Adsense is Google's web advertising program. It consists of text, image, and even video ads that can be placed on just about any website, including blogs. Many bloggers today, including myself, have found adsense very useful, and that it can be an extremely powerful income generating tool.
Focusing on blogging, adsense works in this manner:
- The blogger creates a blog about a specific content, be it how to make money online, celebrity news, family and parenting, etc.
- When the blog is set-up, the author can immediately start placing adsense on their site.
- When readers visit the site, they see ads relevant to the content of the blog, and click on the ads.
- By clicking on the ads, the blogger is paid for each click. These clicks can range from $.05 to as high as $20 or more!
When you see advertisements on "Make money in you sleep!" or "4 hour work weeks from home!", they are referring to placing advertisements on your site that continuously work while you are away. Adsense is the leading advertiser in this manner, and with Google's vast web of networking and clients (we're talking billions of dollars here), why not take advantage of it?
Why use Adsense?
Why not? When working on a blog or website, wouldn't it be nice to generate a little side income while doing something you enjoy? The extra money can be used to cover web hosting costs, or domain name registrations, whatever tickles your fancy.
Personally, I use my adsense revenue to help put away money for my daughter's wedding and education. It has also helped me cover web hosting costs on other sites and blogs I have.
What's the cost to use Adsense?
Nothing! Signing up for adsense and the ability to place them on your blog is absolutely free! Google wants to expand their advertising as much as possible, and bloggers are a great affiliate for that. You promote Google's ads by placing adsense on your blog, and Google will pay you each time someone clicks on an ad! It really is that easy! You can sign up for Adsense here.
When do I get my money?
Here is the only catch, Google will not mail you a check until you have reached a total of $100 or more. For some, it can several months to reach that total as they continue to build traffic to their blogs. It seems like a long time, and yes it can be, but once you have established a good reader base and consistent blog traffic, the revenue only keeps going up from there!
Adsense Equals Blog Income
The bottom line is Adsense will make your blog money. I won't lie, it does take some effort to make a good blog that people will want to read, so don't be frustrated if you don't see immediate results. The people making money with adsense have established good blogs, with many readers over a certain period of time. But the potential is there, and it has the ability to make great amounts of additional income, all while doing something you love!
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