Does AdSense Make Cents?
Relatively speaking I am a newbie to the Web World, but in that short time I have read and learned a lot. So much so that I feel my eyes bulging, my head pounding and I am in need of some serious sleep after spending so much time online. The interesting fact for most web users is to make money and be independently wealthy. There is the lure of abundant and ever flowing fountain of money hidden in the internet, or so we have been led to believe.
The fact remains that there is money to be made in every walk of life; in your small town, city, country and on the net. To obtain it is another matter all together. Again, brilliant marketing and well chosen words have misled us into thinking that setting up shop or website will bring us incredible about of money. Far from it, my personal belief (and if you are honest with yourself you will admit) that there is no such thing as FREE or EASY Money. Unfortunately, a lot of us succumb to those juicy, dubious ads of unlimited wealth and fall for their words and a few I know have lost a lot. At times I feel that the ones who have made wealth in schemes and scams are the ones that have tricked others to parting with theirs, since making money the ethical way is not easy. I too wish to be wealthy,but I would like to do it morally, and as the saying goes; "The Old Fashion Way, Earn It".
So to our main topic; using AdSense in developing a businesses for extra income. When you start a business your goals should be realistic and sensible, such that you are not disillusioned by unforeseen setbacks. AdSense allows one to start a business with minimal investment, basically nil. So what is your part of the bargain in this partnership with Google? You have to put up a website, give Google an area or areas to put up their ads on that site. In the most rudimentary form, that really is the partnership. You are the host to Google's advertising clients (from AdWords). A visitor on your site triggering any of those AdSense Ads present on your Website will generate an income in form of commission to you. The money you make per click depends on what Google charges the client, and that is determined by many factors, since the whole Google Ad concept on the net is based on an bidding/keyword system.
The excitement most new comers on the web feel with the AdSense concept is "Wow, so easy to make money. My friends were right I could be rich by just having AdSense ads on my site. All I have to do is get a website." That my dear readers is where the downfall is. The whole AdSense concept has failed them, and they have misunderstood the principle behind the campaign. In brief AdSense works if YOU work, not the other way around. One has to understand that Google is in business to make money, and it makes it's revenue stream indirectly from search users like you and I. Google's whole philosophy is to provide it's search users (not your website) the best result from their search query to their searching customer. They are adamant in displaying the BEST search result to their client.
AdSense may be free to sign up for, but Google does not just dish out money because you are hosting their ads. On the contrary it analysis each site and places ads relative to the subject on the site. For instance, if your site was all about baseball, then it would have ads related to that subject, perhaps an ad of a company selling Baseball Cards, or Hats etc. They certainly would not have an ad for Mountain Climbing.
If it finds that your website does not fit their specific criteria for AdSense ads they will not place any on your site, basically you will not qualify. So it is important to have a well setup site with quality content, not quantity. I have seen sites, which to most look pleasant to look at and seem interesting, but have been rejected by Google due to poor site content.
Once you have built up good content and qualify for AdSense, you have to continue to impress Google with new relative and interesting information on your site. All this though is not enough to generate income from your site. You have great content, AdSense ads are placed on the site, now you must have traffic. Without visitors you have no chance of making any money. The idea is to move up the ladder of search queries and get displayed as high as you can. It now becomes a viscous cycle, the more people visit your site, the more you get displayed on search queries, and of course the more visitors you get. With an increase in traffic, it is then natural that some of your visitors will click on the ads which means money in your pocket. A piece of advice here, just because you have great content does not mean you are done, you have to make your site SEO proof. More on this some other time. A warning: Do Not Click or Promote /Entice other to Click on Ads on your Website. You can be banned by Google for such actions.
In conclusion, yes you can make money on the net and with AdSense, but you have to set it up just right, and be prepared to constantly work on your site, improving it not only with content but with the right keywords and of course it must be pleasant to the eye and smooth to navigate. My advice to all who wish to climb aboard this ride is, read lots, understand what it is all about and apply it. Most of all do not be afraid to try, and at first if you don't succeed, then modify and try again, and if you fail again, then read some more and try again. That is what I am doing, constantly trying. I wish both of us good luck and much success
The fact remains that there is money to be made in every walk of life; in your small town, city, country and on the net. To obtain it is another matter all together. Again, brilliant marketing and well chosen words have misled us into thinking that setting up shop or website will bring us incredible about of money. Far from it, my personal belief (and if you are honest with yourself you will admit) that there is no such thing as FREE or EASY Money. Unfortunately, a lot of us succumb to those juicy, dubious ads of unlimited wealth and fall for their words and a few I know have lost a lot. At times I feel that the ones who have made wealth in schemes and scams are the ones that have tricked others to parting with theirs, since making money the ethical way is not easy. I too wish to be wealthy,but I would like to do it morally, and as the saying goes; "The Old Fashion Way, Earn It".
So to our main topic; using AdSense in developing a businesses for extra income. When you start a business your goals should be realistic and sensible, such that you are not disillusioned by unforeseen setbacks. AdSense allows one to start a business with minimal investment, basically nil. So what is your part of the bargain in this partnership with Google? You have to put up a website, give Google an area or areas to put up their ads on that site. In the most rudimentary form, that really is the partnership. You are the host to Google's advertising clients (from AdWords). A visitor on your site triggering any of those AdSense Ads present on your Website will generate an income in form of commission to you. The money you make per click depends on what Google charges the client, and that is determined by many factors, since the whole Google Ad concept on the net is based on an bidding/keyword system.
The excitement most new comers on the web feel with the AdSense concept is "Wow, so easy to make money. My friends were right I could be rich by just having AdSense ads on my site. All I have to do is get a website." That my dear readers is where the downfall is. The whole AdSense concept has failed them, and they have misunderstood the principle behind the campaign. In brief AdSense works if YOU work, not the other way around. One has to understand that Google is in business to make money, and it makes it's revenue stream indirectly from search users like you and I. Google's whole philosophy is to provide it's search users (not your website) the best result from their search query to their searching customer. They are adamant in displaying the BEST search result to their client.
AdSense may be free to sign up for, but Google does not just dish out money because you are hosting their ads. On the contrary it analysis each site and places ads relative to the subject on the site. For instance, if your site was all about baseball, then it would have ads related to that subject, perhaps an ad of a company selling Baseball Cards, or Hats etc. They certainly would not have an ad for Mountain Climbing.
If it finds that your website does not fit their specific criteria for AdSense ads they will not place any on your site, basically you will not qualify. So it is important to have a well setup site with quality content, not quantity. I have seen sites, which to most look pleasant to look at and seem interesting, but have been rejected by Google due to poor site content.
Once you have built up good content and qualify for AdSense, you have to continue to impress Google with new relative and interesting information on your site. All this though is not enough to generate income from your site. You have great content, AdSense ads are placed on the site, now you must have traffic. Without visitors you have no chance of making any money. The idea is to move up the ladder of search queries and get displayed as high as you can. It now becomes a viscous cycle, the more people visit your site, the more you get displayed on search queries, and of course the more visitors you get. With an increase in traffic, it is then natural that some of your visitors will click on the ads which means money in your pocket. A piece of advice here, just because you have great content does not mean you are done, you have to make your site SEO proof. More on this some other time. A warning: Do Not Click or Promote /Entice other to Click on Ads on your Website. You can be banned by Google for such actions.
In conclusion, yes you can make money on the net and with AdSense, but you have to set it up just right, and be prepared to constantly work on your site, improving it not only with content but with the right keywords and of course it must be pleasant to the eye and smooth to navigate. My advice to all who wish to climb aboard this ride is, read lots, understand what it is all about and apply it. Most of all do not be afraid to try, and at first if you don't succeed, then modify and try again, and if you fail again, then read some more and try again. That is what I am doing, constantly trying. I wish both of us good luck and much success
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