Ad Unit or Link Unit?

Discussion in 'Reporting & Stats' started by lowster11, Aug 13, 2007.

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    Which pays more, Ad Units or Link Units? With link units, when users click a topic, they're brought to a page of related ads, and with ad units when users click on a ad they're brought to a web site. I also noticed that AdSense publishers are permitted to click on link unit topics on their webpages.
     
    lowster11, Aug 13, 2007 IP
  2. mattdogs

    mattdogs Active Member

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    #2
    Site searh got more than Ad Units and Link Units.
     
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    Computerized Well-Known Member

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    From my experience, ad units work better. However, link units still bring a pretty decent CTR if they're placed correctly (ie. make them seem like they're part of the navigation).
     
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    lajocar Banned

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    ad units works better
     
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    Link units are to small to be noticed, the larger ad units appeal more, but if you place the link unit somewhere where it blends with navigation, or a string of links, you will get some decent clicks. BTW you can have 3 ads and one link unit, many people think you can only have 2 ad units if you have a link unit.
     
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  6. MultiMedia

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    For my sites I find that Ad Units work better.
     
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    ad units better, otherwise placing link ads as if a category is effective.
     
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    mbfootball47 Well-Known Member

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    ad units give me 5-10 times the earnings
     
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    Sphinks Active Member

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    ad units perform better, but there are some situations when link units fits best.
    it all depends on your website layout.
     
    Sphinks, Aug 17, 2007 IP
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    ad units give me about 10 times more than link units
     
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    To me the one that pays most does not matter, the one that is the most popular is important. Ad Units works the best. Search boxes are dead and link units not as popular as ad units. Even if search box pays 10 times better than ad unit it will not help you much if it receives 100 times less clicks.
     
    pietpetoors, Aug 21, 2007 IP
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    Ad units work better than link units because the user has to click twice for you to earn from a link unit. Once to get to results and then click again -- if they see something they like -- before you earn anything.
     
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    AdUnit is much better, one click means money for you.
    I had a linkunit for 2 month, generated not even a few cents. Problem is that you only earn money if the user clicks on a link on the result site from a linkunit.
     
    alorbach, Aug 27, 2007 IP
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    ad unit works best but link unit have highest CTR
     
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    e-entrepreuner Peon

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    ads units, for me, but still not enough for a payout check yet. I have made some money of referrals as well.
     
    e-entrepreuner, Aug 27, 2007 IP
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    I use column ad units, those work the best for me. But if I get a high traffic blog post, I'll put a little 468x15 link unit in there, and it gets a lot of attention, good little money makers sometimes.
     
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    for me, link ad
    although click through rate is lower
     
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    How Do You Get An Ad Unit?
     
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  19. e-entrepreuner

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    I think its referring to the ads that arent just links, and not the referral types but the AdSense for content ads. Thats an ad unit.
     
    e-entrepreuner, Aug 27, 2007 IP