Archive for the ‘Blogger’ Category

Monetize your blog using adsense

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Bravo! You’ve found your niche, and setup your blog. Now its time to monetize it. After all, you do deserve some money for your efforts right? The most easiest way to do this is using adsense. Adsense is an online advertising network by Google which is by far one of the biggest in the industry. Adsense basically looks for keywords in your posts and delivers relevant ads accordingly. You do not want ads about football on your technology blog right? So here are some easy steps you can follow to setup adsense.

1. Sign up for an adsense account at www.adsense.com
2. Once you setup your account at adsense, you will need to wait for authorization from Google. This typically takes a couple of days - sometimes just in a day.
3. Once you have got that email from Google Adsense, you are ready to monetize your blog.

If you are using blogger, using adsense is a piece of cake. You can easily add adsense using the widgets that are readily available. Try a few types of ads and see which works for you. Most important thing to note is - NEVER EVER click your own ads. You will be banned by Google. You don’t want that to happen right? Go ahead, have fun. Just remember - don’t let your ads be intrusive to your readers. After all, they visited your blog to find out information. Not to see ads.

How to start blogging using blogger?

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

First and foremost, I love blogger. I just love the usability and the fact that I can link to all my google accounts easily. Hence, I will start off the blogging posts on showing a video on how to start blogging using blogger. If you have a google account, sign up is automatic. Otherwise you will need to create a google account. Easy step by step instructions are provided in this video. Have Fun!