I had a very interesting email exchange with a Google Adsense Account Specialist today who contacted me out of the blue. I was really chuffed that Google contacted me wanting to discuss ways to increase my Adsense earnings, particularly as I thought I wasn’t big enough to get onto their radar as I didn’t get a Google Christmas present last year 
The first topic the Google Adsense Account specialist wanted to discuss with me was how I could better implement Adsense for search, but then she sent the following amazing email along with a mockup of my site where she’d added recommendations for placing Adsense units:
I hope you don’t mind, but I have attached a screen shot to this email with some suggestions on how you could possibly optimise the home page for connectedinternet.co.uk.
I have added 2 ad units, a 300×250 medium rectangle and a 468×60 banner, as I am sure you know implementing the 300×250 medium rectangle above-the-fold with text and image ads enabled can help you capture more rich media (image and video) advertising campaigns from our premium advertisers. Since more advertisers are potentially bidding to appear on your site, this can lead to additional revenue for your account over time.
Furthermore, in previous studies, the 300×250 medium rectangle has proven to be one of our best performing ad units.I found that the banner ad unit along with the Google pack referral fits nicely just above your featured articles without being too intrusive, you can of course select any Google referral unit.
Finally I have added a link unit, adding a link unit to provide additional targeted advertising for your users. Link units are also space-efficient and can provide a monetizing solution for smaller spaces on your site.
Have a look at let me know what you think, and when you implement any of these suggestions let me know so I can track their performance here.
Sincerely,
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Google AdSense Account Strategist
I was stunned that someone from Google would go to this much trouble for a small-medium publisher, and I’m very grateful that she did. The screenshot she attached is on the next page.
