Showing AdSense ads to anonymous users only http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815/showing-adsense-ads-to-anonymous-users-only Posts in the discussion thread "Showing AdSense ads to anonymous users only" http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815#post-322955 Re: Showing AdSense ads to anonymous users only http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815/showing-adsense-ads-to-anonymous-users-only#post-322955 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:49:31 +0000 mattdm 160008 Might it be possible to show ads to registered users who are not members of my site? I am totally in agreement with the principles here, but it seems like as wikidot grows more popular, the chance of someone hitting my site and finding it's not for them increases. In my case, it's a site specifically for Pentax-compatible camera flashes. Someone very easily might find the site while looking for information about flashes for Nikon or Canon, and then the site won't be as useful — but there's a high chance an add will be.

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815#post-297990 Re: Showing AdSense ads to anonymous users only http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815/showing-adsense-ads-to-anonymous-users-only#post-297990 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:35:36 +0000 Helmuti_pdorf 17609 One thing is to mention: on the community some questins arrive with new adsense blocks which seames not to work after a week.
example: http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-101579/how-to-check-generate-code-adsense
Now, we know why the adsense units are not visible for us, and for most of the owners themselves:
- we , the community are most of the time logged on!

The new default to be visible only for anonymous makes this clear, but reading it is not the same as understanding it fully.. :) !

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815#post-297068 It works! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815/showing-adsense-ads-to-anonymous-users-only#post-297068 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:09:46 +0000 michal frackowiak 1 From what we can see looking at global stats (we are not allowed to look at individual sites for privacy reasons) this is working good.
I will try to look closer at reports and summarize the results.

One good thing is that you may now put ads in more visible (clickable) locations, without disturbing your users. Looks like a good idea after all!

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815#post-297049 Re: Showing AdSense ads to anonymous users only http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815/showing-adsense-ads-to-anonymous-users-only#post-297049 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:21:33 +0000 cold_blood3d 90994 such a good idea. thank you for this.

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815#post-296506 Re: Showing AdSense ads to anonymous users only http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815/showing-adsense-ads-to-anonymous-users-only#post-296506 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:58:32 +0000 JoJoA 226936 Why does Paul have so many flashbacks

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815#post-295512 Re: Showing AdSense ads to anonymous users only http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815/showing-adsense-ads-to-anonymous-users-only#post-295512 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:53:25 +0000 TristianT 226944 yay!!!! my wiki worked

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815#post-295386 Re: Showing AdSense ads to anonymous users only http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815/showing-adsense-ads-to-anonymous-users-only#post-295386 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:32:55 +0000 Phil Chett 4297 Brilliant!!!!

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815#post-295360 Showing AdSense ads to anonymous users only http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-100815/showing-adsense-ads-to-anonymous-users-only#post-295360 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:29:59 +0000 michal frackowiak 1 Today we are introducing a feature that has been suggested by many users who either use our AdSense integration or are looking into it. Just a word to those who are not familiar with it: we are allowing our users to put AdSense ads on their pages and we share revenue with them. This is done through AdSense API, a program from Google that makes such integration a piece of cake. When you are using AdSense with Wikidot, Google pays you directly based on the number of clicks in your ads and some other "magic" factors.

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Anyway, the problem some of you have is:

  • You want to display ads on your Wikis and earn money. This is obvious.
  • You do not want to discourage regular users and members by exposing to ads. This is especially important on community wikis, forums etc.

We have performed a study on a selected number of sites. Our solution, very simple, is that now you can display AdSense ads only to users without a Wikidot.com account (aka anonymous users). Why can this benefit you?

  • Some of the Wikidot users appreciate the fact that Wikidot is ad-free by default. Most likely they would also appreciate your Wiki as ad-free too, especially if it is a community site, like a forum.
  • Regular users do not click ads — this is called ad blindness. If they visit your site often, at some point they simply ignore the ads.
  • So you are not likely to make much money from them at all (our study shows that on average only 5% of clicks come from registered users).
  • On the other hand your regular users can contribute vastly to the number of pageviews, up to 80-90% on community sites like forums.
  • This together makes your ad perform terribly in terms of click per impression ratio (CTR).
  • Anonymous users, that come from search engines (like Google) contribute about 50% to the total number of visits. Anonymous users generate up to 90% of earnings today on some wikis.
  • By disabling ads for your regular users you can improve performance of your ads and (magically!) this can vastly improve you total earnings.

So the most important benefits of displaying ads to the anonymous users only are:

  • Browsing your Site is now nicer for registered users (no ads).
  • Improve performance of your ads (if you are lost in our explanation above, just try this).
  • Can improve your overall earnings!

We highly recommend setting this option to everyone. In fact, the ads are being displayed to anonymous users only by default now. If you do not like it, you can change it back. Simply go to the AdSense panel and click on configure wikis, but please give it a try for a while.

If you are deep into AdSense, probably you already know that many services are using such an distinction between visitors with very good results.

If you have never used our AdSense options, now there is one more reason to try it. Your regular users will not be exposed to ads, so they should not mind at all, but you could get some nice pocket money!

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