Looking for live website examples of google adsense since panda update

[ClaireH-184886]

Hi, i am looking for some live websites that use google adsense who have changed their layout since the panda update

If anyone can please point me in the right direction so i can see good examples of how sites have now changed their google adsense layout so we can learn from this, then that would be great

regards

[ClaireH-184886]

would love to pm you and learn more about going direct to advertisers instead of affliate sites.so where the column is, where the related items is, i should remove that.

when i remove the 2 column it means i only have one google adsense on the page, would you put the google adsense anywhere else on the page

[TakeshiYoung]

Maybe you can remove the middle column and keep it at 2 columns, so it's not as overwhelming?

Getting advertisers isn't that difficult. Look at the people who are paying for ads on adsense or who are advertising on your competitors' sites and offer them a good deal for the amount of traffic you can drive them. The more tech-savvy merchants may also have affiliate accounts set up, where you can just sign up on their site to be an affiliate and make commissions from every sale you make.

[ClaireH-184886]

The trouble i have with advertising is, i am rubbish at selling, there we go, i have held my hands up, i cannot sell. This has always been my biggest problem. That is why i have turned to google adsense to try and earn money this way but my returns are low.

I have spent the last 24 hours trying to find the best advertising layout. I do not want to overcome the reader with advertising, i want to earn the money with the advertising but at the same time i want it to be user friendly and more about the user experience.

seeing this layout, would it put you off from reading what is on the page or coming back to the site.

[TakeshiYoung]

Adsense is bottom-of-the-barrel as far as online advertising is concerned. If you want to see greater ROI, you want to work directly with your advertisers instead of having Google as a middleman.

Seeing as this is a lifestyle site, there are plenty of merchants you could be working with from travel, clothing, food, weightloss, books, etc.

[ClaireH-184886]

I am a bit worried that it does not look professional and the adverts are to much in your face. the return on the clicks is low on this new layout, so was thinking of changing the layout now to try something different.

[TakeshiYoung]

Looks good to me, at least from an SEO perspective.

[ClaireH-184886]

just researching your link now, was hoping to find sites that are not big companies to see how they are getting on since the panda update.

I have been plaing around with my google adsense for a few months now, changing the layout all the time, trying to find one that works for me. just about to make another change today.

can you let me know what you think of this layout that i have been using for a few weeks

http://www.in2town.co.uk/health-for-women/chlamydiosis-the-most-common-disease-transmitted-through-sexual-contact

many thanks

[EGOL]

I am very confident that you can have two ads above the fold and not have a problem with Panda.  I think that Panda is more about content problems than it is with ad problems.

I own and know of lots of sites that have a leaderboard above the content and either a skyscraper or large rectangle above the fold and beside the content.

So, if you are not slappin' the visitor's face with the ads I think you will be fine.

[TakeshiYoung]

This is a good article on adsense layouts with some examples:

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/guide-to-ads

Bottom line, you want to keep your above the fold ads to a minimum and make sure that your content-to-ad ratio is high.