About Adsense, what it is, why you need it

See those ads at the top and bottom of my blog? That is adsense. Basically for anybody that clicks on one of those I get paid a small amount. Adsense is from Google, all you have to do to register is for to Google's front page and click "Advertising Programs", and register for Adsense. Beside that you will see Adwords, that is different and cost money, but I'll get to it later.

Once registered, basically you get some code that they give you, and put it where you want on your blog. If your using blogger, since blogger is owned by Google, you can link your adsense account with them from somewhere on the blogger page. Then to place the adsense on your blog just create a new adsense page element under layout.

Once logged in to adsense just go to the Adsense Setup tab. Then hit Adsense for Content. You'll go through a couple customization pages but even if you leave it at default settings it is fine, don't worry about channels for now, they are only for tracking purposes. You'll get some code, which you can use anywhere on your website. If your using blogger you don't need the code because they autogenerate it for you once your accounts are linked.

Don't click your own ads, don't get anybody else to click them either. Because they will know. They just won't tell you til payday when they suddenly cancel your account, after you have already wasted all your time.

Here is another video, a guy called Bill McIntosh, he got 3.5 million dollars in 2007 from adsense alone. But his sites are very popular and he has many of them, and he is an expert. Perhaps one day your sites will accumulate that amount of money for you. Its a pretty interesting video, definitely shows you some possibilities. Also his site apparently has some good free info.