You don’t typically hear from me twice in one week, but my stats show how much you guys love AdSense-related posts, so I hope you don’t mind a double dose of Lisa this week. 
I was playing around in the AdSense Performance reports as I often do, and decided to create a few graphs showing the breakdown of different earnings by category so we can compare our stats. Here are the ones I focused on:
- % of Earnings by Unit Size
- % of Earnings by Ad Type
- % of Earnings by Targeting Type
- % of Earnings by Product
If you haven’t switched over to the new interface (which isn’t so new anymore), then you’re missing some great reports — especially if you’re a stat junky like me.
In November, they will be shutting off the old interface and you will be forced to use the new one. So you might as well get acquainted if you haven’t already.
So let’s start with the first report I ran…
One of the reasons I redesigned my static site was because I wanted a column to accommodate larger widgets, images and the 300×250 AdSense unit. Many of you told me how well the unit converted for you and boy were you right!
My CTR (click through rate) for the right column unit on 2 Create a Website increased by 65% and my Page RPM (page revenue per 1,000 impressions) increased by 59% in August. I also switched from all text ads to text and image ads. The new 300×250 unit was the biggest reason for my record month in August 2011.
For awhile, the 728×90 unit was winning consistently, but it tied for 2nd place last month.
Text ads have always performed best for me so this is no shocker. But I will say that text and image ads on my static site outperform my blog by far. Text ads performed so poorly on my blog, it wasn’t even worth the time and space.
My blog tends to receive traffic from a lot more savvy users (particularly IMers, seasoned Webmasters and bloggers, etc.) compared to my static site. In general, these people are less likely to click on ads. And of course, traffic has a lot to do with it as well. My static website receives a lot more traffic than my blog.
The 728×90 unit is the only one that converts here. I don’t get that many clicks, but my Page RPM (page earnings per 1,000 impressions) is fairly high and makes it worthwhile.
Contextual Ads
I would imagine most of you probably earn more from contextual ads like me. These are the ads that are simply targeted by page content. In general, ads with the best bid and quality score end up on your site.
Placement Ads
Placement ads can earn you more per click because these advertisers are willing to outbid all the contextual advertisers to place an ad on your site specifically. It’s very important to ensure your site is optimized and accessible to placement advertisers.
To do this go to “My Ads”, click “Custom Channels” and click the channels you want to make “targetable.” Next to Targeting, check the box that reads “Show this custom channel to advertisers as a targetable ad placement.”
Prior to doing this, (last Summer) my percentage of earnings from placement ads was 6% of my overall earnings. It is now 12%. That’s a 100% increase. So make sure you set your channels to “targetable” and become accessible to people who want to bid exclusively on YOUR site.
Interest-Based Ads
These are ads that show up based on where the user has visited. So if they were on a car website before coming to your site, they may see a car ad even though your website is not about cars.
I have turned off Interest-Based ads in my account (Under “Allow and Block Ads” / “Advanced Settings”), but I learned that 3rd party networks can still serve them up. So that explains the 7% in earnings even though I have opted out of Interest-Based ads.
This report shows that most of my earnings come from the Contextual ads and images on my site. Hosted AdSense for Content is related to the YouTube Partner program and other 3rd party ads that may show on your site.
This breakdown has been pretty consistent for me over the years. There was a slight increase in the Hosted AdSense for Content over the past year (YouTube), but nothing major. I combined Search and Feeds because they were roughly the same and so low compared to the other categories.
What About You?
So how does your breakdown compare? Any similarities?
Keep in mind, the reporting Interface doesn’t breakdown the percentage. I just did some simple math to figure that out, and I created the pie charts in Excel to make everything easier on the eyes.
I’d love to hear from you. Let’s chat!
Hi, my name is 
Lisa, this is amazing. I am going to check now the interest based ads and try to turn them off, by what is served on my site I suspect they are on.
Although it is cool for them to be served because you are interested in those products or services, it is weird to see for example Google Adwords ad on my pet niche site
I will have to do this for myself, the analysis. Loved it. I increased my Adsense income by removing ads from non performing pages and experimenting with colors and placements.
I tried the header ad but it was a disaster because of the bad targeting so the ads were really unrelated.
I was also thinking about why did you redesign the static site and it makes sense. I was actually thinking of doing the same for my SBI site, but I have to be sure that I can pull off the navigation in the header and move the left column navigation up and place it horizontally. If I am not mistaking you have a tutorial on that so I will have to check it out and decide.
Thanks so much for the second post this week
Thanks, Brankica. Well, I do have a video on my YouTube channel about how to create a horizontal and I provide the code as well. Is that what you mean? Let me know if you have any issues! Here’s the vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IEoe1FxXaI
Hi Lisa, I am totally new to adsense and very lost. The ads I have set up are for companies that compete with what I am doing. I am a patient advocate who helps people and their families when they are overwhelmed with the many issues that arise when faced with illness, such as knowing the questions to ask, researching information on diseases and insurance follow-up. I was getting ads advertising “become a patient advocate” but I don’t want them to become advocates I want them to hire me!! I then deleted the ad and tried to set up another ad. Now, nothing is showing up. Please let me know what I am doing wrong and how I can get more appropriate ads. Love you Youtube channel. This is the first time I have visited you site. Thanks for great information.
Hi Lisa!
What a treat to have 2 posts in one week!
As far as Adsense goes, I’m not as in-depth with stats as you are, however, it’s funny because I was just having a conversation about this today – about which unit sizes work best for me. Hands down – ever since I made room for the 300×250, my earnings have improved dramatically – what used to take months to earn suddenly added up in a month! Without even looking at any additional stats, I went on to mention that the 468×60 was next line – and what do you know – that’s what you have here!
I almost gave up on Adsense – I remember commenting about that here maybe a year ago. Well, I’m glad I didn’t – I didn’t go out of my way with switching colors and testing out a bunch of different things, but I just made this one change and without any real expectation, it worked!
Thanks for sharing this!
I remember you saying you were going to stop using it! So glad things have picked up for you, Kiesha!! With your blog’s popularity I figured SOMETHING had to work. Good to hear.
In August and September 2010 (one year ago), my earnings for those two months dropped drastically to the point where I missed my monthly check. I hadn’t changed anything the previous few months, so I didn’t know what caused the drop, but I was determined to correct the issue.
I began to play around with the various ad sizes and locations. I eventually tried the 300×250 size and quickly saw an increase in the number of clicks, ePM and ePC. I had been using the larger rectangle in the same position.
Since that I time I have seen a 4x increase over the past year in earnings, so I am a happy camper.
The important thing to do is to try different AdSense sizes and placements to find the one that works for your site.
Four times!!! That’s fantastic, Paul!
Wow Lisa, I received a mail on Tuesday that the old interface will soon be retired and I went over to the new interface and was trying hard not to get lost
And your post has helped me dig around even more and achieve something.
For me image ads perform poorly on this site. I would have taken off the image ad in the header a long time ago but I just don’t want to leave it blank. I don’t like text ads in the header either so I am stuck with it till I find how best to use the space.
This is my own breakdown
Ad size:
468X60 – 58% (looking at my ad units, 40% of this came from the txt ad for this size, then 18% from the image)
160X600 skyscraper – 35% This used to be my best performer till I added the 468X60 text ad.
468X15 – 7%
Ad Type:
Text – 73%
Rich media and Image – 9% each
Flash, animated – 6% and 3% respectively
Targeted
Contextual 72%
Interest 17%
Placement 11%
The placement surprised and made me happy at the same time. So someone actually wants to specifically advertise on my site? Yay!
By product
Content 74%
Hosted 24% This is doing quite well considering that I was only invited for revenue sharing towards end of August.
Search 3%
So like you, text ads trump image ads and Adsense by Content rules. I will still leave my interest based ads enabled because it pays more per click. The CPC for my niche is quite low so some more coins can be made from these interest ads
Thanks for sharing, Flo! Always great to hear other’s stories. Congrats on the placement ads too!
Wao that’s awesome… Miss please guide me i am working very hard to earn through adsense but not getting success… waiting for u reply
Great post as always, i enjoy these adsense ones. Not surprising to see adsense for content the largest earner.
great post plus i love your youtube videos
Hey Lisa, I admit I have a lot to learn when it comes to AdSense and what will perform best on my blog. I was ecstatic when I got my first $100 payout back in July and everyone said that after getting the first payout, the rest will come more quickly.
I’m using a plugin called AdSense Optimizer that lets me quickly turn ads on and off but it doesn’t help when it comes to the Internet-Based and Contextual ad options.
I need to roll up my sleeves and learn how to use this new interface. I’ll swing over to YouTube and watch some of your vids (again). Thanks for the encouragement.
Lisa, I’m having a problem viewing my ad units. I think it’s because I use a plugin called AdSense Optimizer to generate the ads. I’m using 3 different units that I configure inside of the plugin, but when I look at my AdSense breakdown, none of these units show up on the list.
Hmmmm… Yeah you might want to think about disabling that because that could also be affecting your income. If it’s not showing in your reports it makes me wonder if your clicks are being tracked.
Some plugins come installed with the plugin designer’s adsense id. Make sure that you change that to your own. HTH.
Lisa , you are my secret mentor . This is the first time i am commenting on your site since i met you back in 2009. You really inspire me.
My name is Emeka from Nigeria. I have been following your post since 2009. I started adsense after reading you free ebook .
Though i have not gotten any paycheck i believe i will. Most problems i have is due to slow internet and no constant electricity in Nigeria. Hope to start commenting frequently on ur site
Hang in there, Emeka! You will get there.
a very nice article….love the way you write…:)
Excellent post Lisa! It’s evident that you invested a considerable amount of time on this one.
I like to explore my Adsense reports found within Google Analytics.
My largest website/blog has Adsense embedded in many different places throughout the post pages.
I’ve monetized pages several times in relation to which ads get the most clicks (or return the highest percentage CTR) in relation to where they are located on the pages that perform the best.
Thanks Jordy, yes I love checking Analytics to see what pages earn what. You could say I’m somewhat addicted to those reports. lol
I’ve always been stubborn about sticking with text ads only on AdSense, because despite the stats Google keeps throwing at me trying to get other types of ads on my site, when I did that my AdSense income decreased dramatically. Seriously wasn’t worth my time. I have to assume that for whatever reason, image ads and such don’t work well in my niche.
Yeah I hear ya, Stephanie. I’ve definitely noticed that image ads perform differently depending on the site I use them on. It took me awhile to figure out where they convert best.
Thanks Lisa for this great post and take this new details about ad-sens. I also suffer from this i see their no reproductive news about any of the click i am going to change this and get new one thanks for the support.
I’ve never been very good at using adsense, I never earn more than $5 a month :/
I was suggested by a couple people to try and implement 300×250 units, but never really took the time to do it, but after reading about your success Lisa, I think I’m going to set some up on a few sites this weekend to start testing them
Thanks for sharing, it’s very insightful.
Hey, thanks to your website and help, I started my SBI site two years ago (and yes, I used your website to subscribe so you’ll get the money). Yesterday I got my FIRST Google Adsense check. Not a big check… but Hey it’s money and it is getting better. Thanks for the article about the stats that the reports you are looking at.
Congrats, Anna!
Thanks for the tip on the analysis tools. I have been one of those people who have been reluctant to switch to the new interface, but now I am forced to do it. I played with the analysis tools you suggested. It really helped me discover where I was and was not making money on my current ads.
Although I have nt checked the stats like as you mentioned in the post but Lisa, I see an increase in my earning after putting a adsence block of 300X250 at the bottom of the post. I will analyze the stats and will come, however I see the majority of earning comes from contextual eaning.
I too use analysis tools… one of these days when I have time I’m going to sit down and really scrutinize my blog, using your article here as a rough guide. You always inspire me!
Blog On!
Come to think of it, before this analytical tools are driving me nuts! Thanks to your suggestion of using 300×250 units. It really paved the way. Keep coming up with brilliant ideas.
this month i hope my adsense earnings will bulish
Lisa,
What a fantastic article! I’m a bit of a data junkie and specifically recognise the value and power of the Pareto principle (80/20 rule). I’m about to start a new blog and this info you have provided has been fantastic to help me focus my advertising approach (which I have never done before) into something that will work. I’ve been following your blog for a while and it is always great value. Thanks again and again.
Very thorough article and presentation Lisa! Your stats are looking great too. I am not very involved in my stats, but I am involved enough to know that the my best performing ads are the 728×90 image, and the 300×250 text.
- % of Earnings by Unit Size = 42% for 728×90, 27% for 300×250, 18% for 468×60, and 13% for 160×600
- % of Earnings by Ad Type = 61% for image and 39% for text
Not so sure about targeting and product, will have to look into those more keenly.
Anyway, way to go Lisa! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Lisa ! every time I read your adsense post I get a reason to go and review my adsense and my blog.
Your giving a great great information. Stay well and keep earning.
Clejah
which advertising do u use accept adsense ?
Still I don’t make $20 per day! I hope the information from this blog will take me high on my earnings and one day I will tell my figure here!
There are several things you can try, to increase your earnings.
1) Try changing the ads sizes.
2) Changing the colors to either look like the rest of the site
For example the one you have in post, it’s white, green, blue and red, try changing it to the same colors as the site. For example use the orange color for the title and url in the ad and have the same gray color on the text.
Thanks so much for the break down. Helps people understand Adsense from another user.
Hey nice post Lisa. Your insights can help increase AdSense income of many publishers including me. I don’t do much experiment on AdSense myself, so I think this could help. The first thing I am gonna do now is to switch to the new interface….
Hi Lisa,
I just wanted to echo everyone else’s sentiments and just say this is an awesome post. I’ve been trying to increase my adsense revenue and this will definitely help! Thanks for sharing this. Additionally – I’ve been hesitant to switch over to the new adsense but should probably get on that.
Most of my sites have a large adsense block right under the heading in the center of the page. I have now started to experiment with the smaller rectangle block and wrap text around it under my heading.
The click thru isn’t as high but I think Google likes it more because it is sending me more traffic and thus generating more impressions. I think Panda wants to see more text above the fold and not just a large adsense block.
I have seen the new interface but switched back to the old one because i was more familiar with it. So, they will be discarding the old one for the new one. I am going to switch right away and get myself acquainted. With the features you just mentioned, its even a must NOW.
Thanks Lisa, love to contact you but can’t find your email on your site.
John Benjamin
I did the same thing until a couple of weeks ago. Took a minute to get used to everything.
Thanks for the helpful tips here. I can’t increase my earnings in adsense since mine was approved.I’ll follow your tips and start by using the new interface. Thanks a lot.
My earnings fluctuate too much without much of a change in traffic. wondering why :-/
That is a very nice breakdown insights. I’m still experimenting with my website on which ad type and size that work best with my audience.
My stats differs somewhat from yours
The ad that gives the most clicks are 728*90 it gives about 50% of all the clicks, then it’s 160*600 it has about 25% of the clicks.
And 95% of all clicks it on text ads.
But in the end, I believe it’s the website content that decides which type of ad is the best.
On my currency rates site I have tried almost every ad sizes, and in the end 728*90 ang 160*600 is the two bets ads for that site.
Even though i got more clicks on the size 428*60, I changed it out with the 728*90 size because it give 3 times more earnings pr. click.
I do also have to admit I’m a stats junky like you, I check my adsense account at least 10 times a day.
hello
how are you.
i have more traffic on my blog http://swabi-info.blogspot.com/ but my adsense earning is very low about 5$ per week.
plz give me some suggestions that i can earn more money.
thankfull
I haven’t tried the 300 x 250 but I put the 728 x 90 on all of my blogs this month and they are converting really well. I am almost equal 6 days in to my entire earnings for the month of September. I just added a 300 x 250. I hope it does equally as well.
I wish they made it easier to drill down. Say text ads on which site got clicks. Unless, of course, I am missing something??
Nice! I am currently learning all about adsense to get some profit on my site, so your article is really helpful. Thanks!
Hi Lisa
I have just startad with Adsense and I am very happy that i found your site today. You seem to have written many post about Adsense, I gonna stay on your site a while!
I must try the 300×250 Ads thats seem to perform very good for you our your sites. Thanks for the tips!
Ylva Jansson
Sweden
You got a very informative blog that give us a guide for our sites in earning more revenues. Thanks for sharing this superb article.
I commonly use 468*60 and 160*600. But here I see that I should try other adverts… I think I should make an experiment. I`ll try to write the results here in 2 month (hope this time would be enough to understand).
i enjoy these adsense ones. Not surprising to see adsense for content the largest earner.
pretty nice way of delivering your point through graphs.. nice post..
This is fascinating. I have pretty much just let whatever the defaults are for adsense run on my videos. I didn’t realize that by tweaking, it would really help with my earnings. I’ll be checking out all of your tips so thanks for sharing what works and what doesn’t.
I do have a question about earnings that I’m hoping you can help me with. For my September earnings, I noticed that it doesnot include any youtube earnings (every month I’ve had youtube earnings and my traffic level is about the same). Are the youtube earnings now part of the adsense content-host earnings? Since there is a new interface I can’t tell. Thanks for your help!
Very comprehensive details you have here. Some of the info are really in-depth and it does solve a lot of problem that i am having here. Thanks a lot
I am trying Google Adsense section targeting at the moment but the result will show only after 2 weeks. They said income will increase after applying those codes and have more relevance ads to users. Well, let’s see how things working later
Even I would say not much people now make money with the 728*90 header but definitely 336*280 and link units now days make good money…
I agree with you Ashish, that it is difficult to make money with 728*90 and therefore I have removed these now.
Thanks Lisa for this information. Im using adsense 336×280. Whic is best for me and makes me good earning.
Hi Lisa
Just found your site, as my Adsense performance this month (Oct) has gone down hill by 30% on last month with one particular site. I use the big ad (text and image) as I understand that if you see image ads it is because no one has bid for text ads which pay higher, so at least you’re covered so that some Adsense will show. I put my 300 x 250 at top left, see you have in right sidebar top. I may move to see if that has any impact. All my sites are WP and I’ve recently just customized a Market Theme ecommerce site using WP. Have targeted all adsense units on the page and turned off content, like you. Do you believe your Adsense changes for the better as you gain PR? Interested to hear your opinion on that point. Good solid info here from you and so well written, thanks, will enjoy reading more from you.
I get best results using 368×280 ad blocks that have the look&feel of the website. Haven’t tried leaderboard ads yet, but I will in the future.
Thanks!! I didn’t know I could turn off interest based ads. That was really annoying me.
hi lisa, i am in lot of confusion that i have a website and it is a fitness website and now i want to start a fitness blog but i am confused whether to start a different blog with different domain name or to use a sub domain like you did with 2 createawebsite.com and blog as subdomain.what are the benefits of using a blog as subdomain instead of making a different blog with with different domain name. Can you please clearify and help me lisa.
very good analysis of adsense revenue…
Those are some great earnings Lisa.
Thank you for breaking everything down for us and sharing with us in great detail. That really helps me to know what kind of ads are performing on your sites. I’ll keep that in mind when I create more of my sites and pick particular ad sizes.
Hello Lisa,
I am new to this Adsense stuff and have been looking up tips I need to set up one. i have followed most of your videos on youtube and it has given me much insight. I want to say thank you for the work you are doing here.
I need your with the following two questions:
1. What is your view on opening an adsense account via a third party site and how does this work in details?
2. Can someone open more than one adsense account and/or how would it go?
looking forward eagerly to your reply.
I hope I would duplicate your success, even half of it will do!Hope to hear more tips from you captain!
Thanks for sharing the information in details Lisa and I have also noticed that my 300X250 adsense block do well for me.
I wish I was making a lot of money with Adsense. I have a bit over $2 total earned on Adsense. I just started to really use it on my main blog and my Youtube videos though, so I guess that’s good. Made $0.28 last month. I make way more through other methods.
HI Lisa, thanks for your articles, I have used your advice in building my site, http://www.se-bu.com
Thanks
I agree adsense has been little more than pennies for me, maybe if i had a tonne of blogs/pages then it may get more profitable but not fully convinced really…its also ugly on your web site
it’s interesting that even after using AdSense on my site for over a year, I couldn’t make that much. Tried to redesign my blog several times & placing ads here and there, I am still stuck!
A pain Shared
I am very new also with Adsense. I am very strange with it. But, I want to start a new account.
Lisa thanks for the information. I have implemented the tips you gave on one of my sites http://genuineselfhelp.blogspot.com ….but, I did not turn off the interest base ad because google warned it will lead to drop in traffic ……….or what do you think? My site is quite old yet performs poorly in adsense.
Mrs. Lisa
can you give me some best adsense placement for my blog?
please..
i’m also glad found your website through youtube,
thank you for article and some tutorials.
Lisa, Lisa, Lisa, I must admit that when I look at your site, and the clear and concise way in which you present your content, I am envious. I too have been working on the net since 98 and had some success and more failures than I am willing to admit to. I have just begun actually attempting to earn an income through adsense advertising, and the $26 dollars I made month 1 on my site and $35.00 month two indicates I may be on the right track.
However, I began experimenting with geoTarget marketing recently with emphasis in the Southern California market for Patio Covers and Custom Wood Decks. Although I hold several page 1′s for some of my keywords, I watched in horror as my traffic dropped when using WP Multisite to create additional sites for Dallas, Houston, and Tulsa. I think I shot myself in the foot with duplicate content, although my rankings in Orange County and Los Angeles seem to be holding their own. Even after 13 years building and optimizing websites, I must admit that even for me, it still bust my rump trying to get the most from each page view.
Anyhow, I love your site and hope one day I can pull a few paychecks like you are doing. I tend to think your pretty face on YouTube might have something to do with it. God knows if I put my mug up on the net, I may have to find another occupation…lol
lol Neil. Don’t be so hard on yourself. I’m sure your mug, along with some solid info will go over well.
I have noticed that my dating advice posts perform much better with only image ads as opposed to just text or text and image. My student finance related posts do much better with text ads only and not text and image or just text.
Naturally I think the finance related posts give more options that may appeal to a user when there can be 4 text links in a box instead of one image ad.
dating ads with pictures of girls are going to get more clicks than a text ad about a dating site.
if you get enough traffic you will earn good fortune
as for me, my blog has around 1000 pageviews and gives me $4 from adsense… so to get $100 I need around 20,000 page views
seems to be hard for me
Hi Lisa,
You didn’t mention the larger, 336×280 ads. Have you tested those as well?
you’re really doing great with adsense. hope to get to this stage someday!
Thanks for the useful tips and for being honest with your earnings!
Can you please give me an advice in my particular case? I have a blog about house music which has around 7.500 pageviews/month (250 / day), a Google Page Rank of 3 and my Google Ads get around 8-12 clicks / day. I think that is pretty good, but unfortunately my CPC is very low…I usually get just 0.02$ per click.
Can you please give me some advises on increasing my CPC? Is there anything I can do?…or the keywords that i have are just too low paid and I have to find a different topic? Thanks!
Not so sure about targeting and product, will have to look into those more keenly. Very thorough article and presentation Lisa!
hey lisa,honestly i jealous you with passion over months i start this social site http://www.coolnaija.com but am not getting better money from adsense,even have not gotten my pin and i have mailed them but they said they send my pin since 2 months i have not seen it,please what do i do
For Ms. Navarro,
Keyword Targeting using my simplified explanation is optimizing a specific web page to “key in” on a specific key word or phrase that pays the highest amount. Whereas the keyword “mortgage” may not pay as high as the phrase “mortgage orange county”. (Which I recently checked on using Google’s Key Word Tools) due to the volume than it would be for the national target using the key word “Mortgage”. It’s Google’s way of allowing you to compete with the big boys. In this case, you would probably make an additional 10 – 15% more per click than you would if you were lucky enough to receive a click for the key word “Mortgage”. This is just one of many forms of targeting. Now all you have to do is write 3 individual articles targeting, three more pages for every possible variation of the word “Mortgage” thinking like someone searching for a”mortgage”, and you might luck out and get one of those pages ranked high enough to get found on the internet. Otherwise you can target “every-city-in-the-us-mortgage” and have a greater chance of getting found somewhere. Think “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”.
God I hope this comment doesn’t make me sound like a tool…lol
P.S.
Lisa, I decided to break out of my Internet agoraphobia and placed my mug on my Adsense Site at http://www.neilhorton.com …. Be gentle.
Yay!! Way to go, Nell.
Hi, Lisa and everyone. I am new on your blog and after reading this article i feel this could be right place to ask.
Is my site performing so badly because of non-english language, or maybe because website is new? Please give me some advice. Thanks!
Almost 2 months ago, I decided to try to publish a recipe website with google adsense ads.
Earnings in those 2 months. are just around few dolars. Is that normal? Page RPM for most efficient 300×250 ads is under $0.3. I have red that some people have $50+ Page RPM
Hi lisa,
I have been using adsense since one year but i have not yet earned much on it still finding an way to achieve it if you have any tips please guide me
Thanks
Hi Lisa,
Before I builded my first website I read one of your great articles and was inspired to use Google Adsense.
My first check from Google in 2008 took 3 months but it sure has changed since. I now earn about 2K+ a month based on 6 websites.
Work hard and work smart and Google Adsense will give you income. That is for sure.
Thanks for the inpiration.
BTW. I know the 300×250 is good but the 336×280 is even better in my opinion. More than 70% comes from this unit.
Best regards from Denmark
Lasse Langhorn
Awesome!!
Well, I have spent the last two weeks redesigning my site and tweeking it. Got page one ranking on page one for adsense marketing tips for newbies. Yet traffic is still down. Google is frustrating me with their own ads taking up any page that talks about making money on the internet. Started SEO proceedures on the 50 or so posts I have left. CTR seems a bit low so I changed my ad types and TEST TEST TEST grrrrr grrrrr grrrrr. Would yall care to give my site a critique?
I have a website which receives only 500 visitors per day but my cost per click percentage is 7.
so that good for me
hi guys ive read all posts here and im glad to have found a community of people that are hands-on with Adsense…. I’m setting up a article directory – something almost like ezine articles, I have been developing the application from scratch and will use my writing and SEO acumen to contribute articles while also opening the platform for other writers to submit quality and original content that will be moderated….. somebody just give me some advice/tips on Adsense relevant to my article directory approach … Lisa your footprints are an inspiration! What actually got me to this page is your prized confirmation on one of your pages here that Adsense definitely works…! keep it up ….
hi guys ive read all posts here and im glad to have found a community of people that are hands-on with Adsense…. I’m setting up a article directory – something almost like ezine articles, I have been developing the application from scratch and will use my writing and SEO acumen to contribute articles while also opening the platform for other writers to submit quality and original content that will be moderated….. somebody just give me some advice/tips on Adsense relevant to my article directory approach … Lisa your footprints are an inspiration! What actually got me to this page is your prized confirmation on one of your pages here that Adsense definitely works…! keep it up ….
Really great article pointing out the tools and settings Google has in Adsense that can help you tweak results. Most people underutilize them and this piece really points out alot of good stuff!
there is already ads for my friend adsense account, but i wnat know the this blogger is suitable for adsense account or not,
so i am launching a new website how to create that and how to approve that to adsene i need help
@vikram….I think you have a bit more to worry about than trying to show people how to get approved for adsense. Just my opinion
Am inspired by your breakdown
Ive been noticing that my sites tend to get clicks, and therefore revenue during the first few days of the month, then all I get are just impression revenues from then on. I feel google is throttling ads from CPC to CPM
Wow, this is great Lisa, hope I can increase my adsense earning.
Dear Lisa,
i had read you web and i really interested with how to earn money with google adsense, but what i do concerned is i don’t have some knowledge with programming and website, but now i’m in studying with programming and website also!! could you tell me more detail of which google adsense providing?? thanks!!
Hi Lisa,
I wonder if you can help me out (I hope this is the right post).
I have followed pretty much all your advice about channels, ad placements, size, etc. and everything is fine (still waiting on the money coming in, but that’s another matter:) ).
What I have noticed is that if I look at the adsense home page, at the bottom under “main channels” I see some earnings per channel. If instead I look at the top of the page where you have the the estimate earnings for the day (which I think should be the total of all the different channels) I see that one channel is always left out. I have had a look at that one channel, but I can see nothing different compare to the other ones, so I can’t figure out where the problem (assuming there is a problem) might be.
Have you got any idea what that might be? I have tried to read some of Google’s blurb on this topic, but found nothing relevant.
TIA
Hi lisa,
I’m following you since 2007. You are my first guide of “How to create a website”. Since 2007 i had learnt so many things from you. I hope that i will meet you as a pro blogger as soon.
I don’t know if someone have told you that if you can fall in love with someone by just reading her articles. I would like to ask you a question. CAN I MARRY YOU?
Yes…Can I? Am only Joking. Lol. I really love all the posts that you have on here. And you are really helping with all these. I will also heed to your advice on free blogs and your advices. I rarely stay on sites for hours but your break records. Thanks Lisa. I love you.
Hi Lisa,
I am really a fan of your articles and videos. Now after getting inspire I have started my blog based website. Now I really need your advise on my blog. Please advise me for good earning and good ad placements. One thing I have noticed that most of the time my blog ads show only text. My CPC is very low about $0.07 to $0.10. My web site is http://www.urduraj.com
Thank you
Best wishes
Iftkhar
can u help everytime i move something on mypage or edit the type of ad the revenues drop. it doesn recovery even if i put everything back the way it was before. do bids reset when we edit something? i noticed the cpc rate goes down as well. i just move the placement of the ads because of the blogs i read where the best spots are
Banner ads are not worthy? currently i use 300 x 250 rectale boxes… should i need to try Banner ads and skyscrapers..?