Google Ads Placement

[apexglm]

read so many different views on this topic but it all depends on how your site layout is imo.
i run over 25 wp blogs with adsesne on every one and been doing it now a long time ,I have found the best place is using the three allowed ads within your actual post and not on a sidebar
one very start
one middle
one end of post
usually each post is at least 1000 words long

after a long time watching clicks on each site closely this seems to be the best option for me

thoughts ?

[bluearrow]

You mean those ad units contain only 2 ads ? I think same because people tend to click when they see links while reading the post. Also less ads means you get better value ads.

Also did you check how good is CTR if you put a box at unit at top of the site before the post ?

[apexglm]

i run three boxes not images though only text ads
sizes 336x280
i color code the ads to match each site also

[bluearrow]

Sometimes blending ads too much cause CTR down, Specially in Blogs and forums where you get lot of return traffic. People get ad blinded.

[apexglm]

i would love to post one of the sites to show but i never do that on a forum
i built one last week which is a prime example
new domain
new site
new content
as of today its earned just over $3 not much, but for a site thats just getting crawled its not bad
long term like this i will be watching once again if ctr goes down i will play around with ads a little within new posts so i have a variation always watching and optimising

[maztech]

Google released this map a few years ago and it's still very accurate until today. In fact this map is based on actual click patterns for google ads and is referred to as the default adsense placement.

Keep in mind you site may have 'other' hot spots based on your content and you should do some 'A', 'B' testing to see how ads perform for you.

[apexglm]

yeh thats what i have done sidebars,headers,footers in posts,different themes
tried out everything over time and i find this way the best

[rain22]

for most of people big box with the content works more better !!

[seopro]

read so many different views on this topic but it all depends on how your site layout is imo.
i run over 25 wp blogs with adsesne on every one and been doing it now a long time ,I have found the best place is using the three allowed ads within your actual post and not on a sidebar
one very start
one middle
one end of post
usually each post is at least 1000 words long

after a long time watching clicks on each site closely this seems to be the best option for me

thoughts ?

I would like to add to your add placement..

apply one below the header and ads placement accordingly to left and right if it is 3 row theme or 2 row theme.. rest is ok..