Friday, January 25, 2008, 9:53pm

Can Pretty Sites Do Well with Google AdSense?

I just revisited the “suggested placement” for optimal AdSense performance for a client website, and again I find myself wondering if a nice looking website can make decent money from those somewhat ugly ad blocks.

I’ve found many clients know just enough about AdSense and online advertising to want to try something on their websites. Usually I’m unable to talk a client out of AdSense, but after they see the ad block on their brand new website, many ask for me to remove it, even after I’ve integrated the color scheme and placement within the rest of the design.

Is AdSense as popular a request as it was a year or two ago?

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