Nowadays it seems that every website you visit has one of those "ads by Google" sections to it, doesn't it? I wonder why that is. The answer ladies and gentlemen is because Adsense pays. Having Adsense on your website can help you profit in many ways, but you must first learn how to profit from Adsense.
First off, if you are new to Adsense you will need to start an account with Google. You can get yourself started by visiting www.google.com/adsense and clicking on "Sign up now". During the sign up process you will need to submit your website URL for Google's review. If you do not already have a website in place the easiest way to apply for Adsense would be to set up a blog with Blogger. Just pick a topic you have some knowledge of and write some content based blog entries about it. You can also pick up free content to add to your blog all over the internet, as long as you make sure not to violate any copywrite laws. Once you are all set up you will be able to place Adsense ads on any site you own by placing your unique publisher ID number in your website, or by adding the page element to your Blogger blog.
Before you begin placing Adsense ads on your site you will need to take strides to create some traffic to your website. Place some good content and socially bookmark your website. You can create a social bookmarking account with del.icio.us, or any number of other free services. Next you should write a few articles between 400-700 words long about the topic of your website and submit them at online sources such as ezinearticles.com. The next step will be to submit your website to some search engine friendly directories. You can find many free directories by searching on Google. Being listed on these directories provides lasting, targeted, one way links to your site, and can help your search engine rankings as well. These directories are the reason for waiting before placing your Adsense ads. One surefire way to get rejected by a directory is for your webpages to look like billboards!
Now that we have generated some traffic flow toward our website and been listed in some directories lets go ahead and add our Adsense. There are several things to consider when placing ads on your webpage. You must think about size, shape, color and placement of ads. Google provides excellent tutorials on this subject. One piece of advice that I have been given, and seems to work for many people, is to use the large rectangle format for ads. I have also seen that people most often click on ads if they are in the top left corner of the page. Another good idea is to place ads at natural breaks in your content, and to use colors that blend well with your website. You are not going to fool anyone into thinking it is not an ad, but it seems less blatant and therefore will more likely be read. Make sure to experiment with different ad formats, colors and placements to find out what works best for you.
At this point you may check your progress by logging into your Google Adsense account and looking at some of the reports they offer. You should expect to see traffic as soon as you place the ads on your site, but this will not be enough. Make sure to keep placing new content on your website. Place new content as often as possible so that you can increase your number of repeat visitors. No one wants to keep coming back to a site with the same old stuff on it. You should also continue to submit articles to your article directories. Submit your articles to as many directories as you can, don't just stick with one, and make sure to socially bookmark you site at as many different places as possible. The more links you can get to your site the better. Keep building.
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