How we earn money on a blog

As part of my assignment this week, I studied the different ways to advertise on Blogger to earn money. I found out quite alot about how the income is accumulated and how you would pay taxes on your ad income etc... I also fooled around with the Amazon widgets to discover you can make very custom displays of your products such as fancy bookcases with books for sale inside. I also discovered the product slideshow and I am posting that here with this article. Hope you enjoy. What is AdSense? AdSense enables you to earn money by placing targeted text and image ads on your blog. Google automatically chooses which ads to show based on your blog's content, and you earn money when visitors view or click on these ads. How do I earn money with AdSense? The main way of earning revenue with AdSense is by displaying Google ads on your site. With AdSense for content, these ads you display on your site can be either cost-per-click (CPC) or cost-per-thousand-impression (CPM) ads. For CPC ads, you'll generate earnings when your users click on the ads. For CPM ads, you'll generate earnings every time the ad appears to a user viewing your site. You can also generate earnings while enabling your users to search your site and the web. Your earnings will depend on a number of factors. • The type of ads appearing on your pages: By displaying ads with AdSense for content, you can display ads that are paid when users click them or when users view them. All ads compete in an ad auction, and our system automatically selects those which will generate the most revenue for you while ensuring a good user experience. • The pricing of ads appearing on your pages: Not all ads are priced the same, so factors such as changing advertiser budgets, your specific content, and the ads your users choose to click will cause your earnings to vary even from day to day. • How many AdSense products you use: You can earn from AdSense in many different ways -- by displaying ads on your webpages, by providing search to your users, by displaying ads in feeds, and more. Using more AdSense products will increase your potential earnings. The best way to find out how much you'll earn is to sign up and start showing ads on your webpages. There's no cost, no obligation, and getting started is quick and easy. Once you're a part of Google AdSense, you can see your earnings at any time by signing in and viewing your reports. You'll be able to see the total number of ad clicks, impressions, clickthrough rate, and your total earnings. This information will give you an idea of how well the program is performing for you and how much you can expect to earn over time in the program. AdSense for feeds places relevant ads into your feed's items. Google automatically chooses which ads to show based on your blog's content, and you earn money when visitors view or click on these ads. Advertising with Amazon Associates: Link to a specific product on Amazon and show some information about that product. The Product Links tool lets you build customized Text Links, Text and Image links, and Image only links to Amazon products. • Your links will include your Associate tag and you will be paid for qualifying revenues coming through this link. • Use Product Previews to enhance your Product Links. Banners Link to Amazon product categories and promotions using our stylish graphical banners. • Many standard banner sizes and shapes available. • Show special graphics for special Amazon promotions such as Back to School or Mothers Day. • Easy to add. • Earn referrals of up to 15% of sales. Site Stripe Site Stripe lets you build your Associates links right from any Amazon.com page. • Quick and easy link building while browsing Amazon. • Short-cuts to Associates news and reports. • Easy to configure. • Completely compatible with Product Links.