Very low AdSense click rate

kevgibbo · 03-03-2006, 09:41 AM

I have started putting AdSense on my football forum website (planetfootie.co.uk) but have so far received a very low amount of dailyad clicks, generally less than 5, despite a reasonable amount of traffic going through the website.

Is there anything obvious that I am doing wrong? I've moved the ad's from the footer to the header section but this has had little effect so far.

tia,
Kev

andrew247 · 03-03-2006, 09:42 AM

Apparently, forums have an extremely low click through rate

kevgibbo · 03-03-2006, 09:47 AM

That's annoying, was hoping to make a bit of money out of that one!

Polar · 03-03-2006, 11:29 AM

Forum is harder to monetize using Adsense because you have the same visitors over and over. They kind of get immuned to the ads, unfortunately.

Maybe you can add a few content pages along with the forum? These pages should have a better conversion.

kevgibbo · 03-06-2006, 02:47 AM

That is a good idea to add some content pages, I will probably try that soon.

I've noticed some forums have adverts down the left-hand side of the screen alongside the forum topics, do you know if this gets a more successful click rate?

amitpatel_3001 · 03-06-2006, 02:52 AM

In my forum i earned a Huge 2$ wow.
I Never expect money from forums

Try to advertise your other sites from the forums

03-03-2006, 09:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
kevgibbo Senior Googler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 199 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Very low AdSense click rate I have started putting AdSense on my football forum website (planetfootie.co.uk) but have so far received a very low amount of dailyad clicks, generally less than 5, despite a reasonable amount of traffic going through the website. Is there anything obvious that I am doing wrong? I've moved the ad's from the footer to the header section but this has had little effect so far. tia, Kev

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Polar Googler Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 67 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Forum is harder to monetize using Adsense because you have the same visitors over and over. They kind of get immuned to the ads, unfortunately. Maybe you can add a few content pages along with the forum? These pages should have a better conversion.

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kevgibbo Senior Googler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 199 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	That is a good idea to add some content pages, I will probably try that soon. I've noticed some forums have adverts down the left-hand side of the screen alongside the forum topics, do you know if this gets a more successful click rate?

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amitpatel_3001 Senior Googler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: India Posts: 191 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	In my forum i earned a Huge 2$ wow. I Never expect money from forums Try to advertise your other sites from the forums

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