I'm experimenting with AdWords to drive traffic to both this site and Topicala.com. So far, I'm getting about 60 extra visitors per day to each site. I've tweaked my campaigns, disabling ads in Google's search results due to high costs. While I achieved a high volume of ad impressions (600,000) for kinlan.co.uk recently, the click-through rate remains low, and I need better insight into keyword performance and ad placement. I'd love to hear any marketing suggestions. If you arrived here through an AdSense ad, please share your feedback and the referring website. I'm considering using ads to promote specific blog posts for increased visibility.
I contacted Google about using my AdSense account with IE7's SiteSearch through OpenSearch. Unfortunately, they don't currently allow anything but their own search boxes. I think this is a limitation and they said they'd consider it, but for now, using AdSense with IE7's OpenSearch provider is not permitted.
I wanted to use IE7 Beta 2's custom search providers with my Google AdSense for Search account to create a site search that generates revenue. Unfortunately, Google's terms of service explicitly prohibit this by requiring search queries to originate directly from user input in the search box. This restriction limits the potential of OpenSearch integration with AdSense for Search, which is disappointing.
I've just added a Google AdSense referral link to my blog! Google recently updated AdSense, including their terms and conditions. While I spotted mentions of "Feeds" and "Referrals" in the new terms, I haven't yet seen Feed Advertising in action. If you're interested in monetizing your blog, give AdSense a try!
I've removed Google AdSense ads from my site's main page due to poor visibility and ineffectiveness. I've relocated them to a spot just before the comment section within articles. Hoping this placement change will improve their performance!
Yahoo! Publisher Network (YPN) now offers ad category targeting, similar to Google AdSense. This feature allows publishers to specify categories for their ads, resulting in more relevant ads for their audience. I'm excited about the potential of this for my own site and hope Google implements a similar feature in AdSense. I'm even considering incorporating this into future versions of AjaxTagger.
I've downloaded the Google Desktop Search 2.0 Beta and I'm liking it so far. My only complaint is not being able to force indexing when not idle. It seems to be lightweight, which is great for my computer. I've installed the Adsense plugin and the Gmail plugin is a plus. The feed detection is excellent, even better than IE7 Beta 1. I'll post more thoughts after I've used it longer.
