You may have read accounts of webmasters who earn
small fortunes by developing Google AdSense-optimized websites. The
reports are true. However, these webmasters comprise a small minority.
They have learned how to ensure targeted AdSense ads.
Here is an indisputable fact: You will not earn money through the
AdSense program unless your visitors click on the ads.
Analysis of a Problem Website
Pearl administers a website that provides tips about optimizing web
pages for the AdSense program. Unfortunately, the Google ads on her
site relate to literature and famous authors. Strange! What is Pearl's
problem?
Here is an overview of her site:
1. Pearl's domain is novel-adsense-copy.com.
2. Her home page displays its title, prominently surrounded by H1
heading tags: 'Pearl Buck's Novel AdSense Copy Techniques'.
3. She has a description meta-tag on each page that says 'You do not
have to be a great novelist or writer like Pearl S. Buck to write great
content that can turn you into an overnight success. However, the copy
you create should draw the user's interest and keep them reading.
Although my name is Pearl Buck (see the picture), I am not related to
the famous writer. However, I have a flair for the written word, and
can show you how to write great copy.'
4. She repeats the meta description in the first paragraph on her home
page.
5. On the left hand side of the page is a picture of Pearl S. Buck,
with an image alt tag: 'Pearl S. Buck - Great Writer and My Personal
Inspiration'.
Can you see the mistakes that Pearl has made with her website? Even
though the theme of her site is Google AdSense, the first words that
Googlebot sees refer to literature and writing. If you analyze the name
of her domain, the title of her home page, meta description, image alt
tag, and opening paragraph, you will see the following keywords:
novel copy pearl buck techniques great novelist
writer write great content create interest reading famous written word
inspiration
If you had to take those keywords and write an article, it would most
likely have a theme centered on literature and writing. Google sees the
same keywords and draws the same conclusions that you would.
What must Pearl do to encourage AdSense ads that will be interesting to
her visitors?
Tips for Improvement
1. Pearl has already registered the domain name, and there are links
pointing to it in several places on the Net. However, she can register
a new domain and forward the old one. A domain name like free-adsense-optimization.com
is more descriptive of what she wishes to provide. The keywords 'free'
and 'optimization' are interesting and explicit.
2. A better title for her home page would be something like 'Free
Google AdSense Optimization Tips and Advice'.
3. The meta description could be changed and shortened to 'Free
articles, tips, and advice for Google AdSense website optimization.
Webmasters: register for our complimentary weekly newsletter and get
excellent AdSense information delivered to your inbox.' The
keywords are much more targeted, and the description has been shortened
somewhat so display better in search engine results.
4. Pearl can repeat the above information in her opening paragraph,
perhaps expanding somewhat and adding more keyword text, navigational
menus, etc.
5. She could use the same graphic, but change the alt tag and title to
'The Internet and Google AdSense did not exist in the 1930s, when Pearl
S. Buck was in her prime'.
Now Googlebot sees a different list of keywords, including:
free adsense optimization google tips advice
articles website webmasters register complimentary weekly newsletter
information inbox Internet
An article based on the new keywords would probably be a piece with
tips and information about Google AdSense optimization.
Real people design the software that Google uses. If you look at the
source code of your website, and make a list of keywords - starting at
the top of the page and working your way down - you will get an idea of
what Googlebot sees and why it makes decisions to serve specific ads.
Artfully seed your important keywords in the elements near the top of
the page, and you will see an improvement in the number of AdSense
clicks.
(c) Copyright Kathy Steinemann: This article is free to publish only if
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