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Eleven hot tips for making money with google. Tip 7

21 November, 2007 (12:40) | Advertising, Google | By: clive

AdSense for search – web search right from your site

An AdSense for search box on your site:

  • Will improve your users’ online experience
  • Will generates a new revenue stream
  • Allows you to better understand your visitors’ needs
  • The search results pages can be customized to fit with your site’s theme
  • You?ll be paid for every valid click on the ads that appear on the results page

Use the top queries report for AdSense for search to better understand your users. The report provides a list of the top 25 searches performed on your AdSense for search box. You can use it to determine the most sought-after topics on your site, or investigate what your users aren’t able to find on your pages.

Tip number eight to follow. If you want to advertise your website for free then have a look at goFreeClick free text ads.

Eleven hot tips for making money with google. Tip 6

21 November, 2007 (12:20) | Advertising, Google | By: clive

Link units help you make the most out of limited space

Link units display a list of topics relevant to the content of your site. When users click on one of these topics, they’re brought to a page of AdWords. You’ll only be paid for user clicks on any of the AdWords ads on the resulting page and not for clicks on the list topics.

  • Effective for more focused content, where visitors are seeking specific information
  • Their varied formats are space-efficient

Tip number seven to follow. If you want to advertise your website for free then have a look at goFreeClick free text ads.

Eleven hot tips for making money with google. Tip 5

21 November, 2007 (12:07) | Advertising, Google | By: clive

Blogtimize – Optimize the ads on your blog

  • Blend ads into your blog
  • Blend your ad units into the background. Choose a bold color for the ad title and make sure that the background and borders are the same color as the background of the area where the ad is placed.

  • Experiment with multiple ad formats and locations
  • Wider ad formats tend to be more reader-friendly and placing an ad unit after the first post will most likely catch your readers’ attention. Also, consider placing a Skyscraper (120×600) or vertical link unit on the right side of your blog.

  • Offer readers more options with search and referrals
  • Consider using Adsense for search and referrals, which can increase your earnings as well as provide readers with valuable information. They are also flexible formats, which can be placed in small areas.

  • Improve ad targeting
  • You can use section targeting to target an ad unit to a specific section of your blog. Section targeting allows you to suggest sections of your text and HTML content that you’d like Google to emphasize or downplay when matching ads to your site’s content.

    Tip number six to follow. If you want to advertise your website for free then have a look at goFreeClick free text ads.

Eleven hot tips for making money with google. Tip 4

21 November, 2007 (09:42) | Advertising, Google | By: clive

Maximize ad space with multiple ad units

The more ad unit you have, the more ads can be displayed and the more money you can make. You can place up to three ad units per page (in addition to three link units and three referral units). Multiple ad units are good for:

  • Pages with lots of text where viewers need to scroll through the page.
  • Forum or message board pages, especially in the threads
  • Pages where only small ad formats (such as a buttons) will fit

Ensure that the best placed ad unit on the page is the one that appears first in your HTML code so that the highest valued ads will display and generate the most revenue for you.

Tip number five to follow. If you want to advertise your website for free then have a look at goFreeClick free text ads.

Eleven hot tips for making money with google. Tip 2

19 November, 2007 (16:17) | Advertising, Google | By: clive


What colour palettes are the most successful?


Choose colours carefully in order to increase your ads visibility as users tend to ignore anything that’s separate from the main content. You can optimise your colour palette by doing the following:

  • Try to blend the ad into the content by make the background and borders of your ads the same color as the background of your page where the ad is placed.
  • Try to use colours in your ad that complement the colours that exist on your page.
  • Choose colors that stand out against the background (contrast) of your site. However this is only recommended for sites with dark backgrounds ? it is suggested that you use a palette with a white background, white borders, and blue titles.

In general, it is best to use colors for your ad text and links that already exist on your site and remember that users won’t click on ads that are visually offensive. Having said that, you need to bear the following in mind:

  • If your site has mainly repeat visitors, they are likely to become blinded to the position of the ads over time, regardless of the ad colors. To remedy this, try switching the location of your ads on the page or rotating the colours.
  • If your site has a lot of ads and busy content then you need to use more contrasting colours in order to catch the viewers? eye.

Tip number three to follow. If you want to advertise your website for free then have a look at goFreeClick free text ads.

Eleven hot tips for making money with google. Tip 1

16 November, 2007 (18:32) | Advertising, Google | By: clive

Okay, so you already know about using Google adsense to place ads on your website and the cash is trickling in. Too slowly? Want more cash, faster? Okay, so check the following eleven tips out. Here’s number 1. The rest will follow, so bookmark this page and come back later to check for the other hot tips.

Tip number one, which ad format should I use to make the most money?

Wider ads are better than tall ones. They are more visible and are more likely to be clicked. Ultimately you need to choose the format that best suites your page. The following formats have been found to be most effective:

  • 336x280 Large rectangle
  • 300x250 Medium rectangle
  • 160x600 Wide skyscraper

Tip number two to follow. If you want to advertise your website for free then have a look at goFreeClick free text ads.