Google Organizes Adsense Hangout For Bloggers And Website Publishers In Africa

Google organized a Hangout session on ‘getting started with AdSense’ for bloggers and website publishers in Africa. The event which streamed live last Tuesday sought to explain to the digital publishing community the immense opportunities for using Google’s AdSense. The Hangout session aired concurrently in Accra, Lagos, Johannesburg and Nairobi. The digital publishing community in the selected countries gathered at designated centers to interact and watch the session.

In Ghana, the watch party gathered at Impact Hub Accra and Ispace for the 60 minute Hangout session which streamed live amid light refreshment. The event was purposed to accelerate digital publishing businesses in Africa by helping publishers understand how Google’s AdSense works. Patrons were exposed to how to set up AdSense, and other techniques for attracting and increasing unique visitors to blogs and websites.

Interacting with patrons after the event, it was apparent that the hour long session was very impactful. Justice , a blogger indicated that the session has offered him the necessary information to begin making money from his new blog.

Naomi, who represented Ashleyandgrey, a tourism website (underdevelopment) also, stated that the hangout session served as a useful reminder of some of what she already knew about AdSense. “It also gave me a lot of choice on how to attract clients”, she added.

‘Getting started with AdSense for publishers in Africa’ comes at a time that the African continent is ripe with bloggers and website publishers seeking to profit from their passion. Internet access is also expanding speedily on the continent and the connection quality continues to improve as some countries 24 countries already have access to 4G-LTE services.

The hangout session was also privately available to interested publishers who registered for the event. A recorded version of the session is also available for viewing on YouTube .

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