Getting Started

[johnDB]

I am a newbie to the Adsense world. I want to create a site and generate some income for my family. Can anyone please give me some pointers on how to get started(such as what websites to make)? Thanks.

[webnoob]

find a topic you have experience with.

[johnDB]

How long does it usually take(on average) before I can see some decent profit?

[webnoob]

hard to say and it depends on the topic and your goals (the effort and time your willing to put into a site).

most imporant factor is getting search engines to index your site (after content is added) u might want to submit the domain to a few search engines.

sometimes a little advertising helps if you want to speed things up.. some say u have to spend money to make money but that's not really true.

[incrediBILL]

Well, this may or may not be encouraging.

My wife started a new site and submitted it in mid-July and just broke her first $100 total in AdSense today. July we mostly waited to get indexed, then MSN sent us traffic but it's only been a dollar or two per day most days but it adds up. She's actually made more with affiliate programs at this point.

If I can just get her lazy butt busy to get IBLs her site could easily eclipse my earnings based on what I'm seeing so far, has potential.

[dzcap]

I see you're new to the adsense world. Just use adsense on your current sites, you don't have to make new sites specifically for adsense.

[zCat]

Apologies for the stupid question, but what's an IBL?

[incrediBILL]

IBL - In Bound Link

In other words, sites pointing to YOUR site to make it seem like you have some authority and relevance to the search engines.

[zCat]

Aha, thanks. All I could think of was "Internet BlackList".