How to start an adsense site

A very important reason why adsense took off so quickly  is that it has been very easy for publishers to get the ads on their site as quickly as possible. 

Integrating AdSense onto your website takes only a few minutes, and it is very simple to do so even the most unsure website owner can add Adsense to any page. 

The first thing you need to do is go to http://www.google.com/adsense and  apply to join, or log in if you have already signed up to Adsense. You will then see a page with the Google Adsense terms and conditions which you must agree to in order to continue.

Upon logging in you are presented with a report page which you can use to get a detailed status on how your AdSense advertising is doing. This allows you to improve your site's contents and layout to maximize your AdSense earnings.

On the top of the page you also have a link to the setup section where you can setup your own personalised adsense campaign, once you have setup your campaign you will then get some adsense code which just needs to placed in the appropriate area on your website or blog.

You may also add a Adsense google search box on your site where you will be paid when people use it and click on sponsored advertisements.

Finally, there is a "My Account" tab which allows you to set up details concerning your account, payment and tax information, users outside the US are responsible for declaring the tax themselves.

So let us go through how to set up Adsense for your website. To add a text ad on your site, go back to the "AdSense Setup" tab and click the "AdSense for content" link. Make sure you have cookies enabled in your browser.
You can make a choice between ad units and link units. The former contain text and or images concerning a certain site for each unit, most with a detailed description, the latter only contain links to certain types. We will be adding more information on the best adsense ad types to use.

You can also view an example of how the unit will look to the right of your page. However, you may only use three ad units and one link unit on any given page.  It is a good thing because the last thing you want is a page with more Adsense ads then content.

The next step is to choose your add format and colors. You can basically select any color palette you choose with Google offering some of its own if you don't have the time or skill to create one. You can constantly view how the palette will look through the aid of an example. The one that works best in terms of appearance and revenues will vary with the look, feel and content of a website.

However, your ad formats are limited to a choice of eleven formats. There's an "Ad Formats" link which takes you to a page that lets you see all even of these in action so you can decide best which one suits your site. Sometimes the most intrusive, doesn’t work best however again, this can vary from website to website.

After you finish with customization, you click "Continue" from the bottom of the page.

You are now presented with a section entitled "AdSense for Content". You can click anywhere in the text and that shows the JavaScript required to get AdSense running. This will automatically select the text in the box.

You then copy it and paste it into your pages directly. If you use dynamic pages, you should paste this code within your template so as to ensure that it gets displayed on any page of your website. Some advertisers choose not to display Adsense on every page, and this is understandable. An example of this is a company that has adsense, may also have terms and condition which would inevitably provide legal resources which would probably be deemed inappropriate.

What is then left for you to do is get content on your page (provided you didn't have any already). Google AdSense crawlers will soon visit your site, making sure that the ads displayed are relevant to your site's content.

Now you are finished with your first adsense page. You can use the same code on Multiple pages or experiment with different Adsense blocks on different pages giving each block a unique channel name you can then see which blocks are working the best for you.