So let's get started...
1. Go to the application page...
https://www.google.com/adsense/application-1
2. You will receive an e-mail requesting confirmation. Confirm it.
3. Google evaluates your site (the Google spider comes first, and then perhaps a human for borderline cases – but I think Google wouldn’t rely on 100% of algorithm).
4. If you are accepted, usually occurs within 24 hours. At this point , you will receive your login information.
5. Logon to your account and read the AdSense Terms and Conditions agreement...
Please understand it before agreeing to it, because your relationship with google is too valuable.
Here are some other key points :
* no other content-targeted advertisement(s) on the same Web page where an Ad Unit or any Ad is displayed
* no ads on search results page, error pages, thank you pages, chat pages
see Prohibted Uses paragraph in Google AdSense Terms
* no messing with Google's code -- just copy-and-paste
* no cutting out "Google the middle man"
* the FAQ (now called AdSense Support) is considered part of agreement...
https://www.google.com/support/adsense
* no tricks/no cheating
* you cannot divulge results publicly (except for the size of your payments, you may reveal the size of your
check publicly, as of March/2005)
AdSense Support is Google's name for their FAQ and the official home of AdSense Support. They pull "AdSense Support" onto one printable page, which they still call the FAQ...
https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/index.py?fulldump=1
And if you worry about privacy issues, don't miss this...
https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/topic.py?topic=146
AdSense Payments are made 30 days after the end of each month if your balance is over $100. The payments section is now located in the "My Account" tab in your AdSense control panel.
Here is the Payment Guide for getting paid...
https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/topic.py?topic=136
6. It's time to agree to the Google AdSense Online Standard Terms and Conditions.
7. Place your ads on your page(s) by copying and pasting the AdSense code.
Want to get off to a quick start, now, and fine-tune later? Click here for Google's Quick Start Guide.
Full technical details for implementing this are at... https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/topic.py?topic=157
Basically, you can put Google's Search box on your site. You get paid when people click on the Google AdWords that are shown in the Search Results page. The overview for "AdSense for search" is at...
https://www.google.com/adsense/ws-overview
But please notice that you are not allowed to alter their code... https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=10001&topic=158
Other details are at...
https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/topic.py?topic=144
8. Now You can start earning.
9. Check the Reporting stats. You can log into your account and view:
* Impressions: The number of times Google's ads have been displayed on your Web page.
* Clicks: The number of times an ad is clicked.
* Click-Through Rate: The percentage of times an ad is clicked, out of the total number of
impressions.
* Your earnings.