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100% Google AdSense: Tools, Tips andResources

March 19th, 2009 inDeveloper's Toolbox|

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By Glen Stansberry and Smashing Magazine Editorial Team

Google AdSenseis a simple and low-risk way for publishers to quickly monetize their content. The pay-per-click adsystem has created an opportunity for anyone to instantly have advertising on their website, without the hassle of havingto actively sell ad space. AdSense makes up a good portion of the advertising revenue for many websites, and other websites may use AdSense to earn the bulk of their revenues. Either way, AdSense is an excellent system for monetizingyour content.In this post we present an

ultimate collection of resources, tools and tips to help you make the most out of GoogleAdSense

. Among other things, this post covers various Google AdSense tools, Firefox-extensions, WordPress-pluginsand related resources. Please feel free to suggest related tools in the comments to this post. You may also be interested inour postGoogle AdSense: Facts, FAQs and Toolsthat was published two years ago.

1. Google AdSense Tools

iPhone AdSense Statistics ApplicationSenseApp is a program that lets you track your Google Adsense earnings on your Apple iPhone.

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AdSense Earnings ToolFree and fast tool to monitor adsense earnings in realtime. This tool posts all the correct post fields to Googles universalAccount Services login and collects information about your earnings. You’ll able to see today, yesterday, this month andsince last payment earnings. You don’t need to log in to Google anymore.Google AdSense ToolboxType any web page URL (e.g. cnn.com) or keywords (e.g.

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), select a country (optional) and hit Enter tosee the latest Google Ads that are contextual and geo-targeted.Google AdSense Preview Toolan addition to the right-click menu for Windows Internet Explorer 6.x, allowing you to preview the ads that may showon any webpage. With just a few clicks, you can see what ads may appear on your new webpages, or make an educateddecision on whether to add AdSense to your existing site pages.Google Search-Based Keyword ToolThe search-based keyword tool allows you to find high-paying keywords to target, based on the domain name youspecify.

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Google Traffic Estimator The Google Traffic Estimator is an easy way to determine the search volume of certain keywords, and it shows relatedkeywords and their volumes as well.SpyFuSpyFu allows you to look up any website and see how much it is spending on AdSense, how it ranks for each keyword,and which keywords it buys. The tool is quite useful for researching competitors.adsblacklistIdentify and block low-paying advertisers and increase ROI with AdSense.

2. Google AdSense Online Tools

Contextual Ads Preview/Comparison ToolThis comparison tools comes in handy when you compare AdSense ads to those of other advertisement services(Chitika, Yahoo). You also have the ability to customize the colors and view what ads a certain URL would be likely todisplay.