Awful CTR, massive 30K unique visitors/day help with CTR and placement please!

Discussion in 'Placement / Reviews / Examples' started by morgano, Oct 31, 2011.

  1. #1
    If anyone can offer a solution to increase my CTR (0.68%) and earnings then i'm sure I can make it worth their while.

    Current ad placements:

    728x90 - Top right header of every page (Visible to everyone)
    468x60 - Bottom right footer on main page only (Visible to everyone)

    728x90 - Under first post in each thread (Visible to guest only)
    728x90 - Under last post in each thread on every page (Visible to guest only)

    300x250 - Inside quick reply box (Visible to members only)

    Highest Earners:

    728x90 - Top right header of every page (Highest Earner)
    728x90 - Under first post in each thread (Half of highest earner)

    Lowest Earner:

    468x60 - Bottom right footer on main page only

    Website Link:

    Website link is in my signature...

    Any help here would be hugely appreciated!!!!
     
    morgano, Oct 31, 2011 IP
  2. DaStarBuG

    DaStarBuG Peon

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    #2
    Lose all your ad formats and use medium and large rectangles exclusively

    As easy as that ;)

    ps: You are allowed to only place 3 AdSense Ad Units per page by the way
     
    DaStarBuG, Nov 4, 2011 IP
  3. morgano

    morgano Active Member

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    Yes I didn't realise there was an overlap, not that it matters as Adsense simply doesn't display any more than 3; thanks for reminding me though. BTW your suggestion was already taken on-board and shortly after posting I reviewed my positions and modified accordingly (which happens to almost match your suggestions):

    New ad placements:

    728x90 - Top right header of every page (Visible to everyone)
    468x60 - Bottom right footer on main page only (Visible to everyone)

    2x 336x280 (one rich and one text) - Under first post in each thread (Visible to guest only)
    1x text unit - Under 5th post in each thread on every page (Visible to guest only)
    1x text unit - Under last post in each thread on every page (Visible to guest only)

    300x250 - Inside quick reply box (Visible to members only)

    There is now only 3 ad units per page but I have 2 extra text units (for a maximum of 5 - the allowed combination amount). BTW I can't drop some of the banner sizes as space does not permit. I haven't seen an increase in CTR but I have had a slight increase in earnings due to the larger 336x280 banners.
     
    morgano, Nov 5, 2011 IP
  4. Ruddo

    Ruddo Member

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    #4
    Forums always have terrible CTR

    BTW, I'm getting redirect loop when I try to click on a thread title
     
    Ruddo, Nov 5, 2011 IP
  5. JamesColin

    JamesColin Prominent Member

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    #5
    why don't you try simply 3 ad unit with size 234x60 within the posts?

    Try it for a few days and look at your ecpm, not only at your ctr.. and tell me what you think..
     
    JamesColin, Nov 9, 2011 IP
  6. morgano

    morgano Active Member

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    I believe it's fixed.
     
    morgano, Nov 10, 2011 IP
  7. Shahar

    Shahar Active Member

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    #7
    Forums do have low CTR. But you should really delete the 468*60 banner, it's useless.
    Add 728*90 links unit under the menu.
    Beside that, I recommend you to try PTP ads.
     
    Shahar, Nov 10, 2011 IP