You just checked your Google Adsense account and realized that you earned .42 cents this week. You have followed the steps in that $50 e-book you just purchased, but have not achieved any remarkable results.

Over the last several weeks I have reviewed a number of resources and articles on Google Adsense. What I have discovered is there is a lot of money to be made with Google Adsense. The million dollar question is how?

Before I continue, for those who are not familiar with Google Adsense -- Google’s definition of Google Adsense is: AdSense is an advertising program run by Google. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text and image advertisements on their sites. These ads are administered by Google and generate revenue on a per-click basis. Google utilizes its search technology to serve ads based on website content, the user's geographical location, and other factors.

Viewing many of the forums on Google Adsense, I noticed a recurring theme: many of the Adsense advertisers are not making a lot of money.

Here are three things you can do today to increase your Adsense income.

1) Add Fresh Content

Simply developing a website and advertising it in the search engines is not enough to get the quality traffic you will need to increase your Adsense income. To be successful in Google Adsense marketing you must develop websites that contain focused and fresh content: articles, audios, videos, etc. Develop your website around a niche area/topic.

2) Write an article every day related to the topic of your website.

If you are not comfortable writing articles or making audios or videos regarding your website you can always outsource this task to a ghost writer. Elance.com is one of several resources you can use to hire a writer to create content for your website.

So, what keywords should you target for maximum profit? Most of the terms will be in very competitive markets. Your goal is to locate a niche market and use words unique to that market.

3) Link Up

Back links to your site is probably the most important step you can do in increasing traffic to your website. Unfortunately, many people skip this step because it can be tedious.

A back link is a link from someone else’s website. Back links are extremely important if you want your website to rank high in the search engines. Search engines use the number of quality back links to determine your ranking in the search engine. The more high quality sites that link to you, the higher your ranking.

You can check to see how many sites are linking to you at http://www.searchbliss.com/seo-tools/google-backlinks.asp. This site will search for all websites who are linked to you. Now, this can be done for free, but I should warn you: it can be tedious. There are several great resources you can use to automate your back linking process.

Make it a priority to add something new to your website daily; watch your traffic and Adsense income grow.