How do you make money from the Google Adsense Program? What AdSense Tips can you share with us?
I have been asked this question so many times in the past few weeks that I thought I should write something on the topic. It seems increasingly bloggers want to try to cover their hosting and ISP costs with some revenue from their blog - and increasingly they’re doing it and are able to make a few (or quite a lot) dollars on the side. Many are turning to Google’s Adsense program.Covering costs of my Digital Photography Blog is why I originally signed up with Google Adsense - blogging can get expensive when you have high levels of traffic and a lot of pages.Whilst the agreement you sign with Google stresses that you are not allowed to give specific information about your earnings from the program I can say that I’m glad I’ve signed up because its well and truly covered my costs - and then some. In fact I think its quite feasible to expect that Adsense coupled with other strategies for making money from Blogging could quite easily generate a decent living. It takes time and hard work, but I think its very doable. (Update: Since writing this series I’ve revealed that I am now looking at making over a six figure income this year in 2005 from blogging).So how do I make money from Google Adsense? Let me share some AdSense Tips that heve helped me.This will be the first in a series of posts on this topic.
Let me say up front I’m no expert - there are a lot of people out there making a lot more money than I am using Adsense - however most of them are not telling their secrets - well not for free anyway. I’ve got no secrets to hide and am willing to share what I’ve learnt since I signed up for the program 8 months ago. If you want a REAL expert’s opinion on Adsense I’d recommend buying Joel Comm’s What Google Never Told You About Making Money with Adsense E-Book. Joel earns $15,000 per month from Adsense and has some good things to share.I know some bloggers are put off or offended by the idea of making money from blogging so I’ll try not to let these posts dominate my blog - however if you are not interested in the topic, simply skip over these posts.I am going to assume a few things in this series to cut down the amount of introductory comments I have to make.
Here is what I am assuming:You have a blog. Whilst most of the following tips will apply to other types of websites I run Adsense on blogs and will speak from that experience. You have (or will) read a basic overview of Adsense and have some understanding of what it is. You have(or will) read the program policies as outlined by Google. These give details of site eligibility, ad placements and other requirements for using the system. Enough introductory comments - lets get stuck into the Adsense Tips for Bloggers!
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October 28, 2008
Adsense Tips for Bloggers
Why Adsense is Not Suitable for All Blog Topics?
One of the most striking things that hit me in my analysis of the 30 most visited blogs at Truth Laid Bear was the small number of blogs using the Adsense program. Only 8 of the 30 (26%) had any Adsense ads on their pages - most instead opting for BlogAds as their income stream of choice. A number of you have also emailed me or commented on this after my previous post (remember these 30 blogs are not THE most visited blogs - just the most visited ones with sitemeter stats tracking them).
As someone who uses Adsense extensively in my blogging this was initially a somewhat shocking finding. My Digital Camera blog is down at the bottom of the list at number 30 with 12518 daily visitors - I use Adsense extensively there and make over $200 per day from doing so on that blog alone (it is my highest earning blog to date). It would be easy to assume that a blog like Daily Kos with 35 times the daily traffic should earning 35 times the money if they used Adsense ($7500 per day).
This would be a false assumption. Why? Its simply about Topic.
The majority of the blogs in the list have a political or news/commentary theme - I’d classify 22 of the top 30 this way. Of the 8 remaining 3 are tech related, 4 are gossip/celebrity focussed and 1 is a metablog covering all of those themes (ie tech, politics, culture etc). This last blog is BlogCritics who I’ve spoken with the owners of and asked why they don’t use Adsense - the reason is that they have many contributer - some of whom use strong language in their posting and comments which doesn’t fit with Google’s guidelines.
Political Blogs - Whilst they generate some massive traffic, Adsense is never going to be the income stream of choice for these bloggers for a number of reasons:
• They have no control over which ads do and don’t appear - You can just imagine the variety of ads that could be served to a piece written on George Bush. I don’t know too many political bloggers who would be happy to have an ad that they are opposed to running on their blog. Adsense has no way of telling if your blog is pro or against him - so it will randomly serve ads (if there are any). For instance if you check out Washington Monthly you’ll see an example of a political blog running adsense in their right hand sidebar and notice the variety of ads that are shown there from page to page.• Low earnings per click - Political ads just don’t pay much. Whilst during the election there might have been a bit more competition between advertisers as there was more at stake, in general ads about politics (which there is no real product to sell) don’t tend to generate high bids from advertisers.
With these factors in mind - a better business model for such sites would obviously be a system that gives the blogger a choice about which ads appear on their blog and that are tied more to impression level or relevant ads than to ‘click value’. As a result BlogAds tend to do well on them.
Gossip/Celebrity Blogs - Again blogs of this nature have the distinct advantage of generating a lot of impressions due to the inquisitive nature of human beings who want to know others business and who have a fascination with celebrity. However they have the distinct disadvantage of not being big earners with Adsense. Once again this comes down to a lack of earnings per click. I run a number of celebrity blogs which at times generate very high traffic - but their CPM (earnings per thousand impressions) is generally the lowest among my blogs. This again is largely due to the fact that there is no high value product associate with celebrities. Sure there are a few books, DVDs, concert tickets and movies - but advertisers are not willing to shell out big dollars to get you to buy these lower ticket value items.
It is possible to make some reasonable money from celebrity blogs - but the rate of return per visitor will always be lower than other topics of blog - to make it big with Adsense on a gossip blog would require a lot of traffic and the fact is that they can probably earn more with other types of ads (impression based ones or site sponsorship deals would be more suitable).
Tech Blogs - whilst there are not as many of these in the ‘top 30′ list they are perhaps the best suited ones to using Adsense. This is largely due to the fact that they specifically focus upon items that can be purchased - some of which can be of a high retail value. In terms of ‘click value’ - these sorts of blogs do generate a higher return than political and gossip topics - but they are not the highest earning topics out there. In fact my Digital Camera Blog may be my biggest earner (total earnings) but in terms of click value its in the middle of the pack and perhaps even trailing the field a little. It is still well worth doing though as the combination of a slightly higher click value and some reasonable traffic pay off nicely.
I am a little surprised that the other tech blogs in the list don’t use Adsense as prominently as they could. I would have thought that with their higher traffic levels and profile that it would have been worthwhile to do so. Having said this it is probably due to them having better alternatives for their ad space.
Take Home Advice - So the take home advice is that not all blogs are suitable for Adsense. Other topics that will always be an uphill battle include:
• Religion - similar problems with politics - ie low click value and difficulty in serving ads that relate tightly with your perspective• Adult Content - Google simply doesn’t allow ads to be served on pages with explicit content (same story with gambling I’ve heard)• Sport - Similar problem to the celebrity blog - with no real high ticket value product attached to these keywords you need a lot of traffic to make much from these blogs from Adsense.
I’m sure there are others. Feel free to leave a comment below and let the rest of us know what you think. What topics have you found don’t work too well on Adsense? Which ones do?
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October 27, 2008
Most Searched Words (Keywords) in Google
According to Ezine Blog, the Google's most searched words are:
1. asphyxiation 2. jacque jones 3. bet awards 4. kaitlyn lasitter 5. curt henning 6. kaitlyn lassiter 7. dream catchers hair 8. nancy benoit 9. www.mileyworld.com/vip 10. davey boy smith 11. larry king live 12. cia family jewels 13. espys 14. roid rage 15. mileyworld.com/vip 16. kevin sullivan 17. mika brzezinski 18. ebb and flow 19. ann coulter 20. wrestler kills family 21. kris jenner 22. tire recall 23. cracklin 24. dead wrestlers 25. nancy grace | 26. shaq s big challenge 27. bob woodruff 28. salli richardson 29. daniel benoit 30. tvnewser.com 31. elizabeth hulette 32. lissandra nieves 33. jacques derrida 34. kevin eubanks 35. sebastian melmoth 36. owen hart 37. miss elizabeth 38. espy awards 39. lex luger 40. curt mr. perfect hennig 41. chris and nancy benoit 42. tallac village 43. crash holly 44. s 1639 45. pro wrestling deaths 46. nancy daus 47. pygmy hippo 48. imikimi 49. jim ross 50. bret hart | 51. angora fire 52. david linch 53. rick rude 54. bet.com/takethecake 55. chris benoit text 56. chris benoit press 57. nancy sullivan 58. copa america schedule 59. espys 2007 60. erica cerra 61. the ninth gate 62. hedge funds 63. khleo thomas 64. nafta superhighway 65. tanya nicole kach 66. jill goodacre 67. tiger woods baby 68. notme.hk 69. big boss man 70. telefutura 71. wrestler murder 72. six flags tragedy 73. bam bam bigelow 74. holmby hills 75. nrdc | 76. british bulldog 77. iphone review 78. us bank 79. dino bravo 80. world wrestling 81. duncan hunter 82. will ferrell landlord 83. woman benoit 84. tahoe tribune 85. hannah montana 2 lyrics 86. kevin garnett 87. tallac village lake 88. von erich 89. mileycyrus.com 90. junkyard dog 91. wrestler suicide 92. espy voting 93. msnbc anchor tears up 94. cia documents 95. elton brand 96. hatshepsut 97. lake cheko 98. holes soundtrack 99. tahoe keys 100. johnson county texas |
October 26, 2008
Search Engine Marketing
A recent study sponsored by Yahoo and Media Vest and conducted by COM Score concluded that on average brand awareness increased by 160% thanks to paid search ads compared to the awareness level of brands not involved with paid search. The study further found that brands garnering the top search position were seen as better than brands in the second or third position. Purchasing intent increased by 30% when the brand was listed at the top of search query results. At Orbital Marketing we work with you to come up with a clear, concise and cost effective way to bring target traffic to your site with paid search marketing. With services like CPC (Cost Per Click) and PPC (Pay Per Click) campaigns you will notice immediate measurable results.
Small initial investment. The search engines do not charge a fee to place or run your ad. You only pay for the users that click thru on the ad.
Realistic for all businesses, regardless of size. Pay-per-Click campaigns create a level playing field for small businesses, particularly if your campaign research results in the right keywords. With the right campaign
management, your ad placement might be right above or below a larger competitor or national chain. This effectively puts you in a good competitive position without having to substantially out bid the larger advertiser.Immediate results. The research, set up and implementation cycle of pay-per-click campaigns can take place in just a few days, as opposed to natural search engine rankings which require weeks or months to gain desired
rankings. Pay-per-click campaign results are immediate: the day your ad is placed the clicks to your website begin!Real-time tracking. Metrics such as effectiveness of keywords and phrases, per ad traffic generated, per ad conversions, and more are used to provide campaign managers with the data to alter campaigns in real-time. This allows you to respond very quickly to strong or poor performing ads. Unlike a printed piece or mailer, the lag time to judging ad effectiveness is hours not days, and modifying an ad can be accomplished in minutes.
Targeted traffic. Print and traditional media generally reach a mass audience; it is difficult to target your message. Pay-per-click campaigns utilizing geo-targeting, effective keyword research and demographic site selection allow you to target your viewing audience much more precisely. Thus pre-qualifying your customers to a far greater degree before they ever land on your website.
Branding. Top placement on Google, Yahoo or MSN has proven to be a very effective branding method.
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What is Zanox Publishers System?
zanox, a global leader in performance-based online marketing, today announced the company has released a comprehensive and detailed code of conduct (http://www.zanox.com/us/zanox/about/zanox_code_of_conduct.html) for its global affiliate network as an industry measure toward establishing a rigorous benchmark for the affiliate marketing sector worldwide. October 25, 2008
Choose the Best Colors for Your Adsense Block
Two additions to the above which you may not already be aware of are: 1) The statistics show that using the “standard” blue link color works best, with one exception which is covered in the “Facts and Figures” section, and 2) You should make the color of the url to the advertiser a color that does not stand out on the page (that’s the small url that appears below the ad text—not the link url). Both of these steps make your ads look less like ads, thereby increasing the CTR.
Bottom line: Make the border and background colors of your ad blocks match the background color of the web page, make the link color the standard “blue”, and make the advertiser url a color that does not stand out.
Free Download Ebook: Google Adsense Secrets 4 By Joel Comm
"Joel comm" the internet millionaire, has recently wrote the book named "Adsense Secrets 4". I already had a post about this book here. Adsense Secrets 4 is the updated version of ebook by Joel Comm that only cost $9.95. But you can download the ebook for free.
He talks about "What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense" in this book and provides you with step by step guides to earn huge money from yoru Adsense website. See the website now and download the ebook:
www.adsense-secrets.com/11 strategies to promote a blog
1. It takes time - It may not be what you want to hear, but it unless you’re a genius, extremely lucky or have an amazing new idea, it takes time to build a readership. So settle in for the long
haul and muscle up some patience.
2. Content Content Content - I’ve said this over and over again so will keep it brief but unless you have ‘good’ content you’re unlike to build a readership. What is good content - start by thinking about it in terms of usefulness and uniqueness and I think you’ll be on the right track. Other words that come to mind when it comes to good content might be ‘fresh’, ‘variety’, ‘up to date’ and ‘well written’.
3. Link to others - Perhaps one of the central features of blogging is that they are linked. The intricate web of links and relationships was one of the first things that attracted me to blogging and it’s part of the reason it’s got real viral properties that allow ideas to spread so quickly. Participate in the linking to other blogs and you’ll find that many benefits come. For a start you’ll be participating in the conversation, you’ll be getting the attention of others and your readers will appreciate that you’re interested in helping them find the best content out there.
Of course you don’t want to be linking randomly to everyone and anyone - be selective and link to quality content that is relevant to your niche topic. As you engage in linking you’ll find that others will link back (assuming you have something worthwhile to say yourself) and you’ll find the traffic begins to flow - both from their sites and as a result of your increased search engine ranking.
4. Get Links from other Bloggers - I can hear the comments already - ‘Easier said than done Darren!’ This is true - but if you’re smart, genuine, helpful and polite there are ways of increasing the chances of getting links from others.
5. Participate in other people’s conversations - I suspect that a number of my first regular blog readers first came to my blog because I left a comment on theirs. It was not a strategy I thought about - I just found myself quite addicted to reading others blogs and giving feedback. When you leave a comment leave your own blog address. Often people like to know who is reading their blog and will come visiting you. Don’t comment just for the sake of it. If someone leaves me a ‘hi’ comment or is obviously spamming my blog I won’t visit them and delete the comment. Make genuine comments on posts that connect with you. You might make a good friend in the process and in the long run will find the flow on effect of this is more interest in you and your own blog.
6. Interact with Readers - When a reader reaches out to you with a comment, email or link from their blog - interact with them. For starters it’s good manners and secondly it’s a good way to increase the chances that they’ll come back again. I get a lot of people telling me that they don’t have enough readers to their blog - while I can related to this frustration I generally encourage them to see what they’ve got as a good starting place. Interact with those who do come to your blog and make it the best experience you can for them and you’ll find that they spread the word for you.
7. Update frequently - With the advent of news aggregators people can be notified of your new post in real time. I noticed that when I publish a new post that my stats nearly always go up slightly just afterwards as those readers with aggregators log in to have a quick look at my latest musings. This works a lot better on some blogs than others (some topics seem to attract more RSS subscribers than others do). Another side benefit of frequent posting is that search engines like it and many believe that the more you post the more often SE’s will send their spiders out to index your blog. Similarly - the more you post the more you’ll get indexed by blog engines like technorati (and numerous others). Of course I’m not encouraging massive amounts of meaningless content - keep it of a high quality.
8. Add a signature to your outgoing email - This is an oldie but a goodie. Many bloggers do this. Simply add the domain name to your outgoing email. Most email programs will allow you to do this automatically via a signature option. However be careful with automatic signatures if you don’t want your blog to be read by everyone that you email.
9. Promote your RSS Feed - Most blog platforms come with a RSS feeds built in but there are ways of increasing your subscriber list. The most obvious of these is to put it in the sight of your readers by putting your RSS button in a more prominent position. There are a variety of different buttons available that you can make available to readers to help them to subscribe to your blog via their news aggregators with one click that might also be worth investigating. Also, if your topic is not one which many readers seem to use RSS in, you might need to do some education on the topic of RSS feeds. Write a post on how to follow your blog via RSS and you
might find more do.
10. List your site on Portals, Blog Indexes, Directories and Search Engines - There are MANY places that you can list your blog to help it get more attention. In fact there are too many and you could probably spend all your time submitting your blog to them all. I’d recommend that you don’t become obsessed by this and work on other factors in this list first and then in your spare time add your blog to some of these types of things as you go. Making sure you get listed on some of the bigger sites like Technorati should probably be a priority (here’s how for Technorati) - but don’t make this the first thing you do. In terms of getting into search engines - you can submit yourself (most have ways of doing this) but most people believe that the best and quickest way to get indexed these days is to get a link from another site that is already indexed.
11. Search Engine Optimization - While some bloggers don’t think much of SEO I think it is well worth knowing some basic SEO principles and keeping them in the back of your mind as you blog. After all SE’s are the place that most people go to when they are searching for information on a topic. Don’t become obsessed by SEO, but don’t ignore it either.
October 23, 2008
Big Money! a big lie or true story?
- If you are providing the visitors with a bunch of advertisement, you are loser. Because visitors are not visiting your website for ads but for your contents.
- If you are working on a website which has original contents, you may be able to succeed. Good quality contents is the first step. The next step is how to design and put Adsense codes and contents together.
I encourage you to see my previous posts on Adsense design to get a better idea:
Now, start refining your web page designs and experience more money. Then share those experiences with us. Put some comments here then ;-)
October 22, 2008
Adsense Link Units, More Money?!
What can I do to ensure that my account won't be disabled?
Additionally, following these simple rules will help keep your account in good standing:
- Don't click on your own Google ads.Clicking on Google ads on your own site for any reason is strictly prohibited. If you'd like more information about one of the advertisers appearing on your site, please type the URL of the ad directly into your browser's address bar, or use the AdSense preview tool.
- Don't ask others to click on Google ads. Users should click on Google ads because they're interested in the services being advertised. Encouraging users to click on your Google ads, either directly or indirectly, can lead to inflated advertiser costs and can cause your account to be disabled.
- Don't employ pop-up prompts or automatic software installations. Google is dedicated to improving the user experience on the Internet, and promoting responsible software principles is part of that effort. Sites showing Google ads may not prompt users to install software on their machines. Publishers must also not attempt to change users' browser home pages automatically or via pop-up prompts.
- Be aware of how your site is promoted.Pages showing Google ads may never be loaded in an unrequested pop-up. This means publishers need to be very careful when purchasing traffic or setting up ad campaigns with third parties. Before contracting with any ad network, you should ensure that they will never display your site in pop-ups or as a result of the actions of any software application.
- Don't place Google ads on sites that contain prohibited content.Google ads may not be displayed alongside any type of content prohibited by our program policies, including adult or mature content, gambling-related content, or drug content. It's your responsibility to ensure that all of your pages adhere to these policies.
- Respect Google trademarks.Framing or mimicking Google pages is strictly prohibited by our Guidelines for Use of Google Brand Features. In addition, publishers may not use any Google Brand Features such as Google trademarks, logos, webpages or screen shots, without prior consent from Google.
- Don't tamper with the AdSense code.AdSense offers a wide variety of approved formats, colors, and features in your AdSense account. Once you've generated your code, however, we ask that you do not alter any portion of the code or change the layout, behavior, targeting, or delivery of ads for any reason, unless specifically authorized to do so by Google.
- Provide a positive user experience.Sites that contain excessive pop-ups, use sneaky redirects to obtain traffic, or otherwise attempt to interfere with normal web navigation aren't permitted in the AdSense network. Please make sure your site doesn't deceive your users in any way. Also, every AdSense publisher is required to adhere to the Webmaster Guidelines on quality to ensure that their site
- provides a positive user experience.
- Provide a good environment for advertisers.Sites showing Google ads should not present a poor opportunity for advertisers. Sites that use tricks or deceptive practices in order to trigger inadvertent clicks on ads are prohibited.
- Be responsive.Publishers are asked to be responsive to emails sent by the AdSense team. Be sure to keep your email address up-to-date, in case we ever need to contact you about your account. To update your email address, follow the instructions here.
We are constantly reviewing publishers for compliance with AdSense program policies and rules noted above. If you believe a site showing ads is in violation of these policies, please let us know.
October 21, 2008
Who is "Joel Comm"?
Joel Comm is an Internet entrepreneur who has been online for over 20 years. In 1995, Joel launched WorldVillage.com, a family-friendly portal to the web which enjoys thousands of visitors each day. Joel is the co-creator of ClassicGames.com, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 1997, and now goes by the name Yahoo! Games.
Make Your Ads To Be Clicked!
October 19, 2008
Start Adsense With a Weblog!
All you have to do is choose a name and title for your blog, take your pick of the good range of templates available and get writing. You don’t have to worry about coding or design work or images or anything else. If you change your mind about the way your blog looks, you can just pick a different template. All that’s left for you to do is write… and add AdSense. Even that’s been made easy for you.
Blogger.com lets you apply for AdSense directly from its site and it even gives you a preview of where your ad will appear (at the top of the page) and how it will look. While you’re waiting for your approval, you can play with fonts and colors so that you’re all set up and ready to start earning. Of course, once you’ve done that, there are all sorts of ways to play with the layout and content. You can easily move the ads into the sidebar by clicking the Template tab and looking for the line that says (I have replaced <> with { and } because of posting restrictions):
{!-- Begin #sidebar --}{div id="sidebar"}{div
id="sidebar2"}
Just paste the AdSense code directly beneath it. But that’s certainly not all; There are advanced strategies that you can use to maximize your AdSense earnings on your blog. You should certainly use them but more important is that you make a start. Just start in seconds ...
5 Reasons for an Adsense account to be disabled!
I have on older post entitled "Adsense Account Disabled", the following article is from Website Magazine :It's easy to point our publisher/affiliate fingers at Google, or any PPC network for that matter and feel slighted when things don't work out like we've planned. You invested all that time and energy - and for what? Bupkus. I've received more than my share of emails the past few months from AdSense publishers and seen more than a few posts in industry forums from those feeling more than a little disgruntled about the relationship with their now ex-sugar daddy - the Web's biggest media network in Google. Some are even considering filing class action lawsuits. Listen, you got dumped (and probably for a very good reason) so deal with it. Google's just not that into you, er, your traffic. Here are five reasons why you've probably been banned from using Adsense, if you don't already know:
- You are clicking on the ads. If you are clicking on your own ads, you should have rotten tomatoes thrown at you. Look, if Google has a technology that can pick up ambient noise, they sure as sugar can tell that there are multiple clicks from the same IP address. They don't have enormous data centers to impress their stockholders. They have enormous data centers to collect loads of granular data about everything related to the click - who, when, where and probably more.
- You are asking someone else to click on the ads. I'm sure you're very popular, but so is Google. If you're silly enough to ask random people to click on the ads, you will be found out. I mean, I wouldn't report you but I know people who would. And they make loads of money and don't want you mucking it up just to earn a few dollars a day.
- You are in a network whose sole purpose is to click on ads. Yes, newbie advertiser, there are networks of scammer/spammers that work together to click on each other's ads at the thousands of domains under their control. But fear not, this publisher activity does not go unnoticed. It's true that it takes a little longer for Google and other networks to piece together the puzzle, but if advertisers voice their complaints about a specific source of traffic in a timely manner, action will be swift and fierce across the board.
- You are using an automated click fraud software. This goes back to traffic quality. You may very well have a very savvy media bot that can mask all sorts of things and rack up the clicks. If you do, send me an email - kidding. Google, I'm totally kidding. The thing about click fraud software (just like click fraud networks) is that it's simply a matter of time before they get caught. Sure, advertisers are going to pay more for clicks on average, but it's no different than the amount you pay as a result of shoplifting at a retail store. The cost is built in. Plus, if you don't like the traffic you are receiving, leave or lower your bids.
- You are presenting the ads in a way that misleads users. Some usability maven at some point in the last 18 months suggested that publishers should place images around the Adsense that is displayed on a site. The result is that it generates a higher click-through as you're calling more attention to it. Some take this to an extreme, the result of which misleads users into clicking on an ad that they really think is part of the content of a website. Google doesn't really care for this - it's against their terms and conditions if you read closely - and it can get you banned if you take it to the extreme.
It's true, complaints usually fall on deaf ears once you've been broken up with. But it's probably because you think you're smarter than the thousands of brilliant, wealthy programmers and can circumvent their hyper-advanced click fraud technology with a click-bot you purchased from some third-world programmer. Of course, none of the advertiser complaints about the poor-quality traffic your network delivers had anything to do with you being banned, dumped and kicked to the curb. The reason that Adsense is one of the most successful revenue generating programs on the Web is because it works - and not just for other big media properties and networks. It works for anyone that wants to monetize on user clicks at their own Web properties - as long as you follow the rules. If you don't, count on being banned.
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Yesterday I came across an article by "Nicholas Carr" about how Google affects our life. I recommend you to take a look at this article: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google
Adsense Account Disabed!
It has come to our attention that invalid clicks have been generated on the ads on your web pages. We have therefore disabled your Google Adsense account. Please understand that this step was taken in an effort to protect the interest of the AdWords advertisers.
- Do Use the Adsense approved formats only
- Do keep your click-through data and income private.
- Don't display Adsense on registration or thank you pages.
- Don't use Adsense code and a competitor's content-targeted advertisement on the same page.
- Don't encourage anyone else to click on ads.
For a complete list, read the Adsense policies and terms:
The easiest method an account can be banned is by a Webmaster clicking on the site's own ads. Just how many click-throughs are needed to get a site banned isn't exposed, but Google Adsense watches for multiple clicks from the same domain. One person was banned who clicked twice from the same domain within a 24-hour period. That doesn't mean that is Adsense policy, because Adsense appears to place suspect sites on watch status until the action is duplicated. Spikes in click-through percentages are hefty red flags. Those are the changes worth becoming proactive over by emailing Google Adsense. A site that rises from a consistent 1% click-through rate to a 10% click-through rate on one day could become suspect. The actual percentage that creates the flag isn't made public for obvious reasons. What's the safest way to protect an account?
Don't click on the site's own ads ever. Deceptive practices work for a short time, but they always come back to hurt the originator.
Creating Website Content
And that’s why it’s not worth putting up a site just to cash in on particular keywords. Google doesn’t like it and neither do users. If your site doesn’t genuinely interest your visitors, you’ll find it hard to get traffic, links and clicks on your ads. But there are still a lot of different ways to create content very easily that improves your income
It’s also worth remembering that Google doesn’t place ads on particular types of sites, so if you’re thinking of building a casino site stuffed with AdSense ads, you can forget about it; it’s not going to happen. Before you build a site that contains any content that’s remotely controversial, check out the AdSense Terms of Service (TOS) to make sure that it’s allowed. It will tell everything you need to know.
How to Start Your Own Website?
It used to be said that absolutely anyone could create a website: Absolutely anyone who knew HTML. Nowadays, you don't even need to know that. Programs like Microsoft Frontpage let you create sites without you needing to know tags from your tables. If you can use Word, you can make a website as well.
You may have fun and make the website by yourself or you can have a professional programmer/web designer to do that for you. Have a look at freelance sites like www.elance.com and www.guru.com for advertise. you can invite experts to give you qoutes and then you can pick the best price and services. Take care, a low bid is often low for a reason!
Common Adsense Mistakes (Don't s)
Don't be an MFA site! MFA stands for "Made for AdSense". You don't want ANY search engine forced into judging whether or not yours is an MFA site! If Google or any other engine thinks your site's main purpose is to generate AdSense income without providing good content, you are toast; all your efforts will be wasted as your site is stuck on page 47, or worse, of the search engine results. Do not get me wrong. We are of course making sites for AdSense income. However, the search engines EXPECT quality content on those sites. Otherwise, they are considered MFA.
Here's what I suggest: Don't put AdSense ads on your page until itis getting at least some traffic from the search engines (be sureto have analytics installed to watch for search engine traffic orcheck your host's statistics). Fill your site with plenty oforiginal content for the search engines to see and index beforeputting the AdSense on. Some search engines are rumored to frown upon brand new sites with AdSense. You want to make a good first impression!
Mistake #2
The second big mistake beginners make is to fill every page withevery single ad and link unit Google allows. Don't make your pagelook like you are "begging" for someone to click. Believe it ornot, from all I have read and my own testing, less is more in thiscase. There are several reasons for this. However, in this shortpage I won't go into all the details. If you don't believe me, testit yourself. You will find that one or two, well placed ad groups, on a pagewill usually do better than three or four groups and units combined. By the way, failing to test is really a huge mistake which almost every beginner makes.
Mistake #3
This is more a failure than a mistake. Most beginners FAIL to consider traffic. Simply creating a site with AdSense Ads is not enough. How will the site get traffic? No traffic means no clicks! The secret to getting free traffic is: Knowing which niches to promote and which to stay away from.
The ability to pick and choose the correct keywords (this is a biggie) Knowing how to get pages ranking well in Google and Yahoo.
Best of Steve Pavlina
I regularely follow Steve's website. here are some amazing articles:
- 30 Days to Success
- How to Become an Early Riser
- How to Discover Your Life Purpose in About 20 Minutes
- Self-Acceptance vs. Personal Growth
- Soulful Relationships
- Living Congruently
- 10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed
- Polyphasic Sleep
- How to Get From a 7 to a 10
- Overwhelming Force
- Cause-Effect vs. Intention-Manifestation
- How Intentions Manifest
- The Law of Attraction
- Self-Discipline (series)
- The Meaning of Life (series)
- How to Give Up Coffee
- Motivation for Smart People
- Levels of Consciousness
- How to Make Money From Your Blog
- 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job
How to use Google Adwords? (part 1)
- They have lower competition
- They still get a healthy number of clicks for relatively low bids
- Those relatively low bids will let you start with your ad in the optimal position
We'll talk about that last one in the future. But you can see that most people focus on just one aspect of the long tail phenomenon--the lower competition part--and that ends up crushing them. They have a runaway campaign and they quit because they run out ofmoney. But Google doesn't care, because they already got your money.
They don't give refunds for runaway campaigns. That's why we spend so much time telling you the science behind picking Google's pockets. In the next posts, I'll tell you about the second dirty little Google secret. Actually, that one is one of most insidious ways Google lines their pockets at your expense.
Google Adsense vs. Computer Knowledge
You don’t have to be a geek to use Google Adsense. In fact, you don’t need any more technical knowledge than you do to surf the web. Google Adsense is very user-friendly ready to answer any question you might have. You are first walked through the sign-up process where you are prompted for any and all information needed. Make sure you familiarize yourself with the program policies, which of course you read before you signed up, and if you didn't now would be a good time to do so.
You are going to want to make sure that the site you are registering doesn’t have any of the rule-breaking problems or content listed. For instance, some profanity is allowed, but nothing excessive. Just use your head when designing and adding content to your site.Does Google Adsense Offer Direct Deposit?Google adsense offers various payment options for publishers. Electronic Funds Transfer (ETF) is offered in 16 countries whereby your payments are deposited directly into your bank account in your local currency.
Check Google Adsense support to see which countries participate in this option. You will need to sign up for this option after your application is approved by signing into your account. You then click the edit link adjacent to the payment header. After you fill out the bank information, Google Adsense will make a small test deposit into your account. This is for security purposes to assure the account is really your own. Watch your account for the test deposit to post, usually within just a few days. After you have received the deposit from Google, log back in to your account and in the Payment Details section, click Verify Account. You then will need to enter the amount of the test deposit. If you do not complete this step, your payments will be on hold.
Once you enter the test deposit amount correctly, your bank will be approved and selected as your form of payment.If you are looking to make some cash with Adsense and you want to do it without having to go through all the trial and error that those before you have gone through. Check out my review of Secret Google Tactics This is the most comprehensive guide I have come accross and has worked wonders for my Adsense campaigns.
Source : http://www.articlesbase.com
Link, Link, Link ...
Web Traffic For Clicks?
- First and foremost, you must drive traffic to the site. Notraffic - No clicks...pretty simple.
- Secondly, the content must be attractive enough for visitors tohang out for a while. Somehow, someway, you must capture their attention.
You must draw them in...give them what they came looking for when they searched for and found your site! (read that again!)If you perk them up with content they find helpful, interesting, orjust plain cool, you'll have them wanting more. THAT is when theywill click your ads! Search engine friendly sites attract traffic. Human friendly niche sites deposit money into your AdSense account! With AdSense Connection I go into great detail about how to find those perfect niches (and keywords) to build your AdSense sitesaround.
Source : Steve Weber
Basic Adsense Knowledge
This article is following "What Is Adsense" I already submitted here. The Google AdSense Blog Program is a fast and absolutely easy way for people with websites of all types and sizes to put up and display relevant Google ads on the content pages of their site and earn money. We will discuss the basics of the Google Adsense blog program and how to find the top paying Adsense keywords for your blog.
Because the Google AdSense ads relate to what your visitors came to your site to read about, or because the ads match up to the interests and characteristics of the kind of people your content attracts, you now have a way to improve your content pages and make some serious money with them. Google AdSense is also a way for site owners to provide Google search capability to visitors and earn even more money by putting Google ads on the search results pages.
AdSense always delivers relevant ads that are precisely targeted-on a page-by-page basis-to the content that people find on your site. For example, if you have a page that tells the story of your pet fish, Google will send you ads for that site that are for pet stores, fish food, fish bowls, aquariums...you get the picture. If you decide you want to add a Google search box to your site, then AdSense will deliver relevant ads targeted to the Google search results pages that your visitors' search request generated. If you're into upgrades, Google is now offering "AdSense Premium", which is CPC based and, for the time being, offers less flexibility in terms of ad sizes -- only banners and skyscrapers are currently available. You can apply using existing AdWords accounts, or you can request a new account. Applicants are usually notified within a day as to whether they've been accepted for the program.
Here's the thing you need to know: Google has no strict criteria for acceptance into the AdSense program, and Ad Sense doesn't hit you with a minimum traffic requirement. The only criteria they're really sticky about is the standard "acceptable content" requirements, and that's pretty standard almost anywhere. If you want to set up the Google Adsense program for your blog I highly recommend the website below where you will find some valuable information about the best tool to find the top paying best Adsense keywords.
October 18, 2008
Blogging Definition
But as a writer there are different ways you can approach t a blog. here we try to categorize these options:
1- Original Content
This type of blogs are based on your own ideas, experience and believe. As a matter of fact, you are writing about your personal understanding or experience about an specific topic. Your idea maybe different from your readers, however this is wat freedom means. You express your own, it maybe wrong, maybe right. Any way, this is an original content that comes to your blog.
Original content blogs are actually the hardest to make money on unless you already have a big following or you happen to be the very first blogger in the world to start such a blog.
2- Linking Content
Link Content Oriented Blogging involves you, the blogger, to write original content WHILE linking to another blog post on the subject. This maybe be a blog about gadgets, technology, fashion, celebrity, etc…etc…
Most Top 10 blogs in the world use this method since it’s all about “sharing” each others information and blogging in general have power over other news sites since bloggers are linking to each other about the latest news. For example, Makezine or Gizmodo is a Link content-oriented blogs since most of their content is made from other blogs/websites. These types of blogs are the most useful to the readers who are searching for stuff in one place. Let’s say you are an internet web surfer and you like MP3 players. You could go to each and every different MP3 manufacturer’s website and check out the MP3 players OR you can check out an MP3 Player blog that links to all the manufacturer’s websites so you save time.
Adsense / Chitika Optimization Map!
Anyways, let me go over what the heck above Heat Map is. (Yes, it’s probably quite different from the Google Heat Map but I assure you, it works) The main money makers with Adsense for me is always the Adsense ad in the upper-left hand corner. Depending on your website design and width of the site, you can use anything from 200×200, 250×250, 300×250, or 336×280. What I try to do is fit TWO of these ads on top before ANY CONTENT. (Find the right size that will fit TWO of these ads)
Why?
People who tend to come through Google search tend to “like” reading the Adsense ads and will click more often than if your Adsense is at the bottom. If you look at any of my sites, you will see this pattern and I have been experimenting too. Now those two ads are probably going to be your best performers. I have tried countless different configurations such as the 468×15 before the content and sadly, I always revert back to this. The 468×15 or 728×15 Link Unit ad after your content is a pretty good performer too, don’t forget to wedge that in there. For putting 120×90 pixel Link units, looky here.
Now since Adsense allows you to put 3 regular Adsense ads on your site, put another one AFTER your content as shown. For the empty space on the right, I recommend filling it with a Chitika MPU or Minimalls ad. (find the one that fits) As for Chitika Premium ads, try to put one right after the 2 Adsense ads on top and another one right after the content. These only show when people click through a search term so you want to make sure people see it TWICE, once on top and once after content to maximize the chances of them seeing the ad. I know I know, you tell me that your website will be filled with ads. But if you are serious about taking Adsense to maximum revenue, this is really what you have to do.
As for me, I don’t have a choice whether there’s too many ads or not, if I am not getting paid, I might as well get a 9 to 5 job. If you don’t believe me, just watch TV, how many ads do you see every hours? Probably 3 or 4. Yes, even if you pay your comcast bills, you still have to watch “ads” to get free TV. (Yes, THAT is ridiculous) In comparison, you putting those Adsense ads before the content is trivial. Oh one more thing, don’t put Adsense ads on your sidebar, they never perform. You can test it out but I am pretty sure most sites will perform better without it. Instead sell the inventory ad private ads that people can buy.
Well, this isn’t final but this is the best heat map that money can buy right now. (and it’s free!)
One thing you need to also do is make sure you are getting at least around 1000 uniques per day, without at least 1000 unique visitors, it’s almost impossible to make any money on Adsense or any other type of advertising. Once you reach 1000 uniques (or before that too), you should really apply the above heat map for maximum revenue. Let me know if this helped you double or triple your earning.
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