Hi all

 

Can someone explain adsense to an idiot (me) please?

 

Am I correct in thinking it just displays potential competitor adverts on your site? Why would that be good?

AdSense = Google paying you each time someone clicks on an advert on your website.

 

AdWords = You paying Google each time someone clicks on one of your adverts

 

Re. AdSense, adverts that are displayed are normally related in some way to the content on your website, it might not necessarily display competitor adverts, but then that can't be ruled out completely.

Edited January 19, 201016 yr by Sam G

To reiterate Sam:

 

Adsense = You register a free account and agree to post pre-created ads from advertisers on your site. For every click (somebody apart from you) on an ad on your site, your adsense account will update your CTR (Click Thru-Rate) and give you an estimated balance of earnings.

 

Adwords = You pay Google to create and post an ad, through google, down the side bar etc, and for every click that ad recieves, you pay a certain amount. The higher your budget, the more pages you ad will be placed on and the more you will pay in consideration.

 

hope this helps.

 

Regards

How do they know if its you clicking on the advert if you're on a different computer? Is there anything stopping you from getting all your mates to constantly click them? How much per click?

 

Thanks

I understand the difference between the two, thanks.

 

What I don't quite understand is under what circumstances would you wish to highlight an alternative site to your own?

I understand the difference between the two, thanks.

 

What I don't quite understand is under what circumstances would you wish to highlight an alternative site to your own?

 

 

Get it?

I understand the difference between the two, thanks.

 

What I don't quite understand is under what circumstances would you wish to highlight an alternative site to your own?

 

Thousands of examples, I suggest you check out the Adsense case studies from Google for examples. Think outside your 'web design company' box, which you obviously wouldn't run adsense on.

 

That aside, you can exclude certain advertisers and channels.

 

Andrew Wheeler