Best Practice(s) for AdSense? (13 posts)

Topic tags: Adsense
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    Rogier Noort said
    1 year, 1 month ago:

    Hi.., I’m maintaining (not writing) sowandso.com. We’re just starting but there is a lot of good content being written (no really, I think they’re doing a great job). We’re looking at affiliates, and have some, and working hard to invade the social platforms. It is going rather well.., slowly, but surely (been at it for 7 or so months).

    One thing we try to do now is optimize AdSense. It is said that money can be made.., we just need to figure out how to place it best, without it being annoying.

    Does anybody has some general advice.., or even better.., specific advice for our blog?

    Thanks!

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    Kristi Hines said
    1 year, 1 month ago:

    @rogiernoort I’ve had the best luck when placing AdSense a bit higher up in the sidebar and between the byline of the post (author name & date) and the post content.  The key is not to overdo it as one of the things Google is targeting with their updates is sites with too many ads, not enough content.  If you can aim to make your posts between 300 – 500 words (varying) then your site *should* be ok.  

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    Rogier Noort said
    1 year, 1 month ago:

    @kristi-hines Thanks Kristi.., I’m surprised at the number of replies (only the one).., and hardly any topic on AdSense.Is it even worth it spending time and energy on it.For us, so far, it hasn’t, but traffic is still low. And we don’t want to ‘scare off’ anybody with the ugly AdSense…

    Question would be: Can it do more harm then good?

    Furthermore…, I believe the blog can handle the placement as far as Google is concerned.., although the relevancy is questionable…

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    Kristi Hines said
    1 year, 1 month ago:

    @rogiernoort I only suggest people use AdSense on sites that have no other goals.  If it’s a site that promotes your business, affiliate products, or your personal brand, the last thing you would want is to give someone an option to leave your site to earn a few cents or maybe a dollar per click.  I only use AdSense on sites that have no other monetization goals – ones where the only way you can make money (even if for the time being before you get other things going) is on those clicks.  

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    Neal Schaffer said
    1 year, 1 month ago:

    I have experimented with AdSense off and on, and to be honest, it doesn’t amount to much money unless you get a certain amount of traffic. It can also potentially harm your brand if people just think you are trying to advertise to them, so it has to be aligned with your website objectives as Kristi said. If you want to use them, in addition to Kristi’s great advice, just remember that above the fold is the prime area where ads seem to do best: Top Header, Sidebar above the fold, and Inside Content above the fold. Google will only allow you to show a maximum of 3 at one time, and that is usually a good guide should you decide to utilize them. Hope the advice helps!

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    Rogier Noort said
    1 year, 1 month ago:

    @kristi-hines @nealschaffer Thanks for the great replies people… It did help…

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    clifford petry said
    1 year ago:

    I have a complete blog post on adsense do&don’t,good or bad.Read it here at
    resellercliff.blogspot.com  My self i can not use them because i did not read the
    fine print when i signed up,and i sent 1 of my websites through a safelist and they
    suspended my account.Does not matter any way they are ugly ads.Also there are many companys with better advertising widgets.Try Linkshare

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    donald Ukponu said
    1 year ago:


    Hi KRISTINE,
                      Getting those clicks would amount a whole lots of traffic.Can you suggest what I need to do.socialwebpost.com.Just started a Blogging of lately.Do you think social media will give me enough traffic.

    Getting 100 visitors according  to experts

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    donald Ukponu said
    1 year ago:


    Hi Everyone,
                   
                          What is responsible for drop in earnings. Any help Thanks!

                       

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    donald Ukponu said
    1 year ago:


    Hi Everyone,
                   
                          What is responsible for drop in earnings. Any help Thanks!

                       

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    Eddy Sleiman said
    12 months ago:

    not enough traffic i would say @donal576

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    donald Ukponu said
    11 months, 4 weeks ago:

    Thanks!.What other factors.

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    tonygreene113 said
    11 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Without the traffic to support it, Adsense is a black hole occupying space all over your site. 

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