10 Ways to Increase Adsense CPC With Simple Tweaks
If you are a blogger and Adsense is your prime source of revenue, you
can’t afford to ignore the importance of Adsense optimization. When we
talk about Adsense optimization, there are many things but the main
target is to get high eCPM and get more Cost per click. Else, despite of
good Adsense CTR, you might not be making good money. This is something
very common about non-English blog. If you fall in the category of
those adsense publishers, who are getting huge traffic but Adsense
earning is still low, it’s time to understand points which are mentioned
below and this will surely helps to increase Adsense CPC and overall revenue.
What is Adsense CPC:
Lets start with answering basic question first and then we will move to
some working tips to increase adsense CPC. CPC stands for Cost per
click, in short money which you make/click is what CPC. Now, you might
have noticed Adsense publisher talking more about CTR and less about
CPC. If you are really serious about your Adsense revenue, you should
work more on CPC than CTR. Getting thousands impression on your ad won’t
be of much help but a blog with good CPC with decent CTR can create a
huge difference. CPC has nothing to do directly with your traffic, if
you would realize and noticed micro-niche blogs, you might have realized
despite of less traffic such sites make more money from Adsense. Reason
is simple and that is eCPM for such blogs are so high that you get paid
really well for CPC and then there are other factors like Ad
competition, Keywords and many more.
- Must read: Secret to earn $50/click from AdSense
Factors that Affect Adsense CPC :
Niche
First thing first, choosing a right niche for your blog or website is of
utmost important. Cost Per Click or CPC of an ad directly depends upon
the topic on which you’re writing your blog.Well! Let me clarify one
thing here that you’re going to choose niche however there are niches
that can pay you high CPC. Yes! Here is the list of niches that can give
you high return, I have arranged them in decreasing order of CPC.
- Domains – Blogs on Internet Domains Like Yahoo, Go Daddy etc. It pays highest CPC.
- Gadgets – Tech Gadgets like Apple products
- Google – Google Products
- Microsoft – MS office
- Banking
- Automobile
- Health
- Real Estate
- Home Loans
- Jobs
- Dating & Romance – It pays lowest CPC.
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Content
Second thing is the content, you must write content that should answer
readers query. So before writing blogs try to find what your readers are
searching on the Internet and then try to present them with solutions.
Remember you should always directly engage with your readers. Your
content must be tailored according to your niche so that more and more
readers can read your blogs. Hence good content will certainly ensure
higher Adsense CPC rates. More over, Good content is what search engine
loves, hence more click and more revenue if your ad is highly targeted
and your traffic is from the countries like U.S.A, U.K. When you do a
Keyword research, make sure to use Approximate CPC column.
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Ad Review Center
In Google Adsense you
will find Ad Review Center. You can go there and see yourself how much
each ad category is paying you. This will show you different ads
category that are showing on your website. If you find that any ad
category is not paying much then feel free to block that category.
Try to block those category which are completely irrelevant to the content or niche of your blog. Suppose blog is about Technology then block the ad categories for Dating, Politics, Religion etc. This will surely increase your CPC and Adsense revenue.
Try to block those category which are completely irrelevant to the content or niche of your blog. Suppose blog is about Technology then block the ad categories for Dating, Politics, Religion etc. This will surely increase your CPC and Adsense revenue.
Competitive Ad Filter
Just like Ad Review Center there is Competitive Ad Filter in Google
Adsense. You can go there and block the specific or general ads from
appearing on your web pages. You can block the ads for entire domain or
just a particular website in that domain name.The ads that you would
block may belongs to your competitors. Therefore you can increase your
CPC by not showing those particular ads.
Platform
Your blogs are read from different platforms like desktop, laptop,
mobile etc. Although CPC is generally not much affected by the platforms
on which ads are shown but you should try your best to target as many
as readers. You will get most of the readers from desktop and laptop
devices.
If you are able to reach to hand-held or mobile readers than CPC may
increase as ads shown on cellphones are of higher quality. If you are
blogging on WordPress platform, you can use plugins like Wp touch which will make your blog mobile friendly and you server adsense ads which is optimized for mobile screen size.
Country
One of the most important factor that can increase CPC is the country
you are targeting. For example a click on an ad from USA can pay you up
to $2 to $3 and click on same ad from India can end up paying only 20 to
30 cents.
Hence always tailor your blog and its content to audiences in
English-speaking countries. It will also increase Page Rank of your
website. So always keep in mind the country you are targeting.
Text & Image Format
Perhaps I should have explained this suggestion in the beginning of the
blog. Anyhow, you must know to choose right format for your ad. If you
can place three ads on a page then choose two 336 X 280 ads and one 468 X
60 ad.
Then ad format must be text because text ads have higher CTR (click
through rate). You can even try ad format for both text & image
simultaneously as it gives you more CPC. Image ads are usually less
preferred for both reasons less CTR and lower CPC. Though at times,
depending upon the niche and blog type, image ads perform better in
terms of higher CTR but CPC won’t be as good as text ads. Anyways, as I
mentioned above it differs from niche type and most important ad
placement.
Placement
Never neglect the placement of your ads on the web page as it is
directly proportional to your Adsense revenue. So where to place ads for
maximum CPC? Answer is simple. Place 2 ads inside your blog post and 1
outside the post.As far as placing inside goes then place one 336 X 280
rectangle ad on the top of the blog just below the title and place
second 468 X 60 ad in between the blog post. Remaining one ad you can
place on your right side that is outside your post.
Though it should be your choice and depending upon your reason of
blogging. For example, if you are a professional blogger and dependent
on Adsense, you should not miss a chance to optimize ad and use maximum
possible ad units on a single page. Though if you are a hobby blogger or
blogging on personal blog, your first target should be giving quality
content and less ads, as readers hate advertisement which distract them
from reading.
Let me tell you the maximum clicks and higher CPC will come from 2 ads which are inside the blog post especially on the top.
Keep Experimenting
Always keep trying something new. Experimenting can really pay you high
dividends. You can try out for different niches, choose different ad
placements and finally take as many as advice from Google Adsense center. Never bogged down into one style always try something new.
Conclusion
In conclusion I would only say if you follow and implement these 10 tips
then you can surely increase your Adsense revenue from 30% to 40%. It
is completely legal and genuine way to increase your earning in short
time. You can also search for highest CPC adsense Keywords and compile
one-two posts around it.
Do
let me know what’s one trick which worked for you to increase Adsense
CPC? Do you believe niche and traffic from certain countries creates a
huge difference in Adsense earning?