Dylan Greene dot com

After a disappointing run with Google AdSense, I've decided to try it again.

Google selects the ads to show on your site based on what it think are most appropriate for the site. This means a site about coffee should have lots of coffee-related ads.

This works great most of the time, but Google AdSense decided the most appropriate ads for my site all had to relate to a certain Dylan musician, even though I never write about him.

The ads weren't getting many clicks because they didn't relate to why people where here.

Instead of fighting that battle I made changes to where I put the ads and how many ads I show.

I made the ads more visible and put them in a place that they could get clicked on by accident. By accident? Yeah, that's normally not good, but that's part of making money with ads on the web. You have to keep your click % up, otherwise your ads become worthless. By showing more ads, I hope there to be some non-musician related ads.

If you're thinking about putting ads on your site you should try my Google Ads Tester. It'll show you what ads you might see on your site, or any site you want to try.

WebmasterWorld.com also has a great Google AdSense forum where web masters are shareing their experiences and giving suggestions for how to get more money with Google Ads.