One of the simplest things you can do to start earning some money from your website is to install Google Adsense. But there are some criteria you need to meet before Google will accept you into their program.

Adsense is free to join but Google will reject sites devoted to drugs, pornography, or gambling. They will also reject personal pages, sites with excessive advertising or other content-targeted or text-based ads, incentives for clicking on the keywords (this one could get you banned permanently), profanity, or hate of any sort. You should read Google's Program Policies before you apply.

Basically, if you have a site that offers worthwhile information, you'll be able to sign up with Adsense.

What's cool about Adsense ads is that they're contextual. That means that Google analyses the content of your webpage and decides what ads to display. You can specify a list of web addresses to ignore so that your competitors' ads don't appear on your pages, but that's the only thing you can control besides the size of the ad blocks and their colors.

So you've been accepted into Adsense - now what?

There is an art to making Adsense work for you. Books, audio interviews and video tutorials have all been created to help webmasters to Adsense wealth. So how do you know which are the good ones are which are duff?

Up until very recently, I ran 3 websites (I own more now) which pretty much ran on autopilot, Yes, there was work involved in creating them but they're about things I enjoy so it wasn't "work" work, if you get my drift.

A couple of years ago I tried sticking Adsense on them. I made, maybe, a few dollars a month. I didn't really know what I was doing with Adsense or how to use it properly. Just like most people.

Then I came across some resources that taught me how to implement Adsense successfully. It took some time but the bottom line is that I make about $600 each month from just those 3 sites. And I spend only a couple of hours each month on their upkeep.

This site is about how you can earn money from Adsense, so have a look around. To get you started, here's a list of my recommended resources, in no particluar order. You don't need all of them but you do need at least one of them to start you on the road to Adsense profits (it's actually pretty simple once you know how!).

The Top 5 Adsense Resources:

		What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense!  by Joel Comm (Joel is very approachable if you have any questions). This ebook will walk you through installing your ads and provides tips and techniques for making the ads work better for you. It's the Google Adsense Bible. Usually $97, it's currently on Special Offer for $19.95. This is my #1 resource
		Adsense Videos If you want to be taken by the hand by a Google Adsense guru and shown, step by step, what you need to do to make Adense work best for you, then these videos from Michael Cheney are very highly recommended. Cheney has achieved top spot in the ClickBank Google Adsense product ratings and you don't get there without really knowing your stuff. $97.
		Adsense Decoded  This complete series consists of 10 specially produced online videos (approx 15 min each). All the videos are action orientated and you will see "over the shoulder" exactly how Dr. Patrick Hillenbrand makes money with Adsense. This means that you'll be up and running independently and making money within minutes after watching them. $117.
		Project Black Mask  Take your Adsense earnings to the next level by creating multiple websites (10s, 100s or 1000s). This ebook gives you the blueprint to making large sums of money with Adsense. It's simple when you know how. But it will take some time, effort and energy on your part to make it work. Highly recommended and essential for that next big step. $97.
		SiteBuilder Elite:  A PHP script that lets you create dynamic, SEO optimized, content-rich websites at the click of a button. It creates a page around each keyword you provide it, so sites can have as many pages as you want from just a few to 1000s. Some features are automatically applied to pages, others you can choose at your discretion. You can build sites dirty and quick or take a little more time and create a site with more polish. Sites can be monetized with Adsense, Chitika, Amazon, PeakClick, AdBrite, ModernClick, Kontera and Pay Per Play as well as with any other network that can provide ad code snippets. Take a look at the sample sites created with the software and see just how powerful SiteBuilder Elite is... Basic Example Website Intermediate Example Website Advanced Example Website
		Site Build It!:  Site Build It! (SBI) is probably the best all-in-one tool for building a profitable website, promoting it, reasearching it, etc. You only build one website with one SBI account. It's a point-and-click solution for those who have no experience building their own website, and for those who only want to build one website and concentrate on it. There's a reason SBI sites are in the top 3% of wensites worldwide. Their system works. Better than anyone elses. Full training is provided through a wealth of materials. To find out if Site Build It! is for you and learn of my experiences with it, read on...