Google Adsense tutorial
Welcome to the Google Adsense tutorial that will help you earn passive income while you sleep, in a matter of days. There's no trick, no scam – it's just a sensational program offered by Google, and I am sure you've already heard about it: Adsense. In the following sections of this Adsense tutorial I will show you how to join Google Adsense, how to place the Adsense contextual ads on your website or blog and how to maximize their output. I will also provide you with free access to my web development and search engine optimization guides. In addition to all this, I will also give you 5 free websites that are 100% ready to be placed online and make you money right away.
Why am I doing this and why is it free?
A legitimate question, I'd say. I want you to be successful with Google Adsense because that will also bring me a benefit. If you join Adsense by following the link below and you make $100 within 180 days, I will also receive $100 from Google as an affiliate. In other words, I created this step-by-step Google Adsense tutorial because I have every intention of providing you with all the tools you need to make money using Adsense, because that will also make me more cash. ;)Before we begin you might want to boomark this page (Ctrl+D for Internet Explorer) and come back to it when you have completed some of the steps.
STEP 1 – Build your website
There are three stages of this initial step:
A – If you already have a website you can skip STEP 1 of my Google Adsense tutorial altogether and move on to the other resources that will show you how to join Adsense and how to maximize your earnings.
B – If you want to build your website using your own content, you can use one of my . Make sure to use them together with the also available on Web2earn and maximize the effectiveness of your website.
C – If you don't have a website or you don't know how to build one, don't worry, there are countless great offers out there that you can use. Check out or for paid website bundles. I am also going to offer you 2 free adsense websites that you can download from Web2earn - a and a complete and fully functional. Make sure to extract the files from the archive (you can get for free) and follow the instructions to add the Adsense code - but only after you go through the steps below.
STEP 2 – Find a host and purchase domain names
There are tens of thousands of excellent hosting companies out there. You can do a search on Google for a local hosting company or you can take care of everything online. In most cases, you can also ask the hosting company to purchase the domains for you. Here are a few tips regarding this step:
- Make sure you have at least 1GB of server space
- You bandwidth limit should not be lower than 10 GB per month
- Ask for a hosting plan that allows you to park at least 10 domains – you will need to develop several websites and see which one is worth expanding, so allow yourself room to grow.
- When you purchase domain names, try to get the name/keyword of the topic in it. If you'll be creating a site on “rubber boots”, for example, try to get a domain name like: “rubber-boots-info.com” or “find-rubber-boots.com”.
- Use dashes to separate words in your domain name and make it more attractive to the human eye.
STEP 3 – Upload your website and start promoting it
While I won't guide you through all the different ways of uploading websites (each company may heave different methods), you will need to know a little bit about HTML and how to use FTP. If you don't know how to do this, you can always use an outsourcing website like Elance.com or RentACoder.com to find someone that will do it for you for a small amount of money.
STEP 4 – How to place Adsense on your website:
Once your website is up and running, it's time to join Adsense. You can do so by following the banner below:
Here are the steps for adding the Adsense code to your site:
- Log in to Adsense
- Click on Adsense Setup (upper left area)
- Click on the Adsense for Content link
- Choose between ad units and link units. For this example we will use ad units, so leave that radio button active and click Continue .
- Choose the format and the colors (this is all up to you and you should adapt it to your website's color palette and structure). More tips on making these choices in STEP 5 of our Adsense tutorial.
- Select a channel for your ads – this is useful if you own multiple websites and you wish to track performance for each of them. Continue
- Click on the area where the HTML code is displayed, and then copy it.
- Go to your website editing program (Frontpage, Dreamweaver or anything else) and paste the code in the area where you want the ads to appear.
That was it! You are now officially one of the webmasters around the world that make money with Adsense while playing golf, sailing, sleeping.
Fore more tips on how to make the most out of Adsense please see our Advanced Adsense tips below.
STEP 5 – Advanced Adsense optimization tips
Here are a few of the things I use for my own Adsense ads in order to maximize their effectiveness and I've decided to reveal in this step by step Google Adsense tutorial. Some of the following tips are similar to what Google advises as well, some are just things that I found out to be very effective.
Tips regarding Adsense colors
- Make the ads the same color as the background of your website. This will help them integrate better in the overall design and visual appearance of the website.
- Make the links blue, unless you choose a different color for links throughout your webpages. If your links are green also make the Adsesne links green. People get used to clicking on the same color of links, so don't confuse them.
- Don't use the border. The ads are marked as ads and you don't need the border to make that even more obviouse and “detach” the Adsense box or banner from the rest of the page.
Tips regarding Adsense placement
- If you have a 3 column website, place a 120x600 skyscraper on the left menu, and use the right menu for navigation. 80% of visitors will look at the “classic” positioning of the navigation menu, which is left, so the ads will get better exposure.
- Use the Google hot spot to place ads.
- Place the ads at the top left or center of the website. Make sure the ads are accessible whenever a new page loads and you don't have to scroll down to see them.
- Place link units in the area where the menu links are, as displayed above.
Tips regarding Adsense size
- With Google Adsense, the more room you have for more links and descriptions, the better. This is why skyscraper ads (160x600 is the best) and boxes (300x.250 or 336x280) have the highest number of click-troughs.
- Use small ads only if larger ad formats would ruin your webpage layout
Now you're ready to roll. You have the websites, you have the knowledge regarding their marketing, you've joined the best contextual ads program there is and you know how to place your ads so that they generate a high number of clicks. The only advice I have at this point is: do everything you've done so far, only at a LARGER scale.
Once again I would like to remind you that you can join Google Adsense by using the link below:
Thanks for your interest in my step by step Google Adsense tutorial and I am looking forward to receiving your email once you've joined Adsense. I will also be available with advice and suggestions, so don't be shy and let me know.
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