Adsense Optimization Tip: What Ad Sizes are the Best?

A recent Adsense Team presentation showed compelling data for which ad sizes generate the best click-through-rate (CTR)---In the Chart above you can see that the best ad sizes for CTR are the Large Rectangle (336x280), Medium Rectangle (300x250), and Wide Skyscraper (160x600). Each of these ad units have 4 -7 times the CTR of a full-banner.

Adsense Tip: Dress for Success

Adsense Tip: Go Above the Fold

Adsense Tip: Bigger is Better

Adsense Tip: Placement Matters

Adsense Tip: Keep Focused

Adsense Optimization 101

At the start of April, 2009 the folks at Google Adsense hosted an Optimization Webinar to provide content developers tips and advice in order to generate better adsense revenues.

The Webinar is 40 minutes in duration, and covers:

• An Overview
• Adsense for Content (AFC)
• Adsense for Search (AFS)
• Code Generation and Implementation
• Q&A
• Resources