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Round Corners = More Moneys

Discussion in 'Placement / Reviews / Examples' started by tobycoke, Dec 12, 2008.

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  1. #1
    It's not often that someone shares.

    From J-Walk's blog...(he does not address eCPM)

    http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/comments/round_corners_more_moneys/

     
    tobycoke, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  2. scubita

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    Nothing new, besides only works in some designs :)
     
    scubita, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  3. DomainMagnate

    DomainMagnate Illustrious Member

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    that's just too little $ to test anything. It might just be because he changed it. Whenever you change something the ctr will grow initially.

    But I might try it, I always thought square corners should do better, although never tested.
     
    DomainMagnate, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  4. christian231

    christian231 Well-Known Member

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    No corners is better than square or round...I don't have data to prove it, but I've tried both and earnings are best with no borders and blended background.
     
    christian231, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  5. DomainMagnate

    DomainMagnate Illustrious Member

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    #5
    yeah I don't use borders also.
    But sometimes the background color is slightly different so it'll be noticable
     
    DomainMagnate, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  6. live-cms_com

    live-cms_com Notable Member

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    #6
    His adsense is in the footer of his site....and he wants $60 per day from his single sidebar ad, no wonder it's not sold.
     
    live-cms_com, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  7. Gort

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  8. Gort

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    WTF?!

    I just looked his site up on http://www.dnscoop.com


    Here's his main address: http://j-walkblog.com

    Just paste that into Dnscoop and it'll give you all his stats. Its not totally accurate but it gives you a good guestimate. It blows my mind. Why the hell is he getting so much traffic for that site. I mean really it has nothing really to speak of to offer!

    Needless to say, if I were him I'd be monitizing the hell out of that site. Its obvious that he has no idea how to make money off a site.
     
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  9. Lordo

    Lordo Well-Known Member

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    Thank you for sharing. I think no borders is the best but I will give round corners a try!
     
    Lordo, Dec 13, 2008 IP
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    rounded corner give me the same thing. same adsense profits. not more than the design changed.
     
    smart_cyber, Dec 13, 2008 IP
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    dmi Well-Known Member

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    The change itself did that, not the round corners.
     
    dmi, Dec 13, 2008 IP
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    4 year old site...60,000 pages...PR6...he deserves high traffic. Although you are right that he sucks at monetizing. ;)
     
    live-cms_com, Dec 13, 2008 IP
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    Yeah, I've found that some of the most suddel changes, whether placement, colors, or format, seem to affect your earnings. Its just a matter of finding that right combination.
     
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    #14
    as mentioned before $5 isnt really much to test with
    and i generally use the rounded corners for my ads
     
    Playswfgames, Dec 13, 2008 IP
  15. Joseph Park

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    But depending on the site or blog, using borders work better than ads without borders. In many cases, if the ads were placed inside the text, it works a lot better without borders but in other cases, ads with borders work better I found.

    Regards,
    Joseph
     
    Joseph Park, Dec 17, 2008 IP