Do you display Google Ads on your sites?

[temi]

Some people swear by Google ads, others swear at it, I fall into the latter category. I never seem to make any decent money when I used to display it on my sites ( make about $30 or £15 per month)
One of the things I also dislike about it is that they charge advertisers in Pound (I use AdSense for one of my sites, i get charged in Pound) and pay the webmasters in USD (well they do convert it to GBP before crediting your account.

[amanda999]

Yes afcrs i do... its for free and after that it pays you also..

[gkd_uk]

Originally Posted by amanda999

Yes afcrs i do... its for free and after that it pays you also..

I agree, but you need to be careful with how many Google ads you display. Some webmasters go over the top and when someone visits their website, all visitors see is Google Ads

[TeamPlayer]

I`ve reduced the number of Google Ads on my sites, it can look a bit `tacky` with too much.

Anyway, I thought I`d have a go at the new YouTube video ads and have them on a couple of sites just to try them out.

[livetech]

Yeah, we use it for a number of sites, and recently the payouts have been shocking

[TeamPlayer]

Is that down to visitors clicking on less ads do you think, or, could it be Google is keeping more of the money paid by advertisers for themselves?

[temi]

Originally Posted by livetech

Yeah, we use it for a number of sites, and recently the payouts have been shocking

shockingly high or shockingly low?

What annoyed the hell out of me is the fact that they charge advertisers in UK Pounds and pay webmasters in USD, no wonder they are making a killing and the poor webmasters are shocked

[livetech]

Shockingly low , it's about an eighth of what it was last year.

Somebody must make money off of it, otherwise it wouldn't be the runaway success that it is.

[livetech]

Originally Posted by TeamPlayer

Is that down to visitors clicking on less ads do you think, or, could it be Google is keeping more of the money paid by advertisers for themselves?

Oh, it's less clicks from me, though I noticed recently they dropped the clickable area down to just the link adn the url, maybe that's why I'm getting less clicks.

[temi]

Originally Posted by TeamPlayer

Is that down to visitors clicking on less ads do you think, or, could it be Google is keeping more of the money paid by advertisers for themselves?

I think its a mixture of both, there is this thing called Ad blindness, people just see the ads "as part of the furniture" and just ignore it. I actually exist sites that I do not need info from desperately that has too many Google ads plastered on it.