I took down the one link unit had at the top of my page earlier this month and replaced it with an ad unit. Though my earnings are up dramatically from the previous month, my number of daily clicks are going down.. Could this be related to my removing the link unit or are clicks down everywhere this time of year because of the baseball playoffs? What do you think?
I don't really like link units. They doesn't pay when someone click on it, but only pay when someone click on the ads on the ads page.
Other than the large rectangles, the horizontal link units work the best for me on all of the sites where I've used them.
Work for me too, they tend to go well when put next to/beneath a Navigation bar (list unit - Vertical). Or a link unit that is at the top of the page to look like a navigation bar (horizontal) I think it depends on placement of the link units really.
I guess i really should setup ad channels to monitor which adverts get clicked the most. I 'think' link units work well, but until i setup the channels i can't be sure.
Yup, set them up then its a lot easier to monitor how each ad is performing then if need be - you can change them or the positioning!
I agree that it works for some sites but not for others. In my experience, link units are clicked more often but but have lower revenue per click - and lower overall revenue. I would rather have fewer clicks and more money.
hmmm...all this info makes me want to try them again...my clicks are still down...maybe I'll assign a channel to a link unit, put it on my home page and see how it performs compared to the ad units... let the battle begin!
on one site they pay the same like an ad unit or even more sometimes on another they pay less that any click i could have on an ad unit but the number of clicks is high