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Discussion in 'AdSense' started by tommy505, Nov 29, 2011.

  1. #1
    What type of ads earn the best income text or image ads ?
     
    tommy505, Nov 29, 2011 IP
  2. indyonline

    indyonline Prominent Member

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    It don't make a difference. Adwords customers bid on the ads spot so either one can be higher or lower than each other at any time. Which ever is higher at the time will be displayed.
    Some ads may do better as far as getting clicks. Arcade sites and movie sites do good with image ads while most others do better with text ads.
     
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    Guisbar Well-Known Member

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    "it depends" - ѕorrу I cоuldn't hеlр being a smarty pants.

    I uѕе а combo, however, on onе оf оur оther advertisers, thе text links аrе clicked оver the image lіkе 300 tо 1. It mаy bе that people are uѕеd tо text links аnd just fоllowing them where аs thеу јuѕt dоn't realize уou саn click the image ads.

    I use thе combo in Adsense ѕіnce thе advertisers do create somе quitе attractive ads. I have just nеvеr bothered tо test it.

    The other ad network wе uѕе (Chitika) hаѕ a small thumbnail next to thе text. Those ads werе pretty well also.
     
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    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    depends on the niche, for example entertainment or game related niche work better with image ads
    you gotta try them out to find the best for your site
     
    lifeplayer, Nov 29, 2011 IP
  5. RossCheal

    RossCheal Active Member

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    It dosnt make much diffrence for me they both pay roughly the same If i were you id experiment with both and see which works best for you .
     
    RossCheal, Nov 29, 2011 IP
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    #6
    well in my case, image/flash ads works best!
     
    sarahwalter, Nov 29, 2011 IP
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    Its purely dependent on niche of the website.

    Text adverts are not forced upon surfers. But Text adverts are also cheaper for the advertiser to create.

    A graphically designed advert may cost in excess of $200. It is helpful in brand promotion.

    The big brands are willing to advertise in both formats however the broad market appeal of text inevitably makes it the winner. As flash websites disappear with image adverts, it is becoming clear that text and information is the preference of the website users.
     
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    For Google , they are the same ....
    But for customers , the image is better than text .
     
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    indyonline Prominent Member

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    How are they the same to Google? They don't make the same for each. every ad has a different price.
    Image is not better than text for every niche. as a matter of fact there not for many niches...
     
    indyonline, Nov 30, 2011 IP
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    i'm learning in this thread. :)
     
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    raconnor Greenhorn

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    #11
    Across all of my sites the average comes out to this:

    CPC (highest payout to lowest):
    1. Text
    2. Rich Media
    3. Image
    4. Flash
    5. Animated Image

    CTR (highest click rate to lowest):
    1. Image
    2. Text
    3. Rich Media
    4. Flash
    5. Animated Image

    Obviously different types of sites will have different results, but between all of the sites that I own there's a pretty even ratio between written-content sites and visual/media rich sites so I would assume that my results are pretty average. As you can see, my visitors tend to click on images the most. With that in mind, it might seem that you should only enable image/rich media ads, but text based links pay the most for my sites. Factoring CPC and CTR together it has always seemed to be the best option--for me, at least--to enable both image and text.
     
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    indyonline Prominent Member

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    I have an automotive site and it's the exact opposite. I removed images ads because in testing they were not getting hardly any clicks at all but when I switch back to text only its getting 150-200 per day.
    but like you said, different site have different results. OP needs to test everything and see what works best for his site.
     
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    Text ads always do better for me, whether its adsense text ads or text ads I've sold to advertisers.
     
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    in my site, i placed text and images ads. . :)
     
    digptrader, Nov 30, 2011 IP
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    it's different from one site to another and one template to another
    some sites is v.good with text ads and others is better with image ads, it depends on your site and what it is talking about

    also template is such a very important thing to care about and 2nd step in deciding which type of ads you can use
     
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    #16
    You guys should member the topic and type of you sites. I think that has a lot to do with it and would be more helpful for all.

    eg:
    Topic: Hobby Toys
    Type: Forum
    Best performing = image/media

    eg:
    Topic: Politics
    Type: Blog
    Best performing = Text
     
    mememe, Dec 2, 2011 IP
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    lakmald84 Banned

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    If you place the ads unit between text (on blog post), text ads will give you a goog revenue. Because you can blend the ads with other text easily.
     
    lakmald84, Dec 2, 2011 IP
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    depen what your niche ,this is very important.
     
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    Text is higher CPC
    IMG has more clicks ...on my pages
     
    924AC, Dec 2, 2011 IP
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    TechGrunth.Com Banned

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    i always use image :D
     
    TechGrunth.Com, Dec 2, 2011 IP