106941 Resource 76407 24 1 1131292002608 1201470063008 Controlled Should My Blogsite Include Google AdSense?

I hear this question quite a lot, but the answer depends on many things.

<p>Before deciding if pursuing AdSense in your blog makes sense, consider this point&nbsp;-- </p><p><strong><em>Do you want to be a &quot;blogger&quot;, or are&nbsp;you a business person that wants to blog?</em> </strong></p><p>These are two very different ideas. If your objective is to monetize your blog writing, AdSense might be a good idea. This suggest you are in the business of <em>writing</em>. However, some blogsites (arguably, most business blogsites) are intended to monetize writing efforts indirectly through greater awareness for products, thought leadership in a market segment, or creating better communication with prospects and customers; each are forms of monetization of blog writing.</p><p>If you are <u><em>in the business of writing</em></u>, AdSense (and many forms of embedded advertising) make a great deal of sense. However, if your business is <a title="Wealth Coaching" href="http://blog.wealth-coaching.com/" target="_blank">Wealth-Coaching</a>&nbsp;(for example), you might want to avoid advertising in your blog because there are risks associated with this activity, just as there are rewards.</p><p>One risk is that prospects might get side-tracked by an <a title="Google Adsense - Earn money from relevant ads on your website" href="https://www.google.com/adsense/login/en_US/" target="_blank">AdSense</a> link. You should ask your self -- now that I have a reader on my site, should I risk the possibility that this visitor will&nbsp;get sidetracked at the moment when I need their attention the most?&nbsp;And if the answer is yes,&nbsp;will&nbsp;5 or 10&nbsp;cents mitigate that risk? This is not an issue if your &quot;stock-in-trade&quot; is what's on your blogsite. But for most business people, this is not the case.</p> 9 application/xml false blogsite business blogging Google AdSense monetize blog I've been reading a bit about how people can make money off their Web site by joining up with the Google AdSense program, but I really don't understand how it all works. Do I need to find advertisers? Do I bill them for showing up on my site? Or does Google do all this? http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_get_started_making_money_with_google_adsense.html Embarrassing juxtapositions have plagued contextual ads on media sites and blogs. But they can fit well with commercially focused content. Here's a deeper look at the pros and cons of AdSense and ContentMatch. http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050706glaser/ Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 $Admin false true false false true 174050 false false true false false false true 76407 blog blogsite/Blogsite/web