My Payment In Progress Has Been Received!

My "payment in progress" line has been received today!

That is good news because the wait over the weekend was agonizing!

It has been rumored that Adsense very rarely posts the "PIP" line on Mondays but I'm glad that it has been posted for today!

So I now have the "payment in progress" line on my Adsense account and hopefully I will be able to spend some of that Adsense $$$$$$ tomorrow! - Yay!

There Has Been A "Payment In Progress" Sighting!

Someone has posted that they have received their "PIP"! The person that posted is from the UK and they receive their Adsense payments by check!

Usually I don't see my "payment in progress" line until other people from the States start posting that they have already received theirs.

But this does give the rest of us hope that our "PIP's" will be showing up soon!

You Are Scheduled To Be Sent A Payment.....

This finally appeared on my Adsense account today!

I was getting kind of worried because today is the 22nd of the month and I know that the later I get the "You are scheduled to be sent a payment....." line, the later I will get my "payment in progress" line.

Since I'm just seeing this message today, I'm assuming that I won't be seeing a PIP line until AFTER the weekend - I'm sad to say!

But at least I know now that the "payment in progress" process has begun!

"You Are Scheduled To Be Sent A Payment" - NOT!

Well I was checking my adsense numbers for today and I noticed that I didn't see the "you are scheduled to be sent a payment" line yet today! This kind of makes me worried and sad because the later I see the above line on my adsense account then that means the later I will see the "payment in progress line.

I was wondering what the "odds" would be of actually getting the "PIP" line before the start of the weekend - but now it's not looking all that good!

The Adsense Site Will Be Down For Maintenance On Satuday April 10th, 2010!

Here is a quote from the Adsense site:

On 4/10/10, our engineers will be performing site maintenance from approximately 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM PDT

While this means that you won't be able to view your adsense earnings during the maintenance times, Adsense assures us that your Adsense earnings will be calculated as normal.

My Adsense Payment Has Arrived!

Well I'm happy to say that my "payment in progress" line was received! Actually I got the "PIP" line yesterday afternoon but the money became spendable today!

So now we can begin the waiting process (yet again) for April 2010!

Looks Like The Adsense "Payment In Progress" Is Going To Be Taking A While!

I have been browsing the Adsense-related sites now and I still haven't yet seen any postings relating to anyone getting a "PIP" in their Adsense accounts yet!

There was one post from someone who was also checking around to see if anyone else received their "payment in progress" line on their Adsense account - but so far no one has reported seeing it yet.

I'm remaining hopeful though because the day is not over yet and the Adsense "clocks" are three hours behind my own local time so it's still possible that my "PIP" line will show up for this month - March 2010!

My PIP Has Arrived!

I got my "payment in progress" line today! Time for me to do a "happy" dance!


It looks as though us Adsense publishers here on the East Coast who get our Adsense payment by EFT may be able to get and spend our Adsense money as soon as tommorrow BUT here on the East Coast we are expecting yet another snowstorm! The last time I checked the news said that we wouldn't be getting snow until Thursday going into Friday but now the weather forecast says that snow is expected later on tonight! Yikes! One of the great things about being able to work from home is that I don't have to go outside unless I want to! But when I get my Adsense payment out in the snow I will go!

There Has Been A Payment In Progress Sighting For February 2010!

there has been a "payment in progress" sighting for this month! Someone has posted that they got their "PIP" line today, February 23rd. However this person posted that they are from the UK and they get their google Adsense payment by check. But at least this shows that the other "payment in progress" lines will be showing up for the rest of us Adsense publishers!

There is also a little debate going on about how February is of course the shortest month and whether or not we will get our Adsense payments BEFRE the end of this month!

You Are Scheduled To Be Sent A Payment..........

Yes this message appeared on my Adsense account screen today when I was checking my Adsense numbers for today! Getting this message means that the payment in progress process has started - even though we Adsense publishers haven't seen the "payment in progress" line appear yet in our adsense accounts. I think its a tad early for that - LOL! - no matter how badly we want it!

Also remember too that the Adsense site will be down for maintenance for 4 hours on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - this is probably going to mean that 4 at least 4 hours from the late morning until the late afternoon that your adsense site will be down. The exact time will depend on where you are located.

You will still continue to earn your adsense money and your adsense earnings will still be calculated and added to your account while the maintenance is going on.

If you are an Adsense junkie like me then you will just have to grin and bear it and get through those several hours.................

The Adsense Site Will Be Down For Maintenance Today!

As you can see from the screenshot above the Adsense site will be down for maintenance this upcoming Saturday for about a good 4 hours!

You will not be able to check your Google Adsense numbers during this time but Adsense assures its publishers that their adsense earnings will be calculated as normal.

As a side note you can see from my Google Adsense earnings today that I'm quite past the minimum amount needed to get an Adsense payment next month so I will be getting an Adsense payment next month! Now I'm just waiting for my Google Adsense payment this month -LOL!

The Payment In Progress Process Has Begun!

It seems as though my "gut" feeling was right! People are reporting that they have been getting their "payment in progress" line today. Google Adsense publishers are reporting that they now see the "PIP" line on their Adsense accounts.

So that means that my "payment in progress" line for January 2010 can't be too far behind!

Just In Case You're Wondering........

I checked around the boards and message forums and no as of yet has posted or reported that they have gotten their "payment in progress" line on their Google Adsense account yet!

This is very sad news since this is the 25th of the month but the last Tuesday of the month - which is the date that most people say is the "PIP" date - is tomorrow!

My gut just tells me that the "payment in progress" line is going to show up tomorrow

until then we just have to wait...................

What Happens When You Use High-Paying Keywords?

you get high ecpm numbers like the ones shown below:



the more higher your ecpm numbers the more money you will earn per click!

How Old Do You Have To Be In Order To Join The Adsense Program?

I answered this question on Yahoo and I thought that I would post it here in case anyone else would like to know the answer to this. I can't take credit for it though because I got the answer from another website.

Does AdSense have a minimum age requirement for participation?
As stated in the AdSense Terms and Conditions, publishers must be at least 18 years of age to participate in the AdSense program.
If you are not yet 18, you may have a parent or guardian submit an application using their name as the payee name. Please note that, should the application be approved, all payments will be made to the adult responsible for the site.

Rose

Grant Basics 101

The Adsense Site Will Be Down For Maintenance Today!

As you can see from the screenshot above, the Adsense site will be down for maintenance tomorrow for several hours!

Adsense assures its publishers that their Google Adsense earnings will be calculated as normal.

Click Through Rates & ECPM's

Here is a quick look at my Adsense numbers for today!

It is my intended goal to have at least a 10% click-through-rate.....

As you can see from the screenshot above my ctr rate is better than I expected!

As an average number I have seen postings from others saying that a 2% click-through-rate is what one should expect to get on the average.

Of course having a high ctr means that visitors to my site are clicking on the ads which means that either the ads are relative to the content on my sites and / or the ads that are appearing on my sites are appealing enough to get visitors to click on them. I also did some research on my sites to find what keywords that were related to my site were getting as far as web traffic was concerned. I made a customized list Of popular keyword & search terms for my own sites and you are seeing the results from the screen shot above. Basically what this involves is finding the most popular keyword search terms that people are typing into the search engines and putting those keywords in my site(s). I also do this kind of work for my clients as well but I also have done this for myself.

If you are having a low ctr rate with your blog it means that the visitors to your site are not clicking on the adsense ads that are appearing on your site. There could be a number of reasons for this. The google adsense ads that are appearing on your site may not be related to the content on your site and that is one reason that visitors to your site are not clicking on the ads. To solve this problem you have to use more popular keyword search terms that are related to the content of your site(s) and then watch as your click-thru rate(s) increase.

Another thing that you should take a look at are your ecpm rates as well. The ecpm rates mean the average cost per thousand clicks. It's a very complicated thing but to make it more simple, the higher your ecpm rates are that means the higher you earnings per click! As you can see from the screen shot above my ecpm rates are at least $50 or better!

So how do you get higher ecpm rates? The answer is that you have to put more high-paying keyword content into your site(s) so that you will earn more per click when visitors to your site(s) click on your Google Adsense Ads.

I have been using my own high-paying keyword list to put more higher-paying keyword content into my sites and you can see the results that I have gotten by looking at the screen shot above.

So if you want to earn more Google Adsense earnings per click then you will have to put more higher-paying keyword content into your site(s) so that you will be earning more per click.

Payment In Progress! December 2009!

Well as you can see I got my "PIP" (payment in progress) line today! That means that I will have some Google Adsense money to spend BEFORE Christmas!

There was a speculation about whether or not us Google Adsense publishers would be receiving our Google Adsense earnings before Christmas day. But it has been brought to my attention that those that get their Google Adsense earnings by regular check won't actually be getting their Google Adsense money until after Christmas.

Well, There Has Been A Payment In Progress Sighting!

I checked the related adsense boards to see if anyone posted about getting their "PIP" line and indeed someone posted that they got theirs! Someone who posted that they were from Michigan posted that they got their Adsense "payment in progress" line posted today on their adsense account.

Now I went and checked my own google adsense account and there was no "PIP" line there - yet! But once someone starts posting that they got their "payment in progress" line I know that (hopefully) my own adsense payment shouldn't be too far behind!

Hopefully I'll get it BEFORE Christmas so that I can spend it BEFORE Christmas.

Also a popular rumor going around is that Adsense processes those who get their adsense payment by check first but Adsense themself has said that this is not true. But Adsense doesn't say how they actually process the adsense payments and Adsense also doesn't say in what order they process payments. So in the meantime that just leaves the rest of us with going through the guessing game!

You Are Scheduled To Be Sent A Payment..........

Google Adsense

"You are scheduled to be sent a payment"........

I didn't think to look at this for a few days because I was busy working on getting my Google Adsense earning numbers up. But for some reason I decided to check my payment history - probably in the hopes that the "payment in progress" line would be showing in my Google Adsense account (which it didn't

But I did see the message below:



This means that the Google Adsense payment process has begun! This doesn't mean that the "payment in progress" line is showing yet. It just means that for those that have Google Adsense on their sites that the process for processing the payments has begun.

I'm encouraged by the fact that this message is showing on the 19th of the month because in previous months when this message was shown at around the same time it meant that we got our Google Adsense payments earlier than usual.

Add to that the fact that there is the hope that we will get our Google Adsense payments BEFORE Christmas that just makes the whole topic of when we will get our Google Adsense payments more popular at the moment.

I'll keep my eyes out for that first "PIP" posting!

Working To Bring Those Adsense Earnings Up!

If your Google Adsense earnings are down and you want to work to make your Google Adsense earnings go up then you have to identify your Adsense "problem areas!

Take a look at the screenshot below:



These are my Adsense numbers for today - so far!

Take a look at my adsense click-thru-rate. As an adsense publisher my goal for Adsense click thru rate is to have at least a 10% ctr on my adsense earnings. Now there have been times when my adsense click through rate has been higher and there have been times when my adsense click-thru-rate has been lower. But as you can see from the screenshot I am pretty much within my Adsense click thru rate goals.

How do you get a high adsense click thru rate? To get a high click through means that a good portion of the people that visit your adsense site are clicking on your adsense ads. That may be because the adsense ads that are appearing on your site are relative to the content on your site OR the adsense ads on your site are NOT relative to the content on your site BUT the adsense ads that are appearing on your site are interesting enough that they are being clicked on anyway.

Now take a look at the ecpm which means the estimate cost per click. That number means that the average price of the clicks are getting are in that number range. So this is another good example of how adsense publishers can incorporate higher-paying keywords into the content of their site so that they can earn more money per Adsense ad that gets clicked on their site.

If your Adsense earnings are down don't whine or complain about it.

Do something about it!

Are Your Adsense Earnings Down?

The Adsense Consultant

Are your Google Adsense earnings down? Then don't worry because you are not alone! I have seen many board postings from Adsense publishers who have posted about how their adsense earnings have gone way down! Even my own adsense earnings have decreased!

But instead of whine and complain though I decided to do something about it!

There are 2 ways to increase your Adsense earnings:

• The first way is to increase the traffic to your Adsense site. Get those traffic numbers up! Install one of the free stat tracking widgets so that you can see where your traffic is coming from! I have them on my own sites and I recommend them to my clients as well. These traffic widgets will show you where your traffic is coming from. For example with my own tracking stats I can tell that about half of my traffic comes from the search engines and the other half comes from traffic that came to my sites from places that I have posted to.
  
  
• The 2nd way to increase your Google Adsense earnings is to incorporate more higher-paying keyword content into your site. There are a few high-paying keywords that pay as much as $100 per click! I have a high-paying keyword list of my own and it is this exact same list that I am using now to incorporate more high-paying keyword content into my (and my clients') sites.
  
  You can either use these high-paying keywords as the basis of your site or you could take the higher-paying keywords and incorporate into a site that you have already made.
  
  I also provide a service where I take a client's site and find the most popular search terms that are related to the client's site. With this list of the most popular search terms I incorporate these popular search terms into the client's site (or I provide them with the list of popular search terms and they incorporate those popular search terms into their own sites themselves). I am also doing this for my own sites as well.
  
  You would probably be surprised and amazed at the number of people who are searching for the most simplest of terms and phrases. For example did you know that over 2 Million people typed in the word "adsense" in a search engine last month? That is a lot of people! Now since my blog is about being an Adsense Consultant I want to get as much of that traffic coming to this blog as possible! In fact I have noted here and on my The SEO Consultant Blog about how important it is to rank high in the search engines if you want more traffic to come to your site or blog. More traffic to your site (that has Adsense on it) means the more potential clicks you will get on your Adsense ads!
  
  Another search term that has had over 1 Million searches is the term "making money online". It seems that a lot of people are interested in being able to make money online. Now remember that these are search terms that are associated with my blog and since Adsense is one of the great ways to earn money online visitors may come to my site seeking more information about how to make money online since I mention how the Google Adsense program is a great way to be able to make money online.

So if your Adsense earnings are down Do something about it!

Is It Possible To Get A High Click Through Rate With Adsense?

Is it possible to get a high click through rate with an Adsense Ad? Just take a look at the screen shot below!

Here you see a click through rate of over 90% from one of my client's blogs!

So YES it is possible to get a high click through rate!

How Is My High-Paying Keyword List Working?

I posted this on my original Adsense Consultant blog:



It seems that there has been a little cosmetic change to your Adsense account!

It seems that Adsense has changed the way your Adsense account page looks. According to their blog they assure us Adsense publishers that these changes do not affect the way our Adsense earnings are calculated.

Did you already see this? If not, take a look at the screen shot below:



As you can see the top portion of the screenshot shows the way your Adsense page looked BEFORE Adsense changed it. The top of your adsense page used to say "Today's Earnings" but NOW it says "Today's ESTIMATED Earnings!

According to Adsense this change that they have made will not affect your Adsense earnings.

Basically what they are saying is that your adsense earnings aren't officially tabulated until your adsense earning numbers are verified (which usually occurs around the 10th of the next month before they send your Adsense payment).

I can honestly say that I have seen this happen on my own Adsense account where at the end of the month there will be an Adsense earning total but by the 10th of the next month that Adsense earning number has changed - in my case it changed to a higher number - thank goodness.

A more detailed explanation of this can be found on the official Adsense blog by clicking here.



But after posting this on my blog I noticed that I also got a screenshot of my Adsense earnings for earlier this afternoon so I decided to include it on this blog as well.

Mind you this is how much I have earned so far today!

I have been browsing some of the adsense-related message forums and have taken notice about how a lot of people have been posting about how bad their adsense earnings are getting. Some of the adsense publishers are experiencing very low adsense earnings so far this month (and some adsense publishers have even said that their adsense earning numbers were lower even before this month of December 2009!)

Going from my past blog posts I can honestly say that my adsense earning revenue has increase and I'm accounting that to the fact that I am using more higher-paying keyword content on my sites. Another thing that I'm doing is that I have made a list of the most used traffic search terms for my particular sites and I am also using those search terms in my sites so that will help increase the traffic to my sites.

Increased traffic to one's adsense site means more potential clicks on the Adsense ads which means more potential Adsense earnings!

I understand getting frustrated and / or angry about one's Adsense earnings being so low but if you want your Adsense earnings to increase you're going to have to do something about it - which is what I am doing for myself and for my clients as well!

High Paying Keywords - Do They Work? ABSOLUTELY!

High paying keywords - Do they really work? I'll let you judge for yourself!

Below you will see the results that I have gotten so far today:



As you can see from the screenshot above, I actually earned $3 for one click! (Actually it was over $3! for just one click!



I have been blogging lately about using more higher paying keywords into the content of my sites and it looks like it is working very well! $3 (over $3) for one click is a very, very good sign of a high paying keyword!

There is a second line where I earned over $1 for a single click on one of my Adsense ads too!

Higher paying keywords earn you more money per click!

I have been using some of the high paying keywords that I have on my own High Paying Keyword List and it looks as though it is working out very well!

Will We Get An Adsense Payment Before Christmas?

There's a very popular topic of discussion going on on one of the Google Adsense message boards. Someone asked the question of whether or not the Google Adsense publishers would be receiving their Google Adsense payments BEFORE Christmas. (The person that posted this message was anxious to start spending his Google Adsense money for Christmas)

Well the answer to that question is really hard to say! From my personal experience at being one of the Google Adsense publshers, I have received my Google Adsense payments before Christmas Day for the past 3 years! However it's been on different days and I really think that it depends on what the format of the month is. For instance I have received my Google Adsense payment as early as the 21st of December and as late as the 24th of December! It's really going to depend on the format of this December month.

Here are my own personal Google Adsense payment history statistics:

December 2006 my Google Adsense payment was issued on the 21st - which was quite early now that I think about it!

December 2007 my Google Adsense payment was issued on the 24th - one day BEFORE Christmas!

December 2008 my Google Adsense payment was issued on the 22nd of the month.

The format of December 2009 roughly is similar to December 2008 when I got my Google Adsense payment on the 22nd of the month. Notice that I say similar and not exact! Since the formats are not exact that could mean that the Google Adsense payment could come earlier or it could come later! And since the Adsense payment in progress process is so unpredictable this could also mean that we might get our Google Adsense payment AFTER Christmas - so it is really just too hard to say! - Sorry!