strange adsense experiment

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by martinvidic, Dec 14, 2010.

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    Hi everybody

    I just played around with my ad colors and placement and noticed a few strange things.

    There are 2 ads on all my pages
    http://www.flashmavi.com/wushu_jumps_aerial_twist_tutorial.shtml
    One in the middle and one at the bottom.
    The leaderboads at the bottom used to be on top. But now i moved it down to the bottom and the ctr of this ad is now more than 10 times higher :confused:

    And also... I switched to standard google palettes, but it looks like google auto-dedects your link and text colors if you choose the standard palette and adjusts your ad colors perfectly. Did anybody know that :)

    So... Since I moved the leaderboard down to the bottom and the CTR is so high now. What do you think I should do with the the 336x280? I mean the CTR of the leaderboad is really 10 times higher than the 336x280. Any recommendations? Maybe add more spacing, don't align it with the text, use a sponsored link label? Nothing over the fold seems to perform good on this site.

    Regards
    Martin
     
    martinvidic, Dec 14, 2010 IP
  2. Giamatti

    Giamatti Well-Known Member

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    try to offer some CPA offers or affiliate products..
     
    Giamatti, Dec 15, 2010 IP
  3. RumpledElf

    RumpledElf Well-Known Member

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    Heh, I had a top-left ad on every page, in a supposed 'hot spot'. It was picking up about $20 a month, which is great, but with a really really low CTR. I've put a slightly larger ad on the bottom right of about 1/3 of my pages and already this one is earning more than the top left ever did.

    You could try a wide link unit where you have that ad now, perhaps? Link units perform surprisingly well ...
     
    RumpledElf, Dec 15, 2010 IP