I have heard that you can start a blog and make money by having ads on your blog. How does that work?

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It's so simple. What you need is register to an Advertising program, such as Google Adsense. Just register there (You need Google Account to register), tell how the money you receive (By Check or other...) Then, enter your blog/website address and you will receive an Advertising script. Just copy and paste that script to your website. Then, you need to wait for a moment, because Google will send a bot to check your website, to make sure your website is free from bad stuff. When it's finish, Google will activate your Adsense. You will see Ads right where you put the script on. Then, how it works is, how many time does the ads clicked. Remember! Only works 1 click for 1 Ip only. So, if you click so many times on the Ads, it only say that you click only 1 time. And, next, just see how much you will receive dollars for each click, or usually this method called "Pay-Per-Click"

dear its true that you can earn through the blogs.Google adsense and adbrite are very common ad providers which allow ads to each blogger or webmaster.But to earn you need a huge traffic.Huge traffic is tough task.which can come only through proper content and promotion of blog,to make quality backlinks.Its a very lengthy task.You can learn here easy way to earn through blogging.I hope that will guide you. http://moneyearnerblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/easy-way-to-earn-with-blogging.html

People generally use ads from Google Adsense. But you can't just have a blog with rubbish content and expect to get ads on it and leave it to let the money roll in. You need fresh interesting content all the time.

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