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5 Great Ways to Improve Your Adsense Earnings

July 18th, 2009 at 03:34am Under adsense keywords

If webmasters want to monetize their websites, the way to do it is through Adsense. There are lots of webmasters struggling hard to earn some good money a day through their sites. But then some of the “geniuses” of them are enjoying hundreds of dollars a day from Adsense ads on their websites. What makes these webmasters different from the other kind is that they are different and they think out of the box.

The ones who have been there and done it have quite some useful tips to help those who would want to venture into this field. Some of these tips have boosted quite a lot of earnings in the past and is continuously doing so.

Here are some 5 proven ways on how best to improve your Adsense earnings.

1. Concentrating on one format of Adsense ad. The one format that worked well for the majority is the Large Rectangle (336X280). This same format have the tendency to result in higher CTR, or the click-through rates. Why choose this format out of the many you can use? Basically because the ads will look like normal web links, and people, being used to clicking on them, click these types of links. They may or may not know they are clicking on your Adsense but as long as there are clicks, then it will all be for your advantage.

2. Create a custom palette for your ads. Choose a color that will go well with the background of your site. If your site has a white background, try to use white as the color of your ad border and background. The idea to patterning the colors is to make the Adsense look like it is part of the web pages. Again, This will result to more clicks from people visiting your site.

3. Move the Adsense from the bottom pages of your site and put them at the top. Do not hide your Adsense. Put them in the place where people can see them quickly. You will be amazed how the difference between Adsense locations can make when you see your earnings.

4. Maintain links to relevant websites. If you think some sites are better off than the others, put your ads there and try to maintaining and managing them. If there is already lots of Adsense put into that certain site, put yours on top of all of them. That way visitor will see your ads first upon browsing into that site.

5. Try to automate the insertion of your Adsense code into the webpages using SSI (or server side included). Ask your web administrator if your server supports SSI or not. How do you do it? Just save your Adsense code in a text file, save it as “adsense text”, and upload it to the root directory of the web server. Then using SSI, call the code on other pages. This tip is a time saver especially for those who are using automatic page generators to generate pages on their website.

These are some of the best tips that have worked well for some who want to generate hundreds and even thousands on their websites. It is important to know though that ads are displayed because it fits the interest of the people viewing them. So focusing on a specific topic should be your primary purpose because the displays will be especially targeted on a topic that persons will be viewing already.

Note also that there are many other Adsense sharing the same topic as you. It is best to think of making a good ad that will be somewhat different and unique than the ones already done. Every clickthrough that visitors make is a point for you so make every click count by making your Adsense something that people will definitely click on.

Tips given by those who have boosted their earnings are just guidelines they want to share with others. If they have somehow worked wonders to some, maybe it can work wonders for you too. Try them out into your ads and see the result it will bring.

Others have done it, there is nothing wrong trying it out for yourself.

Bill Luszey

Maximize Your Adsense Earnings!

July 13th, 2009 at 09:31pm Under adsense keywords

Most webmasters know that Adsense generates a tremendous source of additional advertising income. That is why most of them use it to go after the best paying keywords. They have with them the lists that tells what the keywords are and have already used various methods of identifying them. And yet, after putting up these supposed-to-be high paying keywords into their pages, the money they expected to come rolling in is not really coming in.

What’s going on? What is it that they are doing wrong?

Having the pages with the proper keywords is one thing. But driving visitors to those pages is another matter and often the factor that is lacking.

The thing is, to get visitors to your high paying keyword pages, you need to optimize your site navigation.

Stop for a moment and think about how visitors are using your website. After a visitor has landed on a certain page, they are likley to click on another page that sounds interesting. They get there because of the other links that appears on a page that they initially landed on. This is site navigation. It is all about enabling visitors to move about your site. And one way of optimizing your Adsense earnings.

A typical website has menu links on each page. The wording on these links is what will get a visitor’s attention and gets them to click on one of the links that will take them to another page of that website. Links that have “free’ or “download” are oftentimes good attention-grabbers.

This navigation logic can also be used to drive traffic to your high paying pages. There are some websites that are getting a lot of traffic from search engines, but have low earnings. The trick is to try and use come cleverly labeled links to get the visitors off that pages and get them to go to the higher earning ones. This is one great way of turning real cheap clicks to real dollars.

Before you begin testing if this same style will work for you and you website, you will need to have two things. Something to track and compare and some high earning pages you want to funnel your site traffic to. One option is to select a few of your frequently visited pages. This is ensuring fast result to come by.

Now, the next thing to do is think of ways to get visitors viewing a particular page to try and click on the link that will take them to your high earning pages. Come up with a catchy description for that link. Come up with a catchy and unique description for the link. Think of something that people do not get to see everyday. That will get them currious enough to try and see what that was all about.

You can also use graphics to grab your readers’ attention. There is no limitation to what you can do to make your link noticeable. If you are after the success of your site, you will do everything it takes just to achieve that goal. Be creative. As far as many Adsense advertisers are concerned, there are no written and unwritten laws to follow regarding what they write. Do not overstep the guidelines of the search engines, then go for it.

Also remember that it is all about location, location and location. Once the perfect attention grabbing description has been achieved, you have to identify the perfect spot on your page to position that descriptive link to your high paying page.

I would recommend visiting other websites to see how they are going about maximizing their site navigation. “Hot pages” or “Most read” lists are very common and are used to death. Get to know the ones that many websites are using and do not try to imitate them.

Another way of doing it is to try and use different texts on different pages. That way you will see the ones that work and what does not. Try to mix things around also. Put links on top and sometimes on the bottom too. This is how you go about testing which ones get more clicks and which ones are being ignored.

Let the testing begin. Testing and tracking until you find the site navigation style that works best for you site.

Bill Luszey

Maximize Your Adsense Earnings!

July 13th, 2009 at 09:31pm Under adsense keywords

Most webmasters know that Adsense generates a tremendous source of additional advertising income. That is why most of them use it to go after the best paying keywords. They have with them the lists that tells what the keywords are and have already used various methods of identifying them. And yet, after putting up these supposed-to-be high paying keywords into their pages, the money they expected to come rolling in is not really coming in.

What’s going on? What is it that they are doing wrong?

Having the pages with the proper keywords is one thing. But driving visitors to those pages is another matter and often the factor that is lacking.

The thing is, to get visitors to your high paying keyword pages, you need to optimize your site navigation.

Stop for a moment and think about how visitors are using your website. After a visitor has landed on a certain page, they are likley to click on another page that sounds interesting. They get there because of the other links that appears on a page that they initially landed on. This is site navigation. It is all about enabling visitors to move about your site. And one way of optimizing your Adsense earnings.

A typical website has menu links on each page. The wording on these links is what will get a visitor’s attention and gets them to click on one of the links that will take them to another page of that website. Links that have “free’ or “download” are oftentimes good attention-grabbers.

This navigation logic can also be used to drive traffic to your high paying pages. There are some websites that are getting a lot of traffic from search engines, but have low earnings. The trick is to try and use come cleverly labeled links to get the visitors off that pages and get them to go to the higher earning ones. This is one great way of turning real cheap clicks to real dollars.

Before you begin testing if this same style will work for you and you website, you will need to have two things. Something to track and compare and some high earning pages you want to funnel your site traffic to. One option is to select a few of your frequently visited pages. This is ensuring fast result to come by.

Now, the next thing to do is think of ways to get visitors viewing a particular page to try and click on the link that will take them to your high earning pages. Come up with a catchy description for that link. Come up with a catchy and unique description for the link. Think of something that people do not get to see everyday. That will get them currious enough to try and see what that was all about.

You can also use graphics to grab your readers’ attention. There is no limitation to what you can do to make your link noticeable. If you are after the success of your site, you will do everything it takes just to achieve that goal. Be creative. As far as many Adsense advertisers are concerned, there are no written and unwritten laws to follow regarding what they write. Do not overstep the guidelines of the search engines, then go for it.

Also remember that it is all about location, location and location. Once the perfect attention grabbing description has been achieved, you have to identify the perfect spot on your page to position that descriptive link to your high paying page.

I would recommend visiting other websites to see how they are going about maximizing their site navigation. “Hot pages” or “Most read” lists are very common and are used to death. Get to know the ones that many websites are using and do not try to imitate them.

Another way of doing it is to try and use different texts on different pages. That way you will see the ones that work and what does not. Try to mix things around also. Put links on top and sometimes on the bottom too. This is how you go about testing which ones get more clicks and which ones are being ignored.

Let the testing begin. Testing and tracking until you find the site navigation style that works best for you site.

Bill Luszey

Google AdSense – How Much Money Can You Earn With AdSense?

July 12th, 2009 at 03:33pm Under adsense money

One of the most effective, easiest & lucrative ways to earn loads of money online is provided by Google’s AdSense program.

Whilst there are thousands of ways to skin the AdSense cat, the white-hat, good original content approach is the one that is used by many AdSense publishers to great effect.

However if you’re thinking of embarking on a black-hat, get-rich-quick scheme, then you’re so far behind the old successful AdSense publishers so it’s advisable not to go that route if you want a long term AdSense earning plan.

So your plan should include posting good, compelling content & publishing relevant AdSense ads.

Back to the question of How Much Can You Earn From AdSense?

Well according to a recent poll most AdSense publishers make less than $10 a month whilst the second highest amount of AdSense earners make up to $500 a month.

However there is a significant amount of AdSense publishers who earn more than $10,000 a month from Google’s magic money making program.

What this means is that us non-guru AdSense publishers should get a lot of encouragement from the latter group which shows that earning $10,000 a month from AdSense can be a reality.

So whilst this may be true, to make this kind of money you need to carry out a self assessment to see whether you are the type of person who can achieve this earning potential by asking yourself the following questions;

You can see what the above questions are getting at and if you think you have what it will take, then you shouldn’t waste time – get your AdSense earning program into action & with the required drive & commitment you may just be earning a more than decent income very soon.

PS To start making truckloads of money, find out how you can make $100 every day from AdSense with these 9 Key AdSense Tips here »

Google AdSense – How Much Money Can You Make From AdSense?

July 1st, 2009 at 03:38pm Under adsense start

According to a poll done by Problogger a while ago most AdSense publishers, about 30%, make less than $10 a month whilst the second highest amount of AdSense sites (20%) earn up to $500 a month.

There are however around 5% who earn more than $10,000 a month from Google’s magic AdSense program.

This should give us AdSense publishers a lot of encouragement when you think that it is entirely possible to make $10,000 a month from AdSense as there are people making that kind of money every month.

So whilst these kind of earnings are a reality, to make this kind of money you need to ask yourself the following questions;

If you can honestly answer “whatever it takes” or something to that effect & you are willing to commit yourself to working towards that monthly AdSense earning figure then you may have a chance of actually achieving it.

So How Can You Make $10,000 From AdSense?

Well here a two ways to do it;

Seriously though you would need more than just 1 website but certainly not as many as 1,000 – that would just be too difficult to manage & maintain.

Factors That May Influence Your AdSense Revenue

Start with a few which have fairly popular topics such as photography or web design where you can be assured of enough demand & advertisers for Google to serve up AdSense ads on your sites.

A topic for which there is little or no demand will not have enough advertisers for Google to provide your site with AdSense ads.

The higher your AdSense earnings per ad click the less clicks you will require to reach your revenue target.

Therefore ensure that your content is rich with high paying keywords so that you get AdSense ads that will produce higher earnings per click – sometimes just 1 click can generate as much as $5.00 whereas many clicks will only make $0.01c.

The higher your CTR the higher your earnings for a particular number of site visitors.

All other things being equal, more traffic will generate more revenue

If the ads Google serves up are not relevant to your site’s content your site visitors will be unlikely to click on them as they won’t be to do with what attracted them to your site.

To sum up, the amount of money you make from AdSense = CTR + Traffic Volume + Ads with High Paying Keywords + Relevant Ads

So to get started on making truckloads of money, find out how you can make $100 every day from AdSense with these 9 Key AdSense Tips here.

Adsense for Mobile is a Great Way to Earn Money

June 30th, 2009 at 09:32am Under adsense money

AdSense is an advertising program run byGoogle. It is a revolutionary method to earn from a websites traffic. AdSense is considered as one of the most powerful tool in a website publishers arsenal. Google AdSense has been particularly important for delivering advertising revenue to small websites that do not have the resources for developing advertising sales programs and salespeople.

Many sites use AdSense to monetize their content and some webmasters work hard to maximize their own AdSense income. Adsense revenue is generated when a visitor to your site clicks through an Adsense Ad you have displayed. When the user clicks the image, he or she is redirected to the advertiser’s website in the same way as regular AdSense advertisements.

The source of all AdSense income is the AdWords program which in turn has a complex pricing model based on a Vickrey second price auction, in that it commands an advertiser to submit a sealed bid (not observable by competitors). Combine AdSense with affiliate products, maybe selling a couple of your own products and paid blogging gigs, and yea, $500-$1k per week is possible.

Website Content

Google AdSense for Mobile unlocks the potential of the mobile advertising market. As part of our ongoing efforts to develop new ways for users to find the information they need anytime and anywhere, Google announced today the availability of AdSense for Mobile, a program that contextually targets ads to mobile website content. Like its traditional AdSense program this will contextually targets ads to mobile website content. The system automatically reviews the content of publishers’ mobile websites and delivers text ads that are relevant to the websites’ audience and content. “With this program, advertisers can connect with the growing number of mobile publishers, ultimately providing users with an enhanced mobile experience that helps them find what they are looking for more quickly and efficiently on the go,” said Google, as it yesterday announced AdSense for Mobile, a program that contextually targets ads to mobile website content.

Google Adsense For Mobile

Google says that AdSense for Mobile is intended for AdSense partners who have created websites specifically for mobile browsers, and who want to monetise their mobile content via contextual advertising. AdSense for Mobile is identical to AdSense for Web sites, which places ads on participating publishers’ sites that correspond to the publishers’ content. Google Adsense for Mobile is ultimate way to make money because this is a new product so there is less competition. However, adsense for mobile is only out to certain selected publishers so far for their mobile platform optimized sites.

AdSense for Mobile gives the ability to AdSense publishing partners to earn revenue from their mobile websites through the targeted placement of mobile text ads. AdSense for Mobile provides a valuable way to connect mobile users with the right ad at the right time as they seek information on the go. Adsense Mobile text ads run on an auction model, in the same fashion to regular Adsense/ Adwords ads are offered.

“When you add the new AdSense for mobile code to your site,” explained Alex Kenin, Product Marketing Manager for AdSense for Mobile, “we’ll display relevant ads using the same targeting technology that you are familiar with for existing AdSense products. With that, Google is giving Adsense a free reign allowing AdSense publishing partners the ability to earn revenue from their mobile websites through the targeted placement of mobile text ads.

Conclusion

Mobile advertising tiny, but a potential goldmine. In fact, there are currently more mobile devices worldwide than personal computers and televisions combined. Mobile browser development is now bounding ahead. AdSense for Mobile is intended for AdSense partners who have created websites specifically for mobile browsers, and who want to monetize their mobile content via contextual advertising. AdSense for Mobile also allows AdSense publishing partners the ability to earn revenue from their mobile websites through the targeted placement of mobile text ads. Now, with the formal launch of AdSense for Mobile, Google seems to be getting into the transportability trend.

Google AdSense – How Much Money Can You Really Make From AdSense?

June 29th, 2009 at 03:33am Under adsense secrets

Some AdSense publishers will tell you that they make far more than $10,000 a month and they would not be lying – however there are some really big AdSense hitters who make as much as $100,000 a month.

So how much money can the average AdSense publisher expect to make from this magic program from Google?

Well even if you are just starting out with trying to make some money from AdSense, there are a few key things that could influence how much you actually end up making.

For instance if you are in a niche that does not have a great following, ie is pretty dull and uninteresting, not only will you not get the traffic volumes you need to make decent money, but Google probably won’t have enough advertisers (or even any advertisers) who are willing to pay for ads for AdSense to be served up on your website.

Then on the other hand you may be in a wildly popular niche where the amount of AdSense publishers is not a factor. ie there will be many ads available to be served up on your site, but believe it or not getting enough traffic will be your problem.

How can this be when I’m in a popular niche you may ask?

Well this is because the very nature of your niche’s popularity will make it difficult for your site to be ranked highly in the SERPS (Search Engine Results Pages) which in all likelihood will result in your site being consigned to the bowels of the Google results pages.

PS. – If you are one of many existing AdSense publishers who are struggling to make the $100 a month payment threshold…

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Google AdSense – 5 Power Tips to Make $500 a Day From AdSense

June 26th, 2009 at 03:34am Under adsense secrets

The Google AdSense program still offers one of the most effective, easiest & lucrative ways to make loads of money online.

However whilst this may be true it only rewards those internet marketers who are savvy enough to know how to use the AdSense program to their advantage.

In other words AdSense definitely does not reward everyone equally – some AdSense publishers will struggle to earn a few measly dollars while others are making in excess of $100,000 a month.

Which group of AdSense publishers would you rather be in?

I’m sure you would choose to be amongst the big earners, in which case read the following power tips to get your Google AdSense campaign started on the right track…

5 Powerful Tips To Make Money From AdSense

Niche

Choose your website’s niche, theme or topic carefully.

If the niche is not a popular one there may not be enough Google Adwords advertisers for AdSense to serve up enough relevant ads on your web page.

Content

Build your website with lots of compelling & interesting content to ensure site popularity & good traffic.

Get Traffic

Your site may look great but don’t forget that: No Traffic = No Revenue

So you need to generate targeted traffic to your site – unqualified traffic will not help as the site visitors are unlikely to be interested in your website’s topic and therefore won’t be interested in clicking the Google related ads.

AdSense Optimization

While getting search visitors to your website is a vital part of the earning process, getting them to click on your ads is just as important – therefore your site’s ads need to be correctly optimized to encourage this.

Test & Tweak

You need to experiment with the positioning & size of your ads.

The AdSense program provides site diagnostics, reports & various other tools to help you ensure that you are getting the most out of your AdSense account.

So while making money with AdSense’s set and forget, auto pilot type of arrangement is relatively easy, you aren’t going to make anywhere near what you can from it unless you tap into the best AdSense brains in the business.

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AdSense Tips – How Can You Make $100 Every Day With AdSense?

June 22nd, 2009 at 03:34am Under adsense money

You have probably heard of the AdSense publishers who make in excess of $10,000 a month as well as the big earners who make more than $100,000 a month, but wouldn’t it be great just to make $100 a day from Google’s brilliant AdSense program?

If you are an existing AdSense publisher who is struggling to make the $100 a month payment threshold then the following tips will set you up on the road to earning that monthly 5 figure sum with AdSense.

6 Tips to Make $100 a Day With AdSense

The following formula sums up the AdSense money making model.

AdSense Revenue = Optimally Positioned, Sized & Blended Ads + Traffic Volume + High Paying Ads + Relevant Ads

What this means is that to maximize your website’s AdSense earning potential it needs to have all the factors optimized, for example a site with high paying ads but without traffic will not earn much whilst a site with hoards of traffic but without correctly optimized ads will likewise not do well.

So in order to hit the $100 a day mark with AdSense ensure that your site is AdSense ready.

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Google Adsense – An Introduction To Earning Via Contextual Advertising

June 21st, 2009 at 09:38am Under adsense start

Google Adsense is a highly popular method of “contextual advertising”. With Adsense, website owners can display text or image ads that are closely targeted to their site content. The site owner gets paid each time a visitor clicks on any Adsense advert displayed on the website. The amount that is paid per click depends on what the advertiser is willing to pay per click (minus Google’s commission). The Adsense publishers commission can be just a few cents or several dollars per click. There are certain keywords available where advertisers pay over $100 for a single click.
This matching of content to ads is done automatically by Google, so for example, a website that has content about travel to the Maldives will bring up adverts about holidays in the Maldives – such as flights, resorts and other travel/holiday advert displays. The website owner benefits because they do not need to do anything aside from insert some simple code onto their site.
Google Adsense is closely related to Adwords. If you have searched through the Google search engine you have probably seen the sponsored ads that are found on the top and to the right of every page. Google Adsense just takes this concept a step further by allowing ads from the same advertisers to be displayed across billions of web pages & blogs. It’s a simple yet highly powerful concept that has revolutionized online advertising. It allows grandma to make some residual income while sharing her apple pie recipes. It allows sports enthusiasts to set-up a blog following their favorite football/cricket/basketball team and make some money in the process. And it allows serious website content owners to make a significant stream of income by displaying adverts on their website network. Everyone has something to gain by using Adsense.
While some people rely mainly on Google Adsense for their website income, others use it to supplement their main income. The very top earners from Adsense are able to yield incomes of several thousand dollars each month just from Adsense, but equally many struggle to collect just a few dollars daily from their Adsense sites. We’ll look at how you can get into the former category shortly but first let’s investigate some of the advantages & drawbacks of the Google Adsense system.
Make Sure You Understand The Google Policies Before Starting
While Adsense is a fantastic way of creating an online income stream, it’s important to keep in line with its terms and conditions. Before you can set-up a Google account, it will check out your website to make sure you are eligible to participate in the Adsense program. Here are the Google policies that you should familiarize yourself with before and during your time with Adsense:
https://www.google.com/adsense/policies
Having quality content to offer is one of the biggest assets your website/blog will possess in order to qualify for the Adsense program. Having multiple informative articles on the general subject of your website niche will greatly improve your chances of being accepted into the Adsense program.
Advantages Of Using Google Adsense As An Income Generator
- It’s easy to use and simple to set-up. For those who have content it’s possible to start displaying Adsense adverts in minutes. It’s one of the most accessible sources of online income available.
- Many people dislike “selling” online. If you fall into this category and the idea of having to write specialized sales letters does not appeal to you then Adsense could be a good income generation system for you. The website owner can focus on publishing good content & driving traffic to the site – the ads are automatically displayed and will sell themselves to the website visitor.
- Equally, many people dislike the customer service aspect of owning an online business. Having to deal with customer queries can be tedious and stressful. With Adsense, the site owner is paid each time someone clicks on one of the displayed ads, and that’s all there is to it.
- In the right conditions, Adsense can be a significant source of income. Some website owners have proven to yield as much as $19,000 & more a month from Adsense income alone. Of course this type of income is very difficult to achieve when you first start up (unless you have a huge site network with massive traffic streams).
- Google has an incredibly large number of advertisers so however specialized your niche there’s a high possibility of being able to participate in the Adsense program.
- Adsense offers a high degree of customization – the look and feel of the adsense displays can be changed to closely match your site. This ultimately results in higher click-through ratios.
- Just about anyone can make a start with Adsense. The program itself is free and even those who do not have the funds or technical expertise to set-up their own site can set-up a free blog.
- Google allows you to block out adverts that you do not want displayed on your pages (for example those of direct competitors).
Drawbacks With Google Adsense – Some Points To Consider If Operating This Model
- You need to have solid content to succeed with Adsense. For those with a lack of time to write their own content some investment may be required to hire a ghost-writer to create content for them, or to acquire private label rights content.
- As soon as the user clicks on the Adsense ad they are taken away from your site and onto the advertisers site (ie the ad does not open in a new window). This can lead to lost revenue for the website owner.
- Google takes a hefty chunk out of the amount that the advertiser pays to display his message on your website. This may be countered in the future as more “big players” enter the contextual ad market – the competition could mean a greater portion of the ad revenue will be retained by the website owner.