Google AdSense is driving me nuts. Okay. I’m actually amused. I have just learned about the importance of using keywords for site optimization and ad targeting (yes I’ve already admitted I’ve been living under a rock). So this tagging business is new to me, which means that if I would like for relevant ads to display on this page, then I need to stay on topic. But don’t worry I won’t try too hard to write for the robots out there. Thought it was a hoot that my ad channel was showcasing fertility clinics and police ring tones at one point.
So why oh why is this happening? Is the AdSense algorithm unjustly favoring a mechanical writing style, that which is devoid of figurative or literary flavor? If I try to be sarcastic on here, will AdSense go off kilter? If I compare my former boss to Hell’s Kitchen’s Gordon Ramsay, will I attract ads for kitchen utensils, home and garden recipes, virgin oil or even Daniel’s Inferno? I’m afraid to see what my mere mention of these items will bring up. Please Google, don’t break my heart by forcing me to write like this guy. I’m not yet ready to turn my blog into a directory that hawks random stuff or cruise schedules or indexed meta-information; not yet quite prepared to turn myself into the next craigslist (well unless it’s like this).
Nevertheless, the novelty of this exercise is still quite fresh to me. Being a seasoned investor but a fledgling web entrepreneur, I am as thrilled over my puny AdSense revenue as I am with a $20,000 capital gain. Talk about cheap thrills….! Believe you me, my corporate job hasn’t done me favors by allowing me to keep up with the trends. My goal of course is to see how far this social and financial experiment will take me.
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It is possible to ’section’ things in a post so that they are not relevant to AdSense. This way, in theory, you get the right sort of ads. See info on : https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=23168
Best wishes,
Mike.
Everything’s going well now. There’s enough content in this site to influence how Google projects its ads. Thanks for your suggestion!
As long as the majority of the content is relevant to the keywords your after…Your adsense ads should show up.
Thanks for your thoughts Franco!
Actually, things are absolutely awesome now and Adsense is working out very well for me. It rocks!
In my experience, Google Adsense needs time to crawl our site. The more visitors we have, the google crawler will come sooner. It means you need more visitors to get more relevant ads. Please note that the Google Adsense crawler is different than Googlebot.