Critique this adsense layout please

36burrows

15 years ago

If the whole purpose is to get ad clicks and it's working, who cares if its ugly!

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IM Ash

15 years ago

Originally Posted by paulgl

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Anyone care to comment? Good? Bad? Ugly?

Paul

Hey Paul

Who cares if it is good, bad or ugly. I am also someone who spends alot of time ensuring my sites are appealing to the eye. But ultimately we in this to make money. As long as your content is good and you are abiding to the adsense TOS then the rest isn't all that important.

I say you are a businessman at the end of the day and if your bottom line is seeing positive growth then stick with the layout.

Just one question... I might try this layout on one of my sites that isn't performing. Is the first banner ad inside the header, below the website name?

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paulgl 15 years ago

Ah yes! Forgot! Image updated.

The header image is actually 760 pixels wide,
as is the table below it.

Paul
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gtk29

15 years ago

This looks good

All the high paying ad sizes are chosen

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crowly 15 years ago

Hi Pual,

first let me say that the layout isn't ugly at all. Would you go a little bit further and say if you are blending/contrasting the units..

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mianriz

15 years ago

All these really good ctr theme styles.

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tonyalves

15 years ago

I don't think that the layout is ugly at all.

As is, should give good CTR but you should now test different colors to either blend or contrast with the general content.

There is no such a thing as "one size fits all" when it comes to AdSense.

What works best for one site will not necessarily work for a different site.

It is all about testing... Testing... Testing

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JoshuaG

15 years ago

This is a cool layout but I would be concerned about having that 728 x 90 above your header image. Doesn't this go against the AdSense policy of having ads next to images? Could be trouble...

Aside from that I sure would be interested to know which unit is getting the majority of the clicks. I would wager its the 160x600.

Care to share?

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mrgood

15 years ago

Originally Posted by JoshuaG

This is a cool layout but I would be concerned about having that 728 x 90 above your header image. Doesn't this go against the AdSense policy of having ads next to images? Could be trouble...

Aside from that I sure would be interested to know which unit is getting the majority of the clicks. I would wager its the 160x600.

Care to share?

As far as I know, in Google Adsnse TOS is written that is not allowed to encourage peoples to click on ads with your images. It means that isn't allowed to have an image next to ads with writing :"click on ads" or something similar.
If I am wrong, then someone correct me, please.

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JoshuaG

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mrgood

As far as I know, in Google Adsnse TOS is written that is not allowed to encourage peoples to click on ads with your images. It means that isn't allowed to have an image next to ads with writing :"click on ads" or something similar.
If I am wrong, then someone correct me, please.

Here's what is on the adsense blog...

We ask that publishers not line up images and ads in a way that suggests a relationship between the images and the ads. If your visitors believe that the images and the ads are directly associated, or that the advertiser is offering the exact item found in the neighboring image, they may click the ad expecting to find something that isn't actually being offered.

The examples given were more for a horozonal association, but we've all heard the horror stories of account bans as a result of the vague AdSense TOS...

If you have images of a product that are directly above or below an ad unit right there you've created cause for users to believe that the exact item mentioned in the ad could be that which is in the header image.

Ad unit: Great a great Leather chair
[IMAGE OF LEATHER CHAIR right here] -SITENAME- [Another image of a chair]

Just seems like a grey area...

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timpears

15 years ago

Is it working for you? That is the bottom line, not whether it is ugly or not. I have seen some damn ugly sites that make really good money. You are in this to make money, right?

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AlexanderFaust

15 years ago

Hi

Do you track how many click each ad block gets? If not, then I would highly recommend to do this. The most paying ad is the first one displayed on a page, so if visitor skips your 728x90 block and clicks other ads then you may not getting as much $ as you could. Again testing is a king

Good luck!

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InTheMaking

15 years ago

This is the exact layout I've started doing with my new websites, except I have an ad below the header, not above it.

They're still ranking so I don't have the chance to see the CTR, if it'll be any better then the clickbump/xfactor themes..

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daweelmac

15 years ago

I'm also using similar layout for my blog.

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bigcaveman

15 years ago

Yea, its amazing what can happen when you actually test out new things for yourself. Great share!

Just watch out putting ads too close to an image. I've heard a lot of horror stories about how the big G does not like it.