- 1. Don’t Violate Any AdSense Guidelines
- 2. Use Responsive AdSense Units
- 3. Place Your Ads Above The Fold
- 4. Publish Content More Often
- 5. Improve Your Page Speed
- 6. Remove Other Ad Networks
- 7. Find Your Adsense Referrers And Improve Them
- 8. Use Auto Ads
- 9. Use AdSense Experiments
- 10. Don’t Make Your Website Look Like MFA (Made for AdSense)
is one of the most popular and easiest methods to make money online. Follow the 10 AdSense tips below and see your earnings increase.
1. Don’t Violate Any AdSense Guidelines
It’s very important that whatever you do to increase your AdSense earnings is not against their guidelines. You can read the full guidelines here, but in general, avoid the following:
- Clicking on your own ads for any reason (even testing them).
- Buying traffic or clicks.
- Making the ads not look like ads.
- Showing only the ads to the user and no content.
- Ask your friends to click on the ads.
- Adding the ads on websites that have inappropriate content (adult, alcohol, gambling, etc.).
2. Use Responsive AdSense Units
We made several tests, and all tests show that responsive websites with responsive AdSense units perform better than non-responsive websites.
You can replace your ads with Responsive AdSense Units if you have a responsive website. AdSense will show the most appropriate ad (size and type) depending on the available ad space.
Especially for mobile websites, you will soon realize that the 300x600 on mobile performs much better than the standard 320x50.
3. Place Your Ads Above The Fold
The position of the ads is very important and can make a big difference in clicks and earnings.
It’s always better to have the ads above the fold (that’s the area users see without scrolling), but if this is not possible, try to have the ads in the page's main content instead of the sidebar.
Caution: Google punishes websites with too many ads above the fold, so don't add more than a couple of ad units.
4. Publish Content More Often
Depending on the type of website, you may choose to publish content more often.
The idea is that frequent publishing will generate more visits to your website, and more visits will naturally generate more AdSense clicks and revenue.
5. Improve Your Page Speed
It is proven that faster websites lead to more ad clicks, so optimizing your website’s speed will eventually increase your earnings too.
Avoid using too many graphics and remove images that don’t add value to the user experience but slow down the site.
6. Remove Other Ad Networks
If you want to make more from AdSense, you can remove any other ad networks and run AdSense only.
This will make your website load faster and give more visibility to the AdSense ads, leading to more clicks and revenue.
Certainly, many ads do not mean more revenue, so it’s always better to stick to the 3 ads per page (even if you are not using AdSense).
7. Find Your Adsense Referrers And Improve Them
When you connect your Google Analytics account with Google Adsense, you can go to Analytics and see which referrers generate your AdSense revenue.
You can see that under Acquisitions -> Traffic Acquisition. Look for the Total Revenue column and see which traffic sources generated the most revenue.
Maybe visits from Facebook or other social media networks generate AdSense revenue when they visit your website, so it’s a good idea to work on those and improve your presence to get more traffic and revenue.
8. Use Auto Ads
When setting up your ads, use the auto-ads feature. It's easier to manage, allowing AdSense to show ads when they are most likely to generate clicks or impressions.
To enable auto ads:
- Go to Sites and click the Edit Button next to your site’s name.
- Check the Auto Ads checkbox.
- Go through the rest of the options (Overlay formats, In-Page Formats, Excluded areas, Excluded Pages) to define where ads should be shown.
9. Use AdSense Experiments
One of the features of AdSense that is not well-known to users is AdSense Experiments (found under Optimization in your AdSense account). Experiments allow you to test different ad settings and determine which performs better.
For example, you may test different ad formats. This feature is very easy to use, and you can tell which ads are performing better in a few days.
10. Don’t Make Your Website Look Like MFA (Made for AdSense)
AdSense is supposed to enhance the user experience (and it does in most cases) by showing relevant ads that may interest the user.
That does not mean that your website should focus on the ads, but still, your focus should be on the user experience and high-quality content.
AdSense is a way to monetize your content, not the reason for your website’s existence.
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