Attention: Metaphors can kill your CPM

Adsense doesn't understand metaphors

[taps]

Just one word about metaphors: The can bring up funny and usesless Adsense ads.

An example: In German we have a saying like "don't let yourself grow grey hair". That means: "Don't worry about that".

Using this saying in an article about server administration the resulting adsense ads did not fit at all. They were all about "Losing hair", "colorize hair" and so on.

So watch out for metaphors in your articles. They can bring up Adsense ads that do not fit at all.

[Khensu]

"Life is like a box of Chocolates"

[andrewshim]

"Kick the bucket"....?
will it generate ads about soccerballs and pails?

[humblebeginnings]

For your weather site:
"It's raining cats and dogs".

[Hobbs]

It's like "pulling teeth" getting a straight answer around here!

Your taking a gun to a knife fight, why don't you just "break the bank" and hand the job to a professional writer?

[humblebeginnings]

"hand the job"

Without trying to be offensive, but what kind of ads do you think Google will blow out of this?

[icedowl]

Mention an electric mixer and get ads about all sorts of mixers: cement mixers, mortar mixers, kitchen mixers, paint mixers, etc. Could be good, but could also be very bad depending on your visitor.

[Hobbs]

>what kind of ads

A well seo'd article? I have a friend that makes "up to a $1000 a year" from some of his articles ;-)

[OptiRex]

"hand the job"

Hehehe...precisely the ad I expected to see:-) Really, check it out...

[Vlad]

Really, check it out

Ouch... imagine this show up on your site?

[Hobbs]

I walked into this one like a lamb to the slaughter!
Shame on you HB
And you Opti of all people
Poor innocent me!
8-]

[humblebeginnings]

Shame on you HB

The pleasure is all mine, hehe...