Get More Clicks With Google AdSense

By Matt Rankin

I have been a member of Google AdSense for a while now and almost daily I hear the the question from other website owners "I have Google AdSense but I'm not getting very many clicks, what should I do?" Well I'm tired of answering these questions individually so I've decided to make a guide on how to utilize Google AdSense to get the best results.

1. Strategically place your ads

I have done many, many experiments with my AdSense and have figured out what the best place for my AdSense is. I have had the most success using two types of ad placement. The first is to place your AdSense in a vertical skyscraper to the left of your text. I can't be absolutely sure why this works, but I believe it is because people read from right to left so every time they finish reading a line of my content their eyes instantly return to the left of the page and see the ads once again. The next successful ad placement is a horizontal banner in-between the content of your page. I believe this works for me because in order for people to continue reading the content of my page they have to look at the ads. Note: These ad placements work best for "ME", and I am still experimenting to make sure I get the most of my AdSense. That being said, I recommend you perform numerous experiments every week to see what works best for you.

2. Don't have to many ads on a page

I see websites all the time that have pages with 75% ads and 25% content. This is a bad strategy because people will not only think your website is spam, but your Google AdSense will not always be relevant to your page content. If you have 200 words on a page and have three AdSense scripts usually only one of them is relevant to your page content because their just isn't enough information on the page for Google to read and decide what ads should be on your page. This is how I decide how many AdSense scripts I should have on a page.

1. 0-600 words = 0 AdSense
2. 600-800 words = 1 AdSense
3. 800-1200 words = 2 AdSense

You should only have 3 AdSense (which is the maximum allowed by Google TOS) on your page if your page is very popular and receiving many page views a day.

3. Search Engine Optimization

Now this isn't specifically about getting more clicks with AdSense but it is still very important in making money through Google. If you want to learn about search engine optimization (SEO) you can read my guide at Search Engine Optimization. You can also try our free webmaster tools to help optimize your website at The PC Line Webmaster Tools

4. Get your website more traffic

There are more ways than just SEO to get your website more traffic. For example; you can purchase traffic through available online services, you can participate in traffic exchange programs, and you can sign up in a banner exchange program. SEO is the most effective, but when you are starting out you should take traffic from anywhere you can get it.

Lastly I would just like to say, don't expect to make a lot of money from your website when you first start out. True, there are many people out there who make over 1000 dollars a month from their AdSense alone, but they have spent a lot of time experimenting and promoting their websites. When you first start out expect to maybe get one click a day which can pay between .05 and .50 cents depending on what topic you chose for your website. Only after months or even years can you expect to make over a hundred a month from AdSense. You have to spend time every day working and advertising your website if you want to be successful. Don't let this deter you, rather let it inspire you because now you know that it is possible to make some decent extra income from your websites.

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Using Your Blog to Promote Your Affiliate Programs

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Creating a blog is a great way to popularize your affiliate programs because you can achieve greater results for the affiliate program you are working with. When blogging, consider the type of people who may be surfing your blog; find out if they are looking for any specific products or related accessories and find out what it is that may inspire them to make a purchase. Using these points, start a blog that generates interest in your affiliate program. This in turn helps you to make even more money through your affiliate programs.



When mentioning your affiliates within your blog try to give genuine recommendations of your products and services. Blog readers or bloggers will come back if you gain their trust and respect through your own honesty. Don't give glowing reviews of your products expecting more sales. If you provide sincere reviews, you are sure to get more orders than with fabricated reviews. This is because everyone wants to know what exactly it is that they are buying, before buying it!



It is always better to use contextual deep links. There is no point in just placing some banner ads, thinking that upon seeing this banner ad, surfers will visit the site. Contextual ads prove to be beneficial only if you advertise products that are related to the blog that you write. Place links of services or products that are relevant to the content found. It is with this tactic that your blog on affiliate programs will become profitable.



When placing links of products or services of affiliate programs, make sure that the links are placed on the hotspots of pages. The hotspots of a page may be the top of the left hand side bar or at the end of your comments. Basically, the parts of a page that are most likely to be read by a surfer. Never clutter all of your affiliate programs within a single blog.



Don't use too many affiliate program links within one blog, as with this, you stand to run the risk of reducing the effectiveness of your links. With this reduction of the effectiveness of your links, you only disillusion the readership of your blog. Be as transparent as possible about your affiliate programs. Don't attempt to trap readers into clicking on links hoping that they will buy your product or use your service.



Labeling your affiliate links is not that feasible an idea for your blog. However, you will have to somehow make people know what link they are clicking on by putting a note under or beside your affiliate links. This note is just to inform what the link is; and not to force them to click on the link to make a purchase for you. However, sometimes the name of the product or service is sufficient to inform the blogger on the product or service you offer.



Finally, consider combining your affiliate programs with other revenue sources on your blog. The best means of finding out the effectiveness of affiliate programs on your blog would be by using some tracking package to track which links are most effective. Find out which links sell more products, and which do not.



Keeping a track of the best positions for your affiliate program links, the products that sell the most and which wording works well with your links all help in improving your affiliate program blogging strategy.



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