Ad placement review for a blog

Any advice would be helpful ... the link is http://linkreview.blogspot.com .

I tried playing around with them, but the only way i managed to get an ad in my latest post was by inserting it in the template for all the posts. So i had to limit the number of posts for the main page to just 2, so I could have a button above the menu.

Still I'm not satisfied...any advice would be apreciated.

Thanks guys

 

Looks ok, i would remove the Advertise on this site thing though and see how it works for a week or two...

 

Errr ... that's part of the google ad .. i thought it's not allowed to modify it.

 

@Alsuran: it's allowed. Go into your Adsense account:
1. Click on "My Account".
2. Under "Account Settings", find "Onsite Advertiser Sign-up".
3. Click on "Edit".
4. Uncheck "Include me in Onsite Advertiser Sign-Up".

 

Thanks ... didn't knew that ... any other opinions about the placement?

 

Remove the "Advertise on this site" as mentioned and space out the ads on the top of the posts a bit. Put more space between the date, the ad unit and the title of the post. It's kinda crowded.

I don't think you need the top link unit. Personally I don't like them. On your site, it makes the top look too busy.

But having said all that, test it out yourself with custom channels and see what works best for you.

 

I would say that you have way too many ads for such a small page. Google might even consider it a MFA site. It looks like you want visitors to click ads before they even have a chance to look at your site.

I suggest losing the ads at top and center, and move the ad block that is on the right side down to apprear under "links" or "archives". As your site grows, add more ads.

 

don't worry about limiting number of posts per page. Even if you have more then 3 posts the google script would limit the number of ads to only first three posts. But it sure would make your page slow. Also its not good to put too many ads just because you can do it.Try experimenting.

 

Thanks for the input guys. I'd like to take out one of the ads from the main body, but i got no idea how to modify the template so that only the ad in the latest post would show.

I put some space between the date and the ad, though i got no idea how to put space between the ad and the title of the post. Also, i took out the onsite advertisment option several hours ago and still the Advertise on this site thingie is still there. Maybe it needs more time? Also tried puting new code there, but its still there.