The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense

by Joel Comm

Book Overview

Hidden on the Internet, scattered among billions of Web pages, are the clues to an incredible secret. For those who know the secret, the result is untold wealth. Each month, a small group of people... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933596708
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.7" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent...So Power-Packed Full of Info That You Have to Read Again!

I loved this book. Many books that I get on any "how to" basis usually LACKS information or stuffs it with irrelevant "fluff" just to fill the pages. This book isn't one of those (thankfully). From the beginning Joel Comm's writing style makes seemingly difficult and somewhat technical Internet stuff easy. I have the aptitude of a tadpole and yet I was able to hang in there, as intimidating as it first seemed to be, and actually fully understand how to go about this AdSense thing. My only concern is that there are so many people making money doing this...Is there any more room for newcomers? This book was published in 2006. No, it's not outdated (that I know of). However, so much changes so quickly online. Joel Comm starts off by saying that he figured out how to crack the AdSense Code and start making $600 PER DAY from Google. Does that still apply today? Right now? Also, I notice that it will take awhile to "build up" your content-rich website for Google AdSense and THEN you'll want to submit them to the search engines (rather than waiting for them to "crawl" on their own) and sometimes it takes a few months for the engines to "catch on." So, I'm imagining that most people will get impatient and think the the AdSense program doesn't work or something. Plus, you have to be a writer. If you cannot write content (and good content at that) then this isn't going to work for you. Most people cannot write a decent email let alone a content-rich site on a topic that people are interested in. Furthermore, when you write your site you have to be grammically correct and actually look professional otherwise people will quickly move on. (Sadly) in our near-illiterate society, creating your own content-rich sites in your own words can be difficult for most people.

Doubled My Adsense Revenue In One Day

I read the book in an afternoon, made a list of tips that were appropriate for my website and applied them to 10 high traffic pages of our 900 page website. My Adsense revenue doubled. I am slowly going through and applying the tips to every page and the revenue keeps growing. Sure, you can sift through thousands of posts on Adsense forums to get these tips, you can also sit and do your own A/B tests with color combinations, format sizes, placement, etc... Or you can buy this book. The book is a bit heavy on the self promotion and you don't *need* any of the tools that the author is pushing. What you do need is a functioning website with good content and lots of traffic for this book to work. I'm giving the book five stars only because it is the first book in a long time that has put money directly in my pocket.

This is practical money-making info, unlike most internet marketing BS...

I've spent thousands (ok probably tens of thousands) of dollars on information about how to make money online. If you're like me, you already know that 99% of the stuff out there is garbage. This book is different. Google is obviously a real website with a real opportunity. Joel simply shows how to capitalize on that opportunity. If you have an existing website, AdSense is a REAL way to monetize the content you are already providing. It's not a matter of smoke and mirrors, its just a matter of knowing how to use AdSense in the right way to squeeze the most income out of your pages. As for some of the comments I've seen about "filler" content... I wouldn't call it that. Sure there's a good 30-40% that is covering fundamentals that would not be new to experienced AdSense publishers... but that is stuff that new AdSense publishers need to know. Plus that leaves a big % of "advanced" technique content which is covered in this book. Also I saw someone mention about how it seemed to be a lot of self-promotion. I could see how it would seem that way, but here's the thing... He is showing REAL LIFE examples of money-making websites. Most guru's are afraid to show you their REAL sites because they're scammers or because they won't reveal their true secrets. Joel puts it all out there. Also I'd estimate over half the examples are his STUDENT's sites, not his... Over all I'd say the book lives up to its name. Not the kind of thing I'd want to cozy up and read for fun by the fire on a cold day, but if you're looking for easy-to-digest info about how to monetize websites, this is a good pick.

Demystifies Adsense

Google Adsense provides a great opportunity for anyone with a website or blog to monetize their effort. There are a thousand ways of implementing Adsense, and that's where the confusion lies. With all the options available, what works best? Joel's book demystifies Adsense and provides no-nonsense advice that can help you move the decimal point a few spaces to the right in your revenue. This isn't rocketscience, but he makes it easy to get a headstart with Adsense with techniques that have been proven successful. I know, I've followed his advice and reaped the rewards. You could collect this knowledge yourself, scouring the Internet, testing and trying various things until you learn through experience. Or you could save yourself a lot of time and get this book. It will easily pay for itself in no time.

An Exceptionally Good Book On Generating Revenue Using Google Adsense

This book is a concise guide on how to make money online using Google Adsense. It cuts to the chase and tells you what to do, how to do it and when to do it. I applied the information in The Adsense Code and began making money (albeit not a lot) the very first day I added adsense to my blog. But, by continuing to apply the tactics laid out in the book, my adsense revenue has increased virtually every day. The book lays out in a very specific and detailed manner what you need to do to implement Google adsense, how to maximize click throughs and how to set up adsense to generate the most revenue. This book is great for beginners or advanced users of adsense. Joel explains many ways to use adsense and places to include adsense that I'd never considered. An added bonus is that the book also gives you many new ideas for generating new traffic to your blog or website. This book is a must for every serious internet marketers bookshelf.