ADSENSE FOR BEGINEER

Google AdSense is a
way to rent out your
online real-estate and
make money. Your
online real-estate could
be a personal website, a
blog, or just articles that
you write on HubPages,
or some other online
writing site.
As with physical real-
estate, the rent you get
will be dependent on
the quality of your
property. Some
properties are well
located and well
maintained; while others
are dirty and
delapidated.
Google AdSense,
however, will only pay
you when visitors click
on the advertisements
they put on your online
pages.
Make Money with
Google AdSense
How much money can
you make with Google
AdSense?
Well that would depend
on the quality of your
content. The better the
online property, the
more visitor activity,
which would lead to
greater returns.
Realize though that
most people will earn
very little initially. Even
good writers will start
off with relatively low
Google AdSense
earnings while they
learn how to market
their content online
.
These Google AdSense
earnings trajectories
will give you an idea of
what to expect from an
earnings perspective.
Make money with
Google AdSense?
Join Google AdSense
If you think that you
would like to share
some of your ideas
online, have some fun,
and make some money,
then you may want to
join Google AdSense.
In the application
process, you will need
to provide Google with
a website (URL) where
they get to see some
examples of your
content. According to
the people in the know,
your chances for getting
Google AdSense
approval will be higher
if you use a Blogger
site in your Google
AdSense application.
Therefore, you may
want to first join
Blogger and start a
blog. Make at least one
good English posting
before submitting it in
your Google AdSense
application. If you are
considering copying
your content from
someone else, then
know that plagiarising
content is against
Google AdSense's Terms
of Service. "Thou shalt
not steal" is also in most
of the major holy
books. Are a few bucks
really worth eternal
damnation?
The amount of time it
takes for Google
AdSense approval will
vary from application to
application. Mine took a
couple of days. While
you are waiting, make
sure to continue
updating your blog, and
write at least one post
every day. Once you get
approval, you can relax
your blogging schedule.
If you are interested in
linking your HubPages
account to Google
AdSense, then here is a
great step by step guide
from the HubPages
team.
Note - It is against
AdSense TOS to get
more than one account
so only apply for one
Google AdSense
account.
This may all sound like
a lot of work, but the
application forms are
really very simple to
complete. On a scale of
1 to 10 where 10 is a
visit to the dentist and 1
is vegging out in front
of the t.v. I would rate
this at around a 3.
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Advertisements
If you are part of
HubPages, Google
AdSense
advertisements will
automatically get
integrated into your
hubs. That saves you
the trouble of mucking
around with AdSense
advertisement creation,
AdSense advertisement
placement, and
modifying HTML code.
Integrating Google
AdSense with your
Blogger blog is also a
simple affair. Simply
follow these instructions
from Google.
Adding Google AdSense
advertisements into
your self-hosted website
is a bit more complex,
and will not be covered
in this beginner's guide.
Google AdSense Reports
Now comes the best
part - looking at how
much you have earned.
Log into your brand
new Google AdSense
account, and you will
be presented with a
Google AdSense report.
Your Google AdSense
report contains the
following important
information - Page
impressions (number of
views), Number of
Clicks , CTR , eCPM,
and Earnings.
CTR means Click
Through Rate and
eCPM which means
effective Cost per
Thousand Impressions.
CTR tells you the
percentage of visitors
that clicked on a Google
AdSense advertisement.
A CTR of 100% means
that every visitor that
entered your Google
AdSense article(s)
clicked on an
advertisement.
eCPM tells you how
much your articles can
earn per thousand
impressions. The
advertisements for your
online articles can vary
within a big range.
eCPM gives you an
average measure of
how much your article
can earn for every
thousand visitors.
Publishing your Google
AdSense CTR and eCPM
is against Google
AdSense TOS
. So do not publish
these statistics
anywhere, not even in
your screenshots.
Initially, all of your
Google AdSense
enabled pages,
including all of your
hubs from HubPages,
your blog pages, and
your personal website
pages are in the same
group/channel in your
Google AdSense report.
To better analyze your
Google AdSense
earnings
, you probably want to
divide some of these
pages into different
channels.
Google AdSense Channels
Some people put each
and every one of their
articles (i.e. web page)
on a separate channel.
However, Google
Analytics already tracks
page by page
information for you, so
it is easier to just track
your AdSense earnings
from individual articles
through Google
Analytics.
What you may wish to
do, is to create separate
Google AdSense
Channels for your
personal website, your
personal blog, your
external blogs (e.g.
Blogger, or Webpress),
and each of the online
writing sites you
participate in (e.g.
hubpages.com).
Here is a step by step
guide on how to create
channels in Google
AdSense:
1. Log into your
Google AdSense
account.
2. Click on the
AdSense Setup
tab at the top of
your Google
AdSense window.
3. Click on
Channels.
4. Under AdSense
for Content
select URL
channels.
5. Select + Add new
URL channels.
6. Type in each of
the URLs you
want to track in a
separate line. For
example, I have
typed in the URL
of my personal
blog -
shibashake.com/
shibainublog
7. Click the Add
Channels button.
Custom channels allow
you to track specific
Google AdSense
advertisements or
groups of Google
Adsense advertisements.
It is only relevant if are
in control of creating
and placing your own
AdSense
advertisements, for
example in your
personal hosted
website. It is not
relevant for HubPages
users.
Google AdSense
Channels screenshot.
Filtering Unwanted
Google AdSense Ads
Another very useful
feature in Google
AdSense is the
Competitive Ad Filter
option. This feature
allows you to list all of
the websites that you
do not want to receive
Google AdSense
advertisements from.
You may wonder why
you would want to do
such a thing since that
may limit your
AdSense earnings.
Nevertheless some
advertisements may just
be too distracting and
may ruin the look of
your article, others may
be from groups
(religious, political, or
something else) that
you really disagree with.
Here is a step by step
guide on how to filter
out unwanted Google
AdSense ads.
1. Log into your
Google AdSense
account.
2. Click on the
AdSense Setup
tab at the top of
your Google
AdSense window.
3. Click on the
Competitive Ad
Filter link which
is directly to the
right of the
Channels link.
4. Make sure
AdSense for
Content is
selected.
5. Enter all the URLs
you would like to
filter out. One
URL per line.
6. Click on the Save
Changes button.
If there is a particular
advertisement in one of
your articles that you
would like to filter out,
here are Google's
instructions on how to
locate the URL to enter
into the Competitive
Ad Filter tool. I use the
second option - View
the Link Properties.
Google AdSense
Competitive Ad Filter
screenshot.
This is it!
Now you are ready to
make your riches from
home with Google
AdSense. Make sure to
review these Google
AdSense program
policies
carefully to avoid
getting banned from
Google AdSense.