Google AdSense

Google AdSense is one of the best ways to make money online on your website or blog; by following these tips you can help earn more from AdSense.

Tip #1

If you have a website (not just a blog) then you should use only one format of AdSense ad. The large rectangle which measures 336 x 280 has proven to be one of the best, so I would suggest going with that. If you have a blog however, you can use a banner at the bottom of the page and add a small button in the sidebar – this way your readers aren’t flooded with advertisements, but they’ll still notice them.

Tip #2

Change the color of your AdSense ads. Don’t stick with the normal blue and white if it doesn’t fit your website theme. If your ads blend in then not only will people be more likely to click them, but like in my first tip they wont feel like your ads are being forced on them.

Tip #3

Consider putting an AdSense banner at the very top of your site. These ads tend to get the most clicks, and while they can distract your visitors they are great if you want to maximize your AdSense earnings easily and start making money online very quickly.

These tips might be basic, but they can make all the difference. Give them a go!

Google AdWords

Last night my partner was creating his first AdWords account, and when he had to enter his credit card details for post pay his card was declined without any clear reason.

The Google AdWords advice center suggests that you should call your bank and make sure your card is working correctly, but this is rarely the case. AdWords has been declining cards without reason since 2004 that I am aware of.

Out of interest we decided to try using the Internet Explorer browser rather than Firefox – and upon log in it showed that his credit card had actually been approved.

It seems that Firefox has some issue with cookies or the cache – we cant pin point exactly where the issue lies, but I can tell you that if you sign in using IE after getting repeated declined messages when signing up for AdWords with a working credit or debit card that it does seem to fix the problem.

I appreciate that this post doesn’t strictly relate to making money online, however I know for the past (almost) 6 years many people have had this issue, and no one has suggested this, including Google themselves, as being a solution. I will be back to regular money making posts shortly, so check back in – but please remember this advice as it seems to be a frequent problem and I hope this could save a whole lot of people a whole lot of trouble.

Google Adsense

A lot of people wonder whether or not it’s really possible to make money online with zero investment, and I am here to tell you that it is, because Adsense makes it so.

Adsense is a free service Google provides; you put a few small ads on your page that are relevant to your content, and when someone clicks on one of them you get paid.

“But I don’t have a website!” I hear some of you lament.

No matter; both Wordpress and Blogspot will let you create a blog free of charge.

You can create multiple blogs and have Adsense on all of them; imagine 10 blogs each earning $5 a day with Adsense – you’d be making $50 each and every day.

I’m guessing at this stage you want advice on how to start making money right now – and I am going to give you just that; this is my step by step newbie guide to $5 a day.

Here we go;

1. Pick a topic you can write a lot about, like cars, music, a particular celebrity or even just a favorite TV show.

2. Head over to Blogspot or Wordpress and create a free blog; be sure to give it a name relevant to your chosen topic.

3. Either write your own content, or pay others for their articles.

4. Sign up for Adsense and add it to your page.

5. Get word out about your blog by posting in some forums, contributing to Yahoo Answers or by commenting on others blogs – never EVER spam.

That’s all you have to do to start earning money online with Adsense – however there are a few things you should know to help you make the most of it;

* Whether it’s forums, other peoples’ blogs or Yahoo Answers, don’t spam anyone, and put a lot of thought into your comments. Make them unique and helpful.

* Use plenty of keywords in your posts, but don’t force them in there; you need to write in a natural way that people feel comfortable reading. No keywords is always better than a flood of them where they don’t belong – that can actually hurt your ranking.

* Submit your blog to Google, Yahoo, DMOZ and Blog Catalogues to make it easier for people to find you.

* When uploading images give them proper names; don’t call a picture of a pear “img123″, call it “pear” or “green_pear” – people will be more likely to find you using Google Images this way.

* Update regularly so that people will want to come back time and time again.

And there you have it folks, my step by step guide to start making money with Adsense – if you want a more comprehensive guide you should wander over to my blog buddy site Work At Home Report.

Good luck and be sure to read my other articles for more ways to earn money online.