Google Adsense and Nigerian Online Entrepreneurs

April 1, 2008 by NaijaEcash
Filed under: Blogging, Investing, Nigerian

I have come across several advertisement placed by fellow Nigerian claiming they can make Nigerians rich through Google Adsense. Some of the adverts go this way

Make money online while you sleep ….
Many Nigerians are making thousands of dollars from Google Adsense e.t.c

The advertisers promises to perform the magic once their special packages (ready-made “Adsense-ready-blogs”, auto-blogging softwares, e.t.c) are purchased. The price ranges from N5,000 to N10,000 (about $40 – $80).
I get amused and angry when I read such claims. Of course I do a quick check on the website of such advertiser . Too many of them have details similar to the following:

Web Address – xyz.blogspot.com (free hosting, while earning thousands of dollars per month, I am skeptical!)
Site Traffic – XXX (some make the grave mistake of displaying traffic details on their website – less than 1,000 visitors!)
Website Popularity – Google PR – Unranked Alexa Rank – x,xxx,xxx (so where are the visitors clicking on the adsense advert to generate the $x,xxx they claim). They must be telling lies

Enough of the report, What is Google Adsense? Is it an Income Earning Opportunity for Online Entreprenuers, Nigerians inclusive?

What is Google Adsense?
Google Adsense is a PPC (pay-per-click) advertising program owned by Google Inc. to use it, you need to open an account with Google online. After that, you will be given a unique code to paste into pages on your website (the steps are quite simple). Once you do that Google will start displaying Adsense adverts on your site.

Can you make income online via Google Adsense Program?
Yes, anyone can use the program, once you register with Google. Whenever a visitor to your site clicks on any of the links displayed by Google Adsense, you earn money! (Hey that means those advertisers are right! Just wait until you finish the article)

What do you require to achieve success with Google Adsense?
Essentially, good traffic is what you need. The more good traffic (not junk traffic) you get to your website or blog, the more money you will make with Google Adsense. Getting good traffic of course requires good content. (This is where a lot of Nigerian Online Entreprenuers are missing the point. And that is what the scammers exploit). If you simply open several blogs and paste articles copied from other websites into those blogs, you will not have good traffic. Most of the visitors to the site will be disappointed and will never return to your site. (That is bad for any online Entrepreneur).

However, beside getting good traffic, there are tips for optimizing the use of Google Adsense on a website or blog. I will write an article on this later.

How long will it take to start earning income from Google Adsense?
You can actually start earning the very first day you join. (Hey that is another proof that their claim is true! I told you to wait until you finish the article do not jump to conclusions) However, how much you earn is another issue. I can honesty tell you that you CANNOT earn $1,000 the first month if you are truly a Newbie Online Entreprenuer (except you are famous like W. Oprah, and you have a lot of fan who adores you). Your earnings might be less than $1 (yes, less than one US dollar).
That is not meant to discourage you from the program, just to prepare your mind for reality. There are webmasters earning over $10,000 per month. (But they did not get there overnight).
There are tips for maximizing Google Adsense income but that is a topic for another post.

Conclusion – Google Adsense is a good income earner that any Nigerian Online Entrepreneur can use. The basic requirement is that your blogs and websites should consist of good and useful articles that help people in some way. (Make your research well before you part with your hard-earned money for a junk “Get Rich Quick” package. A sure success principle is GIVE and you shall be GIVEN. Do not assume that your site visitors are dummies. If you provide junk or stolen content, you will be the loser at the end. See you at the top .

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Comments

33 Comments on Google Adsense and Nigerian Online Entrepreneurs

Lisa on Tue, 1st Apr 2008 6:00 pm

The wonderful thing about the Internet is that you can eventually find the information you want to find if you’re just tenacious enough. Search for clickbank and “google adwords” and you’ll have a multitude of information right at your fingertips. Pick and plunder through to learn what you can and decide if this idea sounds like a good way for you to make money and skip the middle man making the fee off of you.

Here in the US I see offers like this touted as “data entry” jobs.
If you like, read Dissecting Data Entry Job Sites for additional information about these types of offers.

~Lisa

http://telecommutingjournal.com/2006/07/dissecting-data-entry-job-sites/

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Oluniyi David Ajao on Wed, 2nd Apr 2008 10:58 am

It is indeed possible to make thousands of dollars from Google Adsense monthly but few individual Nigerian website owners can ever get to that stage. More so, Google frowns at people launching websites (blogs included) with no other motive than to make some moolah from their Adsense program. Bottomline, you must have something to offer the reading public to ever be able to make real money from Adsense.

NaijaEcash on Wed, 2nd Apr 2008 6:25 pm

@Lisa
I checked that post. It was a good one. A nice eye opener I must confess.

@Oluniyi David Ajao
Thanks for visiting and adding your voice to this issue.

It is unfortunate that ignorant would-be-entreprenuers are falling sheepishly to scammer tricks to sell them ready-made-blogs that are nothing than Auto-generated sites with Google Adsense codes splashed all over the pages.

The simple folks exchange their hard-earned cash for such junk and then go to sleep expecting Google to pay them thousands of dollars at the end of the month (afterall, that is what they were told by the scammers).

Truly ignorance is very expensive.

Tosin on Sat, 5th Apr 2008 11:18 am

Hi there,

Thanks for opening my eyes to the intrigues of scammers.

I am a Najia Lady and have always been sceptical about the “make massive money in minutes” claims.

I’ve search the Internet alot for legitimate avenues of making money but did not for once fall for their fiticious claims.

I want to know more about this topic and would appreciate it if you could throw more light on it.

Thanks.

Tosin E.

NaijaEcash on Sat, 5th Apr 2008 1:15 pm

@Tosin
Thanks for visiting and spending time to respond to this post. I sure will love to share more with you on this topic. If you subscribe to my RSS feed via email, you will receive updates from this website regularly

It has been a pleasure having you around. Cheers

ben on Wed, 23rd Apr 2008 7:07 pm

i was really informed when i read your article on google adsense.i have been able to collect my cheque from them,it was a paltry $120.i want to ask you,how can i increase my earnings?

ben

Loy on Sun, 11th May 2008 4:13 pm

Google Adsense is no doubt a good income starter for web entrepreneurs. However, the program may not sustain an online business financially, as it pays very little.

I think that Nigerian web entrepreneurs/bloggers should start focusing on ad space sales, affiliate programs, etc to be able to effectively monetize their blogs/sites

However, you’ll need a huge traffic on your site/blog to attract this kind of advertisement:-)

Loys last blog post..ng-nexus.com – Nigeria’s First Graduates Networking Site

NaijaEcash on Mon, 12th May 2008 8:19 am

[re=151]ben[/re]:
Ben thanks for visiting. I will be frank with you. The simple answer get more traffic! Of course you already knew that. The hard part is getting the quality traffic and ensuring that at least a good percentage of them click on the advertisements being displayed by Google Adsense.
This is called Optimizing your Website for Google Adsense. It is not an easy task, but it is achievable if you are willing to work and you are persistent.
I will give too tips:
1. Write great content that will make your visitors want to return again and again. Don’t fall into the trap of writing just for the sake of Google Adsense. You need human being to click on those advert, they won’t come if there you are not offering quality content that will benefit them in one way or the other.
2. Get your Google Adsense Adverts to blend more with the theme of your blog. (More people will click if the adverts are not standing out from the rest of the website)

I guess that is enough for you to start work on. I will try and to a full post on the subject. Thanks for visiting. Cheers.

[re=233]Loy[/re]:
Loy, thanks for visiting.
You’re right about your observation. A lot of Nigerian Online Entrepreneur are having a wrong assumption about how Google Adsense works.
It is laughable, when someone with a website that records less than 100 visitors per day is claiming he has a package that delivers $1,000 income from Google Adsense. To the knowledgeable, it is an impossibility. A lot of knowledge and good skill is required before one can earn good income from Google Adsense. It is not an over-night get rich quick scheme like we are being made to believe. Thanks for sharing your observation.
Cheers.

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Lucky on Thu, 7th Aug 2008 12:05 pm

Please, I want to know how to be an Online Enterprenuer. How can I know how to use google Ads to make money online in Nigeria? Do I need a Bank Current, VISA, MASTER CARD accounts? Pls reply me.
Thanks

NaijaEcash on Thu, 7th Aug 2008 1:19 pm

@Lucky
Your questions are best answered one on one. I will send you a mail, and we can kick-off from there. Thanks for visiting. Cheers.

anonymous on Thu, 5th Feb 2009 10:14 pm

NAIJA-E-CASH… A wise man never speaks in absolutes, in life the winds of change blow when they “will”:

The issue of FRauD through google adsense is true as is so for many programmes on the internet.Yes, some nigerians take advantage of their fellow country men ; hey, what else is new! This does not mean that in this country, Google adsense experts do not exist and this does not mean that you cant make thousands in foreign currency from AdsEnSe . The secret is in technique, those who search will find and does who dont , stay home with the women to cook dinner….

NaijaEcash on Fri, 6th Feb 2009 7:50 am

@anonymous
I don’t quite get your point. If you agree that what I have said is true, then there is no point making the last statement you made. I never claimed that people are not making good income from AdSense, I only warned that it is not a feat that can be accomplished overnight. If you dispute that, then you will need to come out and prove it.

Thanks for visiting and dropping a comment. Cheers.

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GOOGLE ENGR. on Wed, 25th Mar 2009 3:58 pm

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Kingsley on Sun, 24th May 2009 12:58 pm

Hi Guys,

i have just finished my make money online courses but i must tell U guys this, for you to make it, you have work for it.

i have seen many nigeria enterprenuer site but lack many things. i have one word to help you guys. make youtube.com your best friend. You will learn alot from there cos many marketers are using the network to advertise what they are doing from there you learn their tricks that can help you.

i have alot to teach nigerians about making money online eveing making money like simple ones though you will still have to work like
uploading vedios online
using cpa networks
not to talk about adsense which many nigerian online enterprenuer are not doing well,
Using ebay to make money
Using tools like terapeak,
Using blogs to make money
Writing review on your blogs to make money
and etc

The above is the simple ones, if you want to make it big time, i recommend info products. You have to accept this fact, we are in Knowledge age right now. The world is turing to the era when we work with our mind. Soon all these banking jobs in which banks employ staff will be out are ATM machine will take over. it is already happening, that is to give you an example of what is happing right.

Forgive me if am trying to stay away from the point, on info product, What make all these nigeria pop star money, what makes pastors money, it is simple, recording their talent in cds and selling it out to people. You and i knows that millions of people will pay any price you set for a particular product in the market.

let me not right much but surely, will come back home to help my people.

There are many tools i will share by Gods grace when i will be back home, but i think the best way to do this is to open my company and employing many nigerians to play in the big league of making money online.

will keep you guy posted

later

KC
SWE

isaac gbemi on Mon, 1st Jun 2009 10:05 am

wht do i need to do to start this google adsense , and i dont have a website

how can i start on my own..

am really interested in doing this

Thanks

onmy. on Sun, 5th Jul 2009 6:17 pm

Hello.Please how do i get intouch with the owner of this blog.I learnt a few things here&i would like to know more.Thank You.

NaijaEcash on Mon, 6th Jul 2009 5:43 am

@onmy
You can contact me privately by clicking the CONTACT ME button on the header bar of this website. It is the 3rd button from the left. Thanks for visiting.

onmy. on Mon, 6th Jul 2009 3:40 pm

I have done that and i am still referred to the general ‘post your comment’ box.Actually,i want to start an online business,i have written some of my goals down&i have taken the time to do some research but i have also discovered that i need a mentor.And i don’t know where to turn to find a good one.I would really like to get intouch with you personally because of several other things that i would like to clarify.Thanks.

NaijaEcash on Mon, 6th Jul 2009 4:12 pm

@onmy
I’m sorry. I didn’t realise that my Contact form was broken. I will get it fixed immediately. Thanks for pointing it out. Be rest assured I will contact you via email. Thanks for visiting.

Ike Okoye on Thu, 9th Jul 2009 10:48 am

I think making money with Google adsense requires better quality content and a higher traffic. One need to be consistent in making posts and give more information that’s needed by the Nigerian public.

John on Tue, 21st Jul 2009 1:42 pm

Hi, am new here and i just went through your write up. My question is this: i dont have a website, but is there any way i can advertise those who already have and make some money. And an not yet clear about how this google adword. Lastly, how much capital do i require to get started?? Thanks alot

Ndifreke Atauyo on Mon, 3rd Aug 2009 7:00 pm

Your post is indeed an eye opener. And many nigerians are yet to tap into google adsense earning opportunities in Nigeria. It is possible to earn even a four figure from adsense in nigeria. What you need is original content base site that is regularly updated with new contents that will automatically generate huge targeted traffic from the search engines, other sites to your websites or blogs.

To succeed in adsense you must follow the CTPM process which is CONTENT-TRAFFIC-PRESELL-MONETIZE tthen come when your visitors click on your google ads.

Do a search for good adsense ebooks on wwww.google.com and learn from there how CTPM process works. wwww.google.com is the best place to start your learning process on how to earn more. Become an action taker …not acton fakers who read books, or ebooks but would never apply the strategies

Mike on Mon, 3rd Aug 2009 7:13 pm

good write up. Thanks

Inyanag Asuquo on Tue, 4th Aug 2009 2:09 pm

Hi Ndifreke Atauyo how can I monetize my website chinyanghill.com with google adsense. I did the search at google for CTPM and found this Results 1 – 10 of about 96,400 for CTPM. (0.27 seconds)

I want to develop CONTENT for my site so I may ask Which one of the search results can you recommend I should get started. thanks

Felix on Sat, 5th Sep 2009 10:52 am

How can one increase Google adsense earnings without using ppc programs?

jamiu on Sat, 5th Sep 2009 12:44 pm

pls i need step by step guide on how to register 4 adsense in nigeria

chris on Fri, 9th Oct 2009 11:43 am

pls i want to join this ppc program but dont know how

Ethan on Sun, 28th Feb 2010 9:04 pm

Thanks, I read your comment about making money via google Adsense. My question is how do I get the checks in Nigeria? what kind of account would I need.

Your quick reponse would be appreciated.

NaijaEcash on Mon, 1st Mar 2010 8:49 am

Google will send your Adsense cheque to the address you filled when applying as a Google Adsense publisher. Once you receive the cheque, simply pay it into a US domiciliary account in a Nigerian bank. It takes about 21days for the cheque to get cleared and you’ll receive the fund in your account. Hope this answers your question.

St on Wed, 10th Mar 2010 10:14 am