Is Google Adsense overrated?

There are so many ad network companies out there today that offers Pay per Click (PPC) and

Pay per Maximum Impression (PReM) ads services to publishers, such as Adsense, Media ads, Addynamo, Bidvertiser, Smowtion etc. as well as other similar companies offering related services such as Infolinks, Chikita, Luminate etc.

Amongst these ads networks providers one cannot doubt the fact that the most popular is Google Adsense which has been considered as the most trusted and also the company that pays its publisher better in terms of services rendered.

Adsense is virtually 10years old, but when Google Adsense is mentioned till now, there are lots of misconceptions surrounding it especially for those that knows just little or nothing about Adsense or better still for those that have not made use of it before. 

And one of those biggest misconceptions about Adsense is that at the mention of the name Google Adsense, webmasters that have not tasted it before always sees it as an indispensable treasure that is the easiest and fastest resource of making quick money online with. In fact they equate Adsense to cash flow.

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Those categories of people seek for Adsense account by all means even when they are denied approval several times by the almighty G, they keep on believing that the day they will eventually get Adsense approval, that their online financial cravings and worries will be all over and they will begin making cool cash.

But it is quite unfortunate and very disappointing that at the long run and in most cases those assertions are not what they eventually turn out to become even after Adsense approval. After getting Adsense approval, that is when the reality surfaces and they now know that not as a man thinketh that it always turns out to become.

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There are so many webmasters that have gotten Adsense approval both in the past and of late to serve Google ads on their blog/website, but have long abandoned their Adsense account while some now even offer their long time cravings for sale.

The taste of the pudding is said to be in the eating, I recently got testimonies from those that are just receiving their first ever pay check (Bank transfer) from Adsense after serving Google ads on their blogs for complete 5 years and not as if they decided to place their account on hold, but it was the time it took them to reach Adsense payment threshold which we know to be $100. For others, it took the 3 years while for some they got theirs after the first 365days.

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It was all these recent testimonies that I heard and have read that now made me pose the question on the topic today; Is Adsense overrated?

You should bear in mind that I am not posing this question or gearing this discussion to discourage in any way those that have not tasted Adsense and are still seeking for Adsense approval, but rather the picture that I am trying to paint here will give you a concrete insight of what really to expect as you plan your journey towards becoming Google ads publisher. “Remember to be fore warned is to be fore armed”.

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There are no doubt too that there are webmasters out there that are really hitting it big with Adsense, and as I write this, the single person that just pops up my mind is the CEO and the brain behind Digital Inspiration in the person of Indian Amit Argawal, and there are so many out there like him.

These categories of people making it real big with Adsense I must tell you did not just have a mere misconception of Adsense  even without Adsense account at onset, but rather their Adsense successes were as results of them having perfect understanding of what they really needed to be doing even before making use of Adsense. And again apart from having full understanding it was also as a result of maximum work input that have lingered over time.

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So now you see that the difference between you and them is that for them, they already know what to do, what they want and where they are heading to even without Adsense, but for you even with Adsense already at hand, you still don’t know what to do with it simply because you failed to fix up your home long before you got Adsense approval. 

Little wonder many dump their Adsense account and even end up quitting blogging at the long run when the money fails to come within short period of Adsense implementation. Do manner still fall from heaven? “Quitters never win and winners never quit”

Finally, even as Adsense being seen as far better resource of making money with than those other ads network providers above, Adsense is by no means or in any way tantamount to financial freedom or cash flow. Unless you put maximum effort to what you are doing out there online and bear in mind of time factor and also with high level of patience just as most offline job, you will not make a living with Adsense.

If you think Adsense is overrated, let hear your own opinion down the comment box section.