I'm sure I'm going to ruffle more than a few feathers with this article, but in my opinion, any business that sells a product or a service shouldn't have Adsense on their website. Why? Because with Adsense, you're promoting your competition, that's why.

If you've been using the Internet for any length of time, you've no doubt heard the term "contextual" marketing. But what exactly is contextual marketing? Well, a prime example of contextual marketing would be Google's Adsense - those little ads you see running on so many websites these days. The problem with Adsense however is that it places intrusive advertising on your website, which is a huge turn-off for many people.

So you want to make money with Google Adsense? I don't blame you, who doesn't want residual income! This article will show you how to better optimize Google Adsense to make more money from your web site(s).

Before we get into it, learn more about Google Adsense here:
http://www.google.com/services/adsense_tour/

First and foremost is: Positioning

Where you position your Adsense link boxes and banner ads is extremely important. Trying to make money from the bottom of your pages within your website just won't cut it. You need to add your Adsense links right in the heart of your template or right in the heart of your content. I would personally suggest both actually.

Adding Adsense in the heart of your template:

Getting paid for Adsense Ad clicks is a very popular monetization model for many website owners. There’s just one problem…most websites earn very little money from Adsense and their owners can’t seem to do much about it.