Adsense Tips

[Nomar]

First of all, follow the rules of adsense (don't get yourself banned)

Make sure you target your audience. A targeted audience will lead you to a higher CTR (click through rate) and will make you more money.

Try different adsense layouts, experiment with what works best with your site and audience

Make the site for real humans, don't make it for the search engines only.

And ofcourse, don't click your own ads.

If anyone has other usefull tips about using Adsense, please share

[Random Terrain]

Be sure to use the Competitive Ad Filter to block useless sites. I block ebay since their ads are always useless crap and I also block any sites that are not about the subjects on my site. If your page is about famous quotations, you don't want a bunch of insurance quote ads.

Although pages like the ones below can help in deciding where to put your ads, I have found that ad placement is a lot like fishing. Your favorite spot can dry up and you have to try different areas.

Where should I place Google ads on my pages?

Beyond the Click: Which online ads are the most effective? (Part 1)

Beyond the Click: Which online ads are the most effective? (Part 2)

The Best of Eyetrack III: What We Saw When We Looked Through Their Eyes

Eye-Tracking studies- Usability holy grail?

[Nomar]

Very good addons Random Terrain !! The eye tracking study is interesting

[J.D.]

Wow, yeah bigtime props to you for the bottom four links man.

Thanks, I'm going to read them now.

[hazephase]

thanks for the links will take a look at them later on , at the moment i am only here for some time

[rohit147]

Well i wanted to ask a question about adsense paid to download section. Can i ask members on my forum to just download the softwares through my google affiliate banners?

[Drew888]

When my CTR goes down I like to change it up. Maybe change colors to give it a different look than my visitors are used to. Move the ads to a different spot. If you are getting a lot of repeat visitors they will need to see something different. Once I change it it seems to pick up again. My blogs I don't have to change it too much they still do alright.

[Robbert]

If your CTR is down, you should check wether or not your visitors came from other places. When you get 75% of your visitors trough Search Engines, the most visitors come to your site, searching for something. Those visitors are more likely to click ads then your regular visitors.

Suddenly you get a link from a well visited site, tech savy, who are looking for info, and not for ads. Those visitors don't click your ads => CTR down.

First find out if the change in CTR is permanent. If not, don't change anything. If the change is permanent, try tweaking your ad-placement more.

[Rohitpatel]

Well if you read Google Rules and terms carefully than you don't need any good tips. But you need good tips for Ad placements because it is most imporatant factor to get clicks and earn money. If you have better ad placements than yout chance of earning goes high.

[jessica1]

Thanks for the links..... I think they all will be quite useful to me but yes, i must say that you need good tips for Ad placements.