traffic. If you don't get
any visitors to your site, you won't earn any money so not only do you
need a website, content and ads on your site, you also need eyeballs
reading your pages. You also want high quality targeted visitors that
are interested in your content and site topic.
5) I recommend you build your website
around a specific theme so that the pages on your site are relevant to
each other.
There is a lot more to know if you want
to learn how to make money with Google Adsense, but getting your account
in place and the basics right lays a good foundation for all the other
tweaks you can put in place quickly once you are up and running.
