What is Google AdSense?
What is Google AdSense?
Google AdSense is an ad product from Google for publishers and
bloggers to make money from blogging. The beauty of AdSense is the quality of
ads it serves. It shows ads based on the context of the article a reader is
reading (Contextual ads) or based on their own interest.
Since Google is an ad company (a lot of users think they are a
search engine, which is not right), it focuses on adding value to its
advertisers and publishers. If we talk about the history of AdSense, here are a
few fine points that you should know:
1. Google AdSense was
launched in March 2003
2. Google Acquired Applied
Semantics to grab the name AdSense in April 2003
3. Google AdSense has a
referral program in the beginning which is still available to selected publishers
How AdSense works?
What
AdSense offer is the easiest way for a blogger or a publisher to get started
with online monetization.
Once
you have an approved account from Google AdSense, all you need to do is, add a
few lines of codes (use AdSense WordPress plugins) or by manually inserting,
and Google AdSense will start showing ads based on different criteria.
After this, as a blogger, all you need to focus is on
driving more traffic to your blog and you will start earning more. When a
visitor visiting your website will click on ads shown by AdSense, you will
start making money. In some scenario, Google pays you when visitors even see
the ads. Overall, it makes your life easier as now your focus is only on writing
quality content and driving targeted traffic.
AdSense is a contextual ad network, which means that ads will
be displayed according to your content. Another way AdSense shows ads is
by using the cookie method. Based on user search history, they display targeted
ads which convert better. In short, AdSense makes sure that readers will see
targeted ads, and thus you will get more clicks and higher payouts than you
will with any other ad network.