Have you ever experienced that your ads aren’t relevant with your blog content. There are many on-page and off-page elements that affect your ad relevancy. Better targeted ads increase both your CTR and EPC. There are few things which can help you with ads optimization. Here is how to optimize your ads:
Meta Tags
If there is NO CONTENT on your web page, the Google Mediabot will consider the Meta Tags while displaying ads. Meta tags have a considerable affect on the relevancy of your ads. It is advised never to leave this space empty. Also, try to make it as easy as possible for Mediabot to understand the theme of your web page.
Title Text
Google Mediabot gives good weight age to the keywords used in the Title text, which in turn gets reflected in your ads. Choose effective keywords for your Title text. Even the order of words in a keyword can affect the ads that are appearing on your web page. So, choose your keywords wisely.
Headings
Google Mediabot gives importance to the Heading text enclosed in H1, H2 tags present in your web page. After Title text, here is another chance for you to dictate keywords to Google Mediabot.
Use Google’s Section Targeting
Now, you can enhance Ad relevancy by using Google’s Section targeting. Using this technique you can advise Google mediabot about the areas of your content which should be considered or ignored while matching the Ads with your content.
What is Section Targeting and How do I Implement it?
Use Channels for Analyzing Your Ads Performance
Try to relate your traffic logs with your CTR stats. You will get to know which Traffic source is giving you what CTR. This will help you recognize the traffic segment which is most converting for your website. Channels allow you to analyze your ads’ performance, so that you can pin point the changes that your website needs to boost your AdSense income. There are two types of channels available – URL Channels and Custom Channels. You can use the URL channel to track your performance, without modifying your Ad code. Through URL channels, you can analyze the performance of individual page or a group of pages, based on the directory system of your website.
Custom channels can help you measure the performance of different Ad formats presented in your web pages. And, by pasting channel-specific ad code into your pages, you can track CTR, Impressions, number of clicks each individual ad format is generating, and compare its performance with other web pages.
Block Junk Websites and Competitor Websites from Showing Ads
There are many junk websites that might be displaying ads on your website. These websites steal the traffic from your website and recycle it on their own Adsense ad blocks. Recognize such websites and stick them in Adsense Competitive Ad filter. Also, you can block your competitor websites using this competitive filter.
This trick can sometimes double or triple your Adsense income, augment user experience, and makes look your Google ads more genuine. For more information about this tool, visit: Competitive Ad Filters
I hope that this tips and tricks with better targeted ads will help you to increase your blogs CTR and EPC.
Make Easy Money with Google: Using the AdSense Advertising Program (Paperback)By (author) Eric Giguere |








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