Google AdSense is a advertising program that allows you to run ads on your website or blog, or YouTube videos, and get paid when when visitors click on them. The ads are generated from businesses that use Google's AdWords program.
For new websites or blogs, the AdSense program can be one of the fastest ways to generate income, which is why it's so popular.
But while AdSense is free and easy to use, there are aspects you need to understand about it, and things you can do to maximize your success with it.
Pros and Cons to Making Money with Google AdSense
The Google AdSense program has several great advantages including:
It's free to join.
Eligibility requirements are easy, which means you can monetize your website or blog even when it's new.
There are a variety of ad options and several you can customize to fit the look and feel of your site.
Google pays monthly (if you meet the $100 threshold) by direct deposit.
You can run ads on several websites from one AdSense account.
There are options to run ads on mobile devices and RSS feeds.
You can easily add it to your YouTube and Blogger accounts.
With that said, there are a few drawbacks to AdSense as well:
