Adsense In Blogs

[Keith]

Does anyone put Adsense or other ads on their blogs? If so, what plug-in or method do you use to do it?

I've tried two of them now and I have the same problem. It will work fine, then when I make a new post and publish it, the ad on the previous post disappears. If i click into the post to go to it's own page and comments, it's still there, but they won't both show up on the main page. Any ideas?

Any help is appreciated.

[Nomar]

that is good... that is because you are allowed to show only 3 ad blocks on your site..... so the script is smart and only shows 3.. when you go to the single page.. its showing up again.. because there are no other ads

just keep it.. i have the same, working great

[Keith]

Do the ads have to be different? I made two posts on the blog with the same ad code and it will only show the one on the front page.

www.prowrestlinglife.com is the blog I am working on as a test site. As you can see only the one ad shows, not three that is allowed.

[Nomar]

you are only allowed to use 1 of that sort of google ads..

you need the big textual ads.. than you can use 3 on it

[davestarr]

you are only allowed to use 1 of that sort of google ads..

you need the big textual ads.. than you can use 3 on it

Just for my educational benefit, can you tell me what type Google ad you are talking about that can only be used singly?

Also, Google will not always show a Public service ad (if you have allowed them) in place of a for pay ad ... if there are no ads, no inventory, for what Google determines a post or page is about there may not be an ad displayed.

What platform (WordPress or ???) are we talking about and what plug-in is being used. I'm looking for one that puts ads into the posts and is smart enough to keep the total ad count within the TOS.

[Tyler]

This is a bit off-topic, but I really don't like AdSense in webmater-related blogs. AdSense is contextual and obviously therefore only worthwhile if people will click on the ads.

It'd be quite rare for any webmaster, no matter how new, to not know or resemble AdSense ads. That being said - how often do you, personally, click on AdSense ads?

I think the whole demographic will give you one of the worst CTR's..

Instead, I'd prefer textlinks up (advertisers get SEO in return; you don't have to return clicks...) or anything other than AdSense.

[iworkforthem]

What CMS are you using? WordPress? Maybe I can help... Drop me a PM..

[Nomar]

Thats right Tyler, But for selling textlinks, you probably need some PR first, I dont have PR yet, Building it.. Hope to get a good PR in the next update

[Andrew]

Well, John Chow just reported he is making about $700 off of Google Ads on his blog. Even if your visitors know not to click them, good placement means it's possible for them to do so.

[Submerge]

You can't use the navbar ads more than once on a page. You'll have to use the other textual ads instead.

[davestarr]

You can't use the navbar ads more than once on a page. You'll have to use the other textual ads instead.

I think this may be in reference to my original question about what type of AdSense ads can on be used once per page. I don't know what a "navbar" ad is but am making a guess you are talking about text link ads. If so, yes, I understand and you are correct.

# Up to three ad units may be displayed on each Web site page.
# A maximum of two Google AdSense for search boxes may be placed on a page.
# A single link unit may be placed on each Web site page, in addition to the ad units and search boxes specified above. Link units are considered to be 'Google ads' for purposes of these program policies.

So you can have one text link ad ... I use the 768x15's across the top under my blog titles and they often do well there. And three other ads ... on most of my blogs I have 2 or three 160x600 skyscrapers. If the blog is about a subject that pulls high ad rates .. retirement planning for example ... you certainly can make a little money. If the blog is about blogs? No point.

@ Tyler, what you say about webmaster-savvy readers giving a poor CTR may or may not be true. I personally click fairly frequently on ads on web and blog related sites because the ad catches my attention and I want to learn more. I certainly don't refrain from clicking because I know what the ads are ... I consider ads (especially the text link ones that lead to structured information) a service not an annoyance. But perhaps I am weird?

[Submerge]

Yes, I've found the link units rather successful. Sorry I couldn't give the correct name, it's been ages since I've used Adsense. I forgot if this is true, but have heard from places that you have to get 2 clicks to get paid once with a link unit. But I found them extremely successful when incorporated with navigation areas.

As to the poster of this thread, I'd switch the horizontal link unit with a 468x60 ad banner. I dunno if that is a prime spot for a link unit and an ad banner might do better. Plus you can have three ad banners in your three previous posts, I'd think that would be a much better alternative and increase CTR..

[davestarr]

I really think the success or failure of link units depends on what you are trying to do with your blog. I'm not just directing this idea @ Submerge, but food for thought for anyone reading as well. If your blog is just a personal journal ... some people snarkily call them 'cat blogs' because somebody was writing about their cat ... then you are not going to get much in the way of clicks, no matter what format the ads are in.

If you are writing about new, trendy things .. cars, games, cameras, computers ... then you are perhaps trying to get people to click on ads that are obviously special deals ... and AdSense probably isn't even the right tool ... Chitika or some other service that puts actual 'buy me' ads will likely pay much more.

If your blog(s) are about informing people, building long term knowledge then Link Units will pay well. My blogs are mainly of the 'resource' type and I know from what I have seen with click tracking and asing regular readers that my Link Units are often the highest performers. People who are searching information like the link unit because one click opens a whole little menu of data about the specific question they had ... sometimes the same person clicks in 6 or 8 or ten links while they are searching and comparing ... so for that, the 'extra click' has no negative effect.

To my mind most of the AdSense questions can be answered by asking yourself ... what ads is my site 'pulling' from Google and why would my target reader want to click on them? Focus on what value you are providing to your visitor, not what the visitor provides to you ... it will assuredly work in the long run ...but none of this stuff is easy or overnight.

[aloksingh]

Yeah... you cannot place the ads twice in your navbar. That's against the TOS. I use adsense ads on my blogger blog and in blogger beta, it can be done very easily. Although, they do not provide full control of placement, but still, that's the best you can get for a blog.

[charley]

Chitika or some other service that puts actual 'buy me' ads will likely pay much more.

It does for real. I have experienced this many times. I have 2 similar blogs with Adsense and Chitika. I thought to try out which was better. And voila the results were Chitika had higher pays compared to Adsense.

[Submerge]

I really think the success or failure of link units depends on what you are trying to do with your blog. I'm not just directing this idea @ Submerge, but food for thought for anyone reading as well. If your blog is just a personal journal ... some people snarkily call them 'cat blogs' because somebody was writing about their cat ... then you are not going to get much in the way of clicks, no matter what format the ads are in.

If you are writing about new, trendy things .. cars, games, cameras, computers ... then you are perhaps trying to get people to click on ads that are obviously special deals ... and AdSense probably isn't even the right tool ... Chitika or some other service that puts actual 'buy me' ads will likely pay much more.

If your blog(s) are about informing people, building long term knowledge then Link Units will pay well. My blogs are mainly of the 'resource' type and I know from what I have seen with click tracking and asing regular readers that my Link Units are often the highest performers. People who are searching information like the link unit because one click opens a whole little menu of data about the specific question they had ... sometimes the same person clicks in 6 or 8 or ten links while they are searching and comparing ... so for that, the 'extra click' has no negative effect.

To my mind most of the AdSense questions can be answered by asking yourself ... what ads is my site 'pulling' from Google and why would my target reader want to click on them? Focus on what value you are providing to your visitor, not what the visitor provides to you ... it will assuredly work in the long run ...but none of this stuff is easy or overnight.
That is true, but I based my observations on past experience. I've never created a blog on random topics but if the topic is targeted to a group, it shouldn't matter as that is why they are there and the ad should be targeted.