Can someone explain how google Adsense works? Cost, productivity, success rates?

[Jake]

Brief basics:

You pick the ad unit configuration and placement, Google populates them with ads that best match the content of your site, ad publishers can hand pick the sites as well. Adsense has a relatively high $100 min paying, you should assume it will take tens of thousands of visitors to earn that, the actually earnings vary depending on the subject matter of site. In the U.S. they pay by check or bank deposit. Accounts routinely get shut down if evidence of click fraud is found. There is no sign up fee.