As we all bloggers know Google, the greatest search engine and ads provider has been introducing lots of new ad formats from time to time. We have already written about Google Page Level Ads, where the Google Adsense team has introduced Overlay/Interstitial ads. In this informative post, We’d like to discuss Matched Content by Google Adsense Team.
Facts about Matched Content by Google Adsense on Your Website
We all visitors or bloggers must have seen related post widgets at the end of every article or post on several sites, blogs, or websites. There are many ways and methods to display related post widgets on our blogs or sites we can use Plugins to display related posts on our sites.
Google Adsense Team has taken very practical steps to improve the engagement of our visitors on our blogs or sites and for that reason, they have introduced Matched Content widgets for Adsense users.
To get a real feel of how matched content is provided by google Adsense looks scroll down to the end of the articles and you will see Matched Content Widget right below this article.
Is Matched Content available for all?
If you hope, this feature is available for all, then you are not right. No, this feature is restricted to all bloggers. It is available for only limited users. Matched Content is available, especially for users who can receive good traffic on their website/blog. Also, they are maintaining the quality of the blog/website matters a lot when Google introduces such features.
The Matched content feature is not available to all publishers. To be eligible, you must have a site that meets our minimum requirements for traffic volume and number of unique pages. We’ve put these requirements in place to ensure that Matched content provides a great experience for you and your site visitors. Once your site is approved, you’ll have access to the Matched content feature in your AdSense account. <Original Source>
How to check if your blog is eligible or not for Matched Content Adsense?
- Login to your Google Adsense account,
- click the settings ICON
- switch to site management in the left sidebar.
- input the site you want to get the code for matched content.
Can you Make Money from Matched Content Widget?
The straight answer is, no. For now, Google matched content widget only shows related posts on our blog and improves user engagement thereby increasing the number of page views on your site.
How to Create Matched Content Ad Unit?
There is no trouble to create matched content ad units. Just go ahead just like the normal AdSense ad unit and create an ad unit just like the normal AdSense ad unit but there is one difference you have to do is while creating an ad unit go with custom size and then from the drop-down select Matched Content Only. I have also created my site imnepal.com which gives you information, and facts about Nepal and Nepali in Nepali, English, and Hindi language. like our Facebook page to get updates
You can read more about how to create Adsense Matched content proved by the Adsense team over here.
If you have approval for one of the sites listed then you will be notified as seen below. After installing coding… you will like this…given below…..