08-28-2007, 11:04 AM
Hi, I was just notified to check out this thread.
Thanks for the positive words on the book, i'm happy you like it.
But to answer your question, it depends on what you want to do with the site?
Is it purely for one-off PPC, or are you trying to build a visitor-base? You can do a lot with templates, but always try to keep in mind what your end users are going to feel when they visit the site. Do they want to see nice graphics, or do they want to see text? Would they mind popups, highly convering adsense positioning, banners, etc? Or would they prefer donations or payment in exchange for services.
Without more specifics is relatively hard to advise you.
Also there are many kinds of templates. Some are Made For Adsense sites, which consist in pre-written text and a (not so visually appealing) layout. You generally buy these on forums or ebay. Some are templates for proper full blown websiets, such as on http://www.templatemonster.com.
If you provide more info we'll help out
Zach
Thanks for the positive words on the book, i'm happy you like it.
But to answer your question, it depends on what you want to do with the site?
Is it purely for one-off PPC, or are you trying to build a visitor-base? You can do a lot with templates, but always try to keep in mind what your end users are going to feel when they visit the site. Do they want to see nice graphics, or do they want to see text? Would they mind popups, highly convering adsense positioning, banners, etc? Or would they prefer donations or payment in exchange for services.
Without more specifics is relatively hard to advise you.
Also there are many kinds of templates. Some are Made For Adsense sites, which consist in pre-written text and a (not so visually appealing) layout. You generally buy these on forums or ebay. Some are templates for proper full blown websiets, such as on http://www.templatemonster.com.
If you provide more info we'll help out
Zach