Introduction to Google's Adsense

Monetizer first learned about the benefits and possibilities of Adsense about a year ago, and decided to purchase a great book about it The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense by Joel Comm.

By then Adsense had already been used and abused for success by many people either blogging or running their own websites. Adsense still remains one of the top choices for monetizing your blog, and despite the fact Google can yank your account down at any time with no reason provided, it seems to be a smart choice for the beginning blogger to use. In fact, Blogger.com allows it to be easily integrated into a blog by using their widgets. Here's a quick look at what Adsense is and how it can work for your site or blog.

What is Adsense?

Adsense is a contextual advertising program. You sign up for the program and once approved you go about selecting the size, color and style of ads to display on your website or blog. Google will "crawl" your site's content to become familiar with the topics presented most often, and then strategically match relevant ads to your site.

The importance of this is making the ads work well with your content as well as the look of your blog or website. The colors are varied that you can choose for your ad's borders, backgrounds, text and links. Sizes go from small 125x125 blocks to the large "leaderboard" of 728 width by 90 height. You can check out the styles and sizes of ads here.

Adsense not only offers text and image ads, but it also offers a Google search box you can set up as well as various referrals you can use to earn money (Firefox, Adwords, Adsense). It offers a good variety of ways to make money from your blog or website. Money is made from your Adsense ads based on clicks or page impressions. Or referral money is earned due to the download of a Google program, or use of Adwords/Adsense from your referral link or button.

How Do I Qualify for Adsense?

1) You'll need to submit your valid website or blog address on Google's application.

2) You'll need valid payment/pay to info as well as Social Security and tax documentation filed online.