Keyword Ranking MonitorInterest: give rankings and charts for an unlimited number of keywords in Google, Yahoo and MSN! digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords

The first phase of the study was conducted with 50 people in Eyetools’ eye tracking lab in San Francisco, California and presented panel participants with 5 distinct scenarios that would require the use of a search engine. Google was used as the search engine in all of the instances.

Key Preliminary Findings of the Study included:
The key location on Google for visibility as determined by the eye activity in the study is a triangle that extends from the top of the results over to the top of the first result, then down to a point on the left side at the bottom of the “above the fold” visible results. This key area was looked at by 100 percent of the participants. In the study, this was referred to as the “Golden Triangle”. Generally, this area includes top sponsored, top organic results and Google’s alternative results, including shopping, news or local suggestions.

Visibility dropped quickly with organic rankings, starting at a high of 100% for the top listing, dropping to 85% at the bottom of the “above the fold” listings, and then dropping dramatically below the fold from 50% at the top to 20% at the bottom.

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Earning money couldn’t be easier!  It’s a great way to monitize your webspace and web site owners, both new and experienced, are currently enjoying
the profits from this new opportunity.   The web’s most popular search engine is now giving you the chance to earn some extra cash by simply displaying a few text ads on your web pages. 

Targeted contextual advertising means relevant ads appear on your site. When relevant ads appear on content pages, people click on them. Google makes more money and in turn, you receive higher profits.

Participation in AdSense is free and offers the following benefits:

- Run ads that will interest your users.
- Customize the appearance of ads.
- Access a base of 150,000 advertisers.
- Manage your account online.
- Filter out unwanted ads.

AdSense Advantages

- AdSense is simple to join.

– It’s easy to paste a bit of code into your pages.

– It’s free to join.

– You don’t have to spend time finding advertisers.

– Google provides well written, highly relevant ads chosen to closely match the content on your pages.

– You don’t have to waste time choosing different ads for different pages.

– You don’t have to mess around with different code for various affiliate programs.

– You’re free to concentrate on providing good content and Google does the work of finding the best ads for your pages from 100,000 AdWords advertisers.

– It’s suitable for beginners or marketing veterans.

– AdSense provides simple, easy-to-understand stats.

If you have affiliate links on your site, you are allowed to add AdSense ads; However, with your affiliate links, you must not mimic the look and feel of the Google
ads.  You can also block ads for sites that don’t meet your standards or
that may be a competitor. 
Inevitably, AdSense is competing strongly for space on web sites with all other revenue sharing opportunities.

Many users of the adsense program have voiced their concerns about what they
would like to see changed or improved.  See the list below.

The Adsense Wish List

Payments:
Direct deposit

Design: 

- more options for the custom designs (flexible layouts)

- specify number of ads per layout 

- specify width and height 

- Open Adsense Ads in a New Window

Fraud (prevention): 
- advanced detection of suspicious activity 

- warn early and not if it’s already too late

Adsense Money

So, how much will you earn from Adsense?  Google says:

“The AdWords ads you are able to display on your content pages are cost-per-click (CPC) ads. This means that advertisers pay only when users click on ads. You’ll receive a portion of the amount paid for clicks on AdWords ads on your website. Although we don’t disclose the exact revenue share, our goal is to enable publishers to make as much or more than they could with other advertising networks.”

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The only way to know how much you’ll earn is to try it and see.  Because
there is not a long term contract, you may cancel at any time.

Information directly from Google’s Adsense program:

AdSense
overview

AdSense
FAQ

AdSense
tech FAQ

AdSense
policies

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