My previous post already highlighted the 10 proven steps to start earning money from Adsense. In this post, I will be discussing on the 3 ways you could increase your Adsense income even MORE. What we want to achieve from this is to increase the Click-Through-Rate (CTR) of your Adsense ads. So, we need to work a little on the technical part of it. Here goes :-

What you need to know before you proceed?
To increase your Adsense income, all you must do is to increase the number of click throughs you receive. There are two ways for you to increase your Click-Through-Rates. You can either increase your website traffic or you can make your Adsense ads stand out. Now, getting more traffic would be great, but let’s be honest increasing your web site traffic is much easier said than done. So, let’s focus on making your Adsense ads stand out instead.

Blend your Adsense ads with your website
You want your Adsense ads to appear as seamless as possible. Your goal is to match every aspect of your Adsense ads to the theme of your website. What you want to do is remove the borders from your Adsense ads and match the background color of the ad to your website. Additionally, you want to match the color of the Adsense links to the rest of the links on your website plus choose an ad format that makes the ads look seamless.

For example, if your web site has a white background and the default color of your hypertext links is blue, then you will want to remove the border from your Adsense, make the background white, choose either a square or a rectangle as your ad format instead of a skyscraper or banner, and yeah, you guessed it alright. Make the Adsense links BLUE!

Plan your ads placements
Where you place your Adsense ads is just as important as how they will look. Fortunately, there are only a few concepts that you need to worry about in order to increase your Click-Through-Rate:

• The more white space around your ads the better
• The closer to the top of the page the better
• The closer the left of the page the better

Follow these concepts and I can assure you that you will notice an increase in your Adsense Click-Through-Rate. It really is that SIMPLE!

Add a Google Search function
Very few people utilize this function or even realize its potential. With this function, visitors to your website/forum/blog would be able to search for other websites through yours. Wondering how does this work? Well, it is simple. When a visitor wants to look up for a website, he will type the keyword and search through your website. Whenever your visitor does that, your Adsense ID will be imbedded in all of the searches. That said, how are you going to gain from it? If your visitor clicks ANY of the sponsored links through your website, YOU will be making money from that. So, if he clicks the back button to look for another link, you make another round of money. The potential of this is huge. So what is the moral of this? ADD a Google Search function to your website.

This is my second of a series of Adsense posts that I will be adding from time to time. Please revisit my blog to get the latest updates. I'm sorry because the RSS feature is still unavailable at the moment, but I promise I will add one soon so that ALL my visitors will benefit from it. That said, I end my post here. You can share your success stories with me as well by posting in my comments box. Happy earning with Adsense!

I am starting a series on online business opportunities, and the first on my list is Adsense. I chose this theme because of the growing interests people have with Adsense, with its easy to use program and possibly easy passive income that does not require a lot of capital. Anyone with access to a computer and Internet can start earning with Adsense. All you need is to have an account registered with Adsense (http://adsense.google.com), and start implementing the codes to your websites or blogs. Adsense is a very good opportunity for beginners and it can be used in almost every website/forum/blog that you can think of. So, now I am going to reveal the 10 easy steps one can take to make money with Adsense. This steps were proven by Graham Bowall, who as an Internet Marketer, reviews online money making opportunities and publishes newsletters.

So, what are the 10 steps one can start making money with Adsense?

1. Keywords. You should understand that Google 'crawls' through websites/forums/blogs to search for keywords to update their database. This is not only applicable to Google though, as all search engines work this way. So, having good and unique keywords that are very sought after helps your website to stand out among the BILLIONS of websites out there with possibly the same keywords. For example, when a person types "Adsense" into Google, it will search for websites with the keyword "Adsense" and displays the result. The more of this keyword you have, the higher your chances of being listed at the top. Competition for this keyword is also very tensed, so you need to look for UNIQUE keywords that not many people use, but still sought after by users. This requires a lot of thinking, so you should do it wisely.
2. Domain name. Your domain name is another factor that helps you to pull in more visitors. A simple search for "Adsense" will display results like "adsense.google.com", "www.adsense.com" or "adsense.blogspot.com" will be displayed. So, having the keywords as your domain is also helpful as the possibility of your URL being listed is higher. So when making a website, choose your domain wisely and think thoroughly.
3. Interesting contents. You should not bore your first-time visitors, as it will leave a bad impression. First-time visitors are bound to return for more if your contents are interesting and freuqently updated. This will be your first step in creating a successful income stream online using Adsense or any other pay-per-click programs. Do some research to see which topics interest readers, and think of how to make them interesting.
4. Good layout. Your website should not be too simple, unless your contents are excellent. One of the first impressions would be your layout. If visitors find it hard to navigate around your website, then they might not return again. Do not make a website that a 5 year-old kid can make. Use templates that are widely available online to help you.
5. Optimize your pages. Use meta tags in your coding if possible to make your page rank higher. Aim for a keyword density of between 3% - 5%, and include your keywords in topics and descriptions to improve your chances. It helps too by using your keywords as links throughout your website. This requires more technical skills though.
   
6. Placement of ads. You should place the ads provided by Adsense at strategic places, for example at the header of your page or within the body of your page. Adding the ads between links helps too as it will be more visible. If your ads blend into your contents, chances are visitors would click on them. So, plan your layout and placements wisely to make more money.
7. Create a blog. Blogs are making waves currently, and you should utilize this tool to help with getting more traffic. Blogs that are updated regularly will be ranked higher and faster than the others, so link it with your website to divert traffic to your website. Millions of people have created blogs and have earned good money monthly from Adsense, so there is no excuse saying "it doesn't work". You should MAKE it work.
8. Google site map. Getting indexed fast will make you more Adsense money. Create a Google site map and send it to them and your site will get indexed fast.
9. Write articles. Few noticed the power articles can do to get you traffic. You should write articles that are meaningful and informative to your targetted visitors and update frequently to keep them coming back for more. You should try to write one article a day, or 2-3 articles per week at least to get your visitors coming back.
10. Using external links. Nothing will improve your search engine rankings more than having quality one way links to your site. Good links will also give you more traffic to make even more money from your Adsense ads.

This proven ten step Adsense system works. Applying the system manually is hard work and takes a lot of time. Many new tools that automate most of the system has emerged, enabling production of a large number of sites in very little time – the key to make big money with Adsense. In the following articles, I will add more information and details on how you can increase your traffic further to make even more money for Adsense. This first coverage on Adsense is for those beginning the babysteps in online advertising and marketing. Happy earning with Adsense!