50 USD Reward for review and tips that help increase my CTR

[nicolasc]

hi,

i have a website with decent traffic but terrible ctr. if you help me redo my ad placement which leads to an increased ctr i will pay a 50 usd reward.

the url is: www aidboard com

thanks
nicolas

[aygabtu]

Are you sure there are ads on there? Sheesh, that page is so busy, I had to search for your ads. You should put a banner ad under your menu and before your content. Also put a vertical banner ad down the right side. I think you also need to reduce the clutter a bit. You want people to notice your ads and google wants that too. Google doesn't like when ads match the content too much because they dont want the users to think they are clicking on a link to your page when it is actually an ad.

Also, your ad at the top of the page, is all the way to the right on my screen. You need it centered with the rest of your page.

Anyway, if you want an example of ad type and placement, check out this page: metric conversions I'll post where you can send the $50 later.

[nicolasc]

hi

they really that hard to find?

dont send me pms, cause i cannot answer them yet, need 50 posts first.

thanks
conte

[aygabtu]

That is my opinion, hopefully you get some feedback from others.

[areoo]

Hey it's very easy .... You need am overhaul ... Your website just attracks more on the right side ... This means that ... People tend to look more on the right than on your left where you ads are placed at ... You only get clicks when visitors find that the ads are more interesting than the pictures on the right ... What i would suggest is .. The remove the pictures ... And place a banner on the top and an ad on the right ... Sky scrapper maybe ? Then male your ads more appearing ... And not dead ... If you don't get what I mean... Just hit me back ... I will be glad to explain more ...

[areoo]

I have a lot of spellin errors ... Do forgive me I'm using a phone not a pc right now

[nicolasc]

Originally Posted by areoo

Hey it's very easy .... You need am overhaul ... Your website just attracks more on the right side ... This means that ... People tend to look more on the right than on your left where you ads are placed at ... You only get clicks when visitors find that the ads are more interesting than the pictures on the right ... What i would suggest is .. The remove the pictures ... And place a banner on the top and an ad on the right ... Sky scrapper maybe ? Then male your ads more appearing ... And not dead ... If you don't get what I mean... Just hit me back ... I will be glad to explain more ...

Thanks for that reply. Pls elaborate

Banner in the top? i got on next to the logo
remove pictures? you mean the small logo in the job listings on the left side?

thanks
nicolas

[areoo]

Hey man, I realize there is an ad on top of the logo ... What I would suggest is to.. Remove thT and place your logo on top... Then you have a slideshow banner on the right side too right ? I believe if you place your adds there instead of the banner it would generate at least 50% of your clicks.. That's the main attraction so it would catch the eye of the visitor..

The job listing with pictures on the right ? Are those affiliate links ? If they aint they I would suggest you move them to the left ... Limit them as well ... Because currently the main attraction is all the colorful pictures ...

Place an add on the right side ... Therefore only having two ads per page ... On the left side of the page is strictly for content ...

You can also ad ads on the bottom
Of the page if you want ... You may never know who clicks them


Let me know what you think or if you need me to explain .. I shall pass you my email add when I am home

But good luck hope it helps

[outwest]

Why are there so many banners on the site? its too many

[nicolasc]

Originally Posted by areoo

Hey man, I realize there is an ad on top of the logo ... What I would suggest is to.. Remove thT and place your logo on top... Then you have a slideshow banner on the right side too right ? I believe if you place your adds there instead of the banner it would generate at least 50% of your clicks.. That's the main attraction so it would catch the eye of the visitor..

The job listing with pictures on the right ? Are those affiliate links ? If they aint they I would suggest you move them to the left ... Limit them as well ... Because currently the main attraction is all the colorful pictures ...

Place an add on the right side ... Therefore only having two ads per page ... On the left side of the page is strictly for content ...

You can also ad ads on the bottom
Of the page if you want ... You may never know who clicks them


Let me know what you think or if you need me to explain .. I shall pass you my email add when I am home

But good luck hope it helps

i do not have a slideshow on the right side. i changed the placement a little bit now.

the pictures on the left were not affiliates. they are other recent jobs with their logo. i removed the logo now and placed an ad on the right side in each job posting.

could you have another look?

thanks so much
nicolas

[areoo]

hey nic, check your messages... i send you a message....

[outwest]

Sorry to be critical but realize one thing

the purpose of an Adsense site is to get people to click on Adsense

You want to make your site somewhat interesting but not interesting enough or distracting enough to make them ignore your Adsense Ad

again you are trying to get them TO CLICK ON ADSENSE AD

thats the whole purpose of the site

right?

Why do you have to have the logos of all those aide groups on the site?
Those are relevant to the site but totally confusing to the eye

I would NEVER notice Adsense ad or click on Adsense on your site
the logos totally distract my eyes. so why have them there? Just put a text list of the aid groups

[yukon]

You have a single image banner above the fold, I doubt you get very many clicks.

Adsense Image Ads suck as far as CTR IMO, from my own testing on multiple sites.

The one Adsense banner next to the logo is a Google Ad, you'll be lucky If they pay you $0.05 per click (seriously).

[nicolasc]

hi

thanks for the replies. To clarify. This is a job board no blog or something like this.

Please look at the ad position in a job ad not just on the main page.

and yeah, i only got google ads on my page. and i get a lot more than 0.05 per click, a lot more. its just too few clicks. the payout is really good.

I increase the reward to 100 USD.

regards,
nicolas

[outwest]

I think you just posted this bogus title to get free advice

no harm in asking for advice
just dont say you are going to pay for it, when you are not

[nicolasc]

hi,

who says that i am not going to pay?
if your tips helps me to increase my ctr we have a deal and i pay for it. simple as that.

regards,
nicolas

[nicolasc]

and i have asked for good advice before and never got one. so if someone takes the time to really review my site and give me serious tips. its fair to pay for that.

regards,
nicolas

[mrgood]

Originally Posted by nicolasc

and i have asked for good advice before and never got one. so if someone takes the time to really review my site and give me serious tips. its fair to pay for that.

regards,
nicolas

Here are a few tips by me:

On your left side where is your text ad, above of that you have your site menu. Under that is your text ad. Change text ad to link ad with same font color as in your menu. And change menu font and size to get along with adsense link ad.

Next, below your top menu, also put adsense 728x15 link ad with same color as your top menu font color.

Give me an update are this went good or not.

[areoo]

lol hey nic no offense, but i tried explaining to you how you would get the clicks coming in.. but you just dont understand/ wont listen.. either way... lol i did my part so yeah man... hahaha if theres totally no one to help.. hit me back

[Lucas Becker]

PM me, I will review your site and give you tips for free.

[nicolasc]

Originally Posted by Lucas Becker

PM me, I will review your site and give you tips for free.

hi

would be great if you could review my site. cant write pm yet. need 50 posts

thanks
conte

[Rough Outline]

Put a 728 x 90 ad in the space to the right of your header.

[nicolasc]

hi

still fighting a horrible ctr. all tips so far didnt really help. need tips on placment, ad size and colors for the ads.

thanks
nicolas

[nicolasc]

USD 100 for tips that get my ctr to 1,5 %

thanks
nicolas

[tiara]

I am facing low CTR with my sites as well. Just sharing some of the things I've tried. Maybe you'll find these tips useful for your site too.

1) Change the ads on the right (below the menu) to ad links type - this will look like an extension to your menu.
2) Add a skyscraper (120x600 or 160x600) on the right - this is where most right-handed users will hover their mouse pointer most of the time.
3) Change your ad colors to match your site color - this will make them look more natural and 'blends into' your site.

Hope this helps.

[tiara]

Hey, I just realized that mrgood had suggested similar improvements. Gotta give him credit for that.

Also, I agree with other thats those colorful boxes at the center takes too much attention. Maybe you can grayscale them and have them change to colored version when user hover their mouse?

[ukcarl]

Google tell you what the best placements are the darker areas get the best clicks.



Just test and and I recommend blending your ads.

[nicolasc]

hi

thanks for the tips. but i need someone to really review my site. thats why i offer 100 usd. the "colorful boxes" are essential to the site. everyone takes a look for 10 sec and gives me crappy advice. this is not a blog!!!!!!

i need a real review and thats what i pay for.

[nicolasc]

hi,

my offer still stands. got good traffic and horrible ctr.

thanks
nicolas

[yukon]

Originally Posted by nicolasc

hi,

my offer still stands. got good traffic and horrible ctr.

thanks
nicolas

Your internal job pages keep crashing my browser (Chrome).

Might want to look into that, If I can't see your internal pages I doubt others can.

[nicolasc]

hi

thanks for the hint. there really seems to be a problem with chrome. no idea why. firefox and ie got no problem

regards,
nicolas

[nicolasc]

up and up it goes.

help needed.

nicolas

[outwest]

Thread has been up more than 2 months how many people have you paid 50 bucks to ? let me guess , zero

[nicolasc]

hey,

do you see any serious tips? and my ctr is still the same.

regards,
nicolas

[yukon]

Originally Posted by nicolasc

hey,

do you see any serious tips? and my ctr is still the same.

regards,
nicolas

Maybe because you never fixed the Chrome problem?

Google Chrome browser is closing in on 1/3 of all browser traffic.

If you don't fix the Chrome issue on your internal pages, your not even trying to increase your CTR, IMO.

If 1/3 of the traffic can't see your Ads because of browser related problems, they won't be clicking your Ads.

Fix the easy stuff first, hire someone to fix the Chrome problem If you have to.

[slomo]

Originally Posted by nicolasc

and i have asked for good advice before and never got one. so if someone takes the time to really review my site and give me serious tips. its fair to pay for that.

regards,
nicolas

funny that i havent found a single post of you asking for an advice only in this thread
the only add I see is the one on the top left where noone will click but a few people told you that before

[nicolasc]

hi

i fixed the chrome problem. if i get a higher ctr now yukon gets usd 50

@slomo: thats what i am talking about. you see only this ad cause you dont look through my site. noone does and thats why i dont get good feedback.

the ad in top left is my best performing ad on the page. and telling me noone will click it is no solution. what would you change?

thanks
nicolas

[nicolasc]

hi.

fixing the chrome problem does not seem to have any noticeable effect.

my ctr is still between 0 and 1 per cent. guess yourself.

need help. got decent organic google traffic but obviously horrible ads placement.

thanks
nicolas

[outwest]

Maybe your page is just not well written, or maybe its TOO GOOD, and nobody needs to click on ads

[yukon]

Swap the Ad Title & Ad URL colors, run it for a full week (longer is better data) before any other changes.

BTW, I don't care about the $50

[nicolasc]

@yukon: any suggestions colorwise?

thanks
nicolas