Comments on: Where to Position Ads in Your RSS Feed

By: 3d internet

3d internet — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:32:47 +0000

I also intuit that feedreaders are really not clicking on adsense-ads alot. And average surfers don’t even know what a feedreader is…

By: Ginger

Ginger — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:16:30 +0000

I appreciate you taking the time to include screen shots in your article. Having a visual really impressed on me the importance of your observations about ad placement.

Thanks!
Ginger

By: Helpful Cat

Helpful Cat — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:55:40 +0000

It would be nice if we could choose themes of ads:)) No useless ads then, only those that bling money:))

By: borg

borg — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:47:58 +0000

Thanks! I just learned how to insert AdSense ads in my blog, but I still have many things to learn about feeds. This information was valuable for me! Keep on bloggin’!

By: WEB MONEY

WEB MONEY — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:37:39 +0000

I would also like to see some stats. I started to put adsense in my feeds, but then decided not too. I am going to hold off adsense feeds for a little while, so I can research the best way to implement them and not lose subscribers. If anyone has any success stories or what not to do stories I would really appreciate hearing feedback on adsense for feeds. You can email me at:
admin [at] usapresidentmccain.com if anyone is feeling generous. I will return the favor. Darren enjoyed the post, I learn something every time I visit your blog.

By: Ryan McLean

Ryan McLean — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:09:29 +0000

I would love to see some stats on how each performs so I can use the most effective one for my entrepreneur blog

By: Josy & Darrin

Josy & Darrin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:26:46 +0000

Hi Darrin or anyone that can help me please,

Our traffic has went up 40-50X our usual numbers with peeks a bit higher on great days over the past ten days but for some reason we are getting 30X-40X less per click and much less per impressions. Is that normal? I have tried contacting Google for a few days with no luck whatsoever.

I feel like these huge pet companies are getting to advertise for free and that doesn’t seem fair at all.

Another question is concerning our impression numbers as we had around 3,000 page views the other day with only 2,000 impression, does that make any sense or is Google forgetting a few numbers here and there?

I would appreciate any advice Darren or from other experts in here. Thank you so much and God Bless.

Darrin & Josy

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:01:53 +0000

At the end of the day, I’m a fan of testing and measuring results.

There’s patterns that work and patterns that don’t, but I think the trick is to find what’s relevant for your scenario.

I think it’s great that you share the patterns that you see along with your insight into results.

By: cb

cb — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:05:37 +0000

I’ve unsubscribed from some feeds as a result of adverts – not all but there has to be a higher level of desire to read as the adverts, for some reason, really irritate me.

By: Robin Majumdar

Robin Majumdar — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:55:05 +0000

As Chris Brogan said above in reference to the John Chow results being 5x higher in CTR for Adsense RSS ads at the beginning of posts:

I think that may be a premature synopsis of RSS advertising performance, despite J. Chow’s reach, given the newness of RSS ads as a whole.

What concerns me more is that it may negatively affect readership loyalty after seeing inyourface RSS ads preceding content in the RSS feed…

By: Anne Zieger

Anne Zieger — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:09:46 +0000

Folks, for some reason I can’t figure out how to get the AdSense ads integrated into my RSS feed (http://whatmattersonline.wordpress.com/feed).

Is it some weird Wordpress thing or am I getting something wrong? Would someone be willing to help me figure this out?

Thanks in advance, and let me know if I can do anything in return.

-Anne

By: bonoriau

bonoriau — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:33:44 +0000

Currently they offer only 2 sizes and 2 position. I’m really hope they can offer more size and more position.

By: Dilip Shaw

Dilip Shaw — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:23:19 +0000

Hi Darren,

My only worry is people who are subscribed through RSS are NOT interested in your ads. They are interested in reading new posts. That kills the CTR.

Another problem is they may dislike the ads and unsubscribe.

What do you say?

Regards,
Dilip

By: The Daily Minder

The Daily Minder — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:55:03 +0000

Darren,

Do you know whether anyone has reported RSS subscriber drops since adding Adsense to their feed?

TDM

By: Raina

Raina — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:37:56 +0000

I haven’t used adsense on feeds yet, this one sounds like a good explanation, I will keep these points in mind when adding mine.

By: Sire

Sire — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:59:47 +0000

As usual Google does what Google thinks serves their interests bests and at the moment it is to give themselves the prerogative to choose the size of their feeds ads. I suppose they figure we are lucky to have it there at all.

By: goodfather

goodfather — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:34:42 +0000

Thanks for the technical demo! Very nicely done. I want to use Adsense in my RSS feed, but I’m not quite ready yet. My apologies if you’re already done this one, but you should post a topic, “How to make more than $0.00 a day using Adsense”. Lol..?

By: super blog

super blog — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:00:49 +0000

I’m not using ads in rss..
I think it is just a good tips for me to earn more money..

By: Work At Home Mom Tara

Work At Home Mom Tara — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:49:20 +0000

I have not added any ad’s into my feed as of yet, however have saw many doing it already.

I am with you on wanting to be able to have ads that wrap content around them, just because I think it looks better.

By: Nishadha

Nishadha — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:36:56 +0000

RSS subscribers can be considered your most loyal readers and I think should be given more priority and a better reading experience. Unless you have a huge number of subscribers the best option I think is to add them at the bottom or not add them at all.