Adlinks

Verdict so far

[edd1]

Has the general consensus been that adlinks is a useful addition in terms of income and site value?

How many people have tried it?

[figment88]

I have good success. I put AdLinks in areas where AdSense doesn't traget very well such as result page of my internal search engine. In these areas CTR is about double that of the old-fashioned AdSense.

[jetteroheller]

I have it on 60% of my pages.

Needs less space than a 125x125 and brings more.

[Tropical Island]

I've had terrible results.
Have removed most of them from our sites.

[doingthistoolong]

Not very good results here...

[icedowl]

Adlinks are working out very well for me. :) They are definitely being used!

[birdstuff]

Thumbs up here...

[edd1]

Seems like an even split. I think I'll try it on one of our sites and let you know how it goes!

[itisgene]

I think Adlinks are taking the clicks from main Ad units when the targetting is not good for the Ad Units. Overall the clicks and earnings stayed same even though I have quite a few clicks through AdLinks. Only one site which doesn't have well targeted ads had some boost in overall earnings. Other than the site, it is just trasferring clicks from Ad Units to AdLinks.

[West of Willamette]

Anyone use them on blogs? Results?

[newkid2005]

What AdLinks?

Seriously, I replaced a 125x125 button with AdLinks and as far as reported results goes, virtually nothing changed.

All available numbers just stayed the same, no up, no down, plain boring steady.

Obviuosly Google feels the same way and has decided to show the button again.

To repeat: On one of my sites, the code for AdLinks actually displays the 125x125 button.

Anybody else seeing this?

[clearvision]

Thumbs up.

Seems to be working for our site as well. It is placed lower down on the page and probably catches those clicks that miss the "above the fold" ads.

[jretzer]

Using it on my blogs. Thumbs up. Has added about 25% more revenues.

[Elvie]

I have been quite happy with the performance of my AdLinks and I was very skeptical.
Site visitors either like what the targetted links are, or it is because I've blended them in with the links in my sidebar navigation.

[icedowl]

Since we seem to have this somewhat even split on results - I wonder if there is any relationship to where each of us has our adlink unit located?

Mine, which is doing quite well, is located in the upper left just above site navigation.

[kempozone]

I was disappointed at first, but realized that it does well on certain sites. Doubled my rev on one of my site, increased about 20% on another and decreased rev on my main site.

kz

[figment88]

I wonder if there is any relationship to where each of us has our adlink unit located

I really think it is more on how well Google can target the page. AdLinks give them more 4 or 5 potential interpretations of the page instead of one.

[zulufox]

Horrible results here,

The problem is that my site is about a word keyword and it completely mistargets.

For example:

A page about Bed Bugs has "Beds" "Cheap Beds" and "Free Beds" as adlinks.

[freitasm]

Thumbs up, using a small (previously) unused space with good returns now...

[martingale]

I'm seeing mixed results.

I have a left skyscraper as the first ad block on both my front page and on my articles. In both cases I used to have a 2nd ad block that appears between the first and second paragraph on the page.

AdLinks is a win as a replacement for the 2nd ad block on my home page. It is a loser as a replacement for the 2nd ad block in an actual article.

[jhood]

It's a winner for our site. We put it beneath an AdSense skyscraper and it is producing much more revenue than the CPM banner that used to be there.

[Undead Hunter]

Thumbs way up.

Replaced our second ad block with it, and revenues on that space are up 50%.

[sailorjwd]

Removed all adlinks yesterday.. today is highest revenue ever - probably a coincidence.

[howiejs]

You need to really control the tests.

I threw it up on some sites and I am having mixed feelings.

I am going to work it back in slowly - and test the results one by one.

[Atomic]

I've had to experiment a lot to find the right spot for them (for me that's top left above the menu) but once I found it revenue is up. They might not get clicked every day but it seems as if a small number of visitors click the links more than once. So while I might go a few days with nothing I get a day with several dozon clicks worth several dollars each. I can't argue with that!

[martingale]

OK, my verdict is positive. I have 3 ad blocks on my page. I replaced the 2nd one with adlinks. The revenue on some pages for that 2nd block is up; on other pages it is the same or slightly lower. BUT, because I now have only 2 regular adsense blocks on the page the revenue for the 3rd block is UP (it's getting better ads, so higher EPC).

In my mind the big advantage to AdLinks is that it doesn't count as an AdSense ad block, so you aren't diluting your EPC by having AdLinks there the way you dilute it with an extra AdSense ad block.