Hey everyone. I just stumbled onto this site....looks like there's lots to learn. I'm averaging $ 112 / month on one of my sites, but need to find a way to really increase this. Currently I run horizontal boards for my content pages, and vertical on my forums. Does anyone have any ideas as to better ways to maximize clicks on pages? My site averages 56,000 page views / month. I'm currently rebuilding the site and the new version should be live in the next few weeks so i'm open to anything to help with revenue generation. Thanks, Solotrip
Whats ur site? i wanna see ur placements. It mostly depends on ur ad placements, blending into site content specialy for forums. Remember forums are the most powerful resources to earn big money.
Yes, as others said, it depends. if you provide URL, we can talk better. you might play with your ad placement, coloring and ... to increase your revenue. but an other point you should consider is you shouldn't suppose to have high CTR on forum site. You can use other options like premium sections , providing non free tools(it depends on your field) and affiliate marketing beside adsense.
use 336 rectangle and try to place it it within your content..hope this would increase your CTR and thus your income..
my site is http://www.solotripping.com. It's an old school site...that's why it's getting overhauled. The forums make up the bulk of the traffic, but with the new features and content i'm adding i should be able to drastically increase my traffic.
Dunno. I think you are doing pretty well. 56,000 page views is a lot, though. The main page looks fine, but in the forum the ads seem a bit far to the right as far as peripheral vision goes.
..and what about the google search tool. Is anyone seeing a difference in revenue by adding this to their site? I'm wrestling with the idea.
For my sites, adsense for search never worked. I suggest you try to increase your CTR by trying different ad units and different placements.
There are my suggestions : 1- if you plan to place ads on right side of your site, it will be better to change your theme a bit and put some sections(e.g. forum status, login form) and then a spot for advertise. the webhostingtalk.com is good example. 2- it is ok to put a square ads on top right (header) of your page instead of leaving there white. 3- Your ad color is nice, so don't touch that. 4- place a spot between your posts. DP is goog example. 5- use link unites in somewhere. Good Luck
If the forums are the bulk of your traffic you should add ads in between your posts. My forum site uses SMF too, the change is easy: In the Display.template.php class you ad some code right here: // Show the member's signature? if (!empty($message['member']['signature']) && empty($options['show_no_signatures'])) echo ' <hr width="100%" size="1" class="hrcolor" /> <div class="signature">', $message['member']['signature'], '</div>'; echo ' </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> '; // ads here $post_number = 0; if(!empty($message['counter'])) { $post_number = $message['counter']; } getThreadAds($post_number); echo' </table> </td></tr>'; The bold is where I added new code. The getThreadAds function looks like this: //determine how often you want to place the ads in the thread then echo this: <tr> <td> <table class="thread_ads_even" align="center"> <tr> <td> <center> //put your google adsense code here </center> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> You can take a look at some of the threads in my forum to see how it looks, I like the look so far. This is a good thread to look at for an example.