Do you display Google Ads on your sites?

[SuperSkyRockets]

I think the fact that you can only click on the URL and the ad title is done in order to stop 'accidental clicks' and hence readers getting annoyed and never coming back. I post Google Ads though because they can sometimes be massively relevant to a particular post and yeah they do seem to come as standard on many sites these days so won't deter any given visitor. At least I hope not!

[Meti]

I don't really like Google Adsense, however I still choose to display them on a few web sites that I owe, but I've sold those web sites so they aren't under my ownership any more.

- Meti

[espmartin]

Originally Posted by temi

there is this thing called Ad blindness

And even Google admits to this. If you read their webmaster help articles on
AdSense, they recommend - NOT camafloging the ads in your content, but
they do say to place them in areas that the user assumes is regular content.

With that said, I've made more with Yahoo Publisher Network ads than with
Google.

[TeamPlayer]

With that said, I've made more with Yahoo Publisher Network ads than with
Google.

I`d try it myself only Yahoo still don`t accept publishers from outside the US.

[gkd_uk]

I read that Yahoo are very strict when it comes to approving those wanting to sign up to their publisher program. Is this true?

[SkinnerW]

I got YPN account about 2 years ago after waiting few month for approval.

There was a message from Yahoo while ago that no more publishers will be accepted till YPN is out of beta but I hear more and more people still getting accounts.

[temi]

The point is that its now available outside US at all.

[gkd_uk]

If Yahoo really wanted to complete with Google why not let go of their tight restrictions and compete properly

[TeamPlayer]

Agreed. With a company their size surely they have the infrastructure to be able to cope with expansion into the international market.

[temi]

This is what usually happen to large companies, they become fat bloated and bugged down by procedure... that is why a leaner meaner company like Google is prospering much better