Changing all your texts to match AS texts

[sirkei]

Would like to know what you fellow webmasters think about switching all your text fonts to arial? (If i am not mistaken, arial is being used in AS )

My sites are currently using verdana, one of my favorite and in 12 px. I saw a thread somewhere that AS is using arial with 11px. For those who are using this font size, any successful increasing of earnings, ctr after switching?

[YesMom]

I had dramatic results with matching font size and style. Blended ads, no border... and I use 3 different color codes for the text that all match the colors on my site. Ads change colors as someone moves through the site.

[sirkei]

Yesmom,

Do you receive negative feedbacks from visitors complaining that your sites are using text sizes too small?

I am hesitated to change this but i guess if i change this, my revenue will be dropping as sites will be blended more IN.

[ann]

I have older eyes and if the site is set up where I cannot change the font size I simply leave via the back button, I wouldn't click on an ad to save them as they show no consideration for the visitor only the "grab the money at all costs" mentality.

Just my 2 cents for what it's worth.

Ann

[kghdude]

I haven't changed my font, I like my Verdana size 2 (12px) too!

[kurtpdx]

I've been doing this for months. Just today Google emailed me and said I was violating their terms of service because it was encouraging users to click the ads without knowing they were ads. They told me to change the look of the ads to make them not as blended with my site or they would possibly kick me out of the program.

Just an fyi..

[Jean]

I think that there is a fine line between blending ads with content and disguising ads as content.

[sirkei]

They told me to change the look of the ads to make them not as blended with my site or they would possibly kick me out of the program.

Are you kidding or is this for real?

[hunderdown]

Personally, I would not want to go so far. Think about your long-term goals. Do you just want to maximize income NOW or do you want to build a site or sites that will still be there two years or more from now?

[Swebbie]

I think that there is a fine line between blending ads with content and disguising ads as content.

Google can be so weird sometimes. They stick an extremely obnoxious "Ads by Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle" at the top or bottom of every AS block and then complain if we try to blend the ads in with our content. Do we get paid for any of the clicks our visitors make on their own ad (the aforementioned "Ads by Goooooogle")? Nope. Free advertisement for them on every page we have AS code.

I love the revenue from AS, but Google needs to stop being schizophrenic.

[YesMom]

Do you receive negative feedbacks from visitors complaining that your sites are using text sizes too small?

Sirkei...

I've never had a complaint at all like that.

Perhaps on my site it is easy to adjust the font.

Also... I would say my ads are "asthetically" blended, but they are clearly not masquerading as content.

[ShunT]

Swebbie - become a premium publiusher and you won't have to put up with that

[Swebbie]

Swebbie - become a premium publiusher and you won't have to put up with that

Ha! At $80/day, I'm a LONG way from being a Premium Publisher, but I feel ya.