There are so many tutorials for google adsense out there, selling books and videos for over 500$!!!
Is there really a strategic way to setup google adsense other than keywords on your site and position?

I see no other concept or how it can be more than a 30 min session for google adsense and yet there are so many sellers on how to get up to a 1000$ a week on google adsense. Are there any REAL secrets to google adsense?

Yes, There have a Secret, That is "Analyzing".
The best analyzer is your brain....
see the ideas and successfull things on ALL OVER NET...
See The FaceBook/Orkut/Digg/PlentyOfFish/ShoeMoney/MySpace/Yahoo/Google

See how Peoples have hit the mountain of INTERNET

Content is king - it's that simple!

Real adsense secret :
the SECRET IS TRAFFIC. Try to increase your blog/site traffic..Remember as more as u get traffic, as more as u get money. I read in DigitalPoint forum, a man who has more than 400k unique visitors per month earns more than $10k monthly with adsense..

according to me one of biggest secret of google adsense could be
1.unique content
2.traffic generation
3.better page rank
4.proper google advertising

Originally Posted by listauto

Are there any REAL secrets to google adsense?

No. It's all about numbers. Let's pretend that on average 2% of your visitors click on your Adsense. There are only three ways you can increase your earnings.

1. Increase that 2% so a greater proportion of your visitors click. You can do this by blending your ads better, for example.
2. Increase your traffic so that the 2% represents a greater number of visitors. You can do this with promotion.
3. Increase the amount each click on your Adsense is worth. The average amount you get per click can depend on the niche. Some niches pay more than others.

Any increase in earning will be attributable to changing one of the above factors.

Define your goal at the very first beginning: Content, traffic, link popularity. Then work toward this goal at consistent pattern. It may take a long time. So patience is pivotal. No short path, but perseverance and hard work indeed.

Originally Posted by HussainGardezi

Yes, There have a Secret, That is "Analyzing".
The best analyzer is your brain....
see the ideas and successfull things on ALL OVER NET...
See The FaceBook/Orkut/Digg/PlentyOfFish/ShoeMoney/MySpace/Yahoo/Google

See how Peoples have hit the mountain of INTERNET

lol good reply indeed!

Agree with littlewhite - there are no short cuts (unless you happen to think of the next ebay/google/twitter/youtube idea), if you do take shortcuts you are highly likely to lose your account!
Cheers
Dickie Boy