How to make money online with Google

Google has passed through the stage of being an Internet phenomenon and has become a ridiculously popular and omnipresent feature of the online experience for countless millions of people. Where there is a product of such supreme popularity, there is an audience, and there is a market, and so it goes without saying that there are many people eager to exploit Google's popularity for financial benefit.

Below are some ideas on how to make money online with Google. Some of these ideas are probably more ethical than others, but that's always the way.

1) Google Adsense
The simplest way of making money through Google is to use their advertising programme Adsense. Simply sign up your blog or website to the programme, and add Adsense codes for banners, buttons and skyscrapers to your page. Advertisements relevant to your website's content will be displayed, and you will earn a share of Google's money every time someone visits your site and clicks on one of the advertisement. If you have a popular site it is possible to earn a considerable amount of money this way. If you do not have a popular site, or can't be bothered creating one, you might like to read on for further ideas - but Adsense is certainly the route for people serious about forging a career online as opposed to just making a fast buck.

2) Google traffic
There are many places online where you can post some content and then earn a certain amount of advertising revenue from the host every time someone clicks through to view your work. Obvious examples are Helium itself, as well as places like Associated Content, Bukisa, Suite 101 and even that hoary old classic, Epinions.com. While a certain amount of traffic tends to be generated internally by other members of the site, Google tends to be the top referrer of traffic to this content.
To make money online with Google, therefore, you need to make sure that your articles are indexed by the search engine and ranked highly for relevant keywords. This is not the place for a full discussion on how to make sure your work ranks highly on Google, as the subject is controversial and ever-evolving. The bottom line is that you should identify the keywords of your subject, and use them both in the title and in the main body of your article, preferably a couple of times. As Google's search algorithim becomes ever more refined, however, you will need to be sure that you are doing this in a sophisticated and natural fashion. If this author were just to add "how to make

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