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Old 04-17-2004, 02:48 PM are my adsense ads too well integrated?
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im getting really good traffic and page views for GetTipsy.com but the ctr isnt what i would have oped for the adsense ads on the site... do you think i integrated them too well? would a lighter or darker blue border or even a white border help?

your thoughts are greatly apreciated
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Old 04-17-2004, 04:06 PM
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well a lil update... since i posted this i made a few changes

the adsense ads were originally a skyscraper ad on the right side where it says "affiliates" - ive moved them to the top of the site now in a leaderboard, under the "home search contact us" and kept the same color scheme as the site....

do you still think they blend in too much?
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Old 04-17-2004, 04:35 PM
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I do not know, shall I look at your website? Shall I look in your sig??

I dont get it....??


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Old 04-17-2004, 04:39 PM
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http://www.gettipsy.com - sorry - some webmaster realted forums don't allow direct links in posts and i wasnt sure since im pretty new here....
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Old 04-17-2004, 04:46 PM
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Ahhh... I see!
I think its ok ...


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Old 04-17-2004, 04:48 PM
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thanks... im going to wait till tuesday as the weekends are generally slow for traffic and ctr's anyway... and see how well it does monday and tuesday and possibly put some white text in there instead... but keep the blue background to match the rest of the site
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Old 04-17-2004, 10:11 PM
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Mike,

I thought it looked fine the other day when I checked your site. I think it looks even better now. I think you will start doing a little bit better with the click through rate at some point.

By the way you have a very good site. Nice little niche. I wanted to respond to your other post but didn't get a chance too. I think the offline advertising it a very good idea. I am about to use it to advertise my used car section website by doing a mailing to car lots across the US.
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Old 04-18-2004, 03:30 AM
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I like it where it is, it blends in well
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Old 04-18-2004, 06:45 AM
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ok thanks guys... ill report back tuesday or wed (channel data for adsense is always like 2-3 days behind) and see if i came out w/ better ctr's
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Old 04-18-2004, 07:03 AM
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I didn't see your google ads at first glance... I'm not sure if this is a good thing, but I'd recommend to change the colors of the link in the ad to something more noticeable.
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Old 04-18-2004, 07:04 AM
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i think tuesday or wed im going to change the link color from blue to white and add a black border

see if that helps
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Old 04-18-2004, 11:22 AM
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im getting really good traffic and page views for GetTipsy.com but the ctr isnt what i would have oped for the adsense ads on the site... do you think i integrated them too well? would a lighter or darker blue border or even a white border help?

your thoughts are greatly apreciated
I've actaully noticed a higher CTR on pages where I "blend" the ads in.
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Old 04-18-2004, 05:00 PM
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http://www.gettipsy.com - sorry - some webmaster realted forums don't allow direct links in posts and i wasnt sure since im pretty new here....
Mike, if we thought you were a drive-by spammer, then the link probably would have been removed. However, you've stayed, posted and used the forum for help. We're here to help. So that was okay.

I also looked at your site. Most experienced webmasters will recognize the AdSense ads right off, but a surfer may not. I think that with them at the top, people will see them and the ctr will pick up. You might change the look of it every week or so and see if it picks up. If it does, make sure you note which ones were best so you can get settled into that.

Let us know how it does.

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Old 04-19-2004, 01:44 AM
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obviously i have this in a channel... and mon-wed tends to be the highest ctr days from my experiance w/ adsense... and the channel data also seems to be 2-3 days behind.. so im going to leave it how it currently is, check the channel info around friday and see how they were earlier on in the week... and make changes off that info
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I saw the ads instantly too, but a non webmaster user is not likely to se them. Try making the text a different colour!
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Old 04-19-2004, 10:10 AM
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i changed the location (kept the colors) on sat the 17th, and those stars are now available from the channel data in adsense and CTR is up!
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