A little CTR please im giving greens in return :D

Hey,

i need some help with THIS site, it's giving me a lot of troubles with CTR.

This week im having an average ctr of 0.50%, ecpm is ok, got like 2000 uniques daily, but just a small revenue cause the damn ctr , any ideas to improve it?

thanks!, i'm giving greens

 

Try using a contrasting color instead of having them blend. With a CTR of .50% you can try it without much loss.

 

In the middle ad: change it to an image only ad. Also.. remove the "hottest tutorials" header = its against TOS

 

I'd go for less ads - and use that blue color you have for the menu and the headings as background color for your ads as well. Test whether the use a white border on it (I mean - that color you're using as border on the menu & headings). With a black background, contrasting colors will often work just as well, if not better.

Testing means: set up two custom channels. One for each color-scheme.

BTW - those pictures you have next to the ads in the middle of the page can get you into major trouble with google. They are against their TOS.

 

Thanks for both suggestions, im going to change the middle ad to only image first (cause it's easier), and 8everything is it against tos even bellow of it are links to tutorials?

thanks greens sent

 

Try adding an ad link unit to near the top of the page. Since you don't have a navigation bar it will attract alot of attention.

 

Hey thanks for the tips , but the pics are not next ads, are next to tutorials

 

Hey what do you mean exactly?, above the header?
thanks

 

To me the ads just seem to kinda disappear into the page and I would spend some time looking at the web stats to see what is being clicked on the page?, see if you can adjust the layout to work better with the stuff that is getting clicked. I would also try other colors, maybe even use the standard color for links.

 

So maybe i should make them stand out of the site instead of blending?

 

You have try it all.

 

True, thanks everybody sent greens, if anybody else have other idea, feel free to post it

 

Well looks like almost everything has been said

My suggestion: sign up for a free account on www.crazyegg.com = heatmaps which will tell you where people are clicking.

Hope that helps!

 

Awesome!, i'm checking that site now, seems pretty good, green sent.

Thanks people, everyday i love more this forum

 

I think what Bilz meant is that you can add an ad unit at the top since you only have the one Google ad on there at the moment (you are allowed three.) Actually you can add one either at the top or at the bottom of the page, I would place the second one at the bottom. The Google heatmap shows that these are two places where people tend to click more.

 

Hot Photoshop Tutorials ?? lol
Just Keep Photoshop Tutorials or something..
Ads are perfectly placed... then why is your CTR so LOW 0.50% is too low
You need to black list www.forex.com, I see you are getting irrevelant ads

 

Awesome tip, i will try both options, one on top one on bottom, thank you very much

 

Hey yeah dunno why my ctr is THAT low,

great im going to block that damn forex site,

greens sent

 

Keep us informed on whether the CTR improves.

 

sure i will, i just have changed the center ad to an image-only one, im going to try each technique and report .