Google Adsense and Nigerian Online Entrepreneurs
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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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12 Responses to “Google Adsense and Nigerian Online Entrepreneurs”
Posted: Apr 1st, 2008 at 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/
Posted: Apr 1st, 2008 at 11:35 pm
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Posted: Apr 2nd, 2008 at 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.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2008 at 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.
Posted: Apr 5th, 2008 at 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.
Posted: Apr 5th, 2008 at 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
Posted: Apr 23rd, 2008 at 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
Posted: May 11th, 2008 at 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:-)
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Posted: May 12th, 2008 at 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.
Posted: May 14th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
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Posted: Aug 7th, 2008 at 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
Posted: Aug 7th, 2008 at 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.
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