Hi All, I've got a little website of my own, and am considering putting adsense on it. The advertising which I have at the moment (amazon links), in my opinion, is complementary to the site, but is not making much money. I am a little wary of ruining my websites visual appeal by putting adsense on it, because in my opinion it cheapens a lot of sites that I have seen with it. Could anybody point me in the direction of some websites which in their opinion have not compromised their layout by adding adsense, ie websites that look good in spite of the advertising, or perhaps even look better with it? Thanks, Darren.
Darren,it depends what are your standards. Do oen thing. look at your competitors on google and through other means and see, how they have paced ur ads. There are other options like using ad-links or image ads too there.
imho, with right blending and color combinations, and right placements.Adsense is able to fit into most sites without killing the visual appeal. I seen some really god sites with Adsense, and they look great, and some even better with Adsense on it. REALLY !
I agree with Nystul - the AdSense code is so customizable that there's really no excuse for not having it blend and fit perfectly with your site - unless, of course, you don't want it to...
Here is an example of a professional site that I think integrates adsense very well- http://www.eatability.com.au