Today we’re moving on from affiliate marketing which has dominated the last two posts.

6. AdSense

The AdSense program run by google is probably the most well known amongst bloggers. You basically sign up and add some code to your blog’s template. Each time one of those ads is clicked you make money, usually a couple of cents. AdSense used to be extremely common until other ways of making money were created and found, like text link ads.

AdSense is very easy to use, however, it’s a lot more difficult to make a substantial amount of money, and by that I mean enough to even warrant a payout. If you have a blog that receives a lot of pageviews or you are lucky enough to own a forum then give it a go, otherwise I’d focus on other methods.

On a sidenote, there’s a general feeling that adsense can be a bit unsightly and therefore off putting to readers, you’ll need to make your own mind up about that.

Comments welcome….