in our adsense experts' opinions, is it better to have adsense links the same colour as my page hyperlinks, or should i make them stand out like a sore thumb? i have made too many channels and experiments on different pages with different content to make a collated decision, i was wondering if anybody could shed light on what may be best..
On my sites I've had the highest CTR when the ad links blend in with the rest of the site. This way they look less like ads and more like site navigation...
make them the color of te rest of your links... this way its harder for visitors to see if it is just a link or a add
You really sgould get more organised with your testing as that will yield the most useful results, not public opinion. My site is different to your site and my visitors will respond differently to your visitors. The best performing colours, sizes and placements will vary from site to site. That being said, I have a lot of success using teh same colours for my adsense links as the standard links on teh page. For a bit of variety, you can sample another prominent colour on your page.
In my experience, I've found that AdSense link colors work best for me in the following order: - same color as regular links - default blue hyperlink color - all others (which I would not recommend, based on my experience)