Did you know monetizing your blog with google Adsense is as easy as selling intermediate goods online and making massive money or even a significant profit?
So if you own a blog or site and haven’t been making money from it, this is certainly for you, and if you are yet to own one, or even if you are skeptical about owning one or not, then you might want to stick around and read this to the very end as this is the sign or confirmation you have been waiting for. And if you are worried that the time is too late to monetize your blog or site, know that there is never a late time to make money from your blog or website, and I am here to prove that to you.
Now, before we look at how to monetize your blog or site, let me enlighten you about a few basic details.
What is Google Adsense?
Before we go into looking at possible ways to gain a passive income on Google Adsense, it is essential that we first have a better understanding of what it is.
As online advertising, Google Adsense was released about 19 years ago on the 18th of June 2003.
Google Adsense is also popularly recognized as a medium in which website publishers in the Google network of content sites conveniently serve contents such as videos, text, images, or highly interactive media advertisements that are administered, maintained, and sorted by Google themselves and aimed at the site’s content and audience. Content, search, videos, and link units are the four major Adsense types. Haven now understood what google Adsense is all about. Let’s look at how to get started.
How to sign up and apply for Google AdSense.
In order to successfully sign up and apply for Google Adsense, it is important that you have a Google account (having a Gmail account or any other Google service means you already have a Google account). Secondly, it is important you have your own blog, site, or original content created from scratch.
Step 1. The very first step will be to visit the Google AdSense website on
https://www.google.com/Adsense/start , Click on the link and get started.
Step 2: You would then be required to sign into your Google Account (which brings us back to the first rule about creating a Google account if you don’t already have one).
Step 3: Carefully entering the URL of the site you wish to have your ads displayed on will be the next step.
Step 4: Adsense will then ask you if you want to receive personalized help and performance recommendations.However, it is advisable that you agree to be sent customized help and performance suggestions as they come with important privileges.
Step 5: Select your geographical location or country.
Step 6: After selecting your payment country, you will be required to carefully go through the Adsense terms and conditions and click on Accept.
Step 7: You will then be directed to a new page where you will click on “Start using Adsense.” This will, however, automatically sign you into your newly created Adsense account.
Now that we have the basic knowledge of Adsense and have successfully created an Adsense account, we will now look at how we can monetize Google Adsense. Let’s dive right in.
Ways to Make Money with Google AdSense.
Over the years, AdSense has proven to be another easy and legitimate way for publishers, blogs, and sites to make easy money.
1. Create the right type of website for Google AdSense.
Over my years of successfully monetizing Adsense, I could tell you that having eye-catching and excellent content, which will in turn generate lots of traffic, are the two things you need to make money on Google Adsense. There are lots and tons of websites out there, so creating great content and doing better makes your site stand out from other websites.
Now, this is not where the job ends. As a website attempting to monetize your Google Adsense, it is critical that you create content that will not only entertain your current visitors but also attract new visitors who will want to return, and no other site can get you the new visitors you want while also keeping them glued to your site like;
*Blog site
*News site
Forum and discussion board
*Niche Social networks and
*Free online tool.
2. Learn to make use of diverse types of ad units.
This is also one extremely important and effective hack that most successful companies and publishers use.
Whether it’s image ads, video ads, or text ads, it’s important and more effective to provide viewers with a variety of options to choose from and click on the one that best suits them.It is also advised that when picking possible ads to upload, you should use your user’s or viewer’s mind and not the creator’s mind.
3. Make use of Adsense Custom Search Ads.
I can not overemphasize the importance of Adsense custom search ads on a site. This gives visitors easy access to the contents they need among the multiple contents you have on your page.
Ever been to a site in search of a particular category, and everything on the site just seems disorganized? , this first gives you a negative impression of the page and makes you never want to visit that site again, but with Adsense custom search ads, visitors will easily use your site and will want to return.
4. Google AdSense on YouTube
Yes, and yes, Google Adsense isn’t just for text-based or image-based content; it’s also a good way to monetize video content, so if video content is your preferred niche, go for it.
Once you have published videos in your channel and established your YouTube channel, then all you need to do is turn on the money-making feature on your YouTube page. This very act automatically guides you through the easy process of linking your YouTube channel to your Google AdSense account, where you can begin making money from your videos
The Different Types of Google AdSense Ads.
There are basically five types of Google Adsense ads everyone should know about, and these Google Adsense ads include;
Match Content.
Ranked by Outbrain and Taboola, Match Content is a way Google recommends content and ads to potential users. The Match Content feature of Google Adsense ads has been said to pull lots of traffic and clicks to whatever page or site it is used on.
2. Link Units.
The Link Unit is an Adsense that directs a visitor to an entirely different page from the original advertiser. It directs visitors to other pages that contain other Google ads related to the topic. The link units depend on the contents of a page.
3. Responsive ads.
From the name alone, I’m sure you can already say what it is about. One good thing about this Adsense is that as a user, you are given an optimization control that depends on the technicalities of the device featuring a particular ad.
4. Display ads
Known to come in three different formats (horizontal, vertical, and banner), this ad basically and entirely deals with graphic content displayed on the user’s page.
5. Text ads.
Unlike display ads, which contain graphic content, text ads, as the name implies, Text ads is a type of Google adsense that contains simple and short title text (Description text) and are always accompanied by a link that directs visitors to the user’s page when clicked on.
6. Rich media ads
Rich media ads are Known to either come in video, HTML, or image format, rich media is said to be an extremely interactive advertisement.
7. Video ads.
Google Adsense gives you options and varied choices if you choose to run a video ad.
8. Image Ads.
Just like the video ad, The image ad also commonly referred to as the Dynamic image ad gives you Variant of ads to pick from that can be run horizontally, vertically, or square.
What is the cost per click?
Also commonly and generally abbreviated as “CPC,” “cost per click” simply refers to the amount of money earned by a user each time an Adsense ad posted by them is clicked by a user. It is said that the advertiser determines the cost per click on your ads.
Eight ways to increase the cost per click for a blog.
1. Learn to effectively use negative keywords.
2. Increase your use of ad scheduling
3. Device adjustment is an extremely important way to increase your CPC; make use of it.
4. Make use of diverse keywords to Match types
5. It is essential that you improve your quality score.
6. Long-tail keywords are also important; it is advised that you find them and bid on them.
7. Develop the habit of using geo-targeting
8. Test and try different average ad positions and picks that suites you.
Final Thought
There you have it. I bet you never knew monetizing your blog could be this easy.
Thank you for reading.
