Can someone give me some tips to increase clicks

I am new to Adsense and web design so I'd be happy to get as much feedback as I can on my site. I want to increase traffic and my adsense clicks on this site.

http://www.mikecottrell.com

 

Em....to be honest, the first thing that you might consider is changing the entire layout of your site.

 

Your main content is in PDF files with no advertising.... If I were you, I'd convert them to HTML files with adsense... This is the content that search engines are going to drive to your site, and what you'll get a big chunk of potential revenue from.

 

Ya, I was thinking of doing that with flash paper but maybe html is easier. This might be harder to read though

 

I want to keep my site simple so I can easily change it around or add content. I like how my main pages are listed down the side so I can easily add another and my content is just lists as well. I know its boring but if you have any suggestions i'll listen to them

 

site is ok, not sure the colors are the best for user friendly reading tho

 

change the design...try using wordpress as your cms..

The color also not user friendly to me...

 

the banner is very amateur looking so that kinda turns me off

 

Redesign entire site.
Use more eye friendly colors.

 

you can use a free template at zymic.com they useually have awesome templates to use.

all you then have to do is integrate adsence into them.

the site as it stands is pretty bad.

 

you need to change color. Try choosing more usable color scheme. Also non of your buttons are displayed properly.

 

My advice - set up a Wordpress blog, especially if you're going to add content on a regular basis. A Wordpress theme would look alot better than that, and alot easier too.

If you want help with this then PM me.

 

The Background color makes it hard to read.

 

Well I took all your advice and changed the theme. I am just using a free template for know. I might make my own later.

Any suggestions for the new design?

Also, does anyone know a quick easy way to convert pdf's to html?

 

About AdSense optimization - try using A/B Testing if you're not sure about what types of ads work etc...

The new design looks good btw.

I'm afraid I can't help you about the conversion thing though...

 

There is Some problem with ur ads
Tey are going out of the layout

 

Here is the screen shot

M using Firefox

and Resolution 1280X768

 

I found the problem with the alignment, it should be fixed now.

 

hey mate. Besides listening to the wonderful suggestions being given by fellow DP members, you could do well to check out this thread..

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=245753