Google
Adsense is one of the best ways to make money from your site but it is not a
money making machine. You might not become a millionaire with your Adsense
monetized properties but with some luck, and above all knowledge about what
works with Adsense sites and what doesn't, this could become a stable source of
income for you. By the passage of time you earn more using Google Adsense by
your experience.
How Much Can I Make Money
With Google Adsense?
This
is a question almost everybody asks before landing on the Google Adsense. There
isn't a universal answer; Some Web masters are making a full time income from a
single Adsense site, while others with 5 or more sites can't even cover their
hosting fees, because every person can use different strategies.
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| Guide to Google Adsense |
How
much you will make with Google Adsense depends on many factors. Some of them
are outside your control - i.e. the overall state of the economy or what
advertisers Google has managed to attract. However, there are also many factors
within your control. For instance, obviously, if you have one site with 10
pages only you will make thousands of times less than if you have 10 sites with
thousands of pages. Basically, all equal, the more content you have, the more
you will make.
1.
Choose a Profitable Niche
Niche
means, what your site is about, or to put it more professionally, which niche
your site is in. Different niches aren't equal – there are more and less
profitable ones. There are niches, such as health, fashion, photography or
finance, where high value clicks are common and niches, such as culture or
history, where you can make almost nothing with Adsense.
This
is why you need to choose a niche where clicks pay well. It is true that good
niches are very, very competitive but even in the most competitive niche, there
is always place for one more good site. After you choose the niche, you need to
find the high volume keywords in it and optimize your site for them. To search
for keywords with high search volume, use the Google product as
AdWords tool foe searching the high paying keywords.
2.
Place the Ads in Visible Places
Strategic
placement is the very important factor of the ad units is vital for your
profits. Quite logically, when you place ads where they are more visible, this
seriously increases the number of clicks you will get. The best places are
above (i.e. in the top half of the page) and in the text itself. Basically, the
closer the ads to the text are the better. You can have a look at these
Adsense placement tips from Google to see which places are
considered good, best, and worst for ad placement.
3.
Optimize the Ads for Higher CTR
Strategic
placement of ads unit is important but there are other aspects you need to take
into account when you optimize your pages for high CTR (Click Thru Rate). Here
are some more tips how to fine-tune your ad units in order to attract more
clicks:
