Comments on: Tips that helped me increase my Google AdSense CTR

By: JA

JA — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:53:50 +0000

I used most of these tips on my website Scrabulous- where users can play Scrabble online. However I am yet to see any growth

By: XhacK

XhacK — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:51:56 +0000

hi
i dont have a blog yet but i`ll have one this week
i want to be the first lebanese blogger just like liew
i definitely agree with Andrew Grant about the date Icon!!
it`s really cool and drawing the readers eye to the adsense..
ur goal is to try to make ur visitor look to ur Ads,maybe trying to blending ur ads inside the LONG article is a good idea too.
hope to be friends..and keep the good work!!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:18:35 +0000

Yes, blending is a very good idea. That’s exactly what I’ve done a little while ago and the CRT has increased significantly.

When blending I use the text-only ads with colour scheme that is identical to the website theme, so the ad looks almost as part of the article.

I might try the other colour schemes just to see if ’standing-out’ will change CTR in any direction, but blending them in was the best thing I did.

By: Andrew Grant

Andrew Grant — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:16:35 +0000

“Maybe I should try to blend the Ads into the content instead of putting it at the top.”

I think that would be a good idea. If you use Wordpress’s ‘more’ tag then on the article page you could use that to split the post into two with the ads between them.

You could also look at placing the adverts somewhere in the sidebar, so they run alongside the text of the post.

By: JohnTP

JohnTP — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:06:01 +0000

Kevin – Regular readers mostly skip Ads (Ad Blindness). So you should try to rotate colors. You may also give ‘Adsense Injector’ a try.

Andrew Grant – Maybe I should try to blend the Ads into the content instead of putting it at the top.

Innovation Zen- For me the Ads on top of the content on every single post page performs the best. Link Units performs well too.

Amey jahagirdar- Besides Adsense, I use Text Link Ads

By: listikal

listikal — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:03:59 +0000

Thanks for the tips. I avoid putting ads on my homepage and I took the advice of the first comment and put ad links and a small banner just above my comments section.

By: Amey jahagirdar

Amey jahagirdar — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 05:24:24 +0000

hey i have followed ur post and it seems interesting to me.
afterall we run blosite to earn some money.

besides do u follow any extraa services besides adsense to earn money

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:42:21 +0000

yeh i struggled with this getting only about 0.25% ctr for ages which was so gutting so i searched around and found some very good tips. I tried putting the images next to the adsense box which worked well. Also messing around with colours worked well one colour almost doubled the ctr compared to every other colour. So i would recommend playing around with that trying a different colour everyday and seeing which one works best. I would also give this Increase adsense revenue guide a read as overall i felt it was very effective and had some other good tips. Cheers for the great post.

By: esofthub

esofthub — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:54:40 +0000

John, I’m going to try a couple of your suggestions.

But I think a lot of my problems deals with legacy Blogger. Their servers are hit really hard in the morning hours. I’m thinking about moving to Wordpress. A friend of mind has and he noted increased performance.

I’m just learning how to tread in this blogging space (1.5 months) — but that’s another problem.

By: Innovation Zen

Innovation Zen — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:03:39 +0000

John, have you tried link adsense units? like the ones you place on the sidebar. People tend to say that they perform best, or almost equal the squares, what is your take on them?