Comments on: 5 Tips for Making Widget Ads Perform Better on Your Blog

By: Takumi86

Takumi86 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:09:31 +0000

Nothing really new to this article only the last one, and i would love to add another tips, make your widget color ads same as the background, make it blend to the background. Dunno if this gonna worked but i didn’t advice you to do that only giving up my ideas…

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:03:34 +0000

When you say avoid the sidebars, do you mean try to stick inside your posts?

… or is the blog fine, just not the sidebar and above the fold?

I thought the main hot spots were the upper left, and then the right sidebar, a little ways down.

By: Devon Martlew

Devon Martlew — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:40:25 +0000

I just redid the entire layout of my ads thanks to this article. Thanks for the tips!

By: Team Nirvana

Team Nirvana — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:46:42 +0000

These are some of the oldest tips which had been been around for eternity.

But, as these are the foundation for any blog or website to hit the goal of connecting to the audiences rather than putting the blog itself on the bay, I assume these would stick on as long as we do follow conventional philosophy of making good bucks out of blogging.

Thanks for reminding us all again Darren.

By: ATLANTA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

ATLANTA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:30:48 +0000

relevant is the key. I try to offer books that I have personally read or at least in the same category. This way im adding value because of person recommendations

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:56:41 +0000

Hi Darren,
You and your readers may be interested in a WordPress plugin that we just developed that displays widgets and their content based on assigned post/page IDs, tags, and categories. Thus you can now place more directly relevant ads in your sidebar and control when and where they appear.

For example, let’s say you have one or several posts on SEO and you have tagged or categorized them under “SEO”. Using the plugin you can simply place your relevant SEO ads or affiliate products in a text widget and assign it to appear only for posts/pages that are tagged/categorized with “SEO”. You can do the same for posts and pages as well!

You can find the Widget Locationizer plugin here: http://tomuse.com/wordpress/widget-locationizer

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions

By: Flipsem

Flipsem — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:48:35 +0000

Great post thank you. I have a question I hope someone could help with. Is it best to choose either adsense or ads and not both. My assumption is to choose one or the other but I have no data to back this up.

Any thoughts..?

By: steveo250k

steveo250k — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:37:38 +0000

I’m curious about the 1st tip to make the ads relevant to the content. I have not started a blog, but I have a webpage that gives tutorials. So far adsense has not performed. My first tutorial is how to use PowerPoint to give a presentation. My target audience is college students. Google Ads reads the page(s) sees PowerPoint and Presentation all over the place and gives links to professional presenters and products to enhance PowerPoint. Stuff few college students are going to use. Google is a smart company, but I think my audience is going to be more interested in music, electronics, college information, etc. I expect my audience to come to my page, learn how to quickly create a presentation for a specific class, then move on. My focus is not to be everything PowerPoint, or everything about presentations, but to focus on a specific solution. “It’s Sunday and I have to give a presentation in class on Monday. What do I do?” Come to http://o-shining-see.com and get brief, step by step instructions and quick advice.

I know one of my problems is lack of content. The videos are time consuming to create, so I don’t have much up there yet. Still, I think I have a situation where my content matches my audience and adsense matches my content, but I don’t think my adsense matches my audience. If that makes any sense.

By: Eric Hamm

Eric Hamm — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:56:15 +0000

Keeping your ads relevant is definitely key. I see so many ads that have absolutely no place on a particular blog and I’m sure rarely get any clicks. Solid tips, my friend. Thanks! Eric.

By: James

James — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:16:58 +0000

One question I have that I hope someone can help with is that, I am in the UK, but my readers are in the UK and all over the world, what amazon associates site should I use, or does the currency/site change depending on where in the world people are accessing your blog from?

I don’t want to be putting things up from amazon.co.uk, and loosing out on commision because people see it on my site, and end up buying it from amazon.com….and also I dont want to put up stuff in dollars and alienate my UK customers….

I hope that I have been articulate enough, and I hope that someone can enlighten me!

Thanks!

James

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:00:43 +0000

I’ve only used the Amazon Deals widget and since keeping it within a post instead of on the sidebar, I’ve definitely seen the clicks increase since putting it there. Sales are slow though but that’s just a traffic issue.

By: Frychiko

Frychiko — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:47:01 +0000

I took it to the next level and made my own widgets (php/mysql/data feeds/pricetapestry) to insert directly into my posts. (A certain tech product) . Good thing is I’m the only one who has these ads plus it’s PPA and not PPC and I can customize the ad as much as I like.

By: charles palma

charles palma — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:26:20 +0000

The 3++ X 2++ is a good size for ads. It worked out for me better than any other tested sizes. Sidebar is the worst of all my 30 days tests.

By: العاب

العاب — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:16:29 +0000

Thank you for these great tips . Though they sound the same as those you wrote earlier about working with Adsense .

By: Dan Mihaliak

Dan Mihaliak — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:07:42 +0000

I always thought the sidebar was the premium place to put ads. Thanks for opening my eyes to other ways.

By: JOE GELB

JOE GELB — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:52:20 +0000

some of these widget companies have been giving me problems like freezing out the whole site. im not sure why but they seem to do well for like a week then go aggro like they have a virus lol. does anyone know why this is?

By: Daniel Ted

Daniel Ted — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:48:16 +0000

I think blending the ads to the theme of the site and tracking what widgets work best are the most important tips.

By: Blog Expert

Blog Expert — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:46:55 +0000

I think the most important thing is the position. Position of your advertisements is always the answer. Otherwise people are just not interested in what you are advertising.

By: Laura-Whateverebay

Laura-Whateverebay — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:33:12 +0000

I certainly need to do a lot of testing on my ads. I am successful in placing them on my online stores, but I have found placing them (making money) on my blogs challenging.

thanks for the post! :)

By: bbrian017

bbrian017 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:02:49 +0000

weak article problogger! Seems you’re running out of things to blog about and now you’re ranting.

Yes if you ad more ads on a page it’s likely to get clicked more…

Yes track your ads to see what people are clicking…

I’m almost thinking you didn’t write this…