New WordPress Site For Science, Cancer Research? Pls Review

I see some very good content on your blog, the theme is simple and loads quickly. Nice use of social media buttons on your blog. Good to see that you are using feedburner and social profiles, even a youtube channel. All seems good.

Get a logo, it will help you to build a brand out of your blog.

I see that you are using adsense link unit, i would suggest you to use the 336*280 text only ads unit, in place of the link unit and the chitika ad, and see the difference in the CTR.

overall, you got an excellent blog,
keep it updated,
cheers,

Thanks a lot for the review and tips. I’ve been thinking about a professional logo, and now that you mentioned it…I’ll put that into process soon. I use a rotator plugin for my ads, and I just recently implemented chitika as a test to see if it converts well at all.

If I am to implement a 336×280 text only at the top of each post, would you recommend adding just one ad or two to fill up the empty space? Maybe even one 336×280 text ad along with an image to the side to complement? Another factor that puzzle me is which ad location is better in post pages. Top of post or below post? Anyone with an idea please share your experience/knowledge.

I see other blogs implement this ad tactics, but don’t know if it converts well.

Thanks again for the review, and I’ll make sure to keep the blog updated.
Cheers!

As per adsense rule, putting an image next to your ad is not allowed, so it is better to just use your article text to surround it with the ads.

Use two text ads units, a 336*280 at the top, just below the title, surrounded with content on all sides. and use another text ad unit, 336*280, at the bottom. Leave the white space at the bottom, next to your ads. It actually looks good and helps your CTR.

cheers,

Thanks for the tips. I always had a feeling putting an image next to an ad is not allowed, but seeing many sites do it make it seem like its perfectly fine.

It puzzles me sometimes though, whether placing ads at the top of an article drives away visitors or not. Have you had any experience with this?

And am having a rough time deciding what color would be perfect for the top 336×280 text only ad I have on another site I manage. I currently use black for link color, but the links on my site is blue, though they are not that visible sort of. If you can give me your opinion on choice of color.

Regards

@puzzl3d, sorry for the delayed reply, i was not online much for the last week…

Yes, it can take away visitors if you place ads on the top, but that is what putting advertisement does, it takes away visitors and gives you money for the clicks.

For the colors, the best is to use the same background and border as your website is, and the same font color as your website’s other fonts. For example, if you have black fonts on your blog, use black fonts for your ads. This is known as blending.

As a thumb rule, i use all fonts for ads as black, even links. helps to keep the consistency, but not a big issue if you use links as blue.
cheers,

Thanks AdsensePlugin, and you don’t have to apologize for any delayed replies, all is well. So, CTR have improved the past 7 days since I implemented the 336×280 text only at top of post. For my site which I mentioned at the beginning of this thread, am using the same color as the links on the site (blue) for the top post text ad (though ad url color is light black/smoke-gray). However, since I use an ad rotator, I’ll be creating another 336×280 text ad that would be all black, and see how both converts with a 50/50 rotation ratio.

A question: I have a 160×600 adsense on the same site sidebar (text&image), but I have been thinking about making it an image only ad since my top post ad is text only. Would you recommend that? Any opinion is well appreciated.

Cheers

P.S: I’m still unable to find someone to create a logo for my site in question. Though I have Photoshop CS5 extended, and could probably create one myself, but lack of time is preventing me from channeling my brain in order to implement a brand-able logo.

Looking to pay a small fee for a simple logo design. If there’s anyone you know who might be interested in the offer, refer me. Thanks.

Try https://jobs.wordpress.net/
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