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Increase Adsense Income by 50% using Competitive Ads Filter

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by Daniel Tan, Oct 29, 2006.

  1. #1
    Are you familiar with these ads:

    5-top-sites.com
    best4sites.net
    everyrule.com
    25-topsites.com
    thinktarget.com
    toptensites.org
    10-bestsites.com
    best8sites.org
    megasearch.biz
    8bestsites.com
    expert-expert.com
    10-top-sites.com
    chosenresult.com
    9topsites.com
    1s.md
    dbmoz.com
    faster-results.com
    alltheindustrials.com
    e-nternet.com
    webzsearch.com
    top8sites.com
    7-topsites.com

    These are low paying ads, CPC around $0.0+ range.

    They are literally 8000 of such sites out there, taking up much space of your adsense block. They are low paying, and usually provide junky content. If your visitor happens to click on them, they will definitely get dissappointed and thought you recommended them (not all surfer know adsense are ads, especially we are good at making ads look like content).

    By blocking them, you will see better ads and hopefully higher paying ones. Found this via Digg, you can use a recent debut called: AdsBlackList.com. While the previous AdsenseBlackList.com has been shut down by Google (due to trademark issue), AdsBlackList is here to help.

    Just sign up, put in your URL and keyword, click generate. Instantly you will get an extensive list of 200 sites to block.

    Next, login to your adsense account, adsense setup >> competitive ad filter, copy and paste, done. In one hour, adsense will start to block those sites, and hopefully return you with better paying ads.

    Daniel Tan
    (sorry if any of you own those domains, I believe in content)
     
    Daniel Tan, Oct 29, 2006 IP
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  2. Computerized

    Computerized Well-Known Member

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    It may work for some people, but for others it might not. I noticed that my earnings actually decreased by adding the sites that Adsblacklist told me to my competitive filter.
     
    Computerized, Oct 29, 2006 IP
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    clenard Active Member

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    cool, thanks :)
     
    clenard, Oct 29, 2006 IP
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    m0rtal Well-Known Member

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    Yes it may work or not...while they may be low paying ads they may be filling up space where ads would not otherwise appear. (eg. lack of inventory)
     
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    hextraordinary Well-Known Member

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    It very much depends on your field. In general I think this would be beneficial to most.
     
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  6. Daniel Tan

    Daniel Tan Peon

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    I have always wanted to have the list, as I am getting complaints from friends and family asking me why I link out to such sites. They don't know they are ads :D So I guess visitor's experience is another reason why I wanted it so much.

    True, it might not work if the niche is often out of inventory.
     
    Daniel Tan, Oct 29, 2006 IP
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    Jocelyn Guest

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    I prefer to filter the irrelevant or crap ads manually as I see them... 200 is not that big if you have many sites on your account.
     
    Jocelyn, Oct 29, 2006 IP
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    leandar Well-Known Member

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    thank you , its great
     
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  9. Abhik

    Abhik ..:: The ONE ::..

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    yeah.. they are MFA sites and normaly they are low paying sites.
    I have some of them in my ad filter.
     
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    i assume this is perfectly within the adsense TOS??
     
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    Daniel Tan Peon

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    Yes, filtering ads is okay with TOS. Google gives us the Competitive Ad Filter for this purpose.
     
    Daniel Tan, Oct 29, 2006 IP
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    Always block these ads on entertainment sites like Myspace or gaming.
    There is enough of entertainment ads out there , and that will not leave your space empty.

    But there is some problem with blocking those ads today for me.I havent used it for quite a long time, cause my block list was full.
    Today I added few from my Myspace site cause it start to have 2 cents average click. Usually Google block them within 2-3 hours, but it was at least 10 hours now, but theye ar still there.
    Com'on Google :)
     
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    jjmusicpro Active Member

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    sweet i am going to try this...

    why is it, that when i "generate list" it only gives me like 199 results...I WANT THEM ALL :)
     
    jjmusicpro, Oct 30, 2006 IP
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    jackburton2006 Peon

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    And where, pray tell, will you put "them all"? :rolleyes:
     
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    jjmusicpro Active Member

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    in the blocked sites of course :)
     
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    Where do you get the idea that this will increase income by 50%, you didn't quite cover that or what you've found in testing to make such a statement. It's a bit misleading otherwise.

    In our testing, blocking these types of places did not increase anything; it was arguable if it was the reason for any increases or decreases. There are *so* many factors when it comes to making the best of AdSense. It's been stated that Google gives you the highest paying ads it can offer for your spots. Even if some ads only pay .01 per click, .01 per click is better than a PSA anyday and I'd worry more about bettering your content than wasting time on this stuff.

    The "competitive ad filter" wasn't built soley (if at all) to attempt to block low paying sites, it was built to block "competitors". Meaning if you are selling a product that company XYZ also sells, you can block company XYZ from placing ads on your site. It's been used to block so theorized low paying ads, but I still argue there is zero evidence pointing in any direction as to if this works or not or is even worth your time in comparison to other things you can spend time doing in efforts to increase your earnings.
     
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    bacanze Peon

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    I put 200 URLs for one site, as a test, i
    will post results tomorrow
     
    bacanze, Oct 30, 2006 IP
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    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    i have filled my 200 urls. is there any way to block more ?
     
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    Nope :(, G should allow 200 URLs per site, I say we all e-mail them
     
    bacanze, Oct 30, 2006 IP