Another thing to watch for is merchants that offer high commission but then have traffic leaks all over their site. It could be banner ads from affiliate programs they joined themselves, adsense ads posted all over, and even a toll free phone number for customer to call in their order. Some merchants even offer discounts if they call in their order rather than placing their order online. Leaving you with nothing on commission.

Now, if you go with merchant that pays a slightly less commission but has much lower prices, and no traffic leaks then customer is going to buy from them instead of other merchant, therefore, giving you more conversions which will make you alot more money in long run.

5. Filter out ads you don't want displayed on your site. From within Settings section of your account, AdSense gives you ability to create a URL filter list. Adding a URL to your filter list will prevent ads from that URL from showing on your website. This is a quick and easy way to prevent competitors' and other unwanted ads from being served to your pages. Ads for websites that you add to your filter list will not run on your site, but remember that filtering sites may decrease number of ads that can appear on your pages as well as decrease your potential earnings.

For detailed instructions on how to create a URL filter list, please click here http://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=9875

Please do not click on an ad to find its URL. This may be registered as fraudulent clicks in our system. learn more about how to find actual URL, please visit http://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=9876

6. Place AdSense ads on text-rich pages. Add AdSense ad code to pages on your site that predominantly contain text. Only text is used to determine a page's content. Therefore, although Google's targeting technology is optimized to target ads to pages with frequently updated content, image-heavy pages or pages with dynamic media such as Macromedia Flash ™ may not return relevant ads.

7. Create pages that are simple and clean. People typically skim a website for less than a minute. Ensure that visitors to your site can find what they are looking for and are not overloaded with clutter. Readability, clear navigation, and speed of loading all contribute to a well designed website.

Make sure that your font colors are easily read on your background color. Use a font size that is easy on eyes, and use visual clues such as bullets and horizontal lines to make your site easily understood. For additional information, helpful Google search terms include:

website design tips http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=website%2Bdesign%2Btips effective website navigation http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=effective%2Bwebsite%2Bnavigation web design readability http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=web%2Bdesign%2Breadability

8. Use channels to track performance. Channels are perfect way to track performance of your pages. Before and after optimizing your pages for AdSense, group them into channels to see how your leaderboards are performing versus your towers, or track one domain versus other. You can even see how individual color choices affect your clickthrough rate. For more information about channels, and instructions on getting started, search or browse http://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/topic.py?topic=152 for AdSense Support.

For comments, suggestions, and general support questions, please contact google support team at adsense-support@google.com. For technical support, please contact adsense-tech@google.com.

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