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I get up this morning and much to my surprise my Sunday earnings are UP and Link Units contributed 30% of the income!
I sure hope this isn't a fluke.
Unfortunately May took a nasty slide but AdLinks put me back on track.
Gotta love it.
Hope it holds out while my advertising revamp and ad diversification efforts are in progress....
Regular adsense ads and adlinks
Anyone running both on the same page.
Did adlinks steal clicks from the regular ads?
It's so hard to be sure as things vary so much day to day.
Before I put them on any of my pages, like clockwork my clicks dropped like a rock after about 6 pm Central (my local time). Since adding Ad Links I'm actually seeing a surge in the 8-11 pm range. BONUS!
Adlinks income will be looking more like 3k a month at this rate. Tweak, tweak, my sites are so squeaky!
Impressions are up, CTR down, earnings seem OK thanks to impressions ....
Did the AdLinks novelty wear off so soon?
I guess it will take a week or two to see how this plays out in the long run/
Did the AdLinks novelty wear off so soon?
Interesting thought. I suppose if there are a lot of returning visitors this could be a significant factor. Probably not as big if most visitors are one shot or infrequent return deals.
After reading this thread we decided to give them another chance. We have a smaller site that hasn't been doing all that well so we changed the Google search bar at the bottom of the page and added an AdLinks box beside it. The search bar was doing pretty good before so it will be interesting to see if the overall impact will be up or down.
I'll report back when I see a trend.
may 25th, highest day ever, thank you ADLINKS!
Is 26 not a holiday in US?
I had highest ever on 24 and only 50% of this yesterday 25 like expected, because the day before a holiday and just changing from bad to good weather is most times low.
**The 30th is a holiday in US
I asked earlier if anyone had tried that and didn't get any response that I recall. On the few pages I'm running AdLinks on now I going to try it.
Right now I've got both types on the page. I'm going to run it that way for a few days and the take the regular Adsense ads off and see what the Adlinks do when they have the page all to themselves.
I'm going to run it that way for a few days and the take the regular Adsense ads off and see what the Adlinks do when they have the page all to themselves.
I think I'll try the same. I am especially interested in better performing regular ads pages (after all, we can't lose much with low earners), although it will be risky.
I hope I'll be back with good news.
I'm hoping BILL's experience isn't the norm
You better hope it is - I had a few stunning days :)
Today looks OK, just no sizzle like the last two days.
Don't get me wrong, we'll be breaking 3 digits today, just how far into 3 digits is the question :)
Where I have the regular ads now works well enough, but it makes the page look like junk.
How about completely removing regular ads and replacing them with Adlinks only?
Anyone tried it?
Aren't you only allowed 1 Ad Links box per page?
Aren't you only allowed 1 Ad Links box per page?
Yes, that's right as far as I know, it's only 1 adlink block per page.
I only run 1 adblock on a page anyhow, except for the limited test I've got going right now with one regular adblock and 1 adlink block per page.
I guess Adlinks work better if your CTR is low.
Not unless the low 20's (%) is low. Since I added Ad Links, CTR is significantly higher on those pages and it's pushed my overall CTR several % points.
I think a lot of other variables come into play here, not relative CTR. What are they? Who knows!
When I use the smallest size I get only 2 short-word topics like this:
widget
wadgets
When I move to the next size up I get this:
blue widgets
red wadgets
yellow widget
When I go to the bigger sizes I get this:
blue widgets under glass
the future of red wadgets
yellow widgets a la carte
blue wadgets for fun and profit
It appears the smaller displays are limited only to words/phrases that will fit the width. I think it would make a big difference for the success of the AdLinks test what size is being used.
I'm guessing you are seeing something more along these lines:
knitting
tatting
crocheting
lacemaking
In your case, I would think that is enough to draw in clickers. Not in my case. My topics are still much too broad and limited in the smaller format. I guess I need an extended experiment with a larger format. The only spots I had tried out AdLinks were only 120 wide.
Anyway, I enjoyed the excitement and added Links to 2 of my directories and a blog to see what happens.
So far (within 6 hours of adding them actually), I've noticed an increase, but it is too soon to tell. I'm sure it depends on the types of sites Links are placed on, the position of the Links on the page, etc.
With my directories, they integarted well with my subcategories, With my blog, they look like article categories. I'm not trying to fool my visitors by "hiding" ads, but I see it as another way to get my visitor to their destination. If they click an ad and find what they are looking for, then we're both happy.
I'll give it a week and let you know the results.
Oetzi wrote:Without adlinks my CTR has always been double digit, with Adlinks it plunged to single digit.
Page CTR, or Individual Ad Unit CTR?
