You’ve probably seen sites that ad pictures next to their AdSense ads (like on Letsworkonline.com) Those ads seem to get more clicks then just the plain text ads. Google has now noticed this as well and is using the same strategy on the AdSense ads. Have a look at these two I noticed at Digital Point:
the usual ads:
and the new one with picture added by google:
If you check out AdSense Help Centre on a regular basis you probably know already, if not you should check it out, the Optimization Tips page has been greatly improved, giving you tips on how to select the best color palette, ad placement and ad formats to use for optimal AdSense performance and maximum profit on your website.
Not every AdSense ad makes the same amount of money, it seems that the first ads displayed on your site make the most money per click, with my current sitedesigns these are the first ads displayed on the page. So what if the bottom ads on your site get more clicks? You want the highest paying ads to be in the location of your site where the most clicks occur. By using CSS to design your site you can do this, with CSS you can put the bottom ads in the top of your website source which will cause Google to display the high paying ads in the bottom of your website. I’ve started redesigning my sites with CSS, it is a lot of work and people wont see the difference when visiting my site, I however hope to see some difference in my AdSense income after the redesign.
The lack of traffic lately is not only because I have not done much promoting these last couple of months. Talking to fellow webmasters it seems that their traffic has gone down as well. Quite logical if you think about it: the weather has been too good to sit at home browsing the web. Schools are done for this year and people are going away to enjoy their much earned vacation. Time for me to sit in the sun with a notepad and a couple of beers, thinking up new ways to get those clicks in!
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Submitted by The C Channel Much is being said about Google’s right to delete someone’s link at their own discretion. There are two views to the argument, of course. There are those who say that Google has no right to withdraw a listing without prior notice or help to get back in the list. There are the others who question anyone’s imposition in being listed with Google and applaud Google’s antics that have been implemented to ring out spam sites. But the fact of the matter is that many webmasters are almost 100% dependant on Google’s search results. Isn’t this dangerous? You’ve placed all your eggs in a single basket and now they’ve all broken. Is Google to blame? The argument heated up when a well-established English site was delisted. Nothing seemed to be out of place, no SEO tricks were being used and in fact one of its backlinkers was the BBC itself, who vigorously checks and rechecks a site prior to allowing a backlink. So what happened? Nobody knows. Google won’t say. If your site is taken out of Google’s lists, its pointless to complain or to demand clarification. They will only tell you why such a decision was made if they feel like it. ‘Do no evil’ - this is the motto the company swears to live by, in case anyone’s forgotten. |
It’s been a while since I’ve added an entry to this blog, the reason for this is that I’ve been without an internet connection for a while. Anyways I’m back online again and want to keep you updated om my AdSense adventure.
The past few months my AdSense revenue has been rather poor, the lack of promoting my sites has become noticable in my AdSense revenue faster then expected. It’s time to add some new content to all of my sites, there must be some content for most of them in the 50,000 articles I’ve purchased…
Being without an internet connection for some months has also filled my mailboxes up, appart from the usual spam I also found a lot more new articles in my maibox. Adding an article submission form to one of my article sites seems to have paid off, now all I have to do is read thru them (all 1,800 of them!) to see which ones I can use…