Friday, 12 June 2009

5 Keys to AdSense Success

AdSense is the easiest way to turn a profit form your site. You see the ads everywhere about how you can earn $25,000 a month using Google AdSense. Most of those are fictitious at best, but it is possible to make money from the program. AdSense is basically an affiliate program for Google. You allow them to host ads on your site and anytime someone clicks, you get paid. The exact amount you will make on each click varies since the price per click (PPC) varies, but you will make something each time there is a click at least.

Since it's inception the burning question has been, "how do I make more with AdSense?". Luckily, there are some pretty simple steps you can take to ensure that your AdSense campaigns will be profitable. Adhering to the following rules will make your ads more appealing and, in turn, generate more revenue from your site. You may not make $300 dollars a day at first (or ever), but you can at least start bringing in some extra.

1. First things first, your AdSense location is tantamount to your ads' performance. If you bury the AdSense banner somewhere on the site it may not be noticed. Websites tend to get wordy and a text ad can blend in like a chameleon in the wrong settings. You should try to place your ads to the right of the page. This ensures that your visitor will 'bump' into it during the course of reading your page.

2. When designing your ad using the AdSense tools, you should try to make it look like less of an ad. You can customize the colors of the AdSense block of ads while setting up the ads. You should match the ads to the layout and feel of your site so it is more natural. An ad that looks like an ad, much like a car salesman, gets the cold shoulder as soon as it shows up. To avoid your ad being ignored, you want it to fit the flow and text of the page.

3. Keywords! Keywords can be the lifeblood or the death of your ads and site. As a budding webmaster, you may feel the need to snag every single keyword that looks relevant to your site. Refrain from that mistake. You can lose visitors if you lead them in with a keyword that was close, but doesn't match your site. Worse than that, you will lose money through AdSense because no one will be coming to your site. Example, you take the term Golf Shoes as a keyword, but your site is about Golf in general. An internet search, diligently, offers your page to someone who just needs new shoes. They look at your site for a few moments and are gone never to return. Choose your keywords wisely.

4. Content. Make sure you actually have something worth reading on your site or you would be lucky to get people there. AdSense will pay you money off of user clicks, but it will not attract the users to your site. Your content has to be solid so people will see the site and want to stay there. The chances that a return visitor will click an ad are better than a one time fly by. Build your site and your AdSense will grow.

5. Remove clutter. This one deserves an article or two in itself. We have all seen it. There are pages out there that you would swear are paying by the pixel. You shouldn't feel the need to cram everything on your site into one page. Utilize the white space well and people will find it more attractive. The more attractive your page is, the better the chance someone will stay on the page and subsequently, click an ad (ka-ching).

There you have my proposed 5 keys to AdSense Success. When in doubt, research, you may be surprised what you uncover.

If you found this article helpful you can find more AdSense info at: http://www.MaverickMoneyMakerFuture.com/ads

Chris Smith is a member of an online money making group that specializes in step-by-step training to help you make money. Come check out the group at: http://www.MaverickMoneyMakerFuture.com

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