Google Adsense for Beginners

Signing Up

To start using Google Adsense, go to the program's home page and log in with a valid Google or Gmail account. If you do not have a Google account, you will have to set one up and then go back to the Adsense page. When you click on the 'Sign Up' link, you will be directed to the Google Adsense application form. Here you will have to enter your website's URL and agree to the Adsense terms of use, then fill out the sections of the form involving your personal information and hit the 'Submit' button at the bottom. Your application submission will be sent to Google, and the Adsense team will examine your website to determine if it is suitable for Google advertisements. After a few days, you should hear back from Google about the status of your application. If you are accepted into the program, the confirmation email will explain how to log in to Adsense and begin using the program.

Getting Ads

Once you have been accepted to the Google Adsense program, you can start adding ads to your Web pages and earning revenue. First, log in to the Adsense site, go to the 'Adsense Setup' tab at the top of the window and then click on the 'Get Ads' link. Go through the ad creation wizard, choosing what size and color of advertisement you want to put on your website. At the end of the ad creation wizard, you will see a large text box with a long string of HTML code inside of it. Copy all of the text and paste it into the code of one of your Web pages. Remember to paste the Adsense code in between the '

' tags, or otherwise the ads will not be displayed properly. If you want to add multiple ads to your website, you can always go back and run the ad creation wizard again.

Receiving Payments

After you have successfully added the Adsense code into one of your Web pages, you should save the content and upload it to your Web server. When visitors go to your website, a rectangle with advertisements sponsored by Google will appear. The Adsense code scans the content of your Web page and posts advertisements that are related to it. Every time someone visits your website or clicks on one of the advertisements, the action is recorded by Google's servers and you are given credit. The amount of credit you receive for a page view or a click is dependent on the advertisements involved. You can check your revenue total at any time by logging in to the Adsense homepage and viewing your account information. At the end of each month, your earnings are added up and the revenue is transferred to a bank account of your choice.