Hi all, I'm about to try my luck with AdSense for the first time, and since I'm designing the site from scratch I can pretty much build it around the places I want the ads to go. I was wondering which formats everyone has had the most success with. The site will be 800px wide. After my banner, navbar, and intro, I was thinking of running a Leaderboard 728x90 ad, followed by more content, and maybe another 728x90 on the bottom right before my footer. Initally I was thinking of running a Wide Skyscraper 160x600 down the right-hand side of the site, with the content on the left. I might still do this on some of the sub-pages. I know the answer to my question kinda "depends" on my site... but I was wondering overall if any one particular ad had better performance than others. Also, if anyone can point me to a decent AdSense tutorial (aside from Google's, which I already read), that would be much appreciated as well. Wish me luck, and thanks in advance.
Not necessary . Depends more on site layout and content / ad placement . For me a horizontal link unit has given a high CTR because of its position ( below header image ) . According to Google the ad that appears first will be the one that has a high click price as most of the advertisers will be competing for that placement
ive had good success with single ad units, placed between the content make sure you do label them as ads well though, or google may ban your account
I thought google DOES label them as ads, with the phrase "Ads by google". I have additional responsibility beyond that?