I wish I knew about adsense many years ago, when it was still fresh. People were making good amount of money from this program. I keep reading that people were paid 50% commission of this pay per click program. Well, I was introduced to the concept of Adsense by Joel Comm. I must say he makes it very easy to understand any program he is talking about. His ebooks and tutorials are specifically designed for newbies. That was the first time I ever set up my very first blogger and adsense account. Let’s get into the details on how to set up the adsense account.
To start using adsense, you can create a blog using blogger. That is, if you do not own a website already. Create quality contents on that blog so that your visitors find them interesting enough to come back and read more. Also make sure all your links are working and not broken. It will not leave good impression on your visitors or google.
Goto www.google.com/adsense and fill out the application form. You will be sent a confirmation email from google. So, make sure to give your correct email address. They will review your site, and send you confirmation email if you are accepted or rejected.
I am assuming you will be accepted, so that we can move over to the next step. Once you are accepted, you can login to your google adsense account. You will see various tabs on the top, click on “Adsense SetUp”. You can select any of the available links.
If you choose “Adsense for Contents”, next page you will see to set up the ad suitable for your page. You can select Leaderboard, Skyscraper, half banner or full banner. You can preview your ads on the same page by clicking on the link provided. If you are not on the google account, you can also preview your ads by using this Free Adsense Preview Tool.
Placement of ads on your website plays the most important part in monetizing your website. So, make sure they are at the spots where they are most visible to your visitors. Ads on the top of the webpage perform very well. If you place the ads on the bottom, it may not attract many visitors to click on your ads. Ads on the left hand side have been said to perform very well too.
