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The Google Adsense Affiliate Program What is it? It's a Google Adsense Guide. Its all about maximizing your earnings with Google Adsense: how to position your Ads, which styles to use, which pages to put them on... and how to display Ads with higher commission, even! To quote the author, William: "The amount you earn per click on an ad varies enormously but you can control how valuable these clicks are if you know the secrets (Chapter 22, Chapter 30)". Also: "Learn how to calculate Google's payout ratio (they won't tell you, but you can find out.)" You also get membership to the AdSense Insider Group - so if this something you've been looking for, too... I'll see you there! This
is stuff you wont find anywhere else. Check
it out! Google's AdSense ... Recently, Google released what can already be described as the "revolutionary" AdSense program.... Basically, you place Google AdWords on your site(s). For every ad clicked, you receive money. AdSense ads are just like the AdWords ads you see on the right-hand side of a Google search results page... except they are on YOUR site.
Google uses its advanced, proprietary technology and algorithms to determine the content of each of your site's Web pages. It then delivers ads that are contextually relevant to your audience. (As you'll soon see, the content on the PAGE is more relevant to AdSense than the overall SITE.) Consider this:
AdSense has the Net "buzzing" with excitement as Webmasters and marketers the world over are attaining click through and CPM rates not seen since dot-com "boom" times. Allan Gardyne, not surprisingly, was one of the first to write about his experiences with AdSense (as implemented on AssociatePrograms.com, and on his assistant Rupert's SBI! site, DJ-Tips-And-Tricks.com). Although the Google agreement prohibits Webmasters from providing specifics of their program, Allan is pretty excited with the results so far. If you missed his article, here's the link... And while Allan was one of the first, the "guru lines" have been buzzing and the verdict is unanimous... Google's AdSense is very likely the most exciting thing EVER to happen to "theme-based content sites."
What
is Google AdSense? Google's
overview of the AdSense program is here... Is
Google Right for Your Site?/Case Studies
Even if you aren't entirely sure the AdSense program is right for your business, Google has made it easy, and so tempting, to test. From the feedback we've gathered...
Audri and her husband Jim have just put up a brand new must-visit site dedicated to helping YOU wring the most from the AdSense program... http://www.about-adsense.com/ Don't miss Allan Gardyne's "Six ways to do keyword research for AdSense pages" in his AdSense article... And
Audri Lanford has some great info on this, too... Hopefully, after reading the article above, your mind is already "buzzing" with ideas, excitement building as the extent of the opportunities became more and more apparent. This
is profound, important ground that Google is breaking. However you look at it... Site
Build It! and AdSense are a marriage made in heaven (they fit
together like a hand in an e-glove, actually!). The two programs
are philosophically identical. Sites built according to the SBI!
Action Guide are much more likely to conform to Google's guidelines
for acceptance into the program. That's an unprecedented opportunity
to monetize a Web presence. We've already received reports of Webmasters
earning anywhere between $30-$100 per DAY from AdSense -- without
hurting other income streams. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` An extra $900-$3000 a month? Multiply that by 12, and well, you do the math! Now multiply that by two or more SBI! sites. Astounding potential! What's the beauty of an SBI! site? You build *free* traffic. Since your foundation is solid, traffic keeps building even when you move on to focus on your next site. And the free traffic keeps on converting into dollars via Google AdSense! Best of all, SBI! makes it all very, very attainable. SiteBuilding of course, is a snap with SBI!. Even if you know ZERO HTML, thousands of SBIers still succeed like crazy... More... Google AdWords & Google AdSenseThe launch of Google AdSense has certainly had the webmasters in a buzz lately. How does Google AdSense affect Google AdWords users? What type of ads will be displayed on my site through Google AdSense? How much can I expect to earn using Google AdSense? What exactly *is* all of this about, and how does it benefit *me*? Below
you'll find some easy-to-implement practical tips to make the most
of both Google AdWords and Google AdSense. Whether you're an affiliate
marketer, advertiser, webmaster or aspiring online entrepreneur
- these are things you *need* to know ;) Listen in to a few seasoned
marketers and newbies alike: --> Google AdSense What exactly is it? The next time you visit Google.com to perform a search, notice the text ads within the small boxes along the right side of your screen (Sponsored Links). These are AdWords. (More about that in a minute!) Google AdSense is a new program that allows you to display these Google AdWords on *your* website, and receive commission for every click through.
```````````````````` I applied for the Google AdSense program, was approved within minutes, and logged in to create a customized color scheme for the ads... got the code and placed them on my website immediately. Its *that* easy. While I am not at liberty to give you statistics or amounts (Google policy), I *can* tell you that this is a VERY profitable affiliate program! If you want to see the ads that will display on your website *before* you commit to adding them to your pages, no problem! Try this FREE easy-to-use tool to query Google AdSense for each site that you maintain (top of page). You'll find that the ads are extremely targeted as they are based on the content of the page where they are listed. The result? A higher than normal click-through rate ;) Since AdWords is a pay-per-click program, ads within the AdSense program will vary in their commission amount. Obviously the most competitive keywords will pay a higher commission, as your commission rate depends on the amount paid per click by the AdWords merchant. If a lightbulb didn’t just go off in your head... let me spell it out for you: Developing a content-rich website optimized for popular keywords and keyword phrases, and participating in Google AdSense, is a goldmine combination! You can research keywords and pay-per-click pricing through WordTracker, Overture or your Google AdWords account.
`````````````````` If you, as an owner of a content-loaded site, haven't found any affiliate partners because you find it hard to research... why not use AdSense as a brainstorming tool? AdSense is after all in general doing an excellent job of finding the most appropriate ads. Just go to the AdSense Lookup Tool... Type in the URL of a page where you would like to feature ads for an affiliate program. The AdSense tool will show 5 different ads. Just visit those that are really on topic, evaluate their product/affiliate program, sign up and begin featuring small text-based ads for those. Let the ads sit there for some time and then evaluate the clicks-to-sales ratio. If it doesn't convert well you could try switching over to AdSense ads so you at least get paid for the clicks. _________________
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When I saw the new book by Chris Carpenter, Google Cash, I thought I'd give AdWords another try... I needed cash fast, and I was having a hard time getting my website finished. Traffic was low and I knew it would be months before affiliate income would be coming in. The first one was to capitalize on the popularity of the Seabiscuit movie. Keyword research showed lots of searches on the name, with very few AdWords. Bingo! I chose Amazon as my merchant and put up ads that did very well in terms of CTR (clickthrough rate)...except the commissions were so low on each sale I lost money. Not much, but there certainly weren't profits to be made here. MISTAKE #1: CHOOSE A PRODUCT WITH HIGH ENOUGH PROFIT MARGINS.
A third campain was for ESPN Magazine...they paid $15 per sale! And I happen to be one of the 5 ot 6 females in all of North America who actually like ESPN (just kidding) and sports, so I thought this was definitely the campaign for me! Well, apparently most sports fans already have the magazine, because I only made one sale. Lots of clicks, though, which tells me the site didn't convert very well, or my ad didn't target very well. On the other hand, how can you NOT know that "ESPN Comes to your door/ESPN Magazine for $26/year at $1/issue and free fleece" involves a subscription to ESPN Magazine?! A fourth campaign was huge, and took me 2 days to put up. There were literally over a thousand keywords for 39 ad groups to make it work. I had lots of clicks and a couple sales...it was pretty much breaking even. Then, I started getting notices from Google that my account was well below the 1%. It definitely was! I realized I had used WAY too many broad keywords when it came to setting up the ad campaigns. In fact, I went with my SEO mentality of "more is better" and put down just about every keyword I could think of, FORGETTING that impressions is the other half of the equation when it comes to calculating CTR rate! So, in a nutshell, my ad was being seen tons of times, but most of the time it wasn't relevant. DUH, DUH, DUH. And I had read the Google Cash book at least 3 times, missing this point. I spent nearly all day yesterday refining my keyword campaigns. Immediately, my CTR went up to 2% and hovered there the rest of the day. Today it's 2.3%. USE TARGETED KEYWORDS!! As for sales, I've made one since tweaking. I expect sales will increase as this is a seasonal product and I'm coming in just before things get busy. I expect it'll be hopping right through 'til March. Right now, my conversion rate is a paltry 0.4%, so I'm figuring out a way to work on that. I've had friends check my ad and they think it's great...but I'll tweak anyway, and run an a/b split test. I also think seasonality has a lot to do with it. BTW, all my campaigns had keywords at a $.05 minimum and a daily budget of $5. The one and only campaign I have running now is a daily limit of $15. I found clicks add up to less than this, and I have a significantly greater number of clicks if I pony up more than the $5 per day. I also purchased AdWord Analyzer software, and have been using it to help identify profitable niches. After spending hours doing keyword research, the neat little program that tells me exactly how many AdWord campaigns and Overture campaigns there are for each keyword is worth its $67 price tag in just time alone. Between that tool, SBI's Manager and Good Keywords I think I'm covered. Oh,
before I forget, I had some questions for Chris Carpenter of Google
Cash and he very promptly answered both my emails. He also has a
great newsletter you can subscribe to. I also recommend www.googuide.com
by Jeremy Wilson...I found some articles helpful. Read Cate's full post - and member's responses - here!
````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Be careful with AdSense. The default for each campaign is to show your ad across "content targeted" as well as "search" ("search" being actual Google, "content targeted" being AdSense). I got into trouble early on because my ads were had thousands, if not tens of thousands, of impressions across AdSense with very few clicks. My overall account CTR dropped below 1% I was charged with a $5 fee after having to restore delivery (3 warnings and they charge you...I thought my problem was keywords before I figured out it was AdSense). Disable "content" in your campaign settings while you test. Then, venture out ;)
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Find an affiliate program you'd like to promote 2) Build a related mini-site, with head content optimized with the keywords you find using: keywords that the merchant themselves, use ... keywords that the super affiliates are using ... keywords that you find using various keyword programs. Be sure to include plenty of related content ... possibly linked to an article or two geared 100% on the subject matter... toss in a complementary free bonus to subscribe to an update (building an ultra targeted list!). 3)
Use the keywords within your Adwords campaign, juggling them as
you see fit 4) Google will automatically spider the target URL, once you submit the ad. 5) Driving traffic to the URL (via Adwords campaign) will help increase search engine ranking. 6) Promote the URL to other search engines and directories, newsletters, forums (sig. file), articles, etc.
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