Tuesday, December 23, 2008

100 Google AdSense Tips

Byy Fernando Hal

Webmasters everywhere can participate in Google AdSense programme where Google will serve advertisements on the webmasters’ sites in exchange for some payment. If you are a webmaster and have not put AdSense, consider to do so.

This article is the first of a 6-part series in 100 Google AdSense Tips. Here is the full series:

100 Google AdSense Tips - Part 1

  1. AdSense Earning = Impression-count x Click-though-rate x Cost-per-click x smart-pricing-factor.

  2. Impression count is basically referring to your traffic. It means the number of times AdSense block is displayed.

  3. Click-through-rate (CTR) is ratio of clicks per impressions. It can range from 0.1% to 30%, but most commonly around 1% to 10%.

  4. Cost-per-click (CPC) is the earning you get per click. While traditionally it refers to the amount advertisers pay for each click, it can also mean the amount publishers get for each click.

  5. Smart-pricing is AdSense method to determine how valuable clicks from your site is worth. If clicks on your site doesn’t provide good value to advertisers, e.g. from visitors’ geo-location that seldom translate to sales, you will only get a fraction of the supposed CPC.

  6. Apply for AdSense account via blogger.com for faster approval.

  7. Once you get your AdSense publisher code, you can put it any of your websites without requiring further approval.

  8. Read and reread Google AdSense Program Policies and Terms and Conditions.

  9. Don’t click on your own ads, or ask people to click, even if you are using proxies.

  10. Don’t use click-bots.

  11. Don’t encourage your visitors to click on ads. The only acceptable text is “Sponsored Links” and “Advertisements”.

  12. Don’t put competitor contextual ads on the same page as your AdSense, for example: Yahoo Publisher Network, Clicksor. Non-contextual ads are ok.

  13. Don’t put your ads on objectionable material, e.g. adult sites, gambling sites, mp3, etc.

  14. Basically, don’t cheat AdSense. Google will catch you, sooner or later.

  15. Viewing your on website will not get you banned. Just make sure you don’t click on the ads.

  16. However, repeatedly reload your page to jack up page impressions can get you banned.

  17. When in doubt don’t hesitate to contact the AdSense team. They are very helpful.

  18. Choose a high paying niche without too much competition.

  19. You can try highest paying keywords from cwire.org, but know before-hand that you’ll face very fierce competitions.

  20. Use Overture Bid Tool and Search Engine Keyword Tool to find suitable keyword.

Google Adsense - Ads That Make You Money!

By Lewis Low

google_adsense Imagine... being paid checks by the largest and most popular search engine, simply for displaying a few ads on your website for FREE?

Well, this is exactly what the Google Adsense program is all about! And when you think about it, it's a revolutionary way of earning yourself a useful online side income. But let's back up a bit...

In the past, many webmasters displayed ads from various companies, via pop-ups, banners, pop-ins and pop-unders. However, visitors to these sites soon got tired of these advertising methods - I mean, who'd like to go to a website where they'd have to close pop-up windows every other minute? This resulted in a dramatic loss of traffic, and in turn made many webmasters to lose profits.

That's when Google announced a novel program – Google Adsense. Instead of having to use banners and pop-ups to advertise companies and gain a commission, website publishers could now earn a decent profit by displaying unobtrusive text ads on the content pages of their website. Since the ads displayed were often directly related to what your visitors are looking for on your site, you had a way to both monetize and subtly enhance your web content.

One of the main reasons for its popularity, is the fact that the Google Adsense program is incredibly accurate. By stepping beyond the boundaries of simple keyword matching, it has quickly become one of the most prominent tools to display accurate advertisements. A list of keywords is still used as the basis of triggering ads, but complex algorithms now ensure that non-relevant ads no longer show up on your site.

Google Adsense also gives you the option to be selective about the type of ads you wish to display. This helps you direct your visitors towards certain type of products and avoid non-relevant or competitor ads. To make it possible for everyone to integrate Adsense into their sites, the program offers a wide variety of settings that allow you to alter the ads' size and appearance.

Google offers their Adsense program to just about all website owners. After signing up for the program, you'll receive an HTML/ XML code to paste on all of your web pages. Then, Google will dynamically generate ads that are relevant to your web content. Whenever a visitor clicks on one of the Adsense ads on your site, Google credits your account with a percentage of money that was paid by the advertiser for that ad.

To sign up for this terrific program, hop over to http://www.google.com/adsense It's super easy to set up - just a few clicks of your mouse and you're ready to go! Once you start displaying targeted Google Adsense ads on your website, you can expect to generate a sizable income depending on the traffic flow to your site and how many visitors actually click on the ads.

Tracking AdSense Ads is very Easy Now

Without a stats software you may never know about the health of your website. I mean how much world is interested in your website, how many visitors etc. There are many softwares that let you to have a stat for your website. such as google analytic, slim stats etc.

But tracking the AdSense Ads is a little bit different and looks difficult in first thought. There are many softwares available such as adlogger is a best example which can track your adsense ads. But non of thrid party softwares will give you 100% accurate results.

There is a built-in feature in your adsense account which is called as a channel. Channels are very easy to implement and use. You can keep an eye on each of your individual AdBlock on your pages. Just create a channel and assign it to an adsense ad and use it on your website. Whenever you will logged into your account you will see the results individually for that ad.

Lets say i have an adsense unit at right panel and 1 at the top of the post and 2 in between my posts. I can have a view for all of these ads, how much time they are viewed, how many clicks on each ad and how much CTR and ECPM each ad is giving me.

You can implement many channels to suit your requirments and use them with your ads. Channels are really an easy and effective way to track your ads.