Adsense For Content

This is the most common used and exists in the form of different shaped ads which you will have no doubt seen scattered over the web. These ads are relevant to the content of your website and you earn revenue every time one of your users clicks on them. For more read different ad formats.

Adsense For Search

This product allows you to place a Google search box on your website, allowing your visitors to search either your website (if your pages are indexed) or Google’s search engine database. Each search by your users will generate ads related to that search term and you earn revenue for every ad click by your users.

Referrals

The Referrals product is a little different as you are not earning revnue through contextually matching ads on a per click basis but are recommending useful products and / or services to your users. When one of you visitors subscribes to the product or service you receive a commission. Referrals are much more like affiliate programs and they currently include Google Adsense Subscription, Google Adwords Subscription, Firefox Download and the Picasa Software Application.

Hence, succeeding with Adsense is largely tied to being successful online and requires that you learn and develop your website building, keyword research, niche market finding, copywriting, search engine optimization and link building skills.

The “Take Over The Web” network aims to help you learn all these things.

Once you’re happy with your site follow this link, click on the “Click Here to Apply” button, fill in your details and wait for your approval email. You will normally receive this between 24 and 72 hours after your application.

What If My Application Is Rejected?

Sites do get rejected by Google but this is not necessarily the end of your experiment with Adsense.

If you’ve read the polcies and are sure that your site doesn’t breach any of the terms send Google an email asking them why you have not been accepted into the program. They will normally respond.

If you think that your site fails one of the pre-requisites then once you’ve made the necessary modifications either resubmit your application or respond to your rejection email with details of the modifications you’ve made.

Alternativelly, if you have more than one website submit a new application using one of your other websites in the application form.

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UnderstandingAdsense.com

Below is a summary of how the program works and the steps you will need to take to implement it.

1. You join Adsense and on acceptance into the program become an Adsense Publisher.

You will now have your own Adsense account in which you will be able to create the ad code to place on your website and monitor the results of your campaigns.

2. Create your custom Adsense javascript code:

You can do this by logging into your account inside which you will be able to choose the particular ad format and ad color that you want to place on your website. The code your selections will generate will appear like this:

3. You can then place this code inside your website template:

Make sure you’ve chosen an ad format which will fit into the space available in your template. Once you have uploaded your page to your server the Adsense ads will automatically be generated.

4. Google’s content matching technology will deliver ads that are relevant to the page content you have placed the code on:

It may take anywhere from a few minutes to an hour but Google will start delivering ads that match your content. This is the real perk of Adsense – ads that match the content of your page so that they are relevant to what your visitors are reading and thinking about at the time and so more likely to be clicked on.

In Google’s own words:

“Google AdSense™ automatically delivers text and image ads that are precisely targeted to your site and your site content—ads so well-matched, in fact, that your readers will actually find them useful“

For more information on where the ads actually come from and how which ads appear is determined take the Adsense Tour.