II. Introduction to Adsense
What is Google Adsense? Adsense is a program where Google puts
advertisements on your site (to your discretion) and every time someone
clicks on the ad you get capital. This program provides publishers a
chance to make a small amount of money or a large amount of money by
simply putting advertisements on their website.
III. Getting Accepted
Well getting into Google Adsense is very simple. If you do not have a website, I
suggest you make a blogger.
Blogger is associated with Google corporation so your site will
automatically get accepted into the program. Of course if you already
own a site you are going to be reviewed more carefully.
If
there are any traces of pornography, gambling, hacking, illegal
activities, or excessive swearing you will be rejected immediately.
One of the most common ways of getting rejected by Google Adsense is
applying for an account too soon, by this I mean you get your website
up and running on the Monday, and with one page of content you apply
for an Adsense Account. Make sure your website contains quality
information and a decent amount of active views. Your website also must
be on a top level domain, meaning your website can not be from a free
hosting site like webs.com or yola.com in most cases. If you have any
more trouble getting accepted into adsense there are dozens of quality
members on the Monetizing Techniques forum that will help you out.
IV. Setting up your blog
By now you have already made a blog at blogger, but the question is,
what the heck do I put on there? This is a very common dilemma but not
something that can't be fixed.
Adsense
pays you a certain amount depending on what your ads are about. What
you post in your blog will effect the turn out of the advertisements on
your blog. If I post about Halo 3 in my blog then my ads will be
about gaming, Xbox 360 etc. These are called keywords and that's how
Google determines what ads to place on your website. Making the most
money is what we strive to achieve and if you want to accomplish that
goal then you are going to need the ads that pay the most per click.
Here are some keywords that will pay the most... insurance, cancer, mortgages, financial
and there are a lot more. You are going to have to make a blog post
about the keyword of your choice, then naturally your ads will be about
that niche.
V. Getting Clicks
Getting clicks is one of the toughest standards of making money with
adsense. If you own a large website then there is a chance you might
naturally get clicks from the active members on your site.
Unfortunately for the higher percentage of people who don't own
colossal websites, we have to get our clicks a different way.
You can get clicks with a new program called Adoholic which will be starting up in the near future.
This program cycles through people's ads and lets you get clicks. If
you are looking for further information please don't hesitate to view
the website he has created. I also have one more method of getting
clicks which will not be released! I do not feel prepared to give out
such a great working method yet. I will of course ponder on the idea
and give additional thought to it as the time flies by.
VI. Impressions and CTR
What the heck is an impression!
An impression is a view that was made to your website. For example, if ten of my friends view my blog, I just received 10 impressions. What is CTR?
Page CTR is the ratio of how many clicks you get out of how many impressions you receive. So if I got 1 click out of 100 impressions then my CTR percentage would be at 1%. Why the heck does CTR matter though?
CTR is a determining factor to see if your account is legit.
Of course if you have 3 impressions and 2 clicks then your CTR is at
67% which is most likely going to get banned at the end of the month.
If your CTR is above 5% at the end of the month when you are going to get paid, you might be at risk for getting banned!
If you want to keep your CTR low you need to get a lot of impressions,
also known as traffic. Of course, people with blogs will not get that
many views so you will have to rely on something else. Many people here
on HF sell and sometimes even give away for free, traffic.
Traffic is necessary if you want to maintain an adsense account.
Getting impressions is something I even struggle with, but if you find
the right person who can fulfill your traffic needs then you are set.
Be careful where you get your traffic from though, some sources may put
you at risk of getting hit by the Google Banhammer.
VII. Payout
This is the thing that you desire the most, getting paid. Of course
there are some obstacles you have to run through before you can get on
the path to touching that dough.
First,
you have to verify your information, verify through phone, get a pin
through the mail, and enter your social security number. Once
this is complete, you can choose your desired payment option. You will
receive your payment at the end of the month, but not before they check
if your clicks are legit or fraudulent.
The
payout date is the most important time for you to check your account.
Before the end of the month make sure your account is absolutely
flawless. Keep the CTR under 5% and you will have no problem. If you do this be ready to receive your payment every thirty days!
VIII. Conclusion
Well I wish you luck on your hunt for adsense success. This is the
first tutorial I have ever written, so I apologize for any errors. If
you have any suggestions or requests for me to add more please say so!
Also, if you see any grammar or spelling errors please point it out so
I can fix it and make this thread flawless. If you have difficulty
interpreting something please
feel free to post and I will help you out. I hope you enjoyed and learned a thing or two!