Google Adsence makes blogging a viable business venture

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Google AdSense is a program that enables website and blog owners to earn money  by showing Google adverts on their sites. This program makes blogging a viable business venture.

To benefit from this program, one has to have a blog or website that has content. Content could be stories, reviews, videos, photos, classified postings, news e.t.c

In this article,we take you though the basics of  setting up a blog, developing content for the blog and monetizing it or turning it into a business.


Domain name - the first step in setting up a blog
Setting up a blog begins with a  decision  on  what will be the domain name of your blog. The domain name is  visible unique identifier of your blog.I can equate  it to a business name.It will have an extension like .com .org .co.uk, .blogspot.com etc. It is you to choose which extension you want. “.com” is always recommended, although it is now never always available for most common names.


The Basic structure of online businesses - How people make money online




The internet has enormous business potential. According to the international Telecommunications Union, 3.5 billion people were using the internet in 2016. Yes 3.5 billion people. This presents a huge business  opportunity. If only 1% of this people bought into an  offer you put forward, you will be a billionaire.

People have rushed to take advantage of this as a result; there has arisen numerous blogs, e-book stores, affiliate networks, social communities, just but to mention a few. But many a lucrative niches still remain unexplored especially in developing countries where internet penetration is just picking up.