Adsense Light Bulb Moment
June 7th, 2005 by Michael Gray in Adsense, AdvertisingIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Read my top posts or learn more about Michael Gray. Want more frequent updates follow me on Twitter. Thanks for visiting!
I was reading something from Seth Godin today and came across one of those things we all know, then forget, and need to be reminded of from time to time:
Most blogs have a center well of the “new stuff” and then links and ads along the sides. And it’s pretty sacrosanct that you put the repetitive stuff on the sides, while the center column is for the new, the stuff that people give you permission to say, the stuff that actually gets read.
A blogger in Switzerland reported that while her traffic keeps going up, her revenue from AdWords keeps going down. Why? Because she’s trained people to ignore the ads. The good stuff is in the center column, and we ignore the rest.
via: (Treating People like they are Smart)
tags: (seth godin | adsense | blog )
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October 9th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Very good point, Michael. Thanks for sharing. Now I want someone to release a “b0rkd theme” plugin that f’s up the sidebar and middle column to keep readers on their toes.
October 9th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
whoa. as a followup to my comment above, I didn’t even realize the date on your post. Looks like I followed a “related post” link from your RSS feed for a post you did today. sneaky!