It is a site that allows people to post their yard, garage, estates sales, etc for free. Right now, I am loosing money because of the cost of hosting and adwords. What can I do to make things better? Yard Sale Chase
looking good now. if you want -you can make a header and embed google ad under your header. also I think on homepage, instead of adsense, you should go for banner/text ad of your site (sell banner/text ads), that way, visitors will stay on your page and not click your competator's site from adsense and you still get paid for ad. That is of course only until your site is kinda popular. Then you can put any ad you want on there. Google ad between the "yahoo map" and "ads detail" doesn't need to be changed. Its fine. Just the ad on homepage.
Yeah, I am just starting. As a matter fact in the beginning, all I had was a white background and blue text. No pictures at all. I am not a graphic designer. I thought about adding icons, but do they really ad any value?
What do you mean by make a header? I already have a header. I thought banner ads turned people off. If not and Adsense is not the way to go, who would I use? How would people not get sent to another site after they click the ad??
You could filter competitive adds from adsense if you like. I'm not sure I understand the advantage of banners over adsense.
IMO, make the layout more appealing but simple and instead of putting ads on the banner portion make your banner more appealing that emphasizes your services.
Now the site looks empty. Select maximum 3 types and apply them appropriately to the content. Make menu items more visible.
I think the lay out of your banner needs to be changed. To be honest, it doesn't look attractive at all. I would start in changing your banner. If you're willing to throw in a few $, I can help you with the lay out and banner