Integrating Adsense in your website takes only a few minutes, along with a few clicks, and you can be on your way with one or more nicely integrated Adsense ads on your website, and making more money.

The first thing you need to do is go to http://www.google.com/adsense and either apply or log in. A page will appear presenting the Google Adsense Terms and Conditions, with which you must agree to, in order to proceed to the next step.

The report page gives you a detailed status on how your Adsense advertising is doing. This allows you to improve your site's contents and layout to maximize your earnings.

At the top of your page you have link to the setup section where you generate the code that will need to be pasted on your website, so that the Adsense banners will show up on your page.

You can also use the text ads, or a search box, or both. Your choice among these options depends on how users will navigate your site, and how much time you are willing to devote to your website, and website traffic. Of course sine you are reading this, then I am assuming that you are a "go getter", and willing to do what it takes to make that extra money.

There is a "My Account" tab which allows you to set up details concerning your account, payment and tax information. Be sure to fill in this section, or you won't be getting a check.

To add a text ad on your site, go back to the "Adsense Setup" tab and click the "Adsense for content" link. Make sure you have cookies enabled in your browser, or you may not get very far.

You can make a choice between ad units and link units. The former contain text and or images concerning a certain site for each unit, most with a detailed description, the latter only contain links to certain types. Of course, it may be hard to know which type you should use so you should probably experiment with both for a while before you decide. You can view an example of how the unit will look to the right of your page. Although, you may only use three ad units and one link unit on any given page.

The next step is to choose your add format and colors. You can basically select any color palette you choose. Google offers some of its own if you don't have the time or skill to create one. You can constantly view how the palette will look through the aid of an example.

Your ad formats are limited to a choice of eleven formats. "Ad Formats" link which takes you to a page that lets you see all of these in action, so you can decide best which one suits you best, however this can vary from website to website.

After you finish with customization, you can click "Continue" at the bottom of the page.

You are now presented with a section entitled "Adsense for Content". You can click anywhere in the text and that shows the JavaScript required to put adsense on your site. This will automatically select the text in the box.

You can then copy it and paste it into your pages directly. If you use dynamic pages, you should paste this code within your template so as to ensure that it gets displayed on any page of your website. Some advertisers choose not to display Adsense on every page.

Google Adsense crawlers will soon visit your site, making sure that the ads displayed are relevant to your site's content. Be sure to read all of the terms and conditions that Google has available to you as a web master.