Wednesday, March 08, 2006

What's Google AdSense?

First off, you must have heard about Google by now. It's the largest index of what's on the Internet, and it's the world's most popular Web site. Hey, it's even a verb - if you want to find something on the Internet, you "Google" it.
Guess what? Google wants to give you money. Read on.
The folks at Google are smart. They're not part of the whole dot-com bust of a few years ago. They know that to stay in business, they need to make money. And to do that, they put little text ads on their search results page. So...when you search for something, say, "puppy training," you'll get back your results fast, and on the page with the results, you'll see a few small, text-only ads. And not just any ads - ads that are keyed to what you were searching for.
So if you search for puppy training, you'll get ads for pet food, puppy training videos, animal shelters and more. Why? Because people that sell stuff for puppies have said to Google, "Look - if anyone searches for stuff on puppies, we'll pay you to show our ad to them." That's how Google makes their money.
It really is great - the ads are small, so they're not annoying, and they are "relevant" - they match the subject you're interested in.
So...Google has these all over their Web site. And there's something more - if you have a website Google lets you put ads on your site too - and they pay you every time someone clicks on one of their ads! Get this: Google is so smart, that the only types of ads that show up on your Web sites are ads that are related to the content on your Web pages.
And Google splits the money with you when someone clicks on your ads. Lots of money.
That's right.
Google is standing by, waiting to give you money for the ads that you put on your web site, and that people click on. Every month, like clockwork, you get a check.
And once you've put the code on your site, you don't have to do a thing, except maybe go on vacation or play some tennis or treat yourself to a spa weekend - and let your website visitors do all the work.

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