At some point many of us have searched the ‘how to make money online’ term on Google and many options popped up including Adsense. In this article, we outline the various ways Adsense makes it easy for you to make money online or through Google. There are now many ways you can make money online through monetization of your platforms but here we will only focus on Adsense.
Just in case this is your first time hearing about Adsense, AdSense is a program run by Google through which website publishers in the Google Network of content sites serve text, images, video, or interactive media advertisements that are targeted to the site content and audience.
Monetization Methods
Currently, you can make money through Google by placing ads on your YouTube videos or website content. There are many people, content creators, and businesses that make thousands and thousands of dollars or rands every month from Adsense. Below we breakdown the two types of monetization – YouTube and Website.
1. YouTube Monetization
YouTube has a Partner Program that you have to apply to before you can be able to monetize your YouTube channel. To be eligible to moetize your YouTube channel and join the YouTube Partner Program, your channels must have 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 public watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million views on Shorts in the last 90 days.
Besides ads placement on your videos, YouTube has other ways you can make money on the platforms once you are in the Partner program which include
- Channel Memberships
- Super Chats & Stickers
- Shopping
2. Website Monetization
Monetizing your website through Adsense is a bit easier compared to YouTube. The main requirements are just a website with good content and visitors. The first step is creating a website, the second step is creating good content on your website, and lastly creating a Google Adsense account then apply. We offer web design and development services so if you need a good website, get in touch with us for a quote here.
Other Online Monetization Methods
There are other ways to monetize your YouTube channel or website besides Adsense. These include:
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