1. Advertising
    y u no do it?

    Advertising (learn more)

    Advertise virtually anything here, with CPM banner ads, CPM email ads and CPC contextual links. You can target relevant areas of the site and show ads based on geographical location of the user if you wish.

    Starts at just $1 per CPM or $0.10 per CPC.

Nice traffic but poor CTR. Any suggestion?

Discussion in 'Placement / Reviews / Examples' started by Jacotus Brededin, Jul 25, 2008.

0
  1. #1
    Hi Guys,

    One of my website has a pretty nice traffic but the click through ratio is pretty bad. The website is www.codenamegenerator.com.
    Any suggestion?

    Thanks,
    JB
     
    Jacotus Brededin, Jul 25, 2008 IP
  2. sourcer

    sourcer Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    960
    Likes Received:
    42
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    120
    #2
    What's the actual traffic, I see your Alexa rank it's about 3,000,000 so I don't think you're having enough traffic and also if you submitted your site to stumbleupon or different sites you might have traffic but that traffic doesn't generate very much clicks.

    About the ads placement, you should really re-think the site design and blend the ads with the site, you should put the code generation form at the bottom of the site, put some square ads near the text ( like 2 columns with text and ads ) and try different positions for your ads.

    This is just my opinion, you should listen to what others have to say.
     
    sourcer, Jul 25, 2008 IP
  3. Jacotus Brededin

    Jacotus Brededin Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    5
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    110
    #3
    Good suggestions. Thanks.

    I'm puzzled about Alexa. That site has about 5 times more traffic that another site I have which rank around 1,800,000...
     
    Jacotus Brededin, Jul 25, 2008 IP
  4. lycos

    lycos Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    3,769
    Likes Received:
    176
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    185
    #4
    1 ad unit placed on top of the page is too isolated and located quite far from your site content. As a visitor, the moment that I arrive, my attention will be focused towards the content located at the middle and therefore I wouldn't be bother much about the ad units placed too far away. I hope that helps
     
    lycos, Jul 25, 2008 IP
  5. Jacotus Brededin

    Jacotus Brededin Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    5
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    110
    #5
    That make sense. Thanks :)
     
    Jacotus Brededin, Jul 25, 2008 IP
  6. Jeehan

    Jeehan Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,578
    Likes Received:
    31
    Best Answers:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    115
    #6
    try removing the ads border
     
    Jeehan, Jul 26, 2008 IP
  7. Jacotus Brededin

    Jacotus Brededin Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    5
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    110
    #7
    following your suggestions, I changed the design.
    What do think of the integration? Is it too much now?
     
    Jacotus Brededin, Jul 28, 2008 IP
  8. Jacotus Brededin

    Jacotus Brededin Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    5
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    110
    #8
    A few questions I should have asked before:
    Do you think that Adsense is the best way to monetize the site?
    Maybe I would be better off using something like Kontera?
    I probably can't mix both but that would be cool. Could I do Adsense link units + Kontera or will that violate the TOS?
     
    Jacotus Brededin, Jul 28, 2008 IP
  9. billy786

    billy786 Peon

    Messages:
    323
    Likes Received:
    7
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #9
    Optimize the ad placements ;)
     
    billy786, Jul 28, 2008 IP
  10. Jacotus Brededin

    Jacotus Brededin Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    5
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    110
    #10
    Any practical suggestion?
     
    Jacotus Brededin, Jul 28, 2008 IP
  11. mika.kontera

    mika.kontera Guest

    Messages:
    146
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #11
    The use of Adsense and Kontera ContentLink together is not a violation of TOS. The combination works very well as Kontera ads supplement adsense revenues.
     
    mika.kontera, Jul 29, 2008 IP
  12. aditne

    aditne Banned

    Messages:
    661
    Likes Received:
    6
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #12
    You see that your ad links are as your webpage links. Try your links looks like natural.
     
    aditne, Jul 29, 2008 IP
  13. atreyyu

    atreyyu Peon

    Messages:
    124
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #13
    Well well...forgive me to say this but I just think your site is hard to couple with ads, it's the niche. Just put yourself in the visitor place, what would you expect ? what ads should work?
    I can't think at any kind of ads working.
    It's only my opinion, maybe I am wrong.
     
    atreyyu, Jul 29, 2008 IP
  14. Jacotus Brededin

    Jacotus Brededin Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    5
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    110
    #14
    Not even any kind of security crypto software?
     
    Jacotus Brededin, Jul 29, 2008 IP
  15. xxmastermindxx

    xxmastermindxx Peon

    Messages:
    286
    Likes Received:
    4
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #15
    Use StumbleUpon And Digg And Also Some Groups....;)
     
    xxmastermindxx, Jul 30, 2008 IP