Learn AdSense optimization techniques with our new video series

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 | 10:22:00 AM

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Did you know that a simple change like enabling both text and image ads can boost your eCPM and revenue? Or that a 300x250 medium rectangle typically performs much better in terms of revenue than a 250x250 square? Or that widening an AdSense search box can double the number of queries performed on your site, leading to higher earnings? If you didn’t, don’t sweat it -- the AdSense team and I have come up with a list of six top optimization tips and best practices that can help you earn more quickly.

Many of our publishers’ sites and accounts aren’t fully optimized for AdSense, which means that they’re not earning as much as they potentially could. In these AdSense optimization videos, we walk you through some of the top optimization techniques and explain why they’re helpful in boosting your eCPM and revenue. Incorporating these techniques into your website and AdSense ad layout can help you monetize your traffic like never before!

In the six-part video series, we talk about how to:

  1. Upgrade to high-performing units
  2. Monetize more content
  3. Optimize search box placement
  4. Opt-in to text and image ads
  5. Use link units
  6. Opt-in to placement targeting
Even if you consider yourself an AdSense expert, you’ll probably learn a few new and exciting tips from this series. Take a look at the 'Upgrade to high-performing units' video below, check out all six videos on the official AdSense YouTube channel, and visit our optimization essentials center for more information.



10 comments :

DisgruntledGoat said...

Opting in to image ads would be all well and good if we could choose static images and not animated images or Flash ads.

This is the reason most publishers don't use the image ads!

Internet Marketing Traffic said...

how do we know the cpc value increases? the problem is everyday cpc different in $ value, up and down, even when i don't change the contents.

Tanvir said...

great ideas for new fellows . Let see wat happend after these videos.

"Guppy" Honaker said...

I tried AdSense and got no results. Thanks for this video on optimization - I may give it another shot!

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Biceps Brachii said...

Helpful video collection.

Gina said...

I'm applying these principles as much as I can within my site's limitations, but I'm still puzzled about what effect the CTR has on my account and I wish you would produce a video on how that works.

What I mean is, on advice I received in the AdSense forum, I have removed all ads from my low-performing pages, and immediately my CTR went up, but if I start a new site and put AdSense on it, the CTR will go down again because of the lack of traffic on those pages. Why is that bad for me? How?

Thank you for clarifying this.

Inside AdSense Team said...

@Gina: Great question!

At the end of the day, you will be paid for the total number of valid clicks your site generates, not your CTR. In general, it's a good thing to try to increase your CTR (click through rate), but there are exceptions to this rule.

CTR is a measure of the frequency with which impressions (ad views) result in clicks, or to put it mathematically: CTR=(clicks)/(impressions). You can see that increasing CTR by increasing the number of valid clicks would be good for your revenue. However, if you increase CTR by decreasing impressions (as it sounds like you may have done by removing ad code from some of your low performing pages), this might actually hurt your revenue since the total number of clicks (the ultimate determinant of your revenue) may decrease.

For more information about factors that influence your revenue, see this entry in our Help Center: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=81567

Hope this helps!

Gina said...

Are you saying that Google doesn't care if my CTR is, say, 1.2% instead of, say 4%?

Isn't our CTR used to rate our sites?

Inside AdSense Team said...

Hi Gina,

So, CTR is a component of quality score, which helps determine auction rank (ad rank is determined by the advertiser's maximum bid x quality score). In that way, CTR can influence auction outcomes and transacted click-costs. Hal Varian, the Chief Economist at Google, does a great job explaining this in our Insight into your earnings videos. You can check out the videos with the associated Help Center articles here: http://www.google.com/adsense/support//bin/answer.py?answer=160525 and http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=190436

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