Is This Why Your Adsense Income Is So Low?

[bkpkgene]

Originally Posted by RandysPlace

I think Google needs to step up and start improving the looks of the ads. I've noticed that pages that receive younger visitors (Like in the 9 to 13 year old range) get a lot more clicks than other pages. I think people around the world have become used to the look by now, and can spot ads easily and are less likely to click them now. The younger kids click on them because they are not as familiar with the internet since they are just now coming of age. Google should have hundreds of designs and formats to choose from by now, especially when it comes to text ads. They are too obvious. Every month they should roll out new designs for publishers to choose from. My adsense earnings suck now compared to 2 years ago. The earning per click has dropped, but the click through rate is the main problem.

You're kidding us, right? So it's not only G's responsibility to provide and deliver the ad's to your site, but also to do YOUR site design?

One word comes to mind ... entitlements.

[ChickenFreak]

Originally Posted by RandysPlace

I think people around the world have become used to the look by now, and can spot ads easily and are less likely to click them now.

This sounds like you're suggesting that Google deliberately design "stealth" ads, and deliberately try to fool people into clicking them when they don't intend to. That is not a respectable strategy.

[Fabster]

Hmm...I have no problems getting visitors to click my adsense. My ctr on a site receiving about 600 visitors per day is 10-15%

I have three blocks on that specific page, but it's the rectangular block, placed pretty much in the middle of the page, a bit to the top that gets a high ctr like that.

[carl72086]

I just added 2 adsense in my website... i try to keep my website clean-looking...

[mindo321]

google gave me 1.07 for my very first click

[xMuku]

I positioned an ad ont he right side of my page along with one under each post and my adsense hasn't been too bad

[nelgopad]

There's been a general downward trend on the number of people clicking on ads over the years.

It's probably mainly to do with the fact that people become accustomed to seeing ads on websites and just don't click them since there's usually no incentive or need.