Google Adsense Explained

March 17, 2009 by
Filed under: PPC 

Google Adsense is a unique program that can generate a lot of revenues over time if you are patient. Here is an overview of the basics of Google Adsense.

To understand the basics of Google Adsense, you first have to understand Google Adwords. Adwords is a program where people can bid per click to buy space on platforms Google supports with advertisements. This includes the ads you see on right column and the top of the results when you search on Google.

Adsense is the result of a crafty little idea wherein Google essentially wanted to maximize distribution of Adwords. With Adsense, Google took the unique approach of allowing independent publishers place Adwords advertisements on their web pages. This type of advertising is known within the Adwords platform as contextual advertising and advertisers can opt out of it. Most do not. 

The beauty of Google Adsense is it creates additional income sources for sites. For instance, lets assume someone bids 60 cents in Adwords for the placement of their ads. The website then shows those ads through the Adsense program. When an ad is clicked by a person on that site, Google charges the advertiser and splits the money with the site in question. The exact amount of profit shared is not announced by Google, but is known to depend on the quality of traffic, click through rates and other aspects.

The Google Adsense program is incredibly simple to use. You sign up through Google and, once approved, are able to select the format of ads you want to list on the pages of your site. Google then immediately provides a java script, which you can copy and paste into the html of your web pages. You cannot change the java script code, but you can select any location on your page you want.

Once you have inserted the code and republished your site, it is now the time to sit back and watch. Google provides stats within your account area. You can see the click and revenue generated information as well as monthly totals. Once you reach at least $100 in revenues, Google will send out a check to you. The check is issued around the end of the month following the one in which you accumulate the minimum $100 amount.

Obviously, there is more to Google Adsense if you want to make a full business out of it, many people specifically build and publish websites with the purpose of generating revenues from google adsense advertising. Advance site creation and builder softwares have evolved including the latest Creative Niche Management System which allows users to easily create and manage massive amount of websites embeded with google adsense ads. There are even suppliers such as Niches in a Box that provides ready made adsense websites with contents that are ready to upload to your server and publish them as your own and make money out of the google adsense advertising in your websites.

By the way, you may be tempted to click the links on your page. Do not! Google will ban you from the program.

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