Ad Question

[CommonForte]

Hey Stephen Tood...thanks for the MaxBanner Ads advice.

I placed a 468x60 banner through ad sense at the top. 3 questions..

1.) Is there a way to get a banner that fits the screen better through adsense?

2.) Do you think I should keep both ads? The sidebar widget and the top one.

3. Is there a way to disable the Powered by Max ads without paying?

[stephen todd]

Originally Posted by CommonForte

Hey Stephen Tood...thanks for the MaxBanner Ads advice.

I placed a 468x60 banner through ad sense at the top. 3 questions..


1.) Is there a way to get a banner that fits the screen better through adsense?

people who've done extensive testing of adsense ad blocks state the 336 X 280 below the header and above the post is the absolute best



2.) Do you think I should keep both ads? The sidebar widget and the top one.

if you are only using adsense and not clickbank, etc. as well as adsense then use only the ad block mentioned above and no other in sidebar i.e. 1 ad block per page

if you are using clickbank, etc. as well as adsense then you could have clickbank in the sidebar and adsense above post


3. Is there a way to disable the Powered by Max ads without paying?

the Max Ads guys are very smart - I'm sure the plugin will break if you remove the link

there is the compensation of getting sales commission if someone clicks though your link and upgrades to link free version

if the link really bothers you, upgrade - it's not a lot of money - I don't mind displaying the links on my blogs and static sites - but then again I don't fuss and fret with pretty designs and pictures either


this won't go down well with you guys, but it's been proven that clickthoughs and adsense revenue rockets when on plain looking sites without a header graphic and very little else to click on but a single adsense block above the content - i.e. a downright ugly looking site with nothing to do but read content, look at a few on page pictures, or click adsense

[stephen todd]

[quote=CommonForte;78476]Hey Stephen Tood...thanks for the MaxBanner Ads advice.

I placed a 468x60 banner through ad sense at the top.

Do you think I should keep both ads? The sidebar widget and the top one.
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I'm not sure if you guys already know this - but if you only display 1 ad block then the ads in that block are the high bid ads - the second ad block contains the lower paying ads - the third ad block pay even less