Make Money with Google AdSense
While there are many legitimate ways to make money online (MMO), Google AdSense is suitable for anyone who wants to make some extra cash, especially for people who just get started. The only requirement is the ability and passion to write.
Step 1. You Need a Website First to Apply Google AdSense Account
To start make money online with AdSense, the first thing is to have a place to put your content on the internet. You can either use self-hosted website, free Blogger’s Blog, or revenue sharing site like hubpages or InfoBarrels to upload your stuff. to upload your stuff. Be sure to put some solid content on your website, otherwise your application of AdSense might be turned down. Don’t worry if you can’t get approved at first attempt. You can always add more content and reapply. After your application gets approved, you can put Google AdSense code on any of your own website. With a Google AdSense account, writers have five options to make money – AdSense for Content, AdSense for Search, AdSense for Mobile Content, AdSense for Feeds, and AdSense for Domains. AdSense for Content is the most popular way writers used to make money.
Step 2. Content Is King!
Actually even before you start to write, you need to figure out what topic you want to share with your audience. Theoretically you can write on any topic you want, but remember not all content are equal as far as Google AdSense money is concerned. The AdSense secret is choosing both high paying and less competition Google AdSense keywords. If the cost-per-click (CPC) of your targeted keywords is only $0.05, then forget about making serious money with AdSense. Since the payout threshold is $100, you might never get to see a Google check sit in your mailbox. It is advised to pick at least $2.00 CPC keywords for your niche site. Make sure you are also interested in the niche you just picked, without interest you might be lack of passion to pump up original content consistently, which is vital to the AdSense game.
Step 3. Traffic Is Also King!
There are two types of traffics, one is social traffic, and the other is search traffic. To make money with AdSense, your goal is to attract organic search traffic as much as possible. There are three major search engines, Google, Yahoo, and AOL. You need to rank your pages or website on the first page of the chosen keywords on these search engines. If the keywords have decent search volume, and you can rank at the first place, you will have lots of search traffic pouring in, which means click and money as well. Quality backlinks are needed to rank high in the search engine results page (SERP). There are quite a few options to create backlinks for your niche site – forum post, blog comments, squidoo lens, hubpages hubs, article directories or directory submission. Only “do follow” backlinks can pass link juicy to your niche site. It takes time, efforts, great patience, and some talent to master the ranking game.
With the targeted search traffic pouring in, so does Google AdSense revenue. Soon you will celebrate the first AdSense click, which is a very exciting moment and unique experience. To most people, this AdSense money might be their first passive income as well. I still remember my first click, which was generated on the 14th day after my first post published. Hope you enjoy reading this hub, may you have many clicks, and reach the grand total of one hundred dollars to receive your first Google AdSense check in no time.