Create Passive Income With Google Adsense

Here is a nice article on Google Adsense written by Michael on June 16, 2010

Google has changed the way webmaster’s make money online. They have created a nice program called Adsense that allows any webmaster to make money off of their web pages. Adsense is completely free, and if you run a website, you can create a nice source of passive income with Google Adsense.

What is Google Adsense? – Google Adsense allows you to make money off of your web pages by displaying relevant, contextual ads on them. Every time someone clicks on the ads, you get paid. You get paid between $0.03 cents per click and several dollars per click. The amount you get paid depends on how much the advertiser is paying per click. What’s great about Adsense is that it only displays ads related to the content on your web page. For example, if your web page is about vending machines, then Adsense will display ads about vending machines. If your web page is about college, then Adsense will only display ads related to college. This increases your click-through rate dramatically.

After you have joined Adsense, you’ll want to create the Adsense code needed to put on your website. Do this by logging into your account, and then clicking on “Adsense for Content” at the top of the web page. On this web page, you have many options available to you for customizing the look of the ads. You can choose the color of the text that appears in the ads. You can also choose the background color of the ad box. A great way to maximize your Adsense revenue is to make the ads “blend in” with your website. You can do this by making the background color of the ads match the background color of your website.

The next step is to copy the code at the bottom of that page, and then paste the code into your web page. The best places for Adsense ads are right above page content, above or underneath a navigation menu on the left, and also at the bottom of a content page. Adsense ads that appear at the top a web page or on the left of the web page generally generate the best click-through ratios. The more clicks your ad gets, the more money you’ll make.

How You Get Paid By Google – Once your Adsense account has earned $100.00, Google will issue your payment either by check, or by depositing the funds directly into your checking or savings account. I personally recommend the direct deposit. It is much easier than waiting for a check to come in the mail.

A Few Adsense Tips of Success

Don’t Click on Your Own Ads! Clicking on your own ads is known as click fraud, and Google will disable your account in the blink of an eye.
Put Adsense on all of your web pages to make each page of your website an asset.
Generate more revenue by adding Adsense for Search on your web page.
Placing images above the ads has been shown to result in a higher click-through rate.
Learn how to use Google Channels.
The amount of money you make with Adsense depends on a lot of different factors. In theory, the more website visitors you have, the more money you can make with Adsense because your Adsense ads will get more clicks. Adsense is perfect for content-driven websites that have a moderate to large amount of website traffic.