I came across an interesting feature of Google adsense via this post
Section targetting allows you to:
suggest sections of your text and HTML content that you’d like us to emphasise or downplay when matching ads to your site’s content
One of the issues facing many bloggers is the number of blog related ads that end up on their sites. Recent discussions over on digital point have offered some possible solutions, however if Google’s own system is capable of ignoring certain sections of your pages then it may be possible to negate the blog specific elements that are causing issues.
This site is primarily driven by the more dynamic element – this blog. Up until a couple of days ago the word “blog” appeared in a number of prominent places on all pages and I was seeing a high percentage of ads for blogging services on the main sections.
I’ve since renamed some elements and reworded sections of the text without, hopefully, modifying the meaning. The end result, so far at least, has been a reduction in unwanted ads. Although I must admit the click through rate on this blog wouldn’t give me enough income to buy lunch once a month 🙂
I haven’t tried out the “sections” element in adsense yet, but I may do so on a couple of forums that have issues with displaying relevant adverts.
EDIT: I just reloaded the site after posting this entry and am seeing more blog-related ads than ever.. Back to the drawing board 🙁
It seems that it works after only 2 weeks of Google crawl