Reasons to write for freelance writing sites that pay through Google AdSense - by B.J. Tolentino

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by B.J. Tolentino

Created on: April 10, 2010

There are many advantages to write for freelance writing sites that pay through Google Adsense. But this does not always work for everybody. It takes knowledge on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to create SEO friendly content in order to draw "relevant" ads. It also takes web marketing and promotional skills to improve chances to draw "qualified" page impressions and ad clicks. But when you're ripe and ready, you can certainly make more money through the Google Adsense ad revenue program.

• Knowing the potential earnings from your choice of keyword phrases

Knowledge on keyword advertising and search engine keyword promotions is a vital step towards succeeding on the Google Adsense program. You maybe using a keyword search software, a keyword reverse search tool or the free Google keyword search tool, but in any case, knowing "how much" a potential ad click is worth is incentive enough to join these writing sites.

Knowing that a keyword phrase like "Florida car insurance", with a suggested bid of more or less $27 or “private healthcare”, at around $17, makes it more exciting to publish articles with expensive keywords in writing sites that pay through Google Adsense. Even if these writing sites share on an average of 50% of Google ad revenue, knowledge on higher potential earnings is enticing enough. However, drawing high paying advertisers is only part of the equation...

• Knowledge on creating SEO friendly web content

You may be able to draw the high paying advertisers by using the most expensive keywords but it takes much more than that to be ready to make it in writing sites that pays through Google Adsense. For one thing, you must be able to mix and match niche keywords with highly searcheable ones.

SEO friendly web content is not only for search engines. It is vital to be “relevant” to potential readers as well. Otherwise, you'd be better off making money from writing sites which pay through "qualified views" plus "other perks" - and not through ad clicks - like Helium, Associated Content, Bukisa etc.

• Knowledge on web marketing and promotions to drive traffic to web pages

Writing sites like Hubpages, Xomba, Triond, Helium’s How-to builders etc. have a much more flexible writing platform to be much more "audience friendly". You can incorporate formats other than text - Youtube videos, photos etc. Hubpages for example allows writers to incorporate two links to other web pages. You can also incorporate

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