Something has to be wrong, 12,265 Impressions, 1 Click!

[ldenman]

here are the sites I'm using adsense on:

http://www.mp3.contrastandcompare.com
http://www.contrastandcompare.com/forums

On the forums, I have a small link unit next to the "Add Reply" button.
You all probably wouldn't have seen it. :)

[kuepper]

My advice,

http://www.contrastandcompare.com/forums

Your ads here don't appear to be all that targetted. For example, on the homepage, I see ads about pet vitamins, guitar tabs, and weight loss pills. Try adding a half banner in place of the first post in each category - that usually gives you better targetting and it a lot more visible. Then maybe ad a 468 banner at the bottom of the first post in each category. Those two places I have found are the best.

http://www.mp3.contrastandcompare.com

I would replace that banner across the top with a borderless 250x250 or larger rectangle ad block above your first post. I know that has helped me increase my conversions a lot. If you want to be cutting edge, ad some icons next to it too.

PM me if you want examples... I don't want to post my sites publically here.

[seowiz]

idenman try this..

mp3.contrastandcompare.com

place a ADLINK (728x15) Displays up to 4 links below your header graphic.. remove ur current adsense banner at the top..
this adlink should be the default colour setting .. i think white background with blue link

and place a Large Rectangle (336x280) adsense ad unit also white background, blue colour link, light grey url colour at the following spot
1. before the first post
2. after the first post
3. after the second post

leave your entire site format as it is...

www.contrastandcompare.com/forums/

place a leaderboard below first post of every forum thread
place a adlink to the left of the "NEW TOPIC" "ADD REPLY" button...

also install some plugin to make the urls of all your entire forum SEO friendly... it will require some URL REWRITE..

i think these changes will definitely increase your revenue... unless u keep getting psa which i cant help it..

[sreenivas]

mp3.contrastandcompare.com this at present shows distorted site difficult to manage navigation with in the same page.

think about placing ads properly and add some text to page to get relevent ads always.

Good Luck

[tonyinabox]

is that per day or per month?

I have about 5000 hits a day, but still low click too. need to drive more traffic.

[ldenman]

That was in one day.

[seowiz]

idenman,

i see you have implemented some of the stuff mentioned :)

but one thing, set the border to white... for the ads.. now i still see its not blended.. same goes for adlinks and adunit..

and if possible, the adlinks at the top there... can you create a border to surrond it? just like the border surrounding the contents... i hope you get what i mean.. its like you see the bottom of your page.. you have 2 more boxes surrounding the firefox thingie and stuff.. so do the same for adlink... make a border surround your adlink like seperated from your contents...

and do let us know how much difference did this make.. thanks

[ldenman]

Well, i did a lot of the stuff you advised me to. I really hope it all starts picking up. The forum is the big one, the most people go there. I have a few ideas i'm going to implement over these next five days. Hopefully I can get some more pages up. Thanks for all your help. If you have anymore advice, let me know.

[ldenman]

i was wondering if anyone could give me feedback on this:

http://www.contrastandcompare.com

I just put the adlinks up today. I think they look a lot better than the large banner. Let me know what you think.

[seowiz]

well the design is broken.. u might wanna fix it first :D

put up some ads while you are at it :)

by the way how's your the other 2 sites performing? any improvements? :)

[ldenman]

what do you mean its broken?
Rendering fine over here...

the other sites are doing better...:)
I'm bringing in around two dollars a day.
Hopefully, that will pick up after i promote some more.

[ldenman]

i updated it...see if you can find the ads?

edit:

http://www.contrastandcompare.com

[#Darren]

Regarding http://www.mp3.contrastandcompare.com


All I am seeing are ads for insomnia and other sleep disorders...

Darren.

[sreenivas]

Idenman if you don't mind can you adjust the distance between adlink unit and your site's link so that you are safe in eyes of Big G.

Second advice increase cell padding on the page and if feel like change background color to some thing else other than red.

I hope i may help you.

Good luck

[adrienne]

Hi I was interested in the advice seowiz gave regarding placement of adsense between posts. I have http://adrienneadrienne.blogspot.com and several related blogs. I haven't worked out how to place ads anywhere except at the top or down the sidebar. When I pasted extra code at the end of a post it didn't show up.
thanks in advance - sorry if this seems a dumb question.