Why my adsense earning low? Good traffic.

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by boredgames, Jun 21, 2009.

  1. #1
    My site gets 1200 UQ a day.
    However my CTR is very low at 0.74%
    My site is http://www.boredgames.co.uk

    And I only get about $1 a day is it because the gaming niche is really low or what?

    :confused:

    Thanks everyone.
     
    boredgames, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  2. mbshinde78

    mbshinde78 Peon

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    #2
    I get 100 visitors / day and $0.8 to $1 per day. I saw your website and frankly it is not good looking.
     
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  3. Alex Brooks

    Alex Brooks Banned

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    #3
    Poor design/ad placement, sorry.
     
    Alex Brooks, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  4. PrettyJenny

    PrettyJenny Active Member

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    #4
    I experienced that sidebar ad blocks have very low CTR. The best is the square ad block that is placed in the same page of your article. If you use frame around the text, the ad should be inside the frame also, try to make it look like it's one part of the article.
     
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    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    #5
    Game niche is low pay niche, try to use one image only ads since image only ads give good CTR to game site
     
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  6. theapparatus

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    #6
    I never noticed the adverts along the right until I went hunting for them.
     
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  7. w3bmaster

    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    #7
    That niche is low paying and low CTR
     
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  8. boredgames

    boredgames Active Member

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    #8
    I have added a poll to see how many people noticed the google adsense banner. Thanks for all the feedback. I might give the site a new design soon.
     
    boredgames, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  9. theapparatus

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    #9
    You may want to check the spelling of your poll. ;)

    Have to admit that that poll may get you in trouble with the "pointing out the advertising" rule with Adsense. I'm not in a position to say yea or nay on that though.
     
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  10. boredgames

    boredgames Active Member

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    Yeah your actually quiet right it may get me into trouble anyway I am going to remove it but make the ads stand out a bit more.
     
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  11. theapparatus

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    #11
    You may want to redo the centering as well. Looks like the content is in the center while the advertising is off to the right. Try to make the advertising part of the centering. (Locked down library terminal so I can't make suggestions here.)
     
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    #12
    Moving the skyscraper to the left side might improve your ctr a bit. People usually start reading at the top left of any page. But your niche is very low paying, so I wouldn't expect much.
     
    adleym, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  13. Benjamincip

    Benjamincip Well-Known Member

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    #13
    I don't know if my rate is good, but I started blogging on April, and I don't have more than 100 visitors/days, I only got 13,50 € from Adsense...
     
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  14. boredgames

    boredgames Active Member

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    #14
    While changing my ad colour around. I added google ads to a popular page and these are the stats I just got:

    [​IMG]

    Its a bad niche.
    12 clicks and only £0.22
     
    boredgames, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  15. iskandar

    iskandar Well-Known Member

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    #15
    I see ads on holiday and book delivery on you gaming site. I bet your ctr & clicks are annoyingly low.

    Here are my solution :-

    1. Put the 336x250 adsense on the main area.
    2. Add adlinks on the top most area.
    3. Add more content ( be specific about the kind of games your site is offering). Get rid of the welcoming texts.
    4. Use the <!– google_ad_section_start –> and <!– google_ad_section_end –> for better targeted ads after you've put up more contents.
     
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  16. trustjon

    trustjon Well-Known Member

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    #16
    Your website design is not so cool as it should be for a gaming site. It is simple not so attaractive. Moreover you can try the steps suggested by iskandar. Thanks.
     
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    #17
    Try put your adsense on center of your page, for example below the "Welcome to Our Game Website" text for the index page.

    And use large Adsense format. And if it still low, try other adsense format and placement.
     
    arxyash, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  18. adrian79

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    #18
    The ad placement is bad, as someone said above, try an ad block (larger) instead of the side ads!
     
    adrian79, Jun 22, 2009 IP
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    config_error Well-Known Member

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    #19
    try another niche and also experiment wiyh your ads placemet..
     
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    #20
    howe many clicks do u get a day
     
    beemboy, Jun 22, 2009 IP