Adsense Should I take the Plunge or Not?

Beginners guide, any help really appreciated

[phantombookman]

Hi
never had any experience in this area at all so I have been searching Google and this forum for info. I was looking for the basic do's and don'ts, something like Brett's SEO guide.
I also wondered whether it was worth bothering with, I am in collectable books which don't attract huge traffic, often just 100 visitors a day. Also I am in the UK and wondered whether that had any relevance
So just wondered..
1:Is it worth doing
2:If so any basic tips would be really appreciated
Thanks in advance for any help
All the best
Rod

[trillianjedi]

1. What do you have to lose by trying it?

2. Follow googles own guidelines. They have papers on the site with suggestions for changing around your ads look and feel for the best CTR.

I think for the "do's" pretty much anything goes - experimentation is the key to success with AdSense. What works for the goose might not automatically work for the gander.

For the "donts" : never click on your own ads, never view your AdSense control panel on anyone elses computer (ever), do not encourage people to click on your ads and read the AdSense TOS several times before you start loading it onto your pages.

TJ

[phantombookman]

Hi TJ
thanks for that,

What do you have to lose by trying it?

I feel it alters the whole feel of a site, which is why I have never taken the plunge before, also encourages people to leave rather than explore the site. Which is why I wondered whether it was viable or would I end up with $10 a month or something?

Just got the preview tool installed and frustratingly many of my internal pages have right click disabled so I cannot seem to use it, been all over the toolbar to no avail.

[steve_o]

I run few small, clean sites and have absolutely no intention of cheating, but reading the forums here make me wonder whether it is risky to add adsense on small sites. Or risky to try channels?

Are small sites more in danger of getting invalid clicks? (I get just 20-30 unique visitors on them from search engines.)

Or should I wait for traffic on these small sites to pick up?

steve

[trillianjedi]

I feel it alters the whole feel of a site

Do a mockup of your page and look at it offline.

Try playing with your ad settings to get the ads to blend into the page as much as possible.

You'd be surprised at how you can incorporate AdSense into a site. If you really don't like it, you don't have to use it.

You can always start off with a 125 x 125 button (single) ad. There's no need to go mad to start with - dip your toe in the water. No-one can tell you whether you'll make $10 a month, or $1,000 a month.

I'm afraid theres only one way to find out.

TJ

[Dabu The Dragon]

IMHO I feel as some do.That it can't hurt to try. But one word of warning. If you do add AS to your pages and it generates income, you will probably never take it off.

The first time I tried AS I placed it on my index page. I noticed a definite drop in my regular sells. But after reading more info about it in this forum I decided to try on more pages and my eyes could not believe what I saw. I was very pleased. After more research and a couple of redesigns I think I have a good balance between selling to my target group and AS.