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Keep or drop adsense channel?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by casper, Aug 22, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    I looked at my adsense earnings from two channels for this month:

    Channel 1
    Pageviews: 2879
    Clicks: 134

    Channel 2
    Pageviews: 2198
    Clicks: 7

    Combined, these channels have a pageview of 5077 and 141 clicks. Would it be better to remove channel two (to improve the clickthroughrate), or should I keep it?


    grz
     
    casper, Aug 22, 2008 IP
  2. kybob

    kybob Peon

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    I'd leave alone, much easier to track earnings. Just my opinion, I never combine channels.
     
    kybob, Aug 22, 2008 IP
  3. casper

    casper Guest

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    With removing, I meant "removing the complete adsense code from all pages linked to channel 2"

    In other words; does channel 2 increase or harm my earnings?
     
    casper, Aug 22, 2008 IP
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    lycos Well-Known Member

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    I don't understand, why do you want to remove one of the channels. They are just there for tracking purpose and does not interfere with the CTR.:confused:
     
    lycos, Aug 22, 2008 IP
  5. squat

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    I'd remove channel 2 if the ads are on the same page, channel 2 might be getting higher ppc ads than channel 1 on some pages. Plus less ads is better for customers, makes the site seem less cheesy.
     
    squat, Aug 22, 2008 IP
  6. casper

    casper Guest

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    The channels itself aren't really important. What concerns me is that webpage 1 generates much more clicks compared to webpage 2. I've heard somewhere that it's bad for your revenue to combine a high-performing webpage with a low-performing webpage, since it degrades the clickthrough rate. So my question really is;

    What matters the most for a high-performing webpage? A high clickthrough rate, or a high amount of pageviews?

    I could remove the banner from the low-performing webpages to increase the CTR. But since it would lower the amount of pageviews, would that increase or decrease my revenue?

    thx! :)
     
    casper, Aug 22, 2008 IP
  7. NeverEverClever

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    #7
    Why you've 7 clicks? try to improve your ads colors, placement, size etc.
    or remove adsense from that page.
     
    NeverEverClever, Aug 22, 2008 IP
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    Looks to me you better remove the second ad.
    There is an unproven theory going on rounds that less number of ad units = better rate per click.
    But you can always experiment and find out.
     
    munnakv, Aug 22, 2008 IP