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5 Quick AdSense Tips

Posted on May 28th, 2007 in Adsense by Scott

Want to kick your AdSense up a notch?  Make sure you are following these tips

1) Blended Ads - Ideally your ads should be so unobtrusive that the reader doesn’t even know that they are their, but their mouse is magically drawn to point and click.  But in all seriousness if your ads look different than their surroundings (i.e. border or different background) than you are losing money.

2) Ads Placement Hot Spots - In order to get people to click on your links, you need to place your ads where people will see them.  For a blog that tends to be one of three places, either Above the content block, at the bottom of your post, or inside your post, like this.

3) Low Number Of Ads - Don’t over do the AdSense ads.  AdSense puts the highest paying ads on your site first.  The more AdSense blocks you have up, the less each one will pay on average.  If you limit yourself to only 1 AdSense block, you can maximize your revenue.

4) AdSense For Search - Consider replacing the regular search bar of on your site with a AdSense for search button.  AdSense for search can often pay more per click than your AdSense for content. Problogger does it, maybe you should think about it as well.

5) Look At Alternative Monetization Schemes - Although this post is supposed to be about optimizing AdSense, what you really care about is making the most money possible with your site.  AdSense can be one part of that, but it shouldn’t be your only method of making money.  What if AdSense decides to cut you off?  Can you recover?

5 Responses to '5 Quick AdSense Tips'

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  1. Solar Power said,

    on April 12th, 2009 at 6:47 am

    What percentage of users do you expect to click on an add?


  2. on July 27th, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    what you are saying is correct, but i think the ads should be attractive, it should be like that people say i should try this.


  3. on October 14th, 2009 at 9:07 pm

    HI,
    Anyone here using Adsense to generate some revenue? If so what tips might you have to get the most out of the program?


  4. on December 10th, 2009 at 9:07 pm

    I find one block above the fold and one other half way down the article is sufficient


  5. on January 29th, 2010 at 1:12 am

    Face it. You come to this article probably thinking to find some ways to cheat Google, or to confirm whether some method you have on mind will work. Well, if you want to know how to cheat AdSense, here are the ways, focusing on the AdSense click-frauds. These covers from basic AdSense cheating techniques to the advanced class.

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