08 Mar 2008 12:28:38 | Christopher Kyalo
There is no doubt that the Google Adsense program for
publishers and site owners is one of the most successful
affiliate programs anywhere. There is increasing evidence that
many bloggers have managed to find the right formula to make
thousands of dollars every month from little more than a handful
of blogs with carefully created and compiled content.
Unfortunately this has also led some unscrupulous bloggers to
try and steal other writers work and post them at their blogs
like it was their own. Alas there will always be some bad apples
in most baskets.
So what are these successful Adsense bloggers really doing to
rake in a couple of thousand dollars on a monthly basis? What’s
their secret?
Cashing In On The Blog Advantage for The Adsense Affiliate
Program
When it comes to attracting traffic, blogs have a definite
advantage over web sites. It is amazing how quickly a decent
blog can attract quality links to itself. These links usually
bring in lots of traffic very quickly. Bloggers carrying Adsense
ads in their blogs are taking full advantage of this fact.
What this means is that a blogger can set up brand new blog now
and within the next few hours will be drawing in traffic. If
they already have another handful of blogs with some reasonable
traffic, then by simply setting up a few relevant links to the
new blog, traffic will take off in a hurry. And of the new blog
is able o attract some high-paying Google Adsense PPC
(pay-per-click ads) then the impact on their affiliate program
income will be almost immediate.
The other advantage is that search engines love blogs so much
that they will always tend to rank them higher than websites in
any search. The fact that blogs are updated regularly and the
rapid growth in links they enjoy are some of the reasons for
this. This higher ranking means higher traffic.
When I was starting out in Internet marketing my first site took
ages to attract search engine traffic. A new blog I started
attracted a couple of serach engine hits within a day or so,
even before I had done any serious search engine optimization.
No doubt, in making their decision to actively promote Adsense
amongst blogs, smart Google executives must have been fully
aware of this fact.
This advanatage that blogs enjoy over web sites is one of the
key factors that many bloggers are using to draw the sort of
monthly income that other folk need several months and in some
cases a whole year to bring in.
Carefully Research Keywords For The Adsense Affiliate Program
While traffic is important in making money from the Adsense
affiliate program, keywords are much more critical. Most
keywords will attract the sort of ads that pay only a few cents
for every click that happens at your blog. A few keywords will
draw in ads that pay a couple of dollars. A single click can
sometimes pay $100.
Bloggers who are making big money with the Adsense affiliate
program are spending a lot of time researching Adsense keywords.
What makes this task even more difficult is that keyword prices
are constantly fluctuating as different advertisers bid
differently for their ads. The clicks ads receive also have an
impact on the bid price. With the new Google system, advertisers
have an option of raising their bid price.
So if you want to join the ranks of Adsense bloggers earning
serious money, there are really no two ways about it, you will
need to be an Adsense keyword specialist. This is not as
difficult as it may sound at first because there are tons of
information available online for free that cover this subject.
Set Up Several Blogs For Your Adsense Affiliate Program
Adsense money is not easy money, at least not initially. One of
the things that leading Adsense bloggers have done is to set up
several blogs catering for different niches and then linking
them to each other to maximize on the traffic received.
About Author :
Christopher Kyalo makes money writing online and also writes
content for some clients who make money from Adsense ads posted
at their blogs. Read the rest of this article at his blog
http://webcontentprovider.blogspot.com. Register for his free
online writer's course at writertips@freeautobot.com. He can be
reached at strongwallafrica at yahoo.com