Thread: AdSense integration together with nice welcome message

Hey thank you again. But it still sticks to the ads above. Any recommendation on that?
Should I add margin-top: 10px; for example?

YEP that solved it :-) Thank you for the help

do you mind allowing the URL so I could see what ad you are referring to?

DFPexpert: Thanks for your request. But the Problem is already solved.

Utilizing this placement now. I will let you know what kind of results I get.

I am in the video game niche so expect a lower than average CTR and lower CPC

do you think this placement will have a negative effect with the new google rules?

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I can't tell but I doubt it. I don't see any negativ effect currently, more an opposit. Since 3 weeks I get a traffic boost.

This algorithmic change does not affect sites who place ads above-the-fold to a normal degree, but affects sites that go much further to load the top of the page with ads to an excessive degree or that make it hard to find the actual original content on the page.

I think this part is the most important for us.
I wont change a thing unless I am affected.

That's how I read it I just wondered what other people thought

Be VERY careful with this. I implemented this ad type and google's new algorithm STRONGLY penalizes sites with too many ads above the fold (even though I am using their ads). This is a new update so just measure search engine traffic for a few weeks after implementing, maybe you'll be fine. My site, ((login for URL)) , got destroyed with an 80% decrease in traffic.

So just a fair-warning to keep alert with this new Google update.

So you are saying that after you installed this ad placement you got an 80% traffic decrease?
When did you install my ad placement?
When did the drop occur exactly?
From how many uniques per day to how many did you drop?

Originally Posted by arkueckelhan ((login for URL))

I implemented this ad type and google's new algorithm STRONGLY penalizes sites with too many ads above the fold (even though I am using their ads).

Did you install it like it is here with the info text or did you placed 2 or more rectangles within the box without the info text?
Did you place another ad unit above the fold besides my welcome box ad?

Did you change anything else besides implementing my Ad?

I still stand by it that I doubt that this Ad placement will trigger the new algorithm:

Originally Posted by Inside AdSense Blog

This algorithmic change does not affect sites who place ads above-the-fold to a normal degree, but affects sites that go much further to load the top of the page with ads to an excessive degree or that make it hard to find the actual original content on the page. This new algorithmic improvement tends to impact sites where there is only a small amount of visible content above-the-fold or relevant content is persistently pushed down by large blocks of ads.

Originally Posted by StarBuG ((login for URL))

So you are saying that after you installed this ad placement you got an 80% traffic decrease?
When did you install my ad placement?
When did the drop occur exactly?
From how many uniques per day to how many did you drop?


Did you install it like it is here with the info text or did you placed 2 or more rectangles within the box without the info text?
Did you place another ad unit above the fold besides my welcome box ad?

Did you change anything else besides implementing my Ad?

I still stand by it that I doubt that this Ad placement will trigger the new algorithm:

Ad was exactly as shown in the first post (with my own wording for members of course). No other ads above the fold except for the adsense link unit in the header that you showed in another thread. This was the only change and I used ad size 336x280. Site is very authoritative and been around for 9 years + with steady traffic. Went from 1,000-1,100 visitors/day to 200-250. Drop came all in one day. No other site or ad changes.

MASSIVE NOTE: after making this post I dove very deep into my analytics and it appears that I may be having a hosting issue. I pay a lot of money for a good host but it appears they may have been overselling on my server and causing some issues. SO, this could simply be the result of slow page loads.

I will update you guys as soon as I find out more from my host. Rather angry with them right now.