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3:20 pm
February 9, 2011
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Buck Inspire
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Hi guys,
With all this talk of AdSense, I'm experimenting on my site. Since my colors are on the darker side, should my ad blend and be dark, too? Or should I chose to make it stand out with blue and white? Any advice?
Thanks! 
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4:38 pm
February 9, 2011
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Budgeting in the Fun Stuff
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I've always heard that blending is better…
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12:35 am
February 10, 2011
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Buy Like Buffett
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I think that a brighter color would be nice…more of a contrast.
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4:19 am
February 10, 2011
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Derek@LifeAndMyFinances
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Typically, blending is the best option, but since your colors are so dark, I think I would go with Mark and try the contrast. Nothing too crazy, but I think the color blend will get lost on your pages.
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5:58 am
February 10, 2011
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Buck Inspire
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Mark and Derek,
Great point. Will tinker a bit. Turning into a mad scientist with all these things to tweak. 
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6:57 am
February 10, 2011
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MyJourneytoMillions
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Do some A/B Testing. I set it up once and forgot how to do it (meaning the actual code) – but what you basically do is create two opposite ads then using php code you have half show up half the time and the other show up half the time and then see what gets you more clicks.
That being said, if you only have 6 clicks TOTAL since starting your site you are going to have to A/B test for a while
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10:32 am
February 10, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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Buck,
No one other than you can answer that question :) You will get a lot of contradicting answers. For some blogs, blending works, for some contrast works. So both the answers are right, but not helpful to you. Evan is spot on. Use A/B testing. Here is the code -
<script type="text/javascript">
var random_number = Math.random();
if (random_number < .5){
//your first ad unit code goes here
} else {
//your second ad unit code goes here
}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>
Test it for as long as it takes to get a good number of clicks. If your traffic pattern changes drastically, test once more at that time…
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5:09 pm
February 10, 2011
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My Personal Finance Journey
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Just checked out your site! It is a tough call for your color scheme to choose an effective adsense color.
I typically go with a blend regime on my site though.
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10:04 pm
February 10, 2011
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Invest It Wisely
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Agree with Evan on A/B split testing. I haven't yet tried it myself though I should; I used to go with blend then went to default, and I am getting decent results these days.
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