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!
The full series of AdSense Tips is Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 and Part 8.
My brand new blog is Readersrock-dolphinbooks, i just opened and i am glad i found this site as it is really teaching me a lot of information i need to know for getting rolling.. I have read articles on this but now i acually have my own page to build…. I will keep checking in to learn more, and anyone who feels they can give me some starters points is more than welcome to give me some feedback ……
THanks and keep bloggin.
Loving your posts.
Definitely feel that your blog will remain on the google reader for a while to come.
Still working on direction at the moment although I think it will get there in time. Takes time to get into a comfortable rythm and only hope that multiple topic posts do not damage a blogs future as soon enough it develops some level of specificity and theme… Hopefully
Thank you so much for the tips, I’ve just started blogging and your posts have really helped me.
Thank you for the great work you are doing. I was inspired by your blog to start a blog on Applying to US Universities.
Your blog is simply superb. How you got traffic at the first time you made the blog?
I’ve been using Adsense for about half a year now and I am making between $150 to $250 a month right now on average. But the cashflow continues to grow. While it hardly covers my present site maintenance expenses, it’s fairly easy to launch and administer and I’m quite satisfied with the reasonable incomes demanding so little efforts. To my mind the key to making decent money with Adsense lies in your ability to target profitable keywords corresponding to the worthwhile content of your blog or website.
I’ve collected series of articles on Adsense revenues generation. One can find answers to many complicated Adsense issues there.
thanks for yr tips have started adsense now
I am new to adsense …. but from the tips given in blogs(no this one)
m improving traffic……I have ebooks website…….Current not getting much abt…. 0.x $ a day
Thanks for your tips.
I have had trouble making adsense work for me so I gave up on it. I made $53 in 6 months with adsense, and my traffic wasn’t bad. I think I might give it another try.
Hi Thanks for this tips!
Keep it up!@
High traffic is important and effective online traffic tools are well known. They include for example PPC ads, including the very same Adsense ads. Articles are increasingly important because when it comes to traffic, the numbers are not enough, the quality of the traffic is also very important.
But the absolutely critical factor in achieving high Adsense earnings is not traffic. It is actually the keywords used. With the difference in earnings from a click ranging from a fraction of a penny to $100, you can begin to appreciate what we are saying here.
Good work again, If i was commenting in 2004 i would have said “great..! great…!”
Great article. I have started a new blog about technology and have not yet used adsence on it but plan on doing it on the near future. To all those that are asking how to get traffic. Just promoted your site in social networks or the forums you have been part of.
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Thanks for your tips.
I follow your tips and I could see the improvement from $1 to $ 5 per day. Although it is not much, but I am happy with it.
Thanks
You mentioned blogging being quite expensive. What are the expenses incurred for blogging?
Nice tips on Adsense, but it seem to only work for it. Not with other contextual ads like bidvertiser, adbrite, etc. I got banned from Adsense, do you know of any decent contextual ads that I could use in US that is closest to Adsense revenue?
Well, you may want to consider affiliate program which is a good alternative :)
The key to making great money with adsense is building a site with quality content, and then getting traffic to that site. Both of these things require a lot of work. However, if you keep it up, it will eventually pay off.
Looked around for useful Adsense tips and found a really useful Adsense master template file on isohunt. Here’s the link for anyon that wants it:
http://www.isohunt.com/download/23684482/Google+Adsense+monetize+seo+websites+adwords+apps+money+making+design+marketing+tools+php+scripts+master+toolbar+tips+secrets+online
I would like to make the $ GG I technology has enough trouble you to look at my space!
Adsense is a great money earning opportunity, but most people I know use adblockers on their browsers, and I see this becoming more common. Wonder what this means for programs like adsense in the future.
Would be interested in knowing the tips of adsense revenue?
Very well written article. I think this very much sums the all the important aspects that a blogger should remember. Keep up the good work !!
Yeah an informative article. Well done.
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Thanyou for this excellent theme + SEO Dave. It took my a while to sort them out but atleast they are working now! GREAT!
Nice tips!
Thanks!
Also another website for you guys with information about adsense and other money making opportunities is http://www.adsense-hero.com
Just to let you know!
Hey Darren,
Came across this article about 2 weeks ago, read a few of your tips, and I think I’m getting the hang of it! My adsense is picking up pace slightly, but maybe it’ll do better when the Rugby World Cup actually gets underway! Thanks for the tips :]
-James
Very Nice Blog, many important tips of Adsense which I am sure improves the earning. Thanks for sharing. Keep it up, I am Seo my site is http://www.3seo.com/
The greatest Tip – Read instructions before use.
I have got my account banned just because I didnt care to read the policies.
I think that AdSense is a good way to make money, but don’t rely only on this. Try to build your own products.
When adsense not supported my languages, what can i do?
It’s weird that as you returning traffic increases so does the Adsense earnings. Is this happening to you too? Looking at John Chow’s earning report the Adsense earnings dropped a lot even though his traffic increased.
Adsense is fantastic way of earning online for webmasters. But in my experience it needs lots of knowledge to make reasonable amount of money , But good news there are many adsense forums to support adsense publisher to earn more .
I think this nice tips will help for better performance.
80% adsense revenue sharing forum
http://AdsenseForum.info
After reading many of your Adsense tips for bloggers i can say that I have seen a increase in the amount of money I am making from my site. Thanks for all your help.
Thank u very much.These tips are really helpful.
Awesome … thanks for the tips ProBlogger! =)
i don’t know why i don’t hv too much clicking on my own blog. So i want to hav a try, whether all the people will waste time to read your tips, if so may be it wil lhelps me too , thx a lot for my testing.
All a big crock, only written to drive your own page views up! Laughable, hahahah!!! Come on man, just tell them the truth. The only way to make money is if you say you “really are making money” then people flood to your site!
Wow such a load of B-S.
@Piss Off – thanks for your insightful comments. How does this build my page views? It was written 3 years ago over a week or so and has since been used by more bloggers than I can count to make money from AdSense. Yep – it benefits me – but I’m not sure how it does any more than any other post.
Happy to have a conversation around this but to be honest I’m not sure what your main point is…. always happy to interact – drop me an email perhaps?
Wonderful articles! Just spent half an hour reading through the 8 different parts and think this is a prime resource for introducing clients to Adsense. Thanks a bunch Darren
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The whole series of Adsense Tips is a must read for any newbie. Great resource for learning the tricks of the trade. Thanks
why when i read is sound like easy but i thing is not like that ….however your opinian is helping me ….and more thank’s a lot
that was great but i still have a long way to go! but i did learn some really important points. Thankx
Many folks don;t have th etime to maintain a website so there is a public blog where you can post opinions and put your own adsense on your thoughts. I use it and it is great!
Read about it here. It’s free!
http://www.floort.com/earn.php
a lot of new tip i can get here. tq
My blog is http://increase-adsense-income.blogspot.com/ will you please suggest me wheather I have placed perfect my adsense positions or not ? is their any better positions where I place my adsense so that I get better clicks
I also made a blog about optimizing AdSense. What do You think about new trend that ads skyscraper should be placed on left rather than on right?
hello i put a website up to 1 week before i added adsense i can use some advice on how my site looks here gamepractise.com
Very good post and replies.
I am fairly new at this and attempting to collect OBJECTIVE information and experiences through my blog. It is brand new and should share some of the basics this post shares.
Please feel free to share your expert or novice opinion(s) and successes and failures. The site is: http://www.theadsensesite.com
I still have some formatting to work out and am still tweaking it a bit. Suggestions are greatly welcomed.
jackel,
The site is very well done. The ads integrate nicely into the page. Let me know how the campaign goes…..