Text or pictures help!

ogremagi · 03-05-2011, 05:33 PM

Hey guys and gals I just got an adsense account and I have a noob question that was tough to search for so here it is. I'm looking at doing the long horizontal leaderboard under the page header and possibly a medium rectangle per post. Now from what I've read, simpler the better which makes me think I should stick to the text only ads. But if I do the media rich ads, they look so much better to me. Can someone point me to some research on this topic? I've already seen the heat map of ad placement but I'd like some numbers on image vs text. Thank you!

yukon · 03-05-2011, 05:49 PM

You need to split test both, & see what works with your own site/traffic.

Give each one at least a week (min.) no matter If you lose clicks or not, this way you'll know long term what's best for your own site.

Tyler Abernethy · 03-05-2011, 07:19 PM

I agree with Yukon,

every type of site is best to be optimized in a different way

for example:
my girlfriend was looking at pictures of clothes on the internet, i noticed random PICTURE adsense that practically blended in with the dresses, but definitely would catch your attention if you were analyzing dresses.. i had a little chuckle but you get the point i hope

Text ads are usually the best though! especially on an informational site, because traffic is already reading (as in the dresses site they were already looking at pictures)

I put horizantal ads under the heading, along the right sidebar, and after the post.(typically unless its beautifully written they dont read anymore than one post)

Tyler Abernethy

P.S,
I would try not to crowd the ads to much

P.S.S
definetly do some split testing, but ^thats ^a good start for sure

03-05-2011, 05:33 PM	#1
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yukon SEO Strategist War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,532 Thanks: 355 Thanked 1,992 Times in 1,273 Posts	Re: Text or pictures help! You need to split test both, & see what works with your own site/traffic. Give each one at least a week (min.) no matter If you lose clicks or not, this way you'll know long term what's best for your own site.
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03-05-2011, 07:19 PM	#3
Tyler Abernethy Banned War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 333 Thanks: 12 Thanked 25 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Text or pictures help! I agree with Yukon, every type of site is best to be optimized in a different way for example: my girlfriend was looking at pictures of clothes on the internet, i noticed random PICTURE adsense that practically blended in with the dresses, but definitely would catch your attention if you were analyzing dresses.. i had a little chuckle but you get the point i hope Text ads are usually the best though! especially on an informational site, because traffic is already reading (as in the dresses site they were already looking at pictures) I put horizantal ads under the heading, along the right sidebar, and after the post.(typically unless its beautifully written they dont read anymore than one post) Tyler Abernethy P.S, I would try not to crowd the ads to much P.S.S definetly do some split testing, but ^thats ^a good start for sure