Google Adsense
Google Adsense is a “pay-per-click” program where a website owner places Google code on their page. Google then displays ads in place of that coding. Every time someone clicks those ads, the website owner gets paid!
How much? They get paid a portion of the proceeds that Googlecharged the advertiser. Google has two programs under their Adsense belt:
Adsense for Content
This is when you place the coding on your website and your website shows the ads.
Adsense for Search
This is when you place a small box on your website that allows your visitors to search the net. When they type in a term and hit “search” – the search results page provided by Google has ads in it. If an ad is clicked, you getpaid!
Bottom line, Google Adsense is an affiliate program where you are compensated on a “per click” basis rather than a “per sale” basis. And don’t be fooled into thinking that this is not good money. There are many individuals out there earning a 6 figure income just from Adsense!
There are niches and topics out there that can earn you $5 a CLICK, or MORE! For the most part, you will only make in a few cents a click – but remember, if 100s or 1000s are clicking – it adds up! Google Adsense is to be taken VERY seriously as a money-making business.
But there’s a catch – there always is. What’s the catch? Getting APPROVED by Google. They must give you the right to display their ads.Google is extremely strict about the level and type of sites they accept and affiliate with.
So before you can ever dream of receiving big fat checks from Google... you need to get approved!
That’s what we’re here for. As the founder/leading mentor of AffiliateClassroom.com, I get e-mails on a daily basis from people who need help getting approved by Google Adsense or are frustrated because they were just rejected!On the next page, I'll share a bit more about me and why in the world you should listen to me!
Setting up your Google AdSense account
Part 1 (Enrolment form)
So, you have decided to go ahead and use Google AdSense for generating revenue from your website. Google AdSense doesn’t need you to sell any products or services. With Google AdSense, you are just selling advertising space on your website. And the best part is that Google doesn’t discriminate between websites; so, any website owner can enroll with Google AdSense program (as long as it adheres to the Google AdSense program policies). Moreover, setting up a Google AdSense account is so easy that you can literally start generating revenue within 15 minutes.
For enrolling to the Google AdSense program, Click Here Sign up for AdSense. and then click on the ‘Click here to Apply’ button. You will be presented with an enrolment form where you need to fill-in some details like your website information (URL and website language), the Google AdSense products that you wish to use (i.e. AdSense for Content or AdSense for Search), your contact information, your email address and your preferences. You will also need to select an account type (business/individual) for your AdSense Account and agree to the various policies, terms and conditions of Google AdSense program.
The account type will not affect your revenues in any way; it is there just to determine if the payment is to be made in the name of a company or an individual.The email address and the password that you provide during the enrolment process will be required by you for logging into your account later on. Note that you will be referred to as publisher by the Google AdSense program; so when you return back to the Google AdSense website, you will be asked to enter your login details as an ‘Existing Publisher’.
That’s it. You can now submit your application form for Google to evaluate and get back to you.
Setting up your Google AdSense account
Part 2 (Essential customizations)
Once you are done with setting up your Google AdSense account and once Google has approved your application, you are ready to use Google AdSense for earning revenue from your website. Just login into your account using your email address and password,click ‘AdSense Setup’ in the top menu and select the product type (i.e. ‘AdSense for Content’ or ‘AdSense for Search’). You will be presented with various options for customization of your AdSense Ads. Here we will take a look at setting up ‘AdSense for Content’ only (however, the setup for ‘AdSense for Search’ is quite similar and equally easy).
The first thing that you need to choose is the Ad type (Ad unit or link unit). Based on the Ad type you choose, you will need to specify the type of ad (text, image, etc for Ad unit) or number of links per link unit too. Google AdSense program allows you to use a maximum of three ad units and 1 link unit per web page (and you must use both, in order to maximize your AdSense revenue).
The next thing is to choose the Ad layout. There are various layouts available but large rectangle (336x280) and wide skyscraper (160x600) are preferred over others (since they help get more impressions for you and hence help you make more money).
Customizing the colors of various parts of your AdSense ad is the next thing you need to do. Even though customizing colors is optional (as far as the Google AdSense program is concerned), it’s strongly recommended for making your Ads attractive and more effective. Your choice of colors must be governed by the look and feel of your website so that the Ad doesn’t look out of place.
These are the essential customizations that you surely need to do before you can start using Google AdSense Ads on your website.
Setting up your Google AdSense account
Part 3 (Additional customizations)
Besides the essential customizations like selecting the Ad type, Ad layout and colors,there are some other customizations that you can apply to your AdSense account. In fact,some of these can quite easily be treated as essential customizations (based on the context of your website) e.g. ‘filters’ is one such customization that is quite important. Let’s take a look at what these additional customizations are:
Filters: Google allows you to set-up custom ad filters for your website (note that this is in addition to the screening of ad content that Google does by default). By setting up filters you can block competitive Ads and other Ads that you don’t want to display on your website. In fact, filters are a must if your website sells a product or a service (unless you want to promote your competitors through your website).
Alternate Ads: This is something that can help you in preventing underutilization of the ad space on your website. Alternate Ads are the Ads that you would want to show up on your website in case sufficient content-relevant Ads are not available. If you don’t specify alternate Ads and if there are insufficient content-related Ads available, Google AdSense program will serve charitable Ads to your website (Ads which don’t earn revenue for you).
Reporting and performance tracking: You can even customize the reporting and performance tracking options for your AdSense account. One important tool in this regard is the use of channels to study the performance of AdSense Ads from various perspectives. However, you might decide to take this up later down the line (maybe 1 month after setting up your AdSense account.
Setting up your Google AdSense account
Part 4 (AdSense code)
Once you are done with all the customizations, your AdSense code is generated in the AdSense Code box. You just need to copy this code (which is in the form of a programming script) from the AdSense Code box and paste it in your website as per the guidelines from Google. Since Google allows only three ad units per page, you can add the code at more than one place in your html code.
The next step is to save your web page to the designated web server (as per the instructions from your web hosting service provider). Please note that Google AdSense program does not require you to send over your website’s html code to them; neither does it ask to load it onto their servers or do anything else with it. The addition of AdSense code to your website’s code is the only thing that you need to do. Separate procedures are available with Google for people who want to use AdSense Ads with their blogs (you can check these on Google’s website for AdSense program).
Now that everything is done and dusted, you need to wait for a few hours (might be lesser than that) before Google’s web crawlers find your web page or blog that has AdSense code on it and you start seeing AdSense Ads on your web page or blog. You might see some PSA (charitable Ads) initially (almost immediately) but these will soon get replaced with the AdSense Ads that will earn revenue for you. If the content on your website violates the AdSense program’s policies, you might keep seeing PSAs even after few hours. In all such cases (or if you find objectionable Ads that don’t go even after you have applied appropriate filters), you will need to contact Google who will sort out the problems for you.
Top 4 Tips for getting the best results from your AdSense Ads
The revenue that you earn from Google AdSense program is totally dependent on you and your abilities. Here are some tips that you can use to get the best results from your AdSense Ads:
1. Use channels: Channels help you in conducting a better analysis of the performance of your AdSense Ads. You can use custom channels to check what web pages are making more revenue and which ones are not doing so well. In fact, custom channels can be used for conducting analysis on multiple aspects at the same time. You can use this analysis for making amendments to your AdSense Ads or website content in order to get better results.
2. Ad customization and positioning: Shape, Size and color are the three properties of your AdSense Ads that you can easily control and customize in a way that the Ads don’t look out of place when served on your website. You can either make your Ads stand-out from the rest of the content on your webpage or you can make them blend with the overall webpage. Moreover, you can identify the hot spots on your website and position your Ads accordingly. Ad customization and Ad positioning are, in fact, the best ways to attract more clicks to your AdSense Ads.
3. Content quality: ‘The best generally overcomes the rest’ – is a very true saying. If you host quality content on your website and provide regular updates to your visitors, you can expect more traffic to your website. This will in turn lead to more ad impressions and possibly more clicks.
4. Use AdSense Ads on all pages: If you have multiple web pages on your website, you should include AdSense Ads on all of them. Since the visitors can enter your website through a number of different pages, having AdSense Ads on all the pages will surely increase your earnings.
How To Get Enough Traffic…
First of all, I want to clarify that I *personally* do not think that traffic is important. As a matter of fact, just a second ago I got another e-mail from a client who I just got approved for Adsense – I had him apply about 5 minutes after we finished building his site. The only people who visited it were him and me!
BUT so I DON'T get 100 hostile e-mails from all of you who argue that traffic is important, I’m just going to give you the two ideas I use to get free traffic before applying... plus one paid way that will work – guaranteed.
FREE WAYS
1. Post at a forum – This one always works like a charm. It may not get you 1000s of hits, but it will certainly get you enough for Google to see an active website.
2. Post some articles – Another technique to get some long-term free traffic. However, this technique may take a few days/weeks to kick in.Nevertheless, it's free quality traffic…and if you post enough articles,it’s a great marketing strategy as well (for long term targeted traffic.) If you want to learn more about how to use articles to promote, we dida great case study on it in the members section of The Affiliate Classroom.
PAID GUARANTEED WAY
Obviously there are many ways to pay for traffic and this is not a guide to traffic generation. But I just want to name one method in particular that can get you traffic right away. It is…
1.Pay Per Click – The fastest pay per click to use is Google Adwords.Some of the others take a few days to authenticate and authorize your account. Google Adwords, however, will go LIVE within 5 minutes. So you can run some ads during the application period of 3-5 days and your traffic problem is solved!
NOTICE:
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AdsenseApproval.com also does not guarantee that you will get approved on your first try because these matters are 100% out of our control. However, we will stick with you until you are approved or help you get approved using a different website. Also,AdsenseApproval.com is NOT responsible for your relations with Google, Inc.AdsenseApproval.com will not be held liable for any violation on your part of Google’s terms of policy or agreement.Sign up for AdSense.
