Hi I've had my site for about a year now and have used adsense on it for the full year. One of my problems is that my CTR is low, don't know if I can tell you what it is exactly but it isn't 2 - 5% which i read is good ctr for adsense. My ads are above the fold, blend in with my sites colours and show relevent ads say 60% of the time. Url is - http://www.live-laptops.com Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated. Thanks
Indeed you can't discuss your exact CTR % (See Google TOC's point number 7). I actually like your ad layout and colour/text / background I wouldn't change a thing. What I would do is add in more ads! try a 468x 60 at the end of each article (if they've read to the bottom then you might as well make money when they move on!). Also I'd put a horizontal 5 bar link unit just below your top menu. both of these should help $$$ earnings without making it look too cluttered. Regards Dickie
I might try the banner at the bottom of articles but I've used banners before with little success. That said I have the banner at the top of each blog post and that does ok. Same with the link blocks, tried within a menu type layout (old site design) and didn't get a single click. Plus I don't want to fill up the site with ads as it would piss off users. @sharingbuzz Thanks for the article. IT says that you should use blue for link colours. Has anybody had any success as this would go against my sites colour scheme.