If you would like an illustrated guide click to download – how to add Adsense to a Blogger blog.

Before you add your first block of Adsense  you will need to click on the Monetize tab in your blog to tell Blogger the details of your Adsense account.

Then click on the Layout tab and add a Gadget.  Choose Adsense from the list of gadgets.

Decide on the size and colours for your Adsense.

A Word of Warning

NEVER click on your own Adsense ads.  Google will BAN your account and you will lose any money in it.  They know the IP address of your computer.

Also – NEVER ask your friends and family to click.  Google monitor for click fraud – multiple clicks from the same location could also get your account banned.

It isn’t worth it.  Just wait for real visitors to find your site and click on the ads because they are genuinely interested.

In the next few posts we will look at a few more ways to earn money from your blog and also look at some ways to start bringing traffic to your blog.

How does Adsense work?

There are two sides to this type of advertising – the advertiser and the publisher whose website the ads appear on.

If you are an advertiser, and you want to pay to promote your website or product, you use Google Adwords (note, NOT Adsense).  We don’t want to pay, we want to get paid!  So we want to be the publisher on whose site these ads appear.

As a publisher, you place one or more block of Adsense on your site.  Each time a visitor clicks on one of these ads, you get paid.  Simple.  You can be paid anything from 1p to a few pounds.  Don’t get too excited – most ads just pay a few pennies.

Head over to https://www.google.com/adsense/login/en_GB/ and click on “Sign up Now” to set up your Adsense account.  Then come back here, and in the next post I will show you how to add Adsense to your blogger blog.