What is your best Adsense tip?

[zeus1000]

I think, that a horizontal link unit at th etop of your page is the best. It looks like a menu bar, so people are clicking on it. And the less ads you display, the highes payuths you will get.

[Oregon Coast Guy]

The thing that I've found with the link units is that they seem to generate fairly low payouts. If they are used, I would make sure you have at least one other block on the page.

[StephenR]

Interesting. I have a link unit block above the navigation on my left sidebar and use a 300 block on the index page. They both convert at almost the exact CTR and earn just as much. By reducing the ad unit blocks on the main directory portion of my site I noticed a SUBSTANTIAL increase in earnings with the same CTR I had before. Thanks a lot.

I desperately need to have someone completely overhaul the directory, article directory and blog for better design and ad placement positioning. Last quote I got though was $4900 and I think I can do better than that for primarily a CSS file and HTML cleanup!

One more question for all of you. How many websites would you recommend putting the same Adsense code on? Is over a 100 websites too many. Is it true that if a portion of your sites do not perform well you can get " Google smart priced", thereby reducing the revenue generated from all of your websites under that account?

Enough of the surface Adsense jive, let's roll up our sleeves and get down and dirty in here =)

[Oregon Coast Guy]

"One more question for all of you. How many websites would you recommend putting the same Adsense code on? Is over a 100 websites too many."

I consider the more the merrier! It's just that much more revenue for the tax man to take. =]


"Is it true that if a portion of your sites do not perform well you can get " Google smart priced", thereby reducing the revenue generated from all of your websites under that account?"

That's what I've heard. I've never experienced it myself, but I have heard that from various resources.

Much of Adsense is such a crap shoot. Twelve of one or a half dozen of the other. Tomatoe or To-maut-o. You do your best to blend, figure out the best sizes, put the blocks in the best places, figure out what MFA web sites and low paying advertisers are giving you no love and sticking them in your Competitive Ad Filter, blah blah blah. You then wait and change what you believe isn't working and shift things around a bit. All the while, you have your fingers crossed and hope for a good Adsense payday.

The best thing I know to do is continue to add more quality content. More content driving targeted additional traffic just means more places to place the Adsense on and a higher payout day. =]

BTW, Stephen, I think your site looks really nice.