Testing a new Arbi site. Criticism welcomed

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Voodooman

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I mostly am a domainer (buy, sell, trade, lease) and affiliate guy. Haven't really dabbled much in arbitrage. So I figured I got a but load of domains parked. Why not give this domain a go (it really wasn't doing much parked).

Ok, time to ripe me a new asshole (but please be gentle).
Your honest opinion and criticisms welcomed (don't worry I'm a big boy).

Here it is ...
http://www.onmiami.com

I'm mostly concern with the layout and what I can do better to maximize conversion clicks.

Thanks again,
:rasta:VoodooMan:rasta:
 


The ads are VERY well targeted. But I suggest you put a large rectangle in the middle ofthe text.

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In my display (1680x1050) your left and right ads are way too far away from the content == I didn't even notice them. I think you should put that large rectangle in the middle or change your table setting so that ads are closer to the content.
 
it looks good, but the proof is in the profits, throw some traffic at it and let us know how you go
 
I'm no expert at this arbi stuff, but from the little that I know, I would expect you to have a greater CTR to the ads on the sides (with images), yet the ads at the top of the page will be the ones with the highest "value", because they're the first ones requested from Google. So while your top bids are paying you more, they're getting less clicks than the side ads.

I'd say remove the top (nice logo, but images that pull the eyes away from your ads are unnecessary) and add a large rectangle in your main content, as Adsense Loser suggested.
 
micfire said:
In my display (1680x1050) your left and right ads are way too far away from the content == I didn't even notice them. I think you should put that large rectangle in the middle or change your table setting so that ads are closer to the content.
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Isn't this why most people still build pages using 800 pixels max?
 
:bowdown:Wow, great input so far everyone. Micfire, you're right I'm going to fix that right away I left the table with at 100% width.

As for the large rectangle in the middle of the text ...
I never had really any luck with those types of ads in the past (with my affiliate stuff). Also, Adwords only let's me have 3 main ads per page. In my past experience, left side always does well, then top banner and finally right side -in that order (I've tracked this using mulitple channels on different sites).

With that said, which ad should I get rid of to put the large rectangle in the middle of the text. Also to play in this scenario, like esnagel said (and I also read this recently somewhere) ...
"the ads at the top of the page will be the ones with the highest "value", because they're the first ones requested from Google. So while your top bids are paying you more, they're getting less clicks than the side ads."
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So do I maximize my value leaving the top banner, get rid of the right side ad and put the large rectangle in the middle of the text?

Or get rid of the top banner, hope for more volume and clicks leaving the sides and adding large rectangle in the middle of the text?

Either way, the large rectangle in the middle of the text is going in, but at the expense of which ad, that's the real question?

And I will try to keep everyone to date with my findings.

Thanks again,
:rasta:VoodooMan:rasta:
 
If it has worked for you in the past, throw some traffic at it and see what it gets. Then run a test with the rectangle and see which one does better.

From my experience with my niches, the less ads the better. My CTR hovers around 40% with one rectangle at the top left. When I had more ads my ctr was about the same, but the money per click went down drastically.
 
Thanks again, for the input. I just made some changes using everyone's input.
Please check it out and let me know what you think.

:rasta: VoodooMan:rasta:
 
Looks better than most arbi sites, may or may not be a good thing. I ditched the link unit like you have at top because it was paying me dick.
 
Yeah, that shit is hit and miss sometimes. Sometimes it pays though with my affiliate sites. I'll test it using arbi. See what happens. I'll keep ya posted.
Thanks for the input.
:rasta:VoodooMan:rasta:
 
I've stopped using link units on arbi after i got 1 click in a week on my test site
 
Voodooman said:
So do I maximize my value leaving the top banner, get rid of the right side ad and put the large rectangle in the middle of the text?

Or get rid of the top banner, hope for more volume and clicks leaving the sides and adding large rectangle in the middle of the text?

Either way, the large rectangle in the middle of the text is going in, but at the expense of which ad, that's the real question?
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another solution, which keeps ALL your ads is just to make sure your top converting ones appear first in your source code, then just use CSS to position them wherever the hell you want. That may be a beyotch with tables, but good luck. Ads go from highest payout to lowest payout in the order they appear in the source code, not on the page.

best of luck, keep us posted.
 
Definitely remove the destination urls from your adsense ads. They scream ad. When you take them out the ads can be mistaken for navigation or resources.

Also remove the "advertise on this site" links.
 
JeremyL said:
Definitely remove the destination urls from your adsense ads. They scream ad. When you take them out the ads can be mistaken for navigation or resources.

Also remove the "advertise on this site" links.
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How do you remove the advertise on this site link?
 
Go to your adsense account

Click my account

Click edit beside the onsite advertiser sign-up

Uncheck the box that says "Include me in onsite advertiser sign-up" or something close to that... I don't remember exactly.

Then they say to wait 24h.. but it took a bit longer for me.
 
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