Adsense Ads on a commercial site?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by wingdude, Aug 25, 2005.

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    Have you seen Adsense Adverts on a professional or commercial site. Don't you ever think to yourself, "what a lousy site" or "this is not professional". i was just looking on a Porfessional Website, so called, will remain anonymous, but had adsense ads sprung up all over the place!
     
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    T0PS3O Feel Good PLC

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    I run some AdSense ads on our shops. Mainly only showing to 'useless traffic' i.e. based where we don't ship. Don't care what they think of it, they;re eating bandwidth so they can cough up for the expense by clicking the ads :)
     
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    bluegill_catcher Active Member

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    I run adsense ads on my sites selling our software, they look fine their, I have never had a bad comment, or noticed any drop in sales, in fact they seem to compliment the site, almost adding content or something new to it, since the ads change.

    I guess it's that we all think differently and sites are all built or look different.
     
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    Nintendo ♬ King of da Wackos ♬

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    So I take it you like pop-ups or forced downloads more than simpe AdSense ads?! Then there's those audio ads and full paged ads. Okay.... :confused:

    Boy I sure wish all my visitors were like you!! I could make a ton of money with those kinds of ads!!! :D:D:D
     
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    cmeinck Active Member

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    I've been struggling with this very topic. Is it worth it to drop Adsense in favor of your store. Each time someone clicks, it's money in the bank...but would I benefit from people clicking on my links and possibly buying from my store. I don't know the answer and I'm afraid to find out. If I pull my Adsense, my store's performance could go up -- but at the end of the day, how do I know it was due to removal of Adsense. :confused:

    I think small doses of Adsense only slightly "cheapens" the look of a commercial site.

    -Chris
     
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    altyfc Peon

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    I think it also depends on how it's integrated. Some sites that look lousy with AdSense could be greatly improved with just a little attention to detail.

    Aaron
     
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    altyfc Peon

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    I think it also depends on how it's integrated. Some sites that look lousy with AdSense could be greatly improved with just a little attention to detail.

    Aaron
     
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    altyfc Peon

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    Sorry for duplicate post... :eek:
     
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    Thats alright, it was a point worth repeating. :)
     
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    MattL Well-Known Member

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    I don't think it looks unprofessional but I would never run any outside advertising on an ecommerce site (if that's what you are asking). I simply would never want to interfere with the closing process.
     
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    Remember, you can delete your own posts!
     
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    Yeah lol Nintendo.

    Well, I think that many sites do use Adsense quite badly in their positioning and colour which does make it look unprofessional.

    This raises the question, if you, as adsense publishers saw the words "Ads by google" are you less inclined to click then before.
     
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    If I'm out shopping for something (which I do mostly online), I go to a shop. If they don't have what I want at a price I'm willing to pay then I'll go elsewhere. If they have an adsense link that looks promising then I'll follow it otherwise I return to SERPs.
    I've bought from sites with adsense showing in the past and probably will again in the future.
    Adsense like all adverts on a sales site needs to be integrated in such a way that it doesn't stand out too much. I dare say there is an art in doing it right.
    The 'call to action' need to first be your own products then adsense - not an easy balance to achieve I'd imagine.
     
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    Its very true. It is also interesting that most Shopping Sites with Adsense have Ads that are not very high paid keywords, but for people that came to the site without any interest of buying the product, it still adds revenue to the site.

    But what happens if you are selling Tennis Balls, and the advert was:
    "Even Cheaper Tennis Balls"? Lol
     
    wingdude, Oct 18, 2005 IP