AdSenseAdvisor - 12:26 am on Mar 21, 2009 (gmt 0)

Congrats, jbayabas! Rock on.

I completely agree with your suggestions to use Google Analytics [google.com] (and I'd suggest Webmaster Tools [google.com] as well). I'm also all for moving ads to the places on the page where users are most likely to see them. You can check out this heat map [google.com] to get a sense of which placements your users are probably paying the most attention to.

There's one point where I don't quite agree. While reducing the number of ads on your page might have worked for you in this case, it's a move I'd be wary of suggesting to others. We've found that publishers overwhelmingly do better with three ads than with one. There are always exceptions, but reducing the number of ads on your page is not something I'd personally recommend.

Seriously, congratulations on seeing your hard work pay off.

Anybody else have success stories or tips to share?

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