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Do skyscrapers work?

Discussion in 'Placement / Reviews / Examples' started by cartertoons, Jul 21, 2009.

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    Greetings All:
    On my cartoon/humor site cartertoons.com I get very healthy CTR for my homepage, which is also the majority of my traffic. On almost all other pages I have text links and skyscrapers on the left, and the skyscraper image ads don't seem to do very well. Should I swap them for text links or just delete? Thanks in advance for any advice.
     
    cartertoons, Jul 21, 2009 IP
  2. 5867dude

    5867dude Peon

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    I would say that skyscapers are not as good as other ad formats as they are not in the content, rather to the side of the viewers attention and I would recommend instead the following options

    Hope you find my advice useful and consider +Rep:D
     
    5867dude, Jul 23, 2009 IP
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    xploreme Peon

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    IMHO, I think text link is better than skyscraper. You can put it in between your menu.
     
    xploreme, Jul 23, 2009 IP
  4. cartertoons

    cartertoons Peon

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    Thanks for the advice- sounds good. I will implement option one as I think that would greatly improve the CTR for that page. I will probably do the same for the other pages if I move my navigation to the top as per option 2. Thanks again! :D
     
    cartertoons, Jul 23, 2009 IP
  5. mpreyesmr

    mpreyesmr Banned

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    5867dude has a good post to answer your question.
     
    mpreyesmr, Jul 23, 2009 IP
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    andrewhudson1985 Peon

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    Large Rectangle Between Post And The Text Ads On Top Will Work Better
     
    andrewhudson1985, Jul 23, 2009 IP
  7. ian_batten

    ian_batten Well-Known Member

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    I'd certainly say your current rectangular block would be your best option. However, I'd reccomend experimenting with colours as well - that can often make a dramatic change.
     
    ian_batten, Jul 24, 2009 IP
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    Trial & Error. See what is working best for you and then swap out for good.
     
    latro, Jul 26, 2009 IP
  9. SOULZRIPPER

    SOULZRIPPER Well-Known Member

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    I would just wanna say what many people might advise you in here. Text link rox !
     
    SOULZRIPPER, Jul 26, 2009 IP