Savvy Affiliate

Google recently put out a warning on where not to place your ads.  They put out this warning because they are worried that ads in those locations will result in too many inadvertant clicks by users not realizing what they are doing.  If Google has too many clicks of that nature, they are likely to be sued for click fraud.  Again.

So if you can’t put the ads by flash games, by your navigation, or by downloads, what can you do?

By analyzing those locations, we can determine where you should put your ads.  Those three places are all likely to get clicks.  Too many clicks.  So where can you put your ads that is also likely to get clicks?  By Images

Flash games, downloads, and navigation bars all draw attention.  What else draws attention?   Images.  If you have any kind of images on your site, experiment with putting your ads beside them, above them, and below them.  Try putting the ads near the caption.  People will look at the image, read the ads and click on the images?

Some might say that this is violating the spirit of Google’s policies.  However, everyone is striving to increase their click through rates.  Placing the ads beside images is a perfectly legitimate way to try to do so.