tools for AdSense

If you're just getting on the AdSense train, and are looking for a quick way to make profits that you've seen being pulled all over the internet, then you might be interested in some of the tools.

These software tools are designed to help AdSense publishers get a better understanding of the flow of traffic from their sites. Some will help you understand which keywords make you more money and which places give you the best AdSense pay-outs.

One of the best such tools available is AdSense Gold (http://www.profitbooks.com/go/astracker) which allows you to better

understand which ads and formats actually get more clicks and which are useful or almost useless.

The program works by tracking views and clicks on all of the publisher's pages. It even offers you the possibility to see which referrer each visitor came through.

It sits in the tray and provides real AdSense statistics as soon as you hover your mouse over its icon. This is a great tool for those who want to know how their AdSense is performing at all times of the day.

Google provides you the statistics in a csv format on their site. So, someone made a tool that can download such files automatically and extract a lot of information from them. The name of this tool is CSV Ad Stats and it is available at http://www.nix.fr/en/csvadstats.aspx?q=download.

It has a large number of features, including the possibility of highly customizing the reported statistics, exporting data and charts to other formats. It is in French but the language can be changed to English very easily.

Of course, any tool can access these statistics in as little as 15 minutes, but the authors are well aware of this fact and none of these tools will get you in trouble with Google.

If, however, you are browsing content most of the time, and your tool of choice is the Firefox Internet browser, there is an extension for this program that allows you to view statistics in your status bar.

Again, this software is aware of and enforces use of Google's 15-minute rule, the minimum time between updates being 15 minutes. Google AdSense Notifier for Firefox http://code.mincus.com/?p=3 . can be obtained from

There is also a program called Golden Keywords that helps you find the best keywords for your site. It is really efficient and very easy to use. It comes with a price tag, though it costs $49.95 and can be obtained from http://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=8616-2.

So, as you can see, software developers are creating more and more programs to help you in your quest to maximize your AdSense profits. But before you go looking for them, remember that Google has some features of its own.

It provides some reports (albeit a bit more limited) and using the 'Channels' feature is a good way to find out which ads on your site are really bringing in the most revenue.