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“What if I don’t have a website?”

Let me clue you in on a little secret … You don’t need one! All you need is a blog! Once you have your blog set up — which is second grade simple to do (Don’t worry, I’ll show you how with the information at the bottom of this post.) … but once you have it set up you’ll be:

“Stealin’ the eyeballs right outta Google AdSense!” And you’ll be doin’ it on a very large scale, if you’re able to attract more visitors to your website or blog and get them to click on the AdSense ads. Google says we can’t ask the visitor to click on the AdSense ads.

So that forces us to resort to subliminal and hypnotically suggestive tactics … like, tell ‘em if they don’t click on the ad, we’ll whack ‘em over the head with a mallet! Alright, alright, we all know I’m only joking … right?

In fact, Google makes it even harder for us, by requiring that our AdSense ads be marked in some way as advertisements (which is done automatically by Google). Talk about being blatant! However, there are other legitimate ways of getting clicks on your AdSense ads.

Besides the copy and quality content, you can also improve the performance of your AdSense ads by either making them blend with your website or making them stand out. The aim is to make the AdSense ads more attractive … you know, something that’ll reach right out from the computer screen, grab your visitors by the ears and drag ‘em to your ad and make ‘em wanna click on it!

Google also recognizes this need and provides you with customization options for making the ads look the way you want them to. Thank God!

You can make AdSense ad units (An ‘ad unit’ is the JavaScript content box within which your AdSense ads are displayed.) fit into your website by controlling their shape, size, color, and positioning. Let’s have a brief look at … shape and size:

1. Shape of Your AdSense Ads: This is one of the most important customization options that you have at your disposal. You can make your selection from a number of ad formats that Google makes available to you. These include skyscrapers, single ad blocks and banners. Just check the suitability of the shape with respect to the location on your web page where you wish to include an AdSense ad unit.
2. Size of Your AdSense Ads: Again, you can use AdSense ads of various sizes. The size is important not only for making the ads look suited to your website but also for determining the number of ads that can be displayed on the web page by the Google AdSense program. A large size generally means that more text ads can be displayed within the AdSense ad unit (and hence presents the opportunity for earning more revenue with increased impressions) or that a larger display ad can be generated (if you have specified both display and text ads).

   Making the AdSense ads fit into your website is an easy job to do that can really put some serious coinage in your pocket! The four properties that contribute toward making AdSense ads stand out on your website or blog are: Size, shape, color and positioning of the ads. We’ve already talked about shape and size, so lets get into the other two … color and positioning.

   Though none of these properties is more important than the others, the color of ads is surely one thing that can help a lot in making the ads blend in with your website, or in making them stand out. Let’s take a closer look at this option.

3. Color of Your Ads: This option is fully customizable. You can easily customize the color of your ads using the color palettes provided by Google — and there are more than 200 colors available! You can choose several different colors that are available on the color palette (and 200 colors are enough for any website). You can choose colors for Border, Title, Text and URL.

   You can also set a background color for your ads. As you select various options, you can see how the ad unit looks in the preview tool that is shown on the same page as the options, and can use it to make adjustments. The color combinations for the various parts of the ad unit and for the background should match the color combinations used in other portions of your website.

   To make an ad unit blend seamlessly with your website, you can use the background color of your web page as both the background color and the border color of the ad unit. If you want to make the ads stand out, you can use contrasting colors for your ads; however, this is generally not preferred unless you have other elements on the website that use similar colors. But … you can use the same background color and text color as in your website menu options. Once you have the right color combination, you can save it as a custom color profile which you can use later.

   Similar color customization options are available for the Google AdSense search results page (as in Google AdSense for search, which we’ll get into in a later post).

   Now, let’s talk about positions … boy, this topic could get me in trouble with my wife!

4. The Positioning of Your Ads: Relative to the rest of the content is important in order to adequately emphasize the ads. However, positioning of the ads is also dependent on the size and shape of the ads. Though shape and size are customizable too, large size ads are generally preferred because they help increase the number of ad impressions you can get.

   However, sometimes the structure of your web page might not allow a big size ad. In such a case you would need to strike a balance between the size of your ad and the best positioning for it. A number of website owners use other properties in order to make the big size ads appear smaller. They might use the background color of the web page for the background and border of the AdSense ad thereby making it look smaller than it actually is (besides achieving the blending effect, of course).

   Position your AdSense ads in such a way that they “go with the flow” of your website. You can even position a block in the middle of the content in such a way that it adds value to the content. Here’s a good example: You could put an AdSense ad block just after a statement that points to a resource for a particular task … your ad could be the very resource of which you’re speaking! Pretty tricky, huh?

   Here’s another good way: Place the ad just above the heading of the article you’re writing or just after the end of the article … as a resource box! Good, yes?

I know, you’re probably saying to yourself, “I don’t have a website … heck, I don’t even know where to begin!” Look, do you know what the easiest way to making money on the internet is? Get a blog going!

It’s super simple, and if you use WordPress (free, widely-used blogging software), it practically installs itself! Really! There are two resources I’m gonna point you to that’ll have you up and running in a matter of hours.

Once you have your blog set up, you can be making money with AdSense, along with other simple ways of making more money than you make at your job!

Here’s the resource that’ll give you all the step-by-step instructions on setting up a blog and working with AdSense in as little as 7 days or less! And it’ll cost less than a cheap date!

Look, do yourself a favor and at least check it out at: The Best Way to Make Money Online
Here’s the second resource … and this is the very best “take you by the hand” tutorial that I’ve ever seen! You owe it to yourself and your family to get over to: The Best Blogging Tutorial on Earth! and give it a try.

Once you see the simplicity of how you’re gonna be up and running, making good money, without doing much work … it’ll knock your socks off! I promise!

So, place your ads right, and you’ll be sittin’ poolside drinking Piña Coladas in the South Seas in no time!