AdSense Reviews & Insights

Score6.9 out of 10

87 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Google AdSense are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Effective Monetization: Users appreciate that Google AdSense effectively monetizes websites, allowing them to earn money through displayed ads. This feature enables website owners to generate revenue consistently and sustainably.

High-Quality Inventory: Some users find Google AdSense offers high-quality inventory and various unobtrusive banner options, enhancing their websites without compromising user experience. The availability of premium ad content contributes to a more professional look for their sites.

Detailed Analytics and Reporting: Users like the detailed analytics and reporting provided by Google AdSense, making it easier for them to analyze performance and optimize ad content effectively. The comprehensive data insights empower users to make informed decisions regarding their advertising strategies.

AdSense Reviews

7 Reviews

Have been using Google AdSense for 18 years

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

January 22, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using Google AdSense for maybe 18 years as a monetization tool for my websites and web-based games. I used mostly banners on websites and on HTML5 games. I currently use Google AdSense less since most of my properties moved into mobile, and on mobile, I use Google AdMob, which is a mobile arm of Google AdSense as I understand it.

Pros

Google AdSense monetizes web sites
Google AdSense provides high quality inventory
Google AdSense provides a variety of unobtrusive options for banners

Cons

Google AdSense should monetize mobile applications
Google AdSense should monetize Mac native applications and games
Google AdSense should pay out more for a click for tier 1 countries traffic

Likelihood to Recommend

Google AdSense is well suited for old-school websites and HTML 5 games as it provides good quality inventory, a good match. At the same time, the banners are unobtrusive. Google AdSense is less appropriate in mobile app scenarios in native games and apps. Google AdSense is less appropriate and even forbidden on social networking sites such as Facebook and HTML5 games platforms.

Anatoly Lubarsky

Founder and lead developer in Research & Development at x2line (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

18 years of experience

Google AdSense is a foundational piece for any web monetization strategy

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 19, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Google AdSense will be used by my organisation within our checkout, hosted checkout, and dedicated booking platform to offer customers the opportunity to select ads that suit their travel requirements.

Pros

Targeted Advertising.
Ability to monitor click-through rate.
Control over ads displayed.
Smart algorithm to optimise relevant ad content.

Cons

Real-time monitoring of page views/clicks to allow rapid A/B testing.
Optimization by aggregating ad response results from competitors and or similar industry players.

Likelihood to Recommend

Google is pretty much a staple internet services provider. Therefore it would be commercially disadvantageous for any goods or services provider not to use it. The main thing is for any business to determine whether monetization of its web presence may undermine brand reputation or hurt direct sales

Verified User

Project Manager in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Best Way to Monetize Your Content

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 14, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Google Adsense is pretty straight forward and easy to use. It helps me monetize my website and helps make money on from my sites.

Pros

Earn Money
Monetize Website
Helps make your site better

Cons

Verifying First site is difficult
Reports are sometimes too thin
Data takes time to update
Sometimes not in real-time which should not happen

Likelihood to Recommend

It's simple to set up and run. Relevant ads show on pages for readers who would be interested in the ad. Google Adsense can be used to monitor your ads as well as Youtube and other Google earnings.

Garegin Baghdasaryan

Senior Digital Media Manager in Marketing at Apollo Interactive (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

9 years of experience

Simply the best way to monetize your website

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 12, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Google Adsense is unequivocally the largest and simplest way to implement ads on a website. I run a portfolio of websites and utilize the tools provided by AdSense to monetize every site. I can easily customize what type of ads, how often ads appear, and where ads appear on site (pop-up, sidebar, header, optimized within content). THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO MONETIZE YOUR WEBSITE.

Pros

Optimization and Experimentation
Ease of use
Detailed analytics and reporting

Cons

There is no app
UI changes frequently (but typically for the better)
Analytics can be challenging to configure

Likelihood to Recommend

If you own a small website with a general audience, [Google] AdSense is for you. If you have a larger website, and/or very niche subject matter on your site, finding individual partners to sell ads to generally can result in higher earnings. Adsense will pay you based upon impressions and clicks, typically individual partners will only pay for clicks in my experience.

Verified User

Employee (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

Google AdSense matters for Bloggers & Affiliate Marketers

Rating: 10 out of 10

November 13, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am making a blogging website teaching people all about affiliate marketing & blogging. So, I integrated Google AdSense with my website to post some Ads that return a profit to me. However, maybe it's not enough way to make a passive income. But, It definitely useful and for some niches like trends, Google Adsense becomes superior and you can make a real passive income. Moreover, Google AdSense solved a lot of problems in comparison to other companies, because they are very aware of fake traffic and forwarded bots. Besides, they check and stop unwanted ads from being shown to the public especially when it comes to sexual ads or racism.

Pros

Excellent Ads type and useful content
Excellent follow up and analytics
Secure your particular ads by following the plagiarism bloggers who steal your content. It happens to me and Google AdSense aware about these thief's by tracking my Google Adsense particular ad code
Excellent revenue for the bloggers who are honest about their content

Cons

I would if Google AdSense changed the auto-ads functions, especially when it comes when someone opens a new tab. The full-screen Ad is annoying.
To make the joining protocol much easier and to be more specific about the rejection reason.
For mobile apps, I would like if Google AdSense to return the Mobile app's revenue to their website
We need a mobile app for Google AdSense, I have no idea why it was removed

Likelihood to Recommend

It's perfect for bloggers and affiliate marketers to show some related ads to the readers and benefit both; bloggers and readers. Moreover, Google AdSense is perfect to make the community aware of all available products and services that existed near them. But, Google AdSense becomes less appropriate when it allows hundred of Ads shown on one single page which make it a cheap market and unorganized web pages.

Mouath Al-azzeh

Owner, Blogger & Affiliate Marketer in Customer Service at Marketingova (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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Use Adsense to Increase Your Income!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 12, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Google AdSense has worked extremely well in different situations throughout the evolution of my website over the past decade. It has been a great way to increase my revenue and continues to be a reliable source of income.

Pros

It is easy to implement.
It provides consistent income.
Ads require little to no upkeep once coded into my website.

Cons

I would like to see the automatic ad placement be improved.
Specific platform integrations (Squarespace, e.g.) would be useful.

Likelihood to Recommend

I think [Google] AdSense is actually suitable for just about any website. I find that even tagging ads to, say, footers is a great way to unobtrusively deliver some inoffensive advertising to increase revenues.

Shawn Dehner

Real Estate Investor at Small House Catalog (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

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Superb Detailed Ad Unit Platform

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 6, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Google AdSense to track how much we are making off ads on two sites and a YouTube channel. The two sites comprise a blog with educational articles and an e-commerce store that sells digital goods to designers. The e-commerce brand has a Youtube video were we post tutorials for designers and also acts as a traffic channel to funnel watchers to the store.

Pros

Ability to add responsive ads
Optimization tips to increase your earning
Revenue tracking over different periods of time

Cons

A breakdown of how much you made on YouTube vs website ads
Underpayments to transactions--the ending balance can be confusing
Not much explanation or opportunity to use matched content and native content ads

Likelihood to Recommend

Google AdSense is suited to scenarios where you want to keep track how much revenue you are making from multiple ad units on multiple sites. Each ad unit can be isolated to understand how much it's bringing in and whether or not it's beneficial to keep it running. Testing of different sized ad units is covered by the platform. It is not useful if you want to know the breakdown revenue of different ad units from YouTube.

Verified User

Team Lead in Engineering (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience