Left or Right Sidebar?

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    If your site has left and right sidebar, which side that brings you much of clicks?
     
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  2. YIAM

    YIAM Notable Member

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    Left side bar.
     
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  3. saadahmed007

    saadahmed007 Admínistratör

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    I think Right but it all depends how you blended ads etc..:)
    Saad
     
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    left will give you more clicks, all things being equal.

    left-side navigation is the norm (think cnn.com). people naturally go to the left for navigation as a result of it being so common.
     
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    People view pages in sort of an L/E like fashion. So left side is better.
     
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    I have tracked this and the left sidebar so far brings in more clicks than the right.
     
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  7. bellweather

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    yep.. tested on another site I own the other day.. Right hand side, around 2% CTR Lefthand, Steady above 8% CTR ;)
     
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    does anyone else have CTR statistics? The difference between left and right hand sidebar, by CTR?
     
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  9. disgust

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    it'd vary from site to site... but left will consistantly be higher.
     
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    But I read somewhere that right hand bar brings more clicks since it's closer to the user (closer to the mouse)... how bout this?
     
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    Most people think the menuss are on the left side, therefore they are more apt to click there..
     
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    so, if you have the room for it, a navigation menu on the right and only ads on the left would also work well?
     
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    I might try this out and post about it later, after I gather some stats... I have a feeling you are right.

    The only problem is that a lot of my sites are not very consistent and the traffic is fluctuating, no matter, it's worth a shot.
     
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    this month the CTR for left 0.68% and the right 0.36%. I think the left side is much better than right side
     
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    Similar CTR for me.. much smaller for banners like the one at the top of this page.
     
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    left sidebar. L F E
     
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    Are you refering to adsense I find left above the fold. And for SEO menu goes on the right so it all works fine for my sites.
     
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    What if you have only one side bar? Will it be better to have it on the left or right?

    Ed
     
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    Definely left. Maybe do a mix of ads, example:

    ads
    links
    ads
    links

    etc..
     
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    I placed my adsense ads within my left nav bar and their results are very good.
    The best 2 positions for ads are in the header and blended inside the actual content. Don't waste your good ads on the sidebars
     
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