Having a Google AdSense site is a great way to make money. And to create an AdSense site, all you have to do is have a Google AdSense account (which is free), a website or a blog (which is free), and some articles (which are free if you write them yourself). Once you get your site up and running, the AdSense ads will be targeted to your content. Therefore, those looking for your content will come by, read your articles, and have a high probability of being interested in the targeted ads. Every time someone clicks an ad, you get paid! That is, as long as you have designed your site to maximize AdSense clickthroughs! Let's look at seven tips for creating AdSense sites that create money. #1: Keyword Density Before you place ads on your site, be sure your keyword density is good. You will want to be sure that the right kinds of ads are placed on your site. A free way to determine what the ads will look like on your site is to go to http://www.resultsgenerator.com/adsense/ and type in your keywords. You will then be able to see exactly what ads would show on your site. If you don't like what you see, then you know that you need to make changes to your keywords! You can get keyword suggestions from Results Generator from Overture or from the free trial version of Word Tracker. #2: Focused Not only will the ads be based on your keywords, but they will also be based on your content. You definitely want your keywords and your content to match as closely as possible. #3: Write Often The more information you have the better. Why? Because the more content you have, the more visitors you get. Many people suggest that you write a new article every day since no one wants to come back to your site to find the same old messages! #4: Choose The Right Format AdSense allows you to choose many different ad formats. Research has shown that wider ads are more successful. The top three formats are: " 336x280 large rectangle " 300x250 medium rectangle " 160x600 wide skyscraper Additionally, the 468x15 horizontal ad link under the navigation bar is also a good bet. #5: Color Counts You have the option to create a Google AdSense ad in any color of your choice. The best thing to do is to make your ad blend well with your site color scheme. You should make the border color and the background color the same color as your web site. You will want your text color to either be black or the color of your main content. When creating your Google AdSense ads it is recommended to use the color scheme and style of your website so that the ads blend in well. Ads without background color and borders perfom better than ads within borders with background color. #6: Position Counts, Too It is well known that visitors to a website scan the site to determine if it is worth reading. You definitely want them to see and scan your AdSense ads. Therefore, the best place to put them is in the top left part of your page or directly under your headlines. #7: Increase The Number AdSense allows you to use up to three AdSense units on a page, two AdSense search boxes, and one unit of ad links. Using all that you can increases the chances of earning money. Keep these seven tips in mind when creating your AdSense site and you will find that your clickthrough rates increase, thus increasing your money making potential.
For a newbie reading these tips, it does sound very interesting on how we can all make money via Adsense. But are there any sites or informative pages out there that provide step by step walkthrough together with screenshots on how to create a site followed by registering and Adsense account and lastly to put in the codes. All these can be a daunting task for someone who has never created a website before but loves the idea/income that can be generated from the clicks. Any suggestions to a newbie? _______________ wanginternet.com
Man, I hope you didn't just copy/pasted this guy's article: http://adword.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/google-adsense-7-tips-for-creating-sites-that-make-money/
LOL, thought I'd seen/read that before. You really should give credit to the author when your copy an article, or link to the source.
Here it says "You should make the border color and the background color the same color as your web site" but further down it says: This sounds contradictory. I have a 336x280 large rectangle ad unit on my site that I chose to make the same color as my site. Can someone look at my site and tell me if would be better to keep it the color I have or to change it to no background color or borders? Also the article mentioned visiters eyes will scan adsense ads that are on the left. Should I swap the position of the 336x280 large rectangle ad unit with the position of the video player on my site? Thank you. My Site is here.
Not bad basic tips.. Keyword density is really not that important. Google is pretty good at determining ads for content. If you just place normal content and write it in a normal way you should have no trouble getting relevant ads. Watching your keyword density might impact things like SEO, but it is not really going to make you more money with adsense directly.
#7: Increase The Number advice is not a good one. I recommend starting with fewer ad units (e.g. 1) and an ad link unit. Track the revenue and then try adding an ad unit and see how it affected your earnings. Higher paying ads are the ones located closer to the top of your page and adding extra ads towards the bottom will a) be annoying to your users and b) result in lower paying clicks/exit points
as long as your not kw stuffing alls good, heres a question typically how much do you make every time a google search is used on your site? I have never tried this, anyone shed any light? cheers people
Do you mean when someone uses the Google search function installed ON your site? About 5 cents. The search function pays far less than most ads. And there is never a "high-paying" search term.
True. The less ads the better because those cheap clicks would be eradicated or minimised. After reducing the ads (from three to two/single block), I was getting better earnings Ads type and color scheme as recommended by AdsenseGold: google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; google_ad_format = "336x280_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "000080"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "000000"; See them in action at Domain.hk.cn
yeh cheers surf dude suppose its better than nothing any suggestions surf dude? for any of my sig sites.
some very tasteful adsense integration on all 3 of your sites (i didn't see any units on one). i'm reluctant to recommend anything because i don't want to ruin anything if you're doing well and maybe, as some have said, the "less is more" approach works better.