I've been working with Google's Adsense program for a while now. If you're  not
already in the program, why not take a look at it now  at
https://www.google.com/adsense. I really like Adsense. It makes me  money
and it's easy to work with. Just some simple copy & paste into your  webpage
and you're done. Right?
Wrong! You can do it that way if you  want. Who knows? Maybe you'll get lucky
and get a lot of clicks. But if  you're really serious about making a lot of money
with the program, you're  going to have to tweak it a little.
I've invested quite a bit of time  experimenting with the program. When I first
signed up, I got some clicks and  made a tiny bit of money. That wasn't good
enough. I knew there must be a way  to get more of my visitors to click on the
ads.
Google has a strict  policy about not pointing to the ads in any way or asking
people to click on  them, so there were two things I couldn't do. What else  was
there?
Then I remembered reading an article once that discussed  the psychological
impact of colors on the human mind. I started researching  everything I could
find on the subject.
After a lot of reading, many  tests and periods of watching my clicks go up and
down, I found the one color  combination that seemed to work the best.
Testing previously done at  supermarkets had revealed that the same product
could pull more sales from  just changing the colors of the label. What were
these colors? Red and  yellow! The combination of these two colors has an
immediate impact on the  person who sees them. They make your eyes stop and
focus. They pull your eyes  right to that part of the page. They grab your
attention! I'm not sure  exactly why the combination of red and yellow does this,
but it does. On one  of my sites, I changed my Adsense ads to a bright red
border and a yellow  background with black text and URL.
My click through rate more than  doubled with just that one simple change.
That's what worked on my site. Your  site's color scheme may work better with a
slightly different color  combination. Try lots of different color variations. Make a
change in the  morning and let it ride for the whole day. The next morning, try a
different  set of colors. Change the border, background, text. Change everything
you  can. Most importantly, keep detailed records of the color scheme you  used,
click ratio and revenue generated.
After you've done all the  experimenting you want to, go back to the most
profitable one and let it run  for a week or so and see how it does. I'm always
trying different colors even  after my run of good clicks with red and yellow.
There are a lot of color  combinations to choose from. You never know when
you'll find just the right  one.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The One Simple Trick That Can Double Your Adsense
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