Thread: Need advice for adsense

Hi.

I have an website with a tool on it, and i have a very bad CTR on adsense ads, can you give me any advice, where i should place the ads for a higher CTR.

My website is: http://www.ipgp.net

It's just my opinion, but I think you should remove the adsense from the middle of the page. They clutter up the page and it's difficult to see the tool.

Put them down the left side, under the nav menu. Throw another large billboard at the very bottom of the page (an exit click).

You could also try some affiliate programs aimed at webmasters, if that's who your tool is intended to attract. If it's intended for average home users, then a Tiger Direct affiliate banner above the bottom of the page might do OK.


...One more thing to remember. If your website is targeted at webmasters, then your adsense ads will do horribly. Webmasters don't click adsense ads very often. Offer it at the very bottom of the page, as an exit, but don't expect a lot of clicks.

There is not much you can do, placement looks fine, you could try ads that stick out a bit instead of mixing in so much, maybe a border and background would work better!

I do agree with Zap, you need to get your tool above the fold so it is not all ads!

What SS said is right, too.


Basically, the tool is hard to find when looking at the page. Work on that first and concentrate on making the tool constantly better. That will help with visitors.

thank you for your answers, only one question, under the nav menu, it's better to use ad or link units ?

wow! you have placed ads all around the site. i think its better if you can make the site a bit interactive with plenty of features. relevant contents gives a high CTR

Originally Posted by thedark

thank you for your answers, only one question, under the nav menu, it's better to use ad or link units ?

I would use links and try to make them look like the links in the nav menu as much as possible.

But, I think you might be spending too much time on adsense for that website. If the website is aimed at webmasters, then they're not going to click on adsense ads very often. There are affiliate programs that would do much better on that website, like the aviva directory affiliate program or the v7n directory program.

Aviva pays you $20 for each sale that you refer. It could take you 6 months or more to make that much with adsense ads.

Originally Posted by Zap

I would use links and try to make them look like the links in the nav menu as much as possible.

But, I think you might be spending too much time on adsense for that website. If the website is aimed at webmasters, then they're not going to click on adsense ads very often. There are affiliate programs that would do much better on that website, like the aviva directory affiliate program or the v7n directory program.

Aviva pays you $20 for each sale that you refer. It could take you 6 months or more to make that much with adsense ads.

exactly! webmasters aren't attracted to adsense links

You should blend the ads more in to your site. And the ad formats are not the best to. Try the horizontal ad unit. Thats the best.