GADOOD I think from reading your posts, you are a small publisher (just like me) and if you took a second to get a world wide view, (just by reading dp- with all the big revenue adwords guys saying no content network because of crap sites) and you might think again.
Interesting.. Waiting for the result. Hope you can confirm that MFAs sucks.. But if this thread creates a bit of hype and you end up making some money?? hmmm..
There is a large difference in conversions between the Search and Content networks and always has been, even before 'Made for AdSense' style sites began popping up large-scale. Most people who say no content network because of crap sites have no idea that they still convert and can be useful to advertisers. They don't even bother testing and assume because the content network performs poorly in comparison to the search, that 'crap sites' are to blame when more then likely it just isn't the case.. some people just see the crap sites and think 'Ooh I won't advertise there' .. When I ran an ecommerce store a few years back, before the MFA rush, the search network provided 4% conversions and the content network 0.6% conversions for my particular product - the only smart thing to put this down to is the people coming from content sites generally aren't actively looking for something to buy, where as those coming direct from search results are. Generally people who find themselves on MFA sites are coming directly from search results, therefore you would expect MFA's to actually carry a higher conversion then your average content site... controversial eh? Pete
I totally agree with what Pete's saying here. As an Adwords advertiser it's very hard to justify running ads on the content network. The ability to have a separate content network bid and search network bid has helped the situation a lot by offering cheaper CPC for the content network, but at the end of the day the conversions will still be lower than the search network..
Hmmm, this thread got moved from the Adsense section to the website reviews section??? That should stifle most of the interesting Adsense discussion here then! Alemcherry, its certainly generated a bit of controversy!
I think MFA sites are crap. What upsets me is when I watch my wife use the Internet and she runs across one and thinks it is a "real" website. I think they clutter up the Internet.
made for adsense or no, if it does in fact supply the information that the searcher is looking for then isn't that alright? i was under the impression though that these sites rarely got anywhere due to the duplicate content penalty?
Actually, I think, no. In addition, I would like to mention that your ads after every title make your blog hard to read. You could try to place your ads at the top in the header and/or at the end of the post.