42 Points to Make More Money With Adsense

1. Remember: Adsense doesn't make you money; traffic makes you money 

2. Write posts that link to good content on higher-ranked sites in your niche. If your traffic is low, click on those links yourself - webmasters will take notice. 

3. Post on forums in your niche and add your site to your signature 

4. Submit articles to article directories 

5. Use Technorati Tags 

6. Submit your best articles to Digg and Del.icio.us 

7. Comment on other blogs with similar themes to yours 

8. Become a regular on several similarly-themed blogs you like 

9. Use Google Sitemaps 

10. Write about well-known people in your niche 

11. Use a blogroll, but only add sites that you would really recommend. Less is more. 

12. Read Gogsense 

13. Remember: Good content + good advertising = traffic 

14. Choose a niche you’re passionate about 

15. Post/write an article/add content every day 

16. Make your content unique and useful 

17. Be timely: break news, comment on new information, become a valuable source of interesting new stuff 

18. Be yourself. If you’re funny, be funny; if you’re not, don’t try to be. Be confident that your personality will draw like-minded readers. 

19. If you can’t think of anything interesting to post about, find something interesting to post about. 

20. If you can’t find anything interesting to post about, keep looking. 

21. You just read something interesting that has nothing to do with your site’s theme. Find a way to make it relevant. Use it as an example or integrate it into a story. Use it. 

22. Read Copyblogger, and Problogger 

23. Remember: Traffic + Adsense = Money - So don’t get kicked out 

24. Read the Adsense TOS and don’t break it 

25. While you’re at it, read all the Adsense guides Google provides 

26. Do NOT encourage readers to click Adsense ads 

27. If you’re placing a picture specifically to subtly draw attention to Adsense Ads, make sure the ads are clearly distinguished from the image (borders or a line between the two) 

28. If you’re unsure if your ads comply with the Adsense TOS, ask them for a review 

29. Better yet, design your ad concept on a hidden page and have Google review it first 

30. Remember: Traffic + Adsense optimization = More Money 

31. Study the Google Heat map 

32. Place site-relevant pictures near your ads 

33. Color images are often better than black-and-white 

34. Animations are lame 

35. Integrate your ads with your site design 

36. Place ads between blog posts 

37. Place ads in blog posts 

38. Consider borderless Adsense ads 

39. Use wide ad formats 

40. Be Patient: Time, trial and error are what you need to succeed 

41. Give your Adsense implementation a few weeks (at least) before drawing any conclusions 

42. Use channels. You are going to want to know which ads are being clicked and which aren't.