Modern Life - Comments on 'Balancing AdSense with User Experience'

Suzel wrote:

Mon, 14 May 2007 09:39:22 +0100

I had thought about ad placement before, but I had no idea how it would work. As I am a new blogger I have been concerned about traffic, and how to improve my blog. I believe I should try some changes and see what is going to happen. Thanks !

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Stuart Brown wrote:

Tue, 08 May 2007 10:06:43 +0100

@Eli - I'm trialling a new approach to the stylesheets - sadly I've had to make a couple of compromises for us folk on larger monitors (i.e. fixed width), but it should be a little more accessible now.

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Eli James wrote:

Tue, 08 May 2007 09:00:33 +0100

Same here (off-topic, I mean), the May colours rock, and you've decreased the font sizes. Absolutely brilliant!

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Stuart Brown wrote:

Tue, 08 May 2007 08:27:43 +0100

Thanks Kat :-)

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Kat wrote:

Tue, 08 May 2007 02:18:07 +0100

Okay, I'm slightly off-topic, but I really love the May colors!

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Stuart Brown wrote:

Tue, 08 May 2007 01:39:58 +0100

@Craig - I'm running a custom build CMS, so it's just a matter of changing the logic :-) Not sure about TypePad to be honest.

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Emphasis Development wrote:

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:24:38 +0100

Any kind of ads within the content section I find very off putting, and I am less like to bother reading, but we are all different.
I agree the idea of time delayed ads is a very good one.

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Deranged wrote:

Mon, 07 May 2007 19:06:13 +0100

This was quite useful, I've only have started thinking about ad optimisation and this post has given me some good starting points. Cheers mate...

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Sue @ TameBay wrote:

Mon, 07 May 2007 18:46:13 +0100

Mmmm. *I* like the time-delayed ads idea too - very much. Thank you!

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Alejandro wrote:

Mon, 07 May 2007 18:16:35 +0100

Thanks, I'll look into that.

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David Airey :: Creative Design :: wrote:

Mon, 07 May 2007 17:14:17 +0100

I agree with the provision of full over partial feeds, so thanks for swiching.

I'll click through on partial, but in fact I'd be more likely to click-through if I read the full post in order to comment.

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Craig wrote:

Mon, 07 May 2007 17:09:41 +0100

Hi Stuart

Time delay display of ads? I like that idea.

I know being on TypePad I'm going to struggle to do this but how do you do it anyway?

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Stuart Brown wrote:

Mon, 07 May 2007 14:57:04 +0100

@Alejandro - Probably better to use the HTTP Server Variables in PHP ($_SERVER[]) or ASP and toggle the ad display code based on that. Using JavaScript to alter the AdSense code is against the TOS, so one needs to be careful.

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Alejandro wrote:

Mon, 07 May 2007 13:34:38 +0100

Related question: Is there a way to use Javascript to display AdSense according to the viewer's User Agent? For example, not displaying Firefox referrals to Firefox users, or preventing Mac and Linux users from seeing "Google Pack" ads which don't apply to them.

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Stuart Brown wrote:

Mon, 07 May 2007 12:39:12 +0100

@Maris - Tis true. Getting the balance right is tricky!

Only putting ads on older articles can be a good trade-off, though.

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Maris wrote:

Mon, 07 May 2007 12:36:20 +0100

I was experimenting with ad placement about week ago and that's true that rectangle ads are best earners. And actually with placement optimization I even doubled my income. But there is another side of such activities - sometimes it is drastic to visitors and I recommend to keep balance between earnings and visual look of your site - it is the best for both sides.

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