Category Archives: AdSense Journal

A professional journal of thoughts, lessons learned, etc. as related to Google AdSense.

Life is nothing without goals: 2008

Yesterday, I talked with my friend Steven. We’ve been friends for many, many years. However, he has selected a much different path than mine, and we haven’t talked much recently. The main thing that struck me from our conversation is that he doesn’t … Continue reading

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AdSense Wide Skyscraper Test Results

Which do you think is better: a wide skyscraper with blue links and no border, or one with red links and a gray border? My testing shows that the blue links and no border outperform the other by 73%. Did … Continue reading

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Google AdSense Image Ads

I just swapped the text ads on the GoogleCommunity.com channel “GCvBGuest2ndLargeRect” for text and image ads. In 2 weeks, I should see how the performance compares. I might be leaving a lot of money on the table! Do you have … Continue reading

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24 hours of Firefox

I’m currently running Level 3 (Dead-Serious) Explorer Destroyer on this blog. Let’s see how it goes. These are my stats from WP-ShortStat from before the switch (I haven’t had it installed for a long time, but I don’t expect it … Continue reading

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Invision Plus now serving AdSense & YPN

Invision Plus is now serving 50% AdSense, 50% YPN — for US visitors only. International users will see AdSense.

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Four ad units

I’ve added a link unit to the header, a small button below the title, a small rectangle after the post, and a half banner after the comment box. Let’s see what happens.

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AdSense Journal: US Targeting

I’m now geotargeting YPN ads for US users on Invision Plus forums (example: Support Forum). It looks reasonably good! US visitors will see 50/50 AdSense and Yahoo, while those outside the US will only get AdSense. I’ll test this for … Continue reading

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Hundred-dollar days

I’ve actually had a few hundred-dollar days with AdSense. The first that I see was Tuesday, May 3, 2005, when I earned $108.34. Of course, my average is a little below that

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Large Rectangle & Collapsing Ad Units

I made two changes to my AdSense setup here today. First, I added a large rectangle to the footer. This should give you some links of interest when viewing any page of the blog. I also put this unit in … Continue reading

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