swa66
msg:4527761 | 1:09 pm on Dec 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
You mean the ugly blue arrows that clash with my themes that now got grey/gray ?
I didn't have the blue ones, the stuff performed better before they appeared about a week or two ago.
I'm seeing the grey ones now and I must say the CTR is slightly better (10% or so), so while that might seem to be at first looks a winner, it's mostly the CPC that's gone up - and that has nothing to do with presentation of the ad.
So:
- I like the new CPC - keep it up!
- I dislike the blue arrows with a vengeance
- I'm partial to the grey arrows - waste of space IMHO and while it might give something positive for now, I doubt it'll last in the long run.
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netmeg
msg:4527762 | 1:38 pm on Dec 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I only first saw them on my sites in the past couple days, but so far way up. Not enough time to determine that the arrows are the cause.
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JCKline
msg:4527941 | 10:10 pm on Dec 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Having a large ad unit with 4 arrows for each text link ad looks really bad! And with 2 ads on a page, I feel myself looking to the right...that's what the arrows seem to want me to do.
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HuskyPup
msg:4528085 | 1:29 pm on Dec 14, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| I feel myself looking to the right...that's what the arrows seem to want me to do. |
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Yep, do not draw undue attention to the ads;-)
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netmeg
msg:4528087 | 1:36 pm on Dec 14, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Heh well, the best day of several months was followed by the worst day of several months, so I'm not counting on the arrows to do me a lot of good.
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breeks
msg:4528111 | 4:21 pm on Dec 14, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Since the arrows came out CTR has dropped by half a percent.
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ember
msg:4528154 | 5:35 pm on Dec 14, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Hate the arrows. They are not helping at all.
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Swanny007
msg:4528327 | 4:21 am on Dec 15, 2012 (gmt 0) |
When did the change roll out? I've seen a nice revenue bump in the last few days. If it's due to the arrows, great! They don't bother me, at least they don't blink or wiggle like some (banners) LOL
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Lame_Wolf
msg:4528385 | 10:32 am on Dec 15, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| When did the change roll out? |
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A couple of months, but the arrows then were far far worse. Larger, and colors that made your eyes bleed. These arrows look better, but they are still not needed.
| I've seen a nice revenue bump in the last few days. If it's due to the arrows, great! |
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It has nothing to do with the arrows. You do realize what time of year it is... a time where people are purchasing gifts for others.
The arrows have little/no difference to the increase.
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vivalasvegas
msg:4528410 | 1:47 pm on Dec 15, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| Having a large ad unit with 4 arrows for each text link ad looks really bad! |
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Yes..
One arrow looks good (grey). I've seen an increase in earnings over the past few days, but, as Lame_Wolf suggests above it may be because we're in mid December.
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Tropical Island
msg:4528453 | 4:40 pm on Dec 15, 2012 (gmt 0) |
They really are misleading.
I saw one for the first time last week & clicked on the arrow thinking it would show me additional adds like it used to.
1 click for that advertiser from someone who had no interest in his ad. Didn't even wait for page load once I realized what I had done.
Again, really misleading & a really bad idea from someone at Google.
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ken_b
msg:4528462 | 5:33 pm on Dec 15, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I don't know what visitors to my site are seeing, but on all of my pages that I've checked I've only seen ONE ad with a large font and a HUGE arrow in a 336x280 ad block.
Looks horrible.
Too early to judge earnings yet.
On some other sites I've seen as many as 3 ads in a 399x250 ad block.
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Lame_Wolf
msg:4528469 | 6:18 pm on Dec 15, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| I saw one for the first time last week & clicked on the arrow thinking it would show me additional adds like it used to. |
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Which is probably what the casual user would think too, until they wise up.
Any gains in CTR will be short lived.
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keyplyr
msg:4528618 | 5:29 am on Dec 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
CTR has dropped since arrows (blue or gray) appeared. Looks really bad. How to we get rid of them?
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Lame_Wolf
msg:4528637 | 6:53 am on Dec 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| How to we get rid of them? |
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Remove Adsense.
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keyplyr
msg:4528642 | 7:30 am on Dec 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I think they will be removed pretty quickly, or changed into something else. From what I read, a lot of users don't like them.
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Lame_Wolf
msg:4528647 | 9:02 am on Dec 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
keyplyr, you cannot remove them. If you don't want arrows on your site, then remove adsense, simple as that.
I don't like them either, but they are an improvement on the arrows they had the other month.
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keyplyr
msg:4528669 | 12:29 pm on Dec 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
My statement was rhetorical.
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Lame_Wolf
msg:4528675 | 1:31 pm on Dec 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
My statement was factual.
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HuskyPup
msg:4528678 | 1:54 pm on Dec 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
If these arrows are responsible for my increased CTR therefore earnings, I want to keep them, they look good on my sites, they blend in nicely.
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Lame_Wolf
msg:4528679 | 2:03 pm on Dec 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| If these arrows are responsible for my increased CTR therefore earnings, I want to keep them, they look good on my sites, they blend in nicely. |
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It won't last long, HP. Maybe till the January sales if you're lucky. ;)
They do look better than those butt-ugly ones they had the other month, but I cannot see them lasting for long.
Remember the < > arrows they had? I think the lastest arrows will have a shorter life than those.
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