Google Adsense: How to actually make money online

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Posted by Felix Okoli on July 06, 2010 at 05:12:31:

In one of my posts on Youtube: How to actually make money online, I talked about making money online in Nigeria with Youtube and it is all about online advertising and getting paid for producing videos.

Today I would want to talk about what a lot of Nigerian bloggers and forums have already talked about and I'm talking about Google adsense.

Google adsense is growing to become the largest source of online revenue for most of Nigeria's web industry

Google adsense is a programme in which Google agrees to and pays website owners for allowing Google adverts to be displayed on their websites. This is also about online advertising with Google being the advertiser while website owners are the publishers who get paid in dollars.

Even the big name sites have Google ads being displayed on their pages such as many Nigerian newspapers that are online, Sports websites, Nigerian forums and a couple of growing bloggers.
With Google adsense, there is no discrimination because Google would most likely accept you if you have a website with appreciable content such as text, videos, music or other attractive resource.
Google adsense is one of the reasons why a lot of Nigerians are launching more and more websites and domains every month and the numbers just keep increasing. But these website owners have equally seen te benefit of having a web presence such that even without Google adsense, they could still make money from online advertising.

How to start making money online with Google adsense
One of the easiest and fastest ways to start making money online with Google is by setting up a blog or website with continuously updated content such that the more you update with newer content, the higher your earnings from adsense increases.
How do you really start?
1. Set up a website/blog/forum with your domain name and add content to it for about a month
2. Sign up for Google adsense at https://google.com/adsense
3. Generate and Paste Google ads on popular page on your site
4. Increase traffic to your website by optimization
5. Receive cheques and pay into your domicilliary account

How to increase your Google adsense earnings in Nigeria
Although you may find out that the ads that are targeted at your site may be earning your less than you may have expected. You may even be earning less than a dollar a week, but to increase it you need to know your strengths and weaknesses. First try to find out how your site is performing based on
- Search keywords
- Popular pages

You will need to improve on your strengths and then diversify to other areas where your website may be lacking in order to capture more traffic. It is really about traffic and one way you can improve traffic is to make your site interesting to visitors who would later become repeat visitors. Here are otehr ways
- Having an email list
- Using Feeds
- Membership registration
- Offering exciting and frequent updates

Comments:
Re: Google Adsense: How to actually make money online Posted by Kareem on August 02, 2010 at 05:06:07:

Ia have been trying this adsense programme for sometime but I don't know how Long it will take to get my first $100. I just make about $2 a month. I really want to know how to increase my Google adsense earnings.

Re: Google Adsense: How to actually make money online Posted by Felix Okoli on August 02, 2010 at 05:07:58:

Yeah, its true that it takes quite some time to increase your earnings. One way to practically increase your adsense earnings for good is by adding more content. Remember the saying, content is king.

Re: Google Adsense: How to actually make money online Posted by Kanny on August 02, 2010 at 05:08:31:

I would like to know how much it will cost to set up a website or blog like this?

Re: Google Adsense: How to actually make money online Posted by Mokoro on August 02, 2010 at 05:09:22:

Thanks for the information. Can I get a simple free book on how to make money from this programme?

Re: Google Adsense: How to actually make money online Posted by Ephraim Inyang on August 02, 2010 at 05:10:38:

I've known about Adsense for sometime now and it is really helpful for people who want to make money easily online

Re: Google Adsense: How to actually make money online Posted by Felix Okoli on August 02, 2010 at 05:13:30:

Maybe I will write a book about this soon and then may offer it to users for free or something

Re: Google Adsense: How to actually make money online Posted by Make money online free on Sunday July 3, 2011 at 15:25:43:

My website http://Moneyhomeblog.com makes money online everyday more than 2euro while my blog http://freebrowsinglink.blogspot.com makes about 3 to 5euro everyday! The secret to making money with adsense is to keep writing unique contents and look at the long run.