Monetizing Your Website

Set Each AdSense Ad To Display Both Text and Images for a Higher CPC

May 21st Information and Tutorials \ Monetizing Your Website This is another somewhat advanced AdSense tip. It might be a little hard to understand but it is very simple to implement. The tip is that you can raise the cost per click (CPC) on each AdSense ad unit by enabling both Text Ads and Image Ads on each ad.  Continue reading...

Your AdSense Ad With The Highest Click Through Rate Should Appear First In Your HTML

May 21st Information and Tutorials \ Monetizing Your Website Some Google AdSense tips are not very obvious at first. This is definitely more of an advanced tip, one that I didn't figure out until after a year and a half of using AdSense, but it will help to maximize your AdSense earnings if you can wrap your head around it and properly implement it. The tip is that you will make more money with AdSense if you make your AdSense ad with the highest click through rate (CTR) appear before all other AdSense ads in your site's HTML.  Continue reading...

Automatically Insert AdSense Ads After Intro Text

May 21st Information and Tutorials \ Monetizing Your Website (This Joomla/adsense tutorial is for Joomla 1.0.x) Continue reading...

According to Google, the most effective placement for AdSense ads is directly in your content. Click through rates (CTR) are much higher for ads embedded in your content than banner ads or sidebar ads. The standard Joomla content component combines each article's intro text and main text, which means you don't have an opportunity to run a plugin or component to automatically insert your ads after the intro text. Fortunately I have come up with a method using the JosReplace component and a small hack to Joomla's content component which will allow you to do this. 

Increase Adsense Earnings by Targeting Your Content

May 13th Information and Tutorials \ Monetizing Your Website Google AdSense will often display ads that aren't relevant to your web site's content. Sometimes AdSense will pick up on random words and phrases from around your website that don't really relate to what your content is about. This leaves you with unrelated ads that nobody will click on. Luckily, Google offers a way for you to tell AdSense exacty what content it should focus on, resulting in highly-targeted ads, higher click through rates (CTR) and higher payouts for every click (CPC).  Continue reading...