What determines whether or not I get paid for Google Adsense?

Question

I show in my Google Adsense account that I have had clicks on the ads that are displaying on my site. However, it's showing that my estimated earnings are $0.00. What determines whether or not I get paid for an ad when it is clicked on? I thought every time someone clicks on an ad I have displayed, I get paid for it. Is this not true?

Answer 1

Yes, and no. Google Adsense add's up every time somebody clicks one of your ads. however you need to maintain your website constantly because the only way you can get paid is to reach $100+ in total estimated earnings. If your website is under $100 in revenue then google will not pay you. However, the good thing is that the monthly earnings stick with you until you can add up to $100.



Getting to $100 isnt as hard as everybody says it is. I just got out of school for winter break and started a website in 2 weeks. google adsense was up on my website for 5 days and I got almost $300. So.. if you advertise well and earn enough traffic over time you will easily see a rise in your estimated earnings.



Here's my blog that I will be posting everyday about my website and the updates on my adsense revenue, you should check it out. http://myfirstwebsitestory.blogspot.com/

good luck on your website !



oh and this is my website that I just started-> www.ohmydrama.net

Answer 2

Google Adsense pays publishers based on the number of clicks and/or page impression they have.



The best way to increase your Adsense revenue is to have a consistent number of users or views.



Try to get 100 viewers per day and gradually increase. You may want to invest in adverting and a professional website designer.



Edit: for every click or so, you profit a fraction of a cent

Answer 3

If Google pays you $600 or more for this, they will send you a Form 1099-MISC. Regardless of whether they do or not, you still claim this as income. In most cases this would be classified as "Other Income" and would go on line 21 of Form 1040. If you're actually running a business and this is part of the business operations, you'd add it to your gross receipts and you'd wind up paying self-employment taxes on it as well as the income taxes. Form 1098-T is used by schools to report tuition that you paid them. It has nothing to do with your situation here.