Google AdSense Channels Report

Here is the first monthly (November) report of the Google AdSense Custom Channels and URL Channel in percentage term for my blog Blogger Tips and Tricks:

Channel	Earnings percentage
Total URL Channel	100.0
sidebar skyscraper unit	68.9
Below blog Header left link unit	13.6
Below blog Header right link unit	6.2
sidebar link unit	4.9
Main column end of posts large rectangle units	4.7
footer leaderboard unit	1.8

This result shows that the sidebar large skyscraper unit is the best performer at 66.9% while the footer leaderboard unit is the worst performer at only 1.8%. This is not surprising as the skyscraper unit is in the most visible position above the fold while the footer leaderboard unit is sometimes above the fold but displayed only in the individual post (permalink) and never in the homepage as Google only allows maximum 3 ad units and the leaderboard unit is suppressed in the homepage.

Another conclusion that may be drawn from the results is surprisingly, the large rectangle ad unit immediately after a post is not performing well at only 4.7% which is counter to what Google AdSense recommend to have ad units where surfers attention are normally centered - within content, that is, in the main column.

High Paying Keywords

AdWords Tool Feb. 2009	$20 to $30 Keywords List 2004
$ 20.57 $ 27.09 $ 19.75	drug rehab contract management software car accident lawyer top of page

AdWords Tool Feb. 2009	$10 to $20 Keywords List 2004
$ 10.01 $ 23.07 $ 9.89 $ 8.14 $ 23.74 $ 6.65 $ 6.95 $ 25.21 $ 17.69 $ 19.65 $ 14.74 $ 11.28 $ 10.39 $ 12.07 $ 21.72 $ 10.17	note buyers donate a car investment fraud content management home equity loans cash advance payday loan asbestos lawyer cord blood california refinance refinance cerebral palsy search engine marketing california mortgage criminal attorney help desk top of page

AdWords Tool Feb. 2009	$8 to $10 Words List 2004
$ 22.41 $ 9.12 $ 10.62 $ 14.44 $ 20.59 $ 12.94 $ 27.01 $ 25.92	Ten Dollar Words in 2004 conference calling factoring oregon mortgage answering service debt consolidation mailing lists software escrow tax attorney
$ 27.46	Nine Dollar Words in 2004 student loan consolidation
$ 13.62 $ 14.22 $ 6.40 $ 13.60 $ 17.28 $ 9.52 $ 9.22	Eight Dollar Words in 2004 web hosting medical malpractice lawyer seo optimization debt management data recovery document scanning private jet top of page

AdWords Tool Feb. 2009	$7 Words List 2004
$ 4.38 $ 9.40 $ 6.65 $ 14.71 $ 10.28 $ 7.69 $ 10.56 $ 9.88 $ 22.88 $ 21.84 $ 11.35 $ 11.36	affiliate program brochure printing cash advance credit report domain name forex hosting incorporate refinance mortgage tape data recovery website hosting wisconsin mortgage top of page

AdWords Tool Feb. 2009	$6 Words List 2004
$ 32.76 $ 10.81 $ 8.62 $ 17.85 $ 18.27 $ 14.63 $ 2.65	auto insurance california divorce lawyer charter aircraft christian debt consolidation lemon law mac data recovery patents top of page

AdWords Tool Feb. 2009	$5 Words List 2004
$ 2.94 $ 6.19 $ 10.93 $ 17.28 $ 1.62 $ 6.44 $ 2.64 $ 6.13 $ 2.69 $ 19.94	background check business card california divorce attorney data recovery fraud gastric bypass invention personal loan teak furniture term life top of page

AdWords Tool Feb. 2009	$4 Words List 2004
$ 4.15 $ 4.28 $ 4.85 $ 1.36 $ 6.80 $ 8.83 $ 20.95 $ 3.08 $ 2.43 $ 5.10 $ 17.50 $ 6.74 $ 13.85 $ 2.10 $ 5.34 $ 8.93 $ 3.34 $ 5.62	affiliate marketing alaska fishing charter flight college direct tv dvd duplication hard drive recovery laminate flooring lower cholesterol metal building mortgage life insurance moving company online degree satellite TV shopping cart software stock broker video production web site design top of page

AdWords Tool Feb. 2009	$3 Words/ Phrases 2004
$ 8.42 $ 4.02 $ 3.95 $ 7.10 $ 2.67 $ 2.87 $ 2.29 $ 2.96 $ 4.88 $ 3.00 $ 3.21 $ 6.58 $ 2.35 $ 9.83 $ 4.24 $ 1.50 $ 2.09 $ 3.28 $ 2.73 $ 3.38 $ 7.04 $ 2.77 $ 3.93 $ 9.78 $ 4.73 $ 4.56 $ 1.66 $ 13.90 $ 7.49 $ 4.18 $ 4.82 $ 4.10	accounting software acne art school asic design canada fishing cash drawer casino charity charter yacht computer chair contact lenses degree diet dna testing drivers education drug test golf business hair loss hardwood floor HGH home insurance military school MLM pay per click people pc projector lamp radar detector reverse mortgage satellite phone seo steel building voip

High Paying Keywords

As you probably already know, AdSense and other contextual advertisement operators, uses a bidding system together with the content of a page (there may be other factors as well) to determine which ads get displayed on a page. If you are looking to getting high paying ads on your page, you may want to prepare your posts with high paying keywords in mind. A well known high paying keyword is mesothelioma, so if you have much to write about, by all means write about mesothelioma. However, competition is expected to be stiff. How successful will the endeavour be will depend on how well you do the SEO (Search Engine Optimization), how stiff is the competition and also how often the keyword or phrase is searched for.

I myself have once received ~USD30 for 1 click. However, I have no means to detect which ad was clicked, and what keyword or key-phrase was used that caused the searcher to land on my site.

You can find some limited information on top paying keywords for free online (please note that the cost will vary with time and season) Examples are:

Free Top Paying Keywords
Highest Appreciating Keywords
VS Top Paying Words
Mike's Marketing Tools
ASP Web Development Affiliate Marketing

There are sites selling list of top paying keywords, but I myself will not purchase such a list as I wonder how can they have an accurate database if the bids for certain keywords changes with time and season.

Also, keywords that pay well are likely to attract lots of people trying to get ads triggered by these keywords, meaning competition will be stiff. Some people feel that time will be more profitably spent in writing good content. I myself is inclined to such opinion.

Common affiliate programs

Most affiliate programs are based on time limited cookies with a shelf life. You will probably be provided with an affiliate URL (link) that has something at the end of the to identify you. It may look something like:

http://www.website.com/id=affiliateno234

When someone visit http://www.website.com/ via your affiliate link, a cookie will be stored in your computer. All will be well and good if the visitor purchase something on the first visit as then you will be credited with the sale. Even if the visitor does not purchase something on the first visit but return later and purchase something, you will still be credited with the sale as long as the cookie remain in the visitor's computer and/or it is within the validity of the cookie. Most affiliate programs set a fixed period ranging from days to weeks. Whatever it is, after that period, the cookie is then useless to you as sales after that period will not be credited to you. Even worst, many surfers have a habit of clearing cookies at the end of the day or when they meet problems.

Interesting affiliate program

Online Canadian Pharmacy Escrow Service also has an affiliate program which uses cookies too, but in a different way. It only uses the cookie for initial verification and identification. After that, from what I understand, the cookie is no longer in use. All sales of a visitor coming from a website which URL had been verified will henceforth be credited to the affiliate.

Now I do take prescription drugs and I do consult conventional doctors, but where there is a choice, I prefer natural remedies and herbal medicine. Online Canadian Pharmacy Escrow Service have a prescription drugs section as well as herbal medications section.

I will like to know more about exactly how their affiliate program and cookie system works and hope to update you with more information.
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AdSense Smart Pricing and what you can do about it

To AdSense, advertisers are more important than publishers, and that is smart because that is where the money is coming from. So, AdSense try their best to improve advertisers' ROI (Return on Investment). One way they do this is by the introduction of Smart Pricing in April 2004. This is how AdSense describe how Smart Pricing works:

‘We’re introducing automatic price adjustments for certain clicks you get from the Google Network. Google’s smart pricing model has always provided better placement for better performing ads, and reduced the cost of a click to the least amount possible to stay above your competitor’s ad. And now, with no change in how you bid, Google may reduce the cost for a click if that better reflects the value it brings to advertisers like you.

How smart pricing works

We are constantly analyzing data across our network, and if our data shows that a click is less likely to turn into business results (e.g. online sale, registration, phone call, newsletter sign-up), we may reduce the price you pay for that click. You may notice a reduction in the cost of clicks from content sites.

We take into account many factors such as what keywords or concepts triggered the ad, as well as the type of site on which the ad was served. For example, a click on an ad for digital cameras on a web page about photography tips may be worth less than a click on the same ad appearing next to a review of digital cameras.

Google saves you time and hassle by estimating the value of clicks and adjusting prices on an ongoing basis. With improved smart pricing, you should automatically get greater value for clicks from ad impressions across our network, all with no change in how you bid.

Other than this snippet, Google has given little information of how exactly Smart Pricing works. This has give to lots of specutlations. One thing is for sure. Smart Pricing focus on how well the clicks convert into customers for the advertiser. If the clicks convert well, the publisher will be well paid. If not, their earnings will be reduced, How do they determine the conversion rate is not known as I understand advertisers are not required to release their conversion rate to Google.

What Smart Pricing seem to like is focused sites. The more focused the site, the better it is, and focused sites with targeted visitors are more likely to result in the person who click on it to follow up with it (and therefore not result in Smart Pricing reducing the earning per click).

While Smart Pricing is good for advertisers, it affect publishers' earning. The question is, what can publishers do about it. From what they revealed:

"For example, a click on an ad for digital cameras on a web page about photography tips may be worth less than a click on the same ad appearing next to a review of digital cameras."

The thing to do about this is to create tightly niche posts that tightly focus on narrow topics. Try not to a post about general subject that try to cover everything.

Create good content. The best way to ensure you benefit from AdSense is to create compelling content for interested users. When you have good content, the chances of having relevant ads on your site is better. Perhaps you can try to do what this post advocate to get more relevant ads: Getting advertisement relevant to your content. When readers click on relevant ads, that means they are interested in the material in that ad and that means the chances of that converting to something useful to the advertiser is higher. Good content usually equals a good experience for user plus advertiser, which can be much more valuable than CTR. This is a good reason not to use traffic exchange programs like BlogExplosion where readers are only interested in getting more credits and hits for their sites and seldom click on ads.

One thing that is known is that price for clicks on on site is not affected by the CTR (Click Through Rate). I have written to AdSense Help Center, and they have specifically stated that earnings are not affected by Click Through Rates.

How to contact AdSense Support, including by telephone

How to contact AdSense Support, including by telephone

Before you contact AdSense Support, it is fair that you first try to help yourself by searching their help pages at AdSense Help Center. It will even be better if you first try to get some help from the Google AdSense Help Group" by posting your problem there before you try to get in touch with AdSense Support.

AdSense Support Contact Form including making suggestions

If you have a query regarding AdSense you can use their contact form at AdSense Support.

If you have a suggestion to make, you can make it at the same site by ticking "Others", then "Suggest a Feature".

Report accidental click form

If you have accidentally clicked on ads on your own site, it is better to inform AdSense about it before they find out and perhaps ban you from AdSense. Or you may have installed AdSense click tracking program and have noticed suspicious activities. The contact form to inform AdSense about it is at Invalid click contact.

Tips on appealing for reinstatement and reinstatement appeal form

If your account has been suspended, it is best you read this post What to do if your AdSense account has been suspended before you make an appeal. Your first appeal may be your best chance at getting reinstated. So prepare well, get as much information as you can to support your appeal. At the above post, you can read about the personal experience of those who got banned, appealed and got reinstated. There are also tips on how to try to avoid getting banned. When you are ready, appeal for reinstatement at Appeal

Google AdSense telephone number

You can call AdSense at 1-866-246-6453. However, it looks like a US phone number and I am a non-US resident. I haven't tried calling that telephone number as I don't want to incur international telephone call charges. I don't know if you will get connected to a machine or can eventually get to a human. If you are in the United States, and have reasons to call Google AdSense, I would very much like to learn about your experience. I hope you will leave a comment describing your experience in calling the above telephone number so that other readers will also benefit.

Comparison: Google AdSense and Amazon Affiliate

Comparison: Google AdSense and Amazon Affiliate

Before we make any comparison between Goggle AdSense and Amazon Associates, let us first discuss the type of online advertisements.

CPC (cost per click): also know as PPC (pay per click). Publisher get paid only when visitor click on an advertisement. No click, no pay

CPM (cost per thousand impressions): Publisher get paid each time a CPM ad is displayed. Amount paid per impression (amount paid each time CPM ad is displayed) is the same irrespective of whether visitor click on the ad or whether an action (like buying something) by visitor is induced by the CPM ad. CPM is called cost per 1000 impressions because the amount paid for a single impression is usually very little, so that amount per impression is multiplied by 1000 to create a figure that is more meaningful.

CPA (cost per action): Also called PPA (pay per action or pay per aquisition), CPA ads require visitors to do more than just clicking on an ad. Publisher get paid only when a visitor who clicked on a CPA ad acted upon the advertisement such as buy something, filled in a form or other pre-defined action. No action, no pay.

Comparison between Google AdSense and Amazon Associates

Google AdSense serves all three types of ads - CPC, CPM and CPA and thus has a huge inventory to draw from to display in a publisher's website or blog and thus gives publishers a better chance of getting income from publishing content. Furthermore, CPC and CPM ads offer an easier path to earning something from ads as compared to CPA ads which require action.

However, AdSense ads uses Javascript. Blogs using the Blogger platform for their blog cannot copy-paste Javascript into their posts (post editor) and thus faces restrictions within the actual content, a section much more visible to visitors (and thus more effective) than places like the sidebar, footer, etc.

Amazon uses both Javascript as well as active hyperlinks. Such hyperlinks (HTML) can very easily be incorporated any place which allows HTML and that include posts like this one.

For example, I can incorporate an Amazon ad within this sentence by making reference to blogging. Try clicking on this link or the preceding link and you will discover that you have ended up in Amazon's site and if you purchase anything from Amazon, a commission will be paid.

However, as mentioned above, Amazon Associates serve only PPA ads (visitor need to purchase something) which means earnings are harder to generate. My experience is that earnings from AdSense is many times more from than Amazon Associates.

Shelf life (Paste and forget)

Google AdSense is very much a "paste and forget" operation because a publisher only has to paste AdSense's Javascript in the proper place and forget about it. AdSense will continue to serve relevant ads there without publisher having to do anything.

Amazon Associates however have such thing as time limited special offers which expires and after which expiry date, the links need to be removed. Amazon Associate can also link to a specific product or page which has a shelf life (expiry date), for example, link to a book. Books can become out of print which then render the Amazon link irrelevant. (This is why I usually link to a search page which never expire)

Problem: Empty space where AdSense ad units are suppressed

The only way to incorporate AdSense unit within New Blogger posts is to put the script in the template. This theoretically will display an ad unit in EVERY posts, but AdSense allows only 3 ad units maximum and somehow suppresses the extra if, for example, you have 7 posts in the main (index or home) page. Thus only the first 3 posts will display the ad units while the rest is supposed to have nothing where there should be ad unit (this was my experience with the old Blogger and I think also the New Blogger). If you have ad units elsewhere link the the sidebar or the footer, which one get displayed should depend on how the template is structured, but I have observed that this is not completely true. I have checked with AdSense Support (click BACK button to get back to this page) if we are violating their policy and the response was no.

However, I was alerted to the presence of empty space where the ads are suppressed (first time I came across it) by ChampDog who gave a link to AdSense Unit Displays Empty Blank Space and gave a link to one of my blogs The easiest way to earn something for your blogging efforts and sure enough, I saw a similar blank space in one of my posts.

I took a screenshot and you can see the problem in the screenshot below (empty highlighted with red text):

I will be contacting AdSense Support (click BACK button to get back to this page) and hope to update this post when I get a response.

Update 16 October 2007: The first support staff who responded gave irrelevant answers. I replied and request the query be forwarded to someone familiar with Blogger. 2 other people replied, the last one who specialised in Blogger said they are currently working on the problem. Let's hope they don't take too long.

Invalid Clicks

Clicks but no revenue (earnings)?

This question crops up quite frequently. Publishers says he or she see clicks in the report, but not income or revenue or earning earnings. Now there can be various reasons for this:

Public Service Advertisements

The clicks you see in your report may be clicks on Public Service Ads (PSA) or sometimes called community ads. These are ads for approved organizations such as charities. You will not be paid for these clicks if any of your visitors click on them. But PSA if displayed on your website can be identified for you will not see "Ads by Google" appearing with PSA. Such ads will be displayed when Google AdSense cannot find matching ads relevant to the content of your website from the pool of available ads, they will either display PSA, a blank or colored space or ads of your choice (see below)

When you Generate scripts for Google AdSense ads (click BACK button to get back to this page), you have the choice of allowing PSA (I do that for all my ads as my contribution to the community), choose alternative ads to be displayed or display blank or colors empty space.

Invalid clicks

Clicking on ads in your own website is considered invalid clicks (used to be called fraudulent clicks) and if identified, will not generate any earnings for you if you are lucky, and can get you banned practically for life if unlucky. Invalid clicks can also be identified by AdSense when there are repeated clicks from the same computer, etc. They made their definition very wide and you have no way of telling how they rule which clicks are valid and which are not. If they detect many invalid clicks, they may even suspend your account.

Clicks on CPM (Cost per 1000 Impressions) ads

There are 2 types of advertisements, CPC (Cost per Click) and CPM (Cost per 1000 impressions). Impressions are the number of times the ads are displayed. Advertisers do not pay anything if no one click on CPC ads displayed. You will only be paid if a visitor click on a CPC ad.

Advertisers pay whenever CPM ads are displayed irrespective of whether anyone click on the CPM ads or not. As long as the CPM ads are displayed on your website, you will earn something even if no one click on them. Now note, if someone click on your CPM ads, you will get some earnings, but these may be so low that they are less than 2 decimal points as it will be based on impression, not on click. Wo in your report the earning may be reported as $0.00 giving you the impression that you will be thinking that you earned nothing. But look at the column for eCPM (effective Cost per Impression). It should be non-zero. If you want to know how much you earned for those impressions, refer to Table to automatically calculate the earning from impressions (click BACK button to get back to this page).

So I hope this post gives you a good picture of what may be going on if you see clicks in your report, but in the column for earnings, it is reported as $0.00

100 Adsense Alternatives. Monetize with deferent revenue sources to earn extra online

Nothing more dreadful and disastrous than getting banned from Google Adsense program. It could destroy completely earning online structure and the effort that we build destroy in an instant.

It is when many realize that they have to go for an Adsense alternative in the early stage.Infact,this is some thing one should worry before getting banned from Adsense.Diversify your earning source by using Adsense alternatives.It not only provides a peace of mind from such cases but it also helps in Monetize your site's overall revenue.

Below listed 100 ads revenue sources.[no affiliate link]
Adsense Alternatives:© 08:Earningsource.Blogspot.com:Earn online Source
1.24/7 RealMedia
2.AdBrite
3.Advertising.com
4.Burst Media
5.Kanoodle
6.Link Share
7.ValueClick
8.Yahoo Publisher Network
8.Accelerator Media
9.Ad Agency
10.Ad Dynamix

11.AdEngage
12.Adgenta
13.Adhearus
14.AdKnowledge
15.AdPepper
16.ADServing Network
17.Adsmart
18.Adtegrity
19.AdZuba
20.Adversal
21.Affiliate Future
22.Affiliate Sensor
23.Affiliate Fuel
24.AllFeeds
25.Auction Ads
26.AV Nads
27.Azoogle Ads
28.Banner Boxes
29.Banner Connect
30.Bardzo Media
31.BClick
31.BidClix
32.BidVertiser
33.BlinkAds
34.BlueFN
35.BlogadNetwork
36.BlogAds
37.BlueLithium
38.Buy.at
39.Casale Media
40.Chitika
41.ClickAdsDirect
42.Click Booth
43.Click Share
44.Clicksor
45.Click Xchange
46.CrispAds
47.ContexWeb
48.Cyber Bounty
49.Cover Clicks
50.CPX Interactive
51.Direct Networks
52.Enhance Interactive
53.Esource Media
54.Etype-Europe
55.EtypeUSA
56.Etargetnet
57.ExpoActive
58.ExoClick
59.Fairadsnetwork
60.FastClick/ ValueClick
61.FluxAds
62.HurricaneDigitalMedia
63.Hyperbidder
64.Hydramedia
65.Incenta Click
66.Industry Brains
67.Interclick
68.JoeTec
69.LookSmart Adcenter
70.Kontera
71.LinkBLiss
72.Mamma Media Solutions
73.MSN adCenter
74.MaxBounty
75.Mirago
76.MIVA AdRevenue Xpress
77.MoreNiche
78.Nixxie
79.Oridian
80.Oxado
81.Paypopup
82.PayperPost
83.PeakClick
84.Popup Traffic
85.Quigo
86.RealCastMedia
87.RealTech Network
88.Revenue Pilot
89.ReviewMe
90.RightMedia
91.Searchfeed
92.ShareAShale
93.Sponsered Reviews
94.TargetPoint
95.Text Link Ads
96.TMP Express
97.Tremor Network
98.Tribal Fusion
99.Veoda
100.Vibrant Media IntelliTXT

How to increase traffice on your site

After your created your website (or blog) and optimized your Adsense, the next and perhaps the most important thing is to attract targeted traffic. Targeted traffic means visitors who come to your site because of genuine interest in the content you provide, not merely by accident. Such kind of visitors will probably search further and are more likely to click on your ads.

So you need to make your site visible to the people who are looking for the content you provide. Some of the common ways people find your site are:

• By search by keywords on search engines such as Google and Yahoo: If you optimized your site properly, Search Engine Traffic can be fairly targeted and can produce good value for Adsense publishers. As they are searching for your content, these visitors can spend time on your site and explore further by clicking on related Ads.

• Links on similar sites: If you manage to have your site linked from other websites that provide similar content as that of yours, these links can directly produce a highly targeted traffic. More over such links can increase your Page Rank, and increase the sites popularity on search results. So this helps in two ways.

Things to do for increasing Traffic:

So you should be doing the following to have your site visible to the users.

• Keyword Optimization: Keyword optimization is an important task you have to do to make your content searchable for your keywords on search engines. For more information about keyword optimization see the article: Optimizing Keywords for Adsense

• Building Links with similar sites: More people are likely to find you more easily on other sites and such links can increase your Page Rank, and increase the sites popularity on search results. So this helps in two ways.

Some techniques to get Targeted Traffic:

Not only that you have to get visitors to your site, you should also have to keep them there if you want some clicks.

• Provide good, relevant content that keeps your visitor interested. Maintaining high targeted traffic means not adding just anything to your web site, but focus on your particular niche of interest. Update frequently, give readers reasons to come back.

• Promoting your site by means of a Pay-Per-Click is probably the most effective way to increase targeted traffic. Visitors coming from PPC Ads are usually highly targeted. But this must be done very carfully and scientifically. You should not pay more per click to Google than a visitor is worth. See our article Using Adwords for Adsense.

• Focus on clean and appealing site design. You should organize your content and make is easy for users to find the content they need. This is a great way to increase the number of impressions.

• One other good way is to write articles for Article Sites such as ArticleCity, eZineArticles etc. This is a good way to get one-way links to your site.

• Spread the word about your site. Participate in related groups and forums. Show to the community that you are indeed an expert in the niche of your site. This gives credibility.

Top 10 Tricks to earn more

Google adsense or also known as Adsense becomes popular nowadays. I am seeing lots of site with some ad serving program. And I also read lots of article proving that a webmaster can really earn when you put adsense on a site or blog. They even forget the eBay and other affiliate programs.

Google Adsense becoming one of the most popular method of placing advertisements in different sites. Putting adsense on your site is very easy. Just copy and paste the codes on your site and then wait for a couple of minutes and then you will see the advertisement. Even a full time mom can do it.

Putting adsense on your site is not enough for you to be able to earn hundreds of dollars. You also need to know the different tricks to earn in no time.

Here are the top 10 tricks that I found from the different Adsense gurus who are sharing their knowledge on how they earn cash through adsense :

1. The color of your ads is one of the trick that you should learn. Make sure that your ads color is the same as your web site palette. Instead of using frames choose the same color as your page background for the ad frame and for the ad background.

2. Avoid using those horizontal banner or leaderboard ads. Because Adsense gurus said that people are blind to those kinds of ads.

3. You can use the Google Heat map for you to know where is the best place to put the adsense on a site. Google has its own Adsense optimization tips for that.

4. Competitive keywords can trigger Adsense ads on a page. You can use a keyword research tool for you to be able to grab the most popular keywords. The more popular your keyword is the higher the adwords advertisers are willing to pay per click for it.

5. Create an ads that looks like your page.

6. Google’s link ad unit seem to have a much higher CTR or Click-Through Rate. There are different ad formats that you can use.

7. You can add some images next to your ads. Those images can draw images to your ads.

8. You can add 3 Adsense ads and 1 link unit on your page ot 1 adsense referral button plus 3 other unit. Make sure that you place those ads to the right place that for your ads not to distract the readers.

9. Focus on a particular niche. Your content that focuses on a particular niche can trigger Adwords ads that closely match the content. This will make your visitor be more interested to click on your ads.

10. Use custom Ad Channels for each of your ad placements, for example, “Top 5 Link Unit Blue Palette” or “Left Side Navigation Image Skyscraper” etc. Tweak, track and measure the success of each of these custom channels so you know what gives you the highest CTR. Some ad formats and colors will work better than others, but you won’t know which until you test, test and test some more!

How to prevent your account to banned

Many web site owners are getting their Google Adsense account banned when they have done nothing wrong to deserve the punishment. Considering the money that some are getting from Adsense, those who got banned would certainly want to get back into the program. But why all the hassle when there are clear guidelines which you can easily follow to maintain a good standing Adsense account? Don't get yourself into Click fraud.


Click fraud is the act of clicking on ads for the purpose of costing the advertiser money. It is simply the same as paying out cash for false leads. Many website owners are aware of this fraud and are sharing the same sentiment that this is the one biggest problem that Adsense is facing.

How can you prevent from being involved in this fraud?
Majority of web hosts are offering access logs. Once this is offered to you, it is necessary that you hand it over to Google as well. This will allow them to look for any suspicious activity on your site. Problems like this are very serious and giving it to them is like saying that you would want to help them in any way you can in solving the problem.

It can also help if you have a click monitoring software. If you do not have one yet, you should try and get one. There is absolutely no major factor preventing you from having one because most of this software is free. One example is Adlogger! Read a review on Adlogger.

As usual, all the information you have received should be turned over to Google. This is showing Google that you too are fighting against click frauds and is in no way a part of it. Study your server logs and watch for any activity that seems suspicious. Report anything that you may find odd, may it big or small thing.

You may want to consider disabling ads for your own IP address and local geographic area. This will certainly prevent accidents and will not make Google assume another user as you. You can do through a htaccess file. This will avoid mistakingly clicking on your own ads and be kicked out because of it.

Keep your Adsense off on pop ups and pop unders. Your ads should not be displayed on content sites that promote illegal activity or tampering of the legal rights of other people or business. Included in this are the content that is considered adult and gambling ones. If you think that you may be breaking this rule, immediately remove your content or Adsense from the web page.

Be truthful and confess up to Google about times when you might have clicked on your own ads, whether accidentally or intentionally. Or the times when you have done something that is against the Terms of Service. Be honest about anything that you may have done that is wrong. Confessing is way better than Google learning about it eventually.

Do not tell your family or friends to click on Adsense on your website. Chances are they may start clicking on them to help you make money without you knowing it. They may be doing more harm to you than helping in the first place.

If ever someone you know chanced upon your Adsense, make sure they understand that they cannot click on your ads under any circumstances. It would be wise to brief them on important things about Adsense and what not to do with them.

Most pay per click networks have different measures in hand to protect website owners against click frauds. Other search engines can track more than 50 data points, IP address, browser’s information, user’s session info and pattern recognition. They also have “systems” available that detects fraud. Not to mention the specialized teams monitoring how things are going and helping advertisers stop click frauds.

Do not be caught in the Google click fraud. Be aware and be wary.