Google AdSense is easy to use

Google Adsense is the easiest to install on your site. You install some JavaScript in the sidebar or in a WordPress widget and it starts showing relevant ads; the page generally starts showing ads immediately (about 10 minutes), it takes a while for the ads on that page to be “relevant” to that page.


I don’t think they reject (m)any sites so that’s not an issue. You make a few cents for every 1,000 or so impressions, but where the real money is when people click on your ads; this can be pennies or dollars per click.

Warning! Do not click on your own ads! They will catch you and kick you out of the program (it’s against your contract with them).

I think it takes a little bit to get through the site to pick ad types and sizes but once you’re done it’s ready to go. Don’t get focused on color and size you can always change it later (just name everything with relevant names so you can change it later). No matter how much time you spend configuring in the Google AdSense area it’s still the just as easy to get it on your site; so get something on your site so you can see how it’s working.

I usually use the really tall ads or the really wide ads, they tend to have 3-4 text ads in one window or one graphic ad. I’ll generally put them in a page layout so they automatically appear on every page on the site.

You can make changes to your ads at any time via the Google interface but it takes a few minutes for the ad changes to propagate down. For many web browsers you need to open up a new window or the Javascript remembers the old settings.

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Make Money with Text-Link-Ads

I really like ! They only place a few key words on your page so they barely take any real estate. Most ads appear on the front page of your web site. Two minor hurdles though:

  • You need enough access so that you can post the code or install the widget
  • They need to accept your site
  • So you need some access to your site’s inner workings: If you installed the software or have FTP access you probably have all the permissions and skills you need. If you don’t have the skill, they have some simple steps for you that make it as easy as possible. Once installed you never need touch it again.

    If you’ve got good traffic they’ll hopefully accept your site. But they have rules and a formula so you never know the exact process (Alexa + Google + ???). It gets frustrating since they sometimes reject your ad the step after you had to type a descriptive paragraph.

    I have a few pages listed but they jump in and out of being accepted for actual ad placement (they put ads on actual pages, generally the main page, but ads can be on other pages). Once, all of a sudden, a page listed for months with no ads had five appear on it in a matter of days. But on the other hand: while writing this post I just looked at my details and noticed one of my home pages that’s been in there the longest has had no ads since a week into this month (and that one has always had ads).

    It’s a set fee for the money, which is why they require semi-popular sites (pages with some kind of ranking), they need to know there is traffic going to the site. But many people think/know that running these kinds of ads negatively affect your page ranking with search engines (such as Google). It’s hard to tell since your sites rise and fall in Google regardless. But I’m not disagreeing I assume they are correct on this.

    You get 50% of the selling price, which they calculate based on details of your site. Plus, they sometimes sell ads in “packages” so sometimes you don’t get the full price since they had “a sale”. But I’ve never been disappointed in my check (except when ads don’t sell at all).

    I have sent e-mails to them a few times to get tips on better descriptions, suggestions on better pricing or category listings and basically received no useful feedback. This was surprising since if I make more money so do they…

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    Who wants extra money?

    This will be a simple site about one simple thing.  How to make some money from your blog!

    There are many sites out there that cover this topic but I think they could make it simpler.  I’m going to cover some of the easiest ways for you to make a few bucks from your blog.   If you blog more than a few times a week and get a few comments a post, I think it’s likely you can easily make over a hundred dollars a year. If your site is much more popular than that I’d assume you can get much more than that.

    A few of these tips require a little work and some are just one time set up and the rest fall in-between. 

    You’re not going to make millions, but if you happen to, remember that we helped you get there!

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