www.thepublicenemy.net I completely revamped my site. I personally love the placement of my ads now and feel they will have a huge improvement in my CTR. What do you guys/gals think?
I like the colourscheme of the ads, they blend in well with your site. However to me they still look like ads and are quite a distance from the actual content of the site (well the top ads are anyway). Have you seen an improvement in your CTR yet today?
Put 300x250 and 336x280 Ads in the Advertisement section on the top. Make colors of links red, white and that orange that you have already. Make and cahnnel for each of these changes and then sit back after at least 1000 uniques and knock off the under performers. I did this and went from 2-3% to 15% I think 15% is good enough for me.
sparxxx: No improvement yet but I will check back with you in a week. RazorLegacy: 300x250 and 336x280? Talk about would overtake that spot and most of my top page. I didn't make this site to make money rather for a home for our gaming clan. I do want to make money to pay for our game server but I don't want ads taking over everything. What is your web addy so I can get an idea of what you are talking about?
I like the placement of the top ads...but a few suggestions: Try adding a link unit to the sidebar on the upper half of the page. maybe near the "server status" box ALso, try adding some text ads between somw of the main content in the middle (i.e. between the "new site look" section and the "5vs5 TWL..." section. Or between the 5vs5 TWL..." and the "recent threads" section) See if that helps any...
Well my CTR hasn't improved as far as the percentage goes. I think it will be harder to quantify now because I have two sections of advertisements that follow users no matter what page they go to. Impressions = 1704 CTR = .47% Earnings = $3.64 My earnings are usually $2.00 to $3.50 a day so I am on the high-end. My goal is to one day make $10 a day. I just have to find a way to take my battlefield clan specific webpage and broaden it to games and more.