Please review my AdSense placements.

Finally I thought I might post one for review here.
Please check www.a-class.biz and share any thoughts.

Please also let me know if you get targetted ads

Thanks

 

Placement is okay and the ads are targetted but your website doesnt fit into a 1024x768 screen which is a huge minus. Considering the major resolutions are 1024x768 & 800x600 believe or not!

 

Hopefully this will be better

 

Also to note the rotating image on the left side. Make those into thumbnails as they seem to be full wallpapers which make the user have to download each one which really kills loadtime.

 

As INV said, your Adsense leaderboard in the middle column is stretching out the site so that it requires a higher resolution than 1024 (which is what I have) to view. You're basically making it very difficult for visitors to view your site, and it's not a good idea to tick off visitors who can just go somewhere else. I would suggest either getting rid of that leaderboard, or change it to 468.

Having said that, why do I have to see three Adsene ads above the fold when I visit your site? Can you space them out better? I understand the purpose of Adsense is to make money, but the site just looks crass and screams "I did this site just to make money off you".

 

Ahhh I changed the size of the AdLink unit but forgot the leaderboard.


Thanks

 

It looks quite nice for me now. Ads are also related to your content.

 

Reworked it. Is it better?

 

Yes i like it, quite classy which is good considering the topic. I would conser changing the font on the left column to the same font/colour/size as the adsense on the right.

GL
Jamie

 

Much, much better! But as Notting said, why not blend your ads even further by either changing the links in the right column to the same color as your ADsense ads, or change your Adsense ads to match the color of your links. Either/or.

 

Something like this?
What do you think about the Sponsored link text? with or without it? seems like it's not needed as ads by google is right below it.

 

I'm personally not a big fan of labeling the ads myself. And you're right, it does seem somewhat redundant with the "Ads by Google" already there.

Good work blending the ads to match your content links. You should keep close watch on your CTR. If it goes down, or doesn't go up noticably, you might want to try switching it to all black. Basically, experiment with what works.

 

Good placement.
i'll suggest U to Write "Additional Resources" instead of "Sponsered links"

 

That would be against the TOS. You are using misleading titles if you do that.

 

Placement looks nice to me,..
Only problem is with Resolution of the site,.. for smaller resolutions it doesnt fit into the screen, most of the users have 800*600 pixels..

Rest looks okie..
best of luck..

 

It's going to be difficult to optimize for 800/600 Will try though.

Here are the stats:
73.74% 1024x768
12.12% 1280x1024
8.08% 1152x864
4.04% 800x600
2.02% Unknown

 

Thats maybe only for your website but the general internet resolution of 800x600 is actually head to head with 1024x768 coverting majority.

 

I will have to disagree slighly. Recent studies show that 1024x768 is anywhere from 50 to about 70 % depending on the type of site. 800x600 is somewhere between 7 - 25 %.
I still agree that it will be good to make the page accessible for 800x600. I should be able to do that by removing the right column for those users.

Sources:
Webmasterworld
W3schools
University of Texas @ Austin

 

If you have a site with 800*600, that can cover up for all resolution no matter even if it looks little small on heigher resolution sites,..

But If your site has heigher resolution then there is a problem if the user has lower resolution the site breaks up and then your ads are hidden and many things happen.. which are bad for a site..

 

For me the ad - placement is perfect - and the Page doesn't splice up - but I have no Hihb resulotion...
greetings,lionstarr