I recently started a website about beginner motorcycles and after using adsense for a couple weeks my click through rate is still only 2%!!! I would really like to get it to 10%, but i’m not sure what else to do. Right now my traffic is only about 150 unique visitors per day so that may have something to do with it, but i’m not sure. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Here is my site:

http://www.bestbeginnermotorcycles.com

There are 2 aspects to making your Adsense pay, the first is all about how your ads look, and the second is about where they are positioned. Google are not shy on offering advice on both these aspects and they are also happy for you to try out the effectiveness of the ad format by providing a channels feature in Adsense which you can use to track your different configurations and establish the ones that perform best.

So what do Google actually tell you about optimizing your Adsense ads:

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There are times Google’s heralded ad affiliate program isn’t in your long term business interest. Oh no I said it!

AdSense isn’t the unstoppable revenue engine for every eBusiness. Before I am taken out and flogged by the eCommerce pundits — please let me explain what I mean in my defense.

I make revenues from AdSense at a very high click-through rate. I experience high click-through rates with AdSense without resorting to questionable tactics like tricking site users with photos (the AdSense trick and tip dujour).

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There are times Google’s heralded ad affiliate program isn’t in your long term business interest. Oh no I said it!

AdSense isn’t the unstoppable revenue engine for every ebusiness. Before I am taken out and flogged by the eCommerce pundits — please let me explain what I mean in my defense.

Read the rest of this entry