In the not too distant past, the Google Adsense program was the darling of the Internet Marketing World. Newbies jumped on board the Adsense bandwagon thinking they could make money fast and be holding up large checks like Shoemoney. Then, after a few weeks getting just a few cents for their clicks, they then become discouraged and screamed to anyone who would read their rants that Adsense doesn’t work.

The fact is, there are still many of us who are bringing home damn good cash with Google Adsense. Making money with Adsense requires a little more than just throwing up a blog, scraping content and adding your Adsense code. In a Nutshell, Adsense is still one of the easy ways to make money online. Try these Pro tips that will help increase your payday from Google.

For starters, take a long hard look at the site where you have Adsense. Is your site targeted to one niche? I find it really humurous sometimes when so called Internet Marketer say you can’t make any money with Adsense. I usually check out their site and see that it isn’t optimized for any keyword that advertisers would be bidding on. Or, what advertisers that are bidding are bidding a nickel per hit. The lack of a focused website is one of the biggest reasons Webmasters don’t make bank with Google Adsense.

For the Google Adsense program to show your visitors the highest paying ads, your site has to be very targeted to a keyword. Think about this for a minute, if you have blog post on a site discussing everything from how green the grass is today to how sloppy your kids teacher dressed, Adsense isn’t going to give you the high paying keywords. Plus, the ones you do get probably will not be targeted to your audience because the Adsense bot is having difficulty trying to make a decision as to what your blog is about.

Okay listen closely. Let’s say your website is about Chicken Wings. You have no articles on your site other than those about Chicken Wings. You have articles about Hot Wings, Barbecue Chicken Wings, Wing Sauce Recipes, How to cook Chicken Wings, etc. Now if you’ve done your on-page SEO properly, the Adsense bot will know that you site is all about Chicken Wings. If an advertiser is paying $2.00 per click to advertise their Chicken Wing product, your site will get that high paying ad. Plus, when you have visitors to your site, they’re going to click on those Adsense ads if they want more information about chicken wings.

Another funny statement is when a noob says he’s getting a steady stream of traffic from Stumble Upon or Digg, but he isn’t getting any clicks? It’s no secret to most of us that Social Traffic doesnt convert. Traffic from Social Sites are just browsing the Internet while they should be working. There’s an old saying in Internet Marketing that goes like this. Readers don’t click ads and Clickers don’t read!

Search Engine traffic is what drives Adsense clicks. If your website is niche focused and you have your site ranking well for its keywords, then when search engine traffic from Google arrives, they’ll be clicking ads. They’re searching for information and they found it on your site. Your site has a bunch of Adsense ads about what they’re looking for. They are there to find information and they will click ads!

Another proven tactic is to have some vague or long drawn out post. If someone is looking for a recipe on Chicken Wings with Cheese Fritters and you have an article by the same name, they’ll be reading that article. But if that article is really long and boring and says very little about Chicken Wings with Cheese Fritters, they’ll get bored and start looking around your site. That’s when they’ll see an Adsense block with an ad for a sure fire, can’t miss Chicken Wing with Cheese Fritter recipe and click on it. You don’t want to solve their problems, you want them to see an ad that they believe will solve their problem so they will click on it!

That’s it for now. I’ll let you think about what I just said. Meanwhile, go look at your site and see where you can improve it. Get it focused on one niche. Don’t try to cover many niches with your website because you’ll end up with those five cent clicks!

Google Conquest, Conquest Authority.  Have you heard about either one of them?  I’m going to give you a little hint.  The two names above are the exact same thing.  Back in November 2008, Alex Goad sold a full online training with absolute automation tools.  The name was Google Conquest, and in a matter of days, the course completely sold out.  Now 6 months later, in May 2009, it’s counterpart is being re-launched- enter Conquest Authority.  Authority is the re-launch of Google Conquest, and the excitement for the release has been outstanding.

In the original Google Conquest, included was a 60 day challenge, which challenged the members by the end of 60 days to earn $200 a day based on the training provided.  How did the challenge pan out for everyone?

Alex sold only a limited 1000 copies of Google Conquest to ensure 100% customer support and training to his members.  The 60 day challenge began after 30 days of the product opening.  This was to allow the members to mess around, get a feel for the system, and be ready for the 60 day challenge.  (In the very beginning, there was a “quick start training”, so people could start immediately.) The 60 day training began with keyword research (profitable niches), domain names, ftp hosting, and cpanel information.  The next phase of the training was site set up and search engine optimization (SEO) training.  After site set up training (which included wordpress plugins, templates and settings, main page, posts, and keyword placement) was complete, monetizing your website was the next steps.  Monetization of a site included sales conversions, adsense, placement of ads, and affiliate signups.  The final part in the 60 day challenge was getting free traffic to your sites with site promotion. The 60 day challenge training was done live, by video, and pdf.

Question time:  How did the 60 day challenge work out, and how many people are earning $200 a day?

The end results are astounding, but have been different for everyone. Some members found success with ranking #1 on Google, and others have make $25,000 with the sniper launch (covered in the quick start training).  So the result?  Everyone’s results were different, not everyone was making huge amounts of money yet, but the fact remains the training was completely successful.  For members who have never had a site seen by search engines before, for people who had never earned a penny with adsense before, and for people who had never even made an affiliate sale before, Google Conquest made that not only a reality for all who put the training to use, but a dream come true.

The re-sale of Google Conquest (Conquest Authority) is scheduled to be re-opened in May 2009.  availability will again be extremely limited.  If you have been struggling with making money online, I highly recommend you join Alex Goad’s Conquest Authority.  You can read a Conquest Authority Review, get a Conquest Authority Bonus, or sign up for the Early Bird notification list (to get more information) by visiting http://www.moneyproductreviews.com/conquest-authority.