New User - My AdSense

[NuggetUK]

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum, so I'm just introducing my site that has AdSense on it. The URL is http://www.vphqtournaments.com.

I'd welcome any comments about the site design and placement of the Adsense ads, and am more than willing to reciprocate and feedback.

Regards,

Simon

 

[Epic]

Nice job blending them in. I had trouble finding them for a while.

 

[dcgiants]

Looks nice nugget. Although I am sure you caught it, the amazon button obscures part of the privacy information link under the Logitech mouse on the right.

Regards,

DC

 

[egkuan]

the amazon button obscures part of the privacy information link under the Logitech mouse on the right

It's part of the Amazon script, it's not his fault and he can't do bupkis about it anyway.

I must admit, the ad placement is creative

 

[NuggetUK]

Thanks for your comments so far. I'm going to continue browsing around this forum now!

Simon

 

[G_C]

You did a great job of blending your ads in. One question, though - does that not violate AdSense rules somehow? See, according to AdSense, all elements of the advertisement must be clearly visible, and, in your case, I understand you made the border colour the same as the background colour, effectively making borders invisible.

In fact, here's a quote straight from AdSense policies:

Elements on a page must not obscure any portion of the ads, and the ad colors must be such that any ad elements, including text and URL, are visible.

I'm not sure if this also means that borders need to be clearly visible as well - perhaps someone with more experience could comment?

 

[NuggetUK]

That's true, but also on the optimization tips page (https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/static.py?page=tips.html) it says:

"You may find that colours that stand out without overshadowing your content are better for your site than colours that blend in so well, the ads are practically invisible. However, you may find that colours that blend in completely perform better. However you choose your colour palettes, make sure that it complements the colour scheme of the page. Also, rotating colour palettes is a simple way to add variety and freshness to your ads. All you need to do is hold down the Control key and select up to four colour palettes when generating your ad code in the Ad layout code page of your account."

Notice the "find that colours that blend in completely perform better" bit.

So I think I'm OK. Well I hope so anyway lol.

 

[Epic]

Yeah you're fine. Seems like Google almost encourages people blending their ads in.