improving ux of your blog with adsense boosters
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Addressing the most common UX design problems of blogs: Improve Readability, Rethinking Layout, Kill Sidebars and use advertisements more effectively.TRANSCRIPT
Improving UX of your Blog
with AdSense in Mind.
WordCamp Baroda 2013
King Sidharth
Bad Design
Good Design
King SidharthCo-Founder Web Mutiny
Entrepreneur, Designer and an Artist
www.kingsidharth.com@kingsidharth
1. Readability
ContentTypographyReadability
Repeat After Me:I will not use:
Arial
orHelvetica
Things to do:
•Font-Size: 14-16px
•Line-Height: 1.5em - 1.6em
•Characters Per Line: 60-90
http://www.pearsonified.com/typography/
Some Good Fonts Stacks
Lucid Grande, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, sans-serif;Verdana, sans-serif;Google Fonts:Open Sans, Droid Sans, Droid Serif, Ubuntu, Lato
2. Layouts
What really matters.
Do you really need to show all that
crap?
Revisit:
•Home Page
•Sidebar
•Single Article Page
•Footer
Seriously,Get rid of the crap.
It will make you look more professional & help you stand out.
3. Kill the Sidebar
A Radical Idea.
Really?
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is
nothing more to add, but when there is
nothing left to take away.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
4. Advertisements
The devil’s deal.
Do not Disturb!
Where to place them?
Not in the content
Place ads where people click
naturally:In Between Other Article / Related Article
Promotion
In Between Repetitive Content Blocks
Mix ads with self-promotion ads
Randomize Placement
Hide them sometimes
Let them Read
Re-think Layout
Use Sidebars Wisely
Do not Disturb
There is no substitute for good
content.
And if you have good content, honor it with good design.
www.kingsidharth.com@kingsidharth
I Thank Thee!
for WordCamp Baroda 2013
www.64notes.com/speaking/wcbrd-2013/