Making Money With Google AdSense

Google AdSense is one of the most convenient ways to monetize a website -- especially if you plan on building a site with a lot of content.

This free program allows you to add Google ads to your pages and when an ad is clicked, you earn money.

While the concept is easy, making money with AdSense is not if you don't have a lot of targeted traffic. That's another reason it's important to take time narrowing down your niche prior to starting your site.

If making money with AdSense is a priority, you'll also want to take time to make sure there are enough related ads for your niche.

Google makes this very easy to do.

1) Perform a Google search for the topic or keywords you plan to target and look to see how many sponsor ads show up above the results and on the right side of Google. com.

2) Use the Google AdWords Keyword Planner (you must have an AdWords account first). When you perform a keyword search, the tool will show you the average cost per click.

This shows you how much advertisers are paying Google per click. As an AdSense publisher you will get roughtly 68% of that amount.

So this will give you an idea for what kind of earnings are available for keywords in your niche.

Now, of course your earnings are going to depend on your traffic and how many people click your ads (1-3% is typically the average).

NOTE. Years ago, it was quite easy to make a substantial amount of money with AdSense. Times have changed. While you can still make hundreds or even thousands per month, you should treat the income as bonus money as opposed to trying to make a living with the earnings.