AdSense Ad Positioning

As most of you might have noticed, I placed Adsense ads on this blog and have been experimenting to find out the best positions for the Ads. Some things I noticed are that the Ads on the footer and link units don’t get as much clicks as the ones below the post title.

Also placing random images next to the Ads really boosted the clicks. Currently I use tables to hold the images and Ads together. Some readers asked me how I had done this so I would like to share it here. The following example is for the 336×280 Adsense Ads.

first create several 90×280 images. You can use the free icons found here for the images
download the rotator script from here and rename it to rotate.php
Create a folder and put all the images and the rotator script in it
Now use tables (or css if you like) to hold the images and the Adsense Ad together

Here’s the table code I used

Place your Adsense code here

That’s it, this should boost your clicks. Does this violate Adsense TOS? Maybe this can clear things up.

Please don’t use my images for your Ads

Apart from experimenting with AdSense Ad Positioning, I have tried to track the Adsense clicks and earnings.

I currently use the Firefox extension- Adsense Notifier to display my Adsense earnings on the statusbar.

You can also view your Adsense earnings from your sidebar with the plugin available for download from . The plugin displays your Ad’s page impressions, clicks, page CTR, page eCPM, and your earnings.

Also I would like to thank LiewCF for helping me submit the Tax Information needed by Adsense.

I will continue experimenting and report anything I find interesting

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Posted on June 29th, 2006 | Category: Make Money Online |

24 responses so far,

Keith Dsouza

June 29, 2006 at 8:06 pm

Thanks for the tips john, I am gonna make use of it surely.

Keith Dsouza

June 29, 2006 at 9:31 pm

Ok done, the new ads are now functional on both my sites

johntp

June 30, 2006 at 7:48 am

Please don’t use my images for your ads

Keith Dsouza

June 30, 2006 at 1:25 pm

Your icons have been removed, i am using my own

Shivaranjan

July 3, 2006 at 8:25 am

John is it necessary to create images in 90×280 size or can someother size can be used.

John T P

July 3, 2006 at 8:51 am

Any size can be used, I used images of 90×280 for the 336×280 Adsense Ads.

Duane Hardy

July 4, 2006 at 10:16 pm

In the K2 theme I am having a hard time placing this code so it shows only on the single post page. Can anyone give some help?

Thanks

Keith Dsouza

July 4, 2006 at 11:32 pm

Sorry John but this is the best way to get your self banned from Google Adsense.

They told me that I can’t continue with it and I am going to remove those images from the site ASAP to avoid any inconvinience in future.

FYI Google Adsense hates this and mind you they will ban you for this.

July 5, 2006 at 2:49 am

wow this isn’t an adsense hack, this is a trick that has been around for a very very long time; if you thin kyou figured it out, you’re out of your mind. lol