Click. That's the sound of found money.

Another check is being electronically distributed by Google to a website owner or blogger, in return for hosting Google ads. The monthly stipends can range from hundreds of dollars to many thousands.

Folks who make their living from Internet search converged last week on Silicon Valley to attend the Search Engine Strategies conference and celebrate the rollicking "search economy" at a party at Google headquarters with massive food and karaoke contests.

The red-hot growth of online social networks such as MySpace and video clip sites — YouTube shows 100 million videos daily — is playing a major part in fueling the growth. Both sites run ads from Google.

Read the USA Today article on Google Adsense at http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/2006-08-13-google-search_x.htm.