Making Money with Google

I am sure you have heard how many people are making money using Google Adsense. There are many, many ebooks online that will (supposedly) help you generate HUGE amount of cash with Google every month. Some of the ebooks may have merit to them, but for just a few minutes save your money and read the rest of this page since it is free.

Make Channels

I found it easier to make channels for where I will be placing my adsense ads before I actually build it. If I am going to put it on my home page, then I can call the channel businnesshome home page, for my affiliate page call it affiliate page, etc.. That way when I actually do start to create my listings, I can add that channel to it and be able to track on which page the ad was clicked on. This helps you trace what pages are doing well and which pages you may need to: 1. Change how the ad looks or 2. The content of the page to help with more targeted ads.

Adsense for Content

When you sign up with Google, and click on the adsense setup tab, you will see the different ways to help you make money. Most people start out with the adsense for content as that is very easy to set up. Once you click on the link for adding the content you will get the Ad Unit or Link Unit. You may want to experiment with each one of these on your website. Each of these (link or ad) you can customize as to how it will look on your site or blog. Try to create the ad using the same colors as your website.

Once your ads are on your website, don't make massive changes to the look of the ads, but change only one thing at a time to see if you click rate changes; border vs. no border, place on side vs. place towards top, etc. If you change to much at one time, you will not be able to see what was the reason that the click rate went up or down.

Adsense for Search

You can make money with Google also by offering your visitors a search box. They can search your domain or the web. If you have a very large website or even not many pages, but a lot of content this can pull double duty. Help keep people on your site or let them search the web. So don't overlook adding this additional adsense tool to your website or blog.

Referrals

Believe it or not there are still many people that have not signed up for Google adsense yet. But this is not only for signing up for their program, you can be making more money by referring your visitors to useful products and services for other merchants as well. Some of the categories they have available are animals, automotive, games, photo and video, recreation, science, social networks and online communities, sports and many more.

Video Units

You can ad relevant video content from YouTube partners to your site. This may fit into your blog or website better than the text ads. Don't overlook this opportunity as many webmasters are using more and more videos on their sites.

Mobile Content

With the rise of mobile units being used by people to access the Internet, it may be something for you to check out to see if instead of a regular website, but create a mobile website.

So before you open your wallet and buy Google Cash or any of the other ebooks, sign up with Google and go to the Resources tab. Take a look at all the information available to you free. Try the tips, suggestions and optimization tips for your website or blog. If after some time you really feel the urge to spend your money on one of the ebooks for making money with Google, go ahead and hopefully it will be what you thought you were missing.

Alternate Ads

Do not forget that using adsense if fine for websites, but sometimes one size does not fit all. Take a look at other alternate ads you can place on your site or blog to help you make money online.