Comments on: Make money from Adsense without turning off your readers

By: SpiralWise

SpiralWise — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:40:53 +0000

Great post, and I'm trying follow it, but I have question on the very last part, that I can't seem to find the answer to elsewhere. Basically you say:

"…I added a category called “Wildly Popular“. My theme code looks for that category when rendering posts, and if…"

My question is what is the "theme code that look for that category"?

Any help would be greatly appricated!

By: florin

florin — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:28:00 +0000

Thanks a bunch. This article really saved a lot of time searching. Keep up the good work.

By: Chip

Chip — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:39:00 +0000

Thanks, CRT!

By: Chip

Chip — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:39:00 +0000

Thanks, CRT!

By: Computer Repair Tech

Computer Repair Tech — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:43:00 +0000

I follow a number of blogs of people that are very good at monetizing through Adsense. One guy in particular likes to use the large rectangular box right in the top center body of the blog. He says that his own testing proves that one to be the best in terms of click through. The thinking behind it is that his regular readers will just skip over the ad and remain loyal because his content is of such a high quality. Yet, casual surfers will get annoyed by seeing the ad right away and then click the first link to leave the site which just happens to be that large Adsense block. Cool site guys. I agree, computer geeks are sexy.

By: Computer Repair Tech

Computer Repair Tech — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:43:57 +0000

By: Chip

Chip — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:56:00 +0000

You could simply add the javascript code from Google for an ad unit directly into a post, if your blogging platform doesn't sanitize for scripts.

Or, you could use an approach similar to what I described here, where you place some marker on the post (I used a special category, but you could just as easily embed a special tag). Then your theme's loop can look for that marker and embed the ad script if it finds it.

By: Chip

Chip — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:56:00 +0000

You could simply add the javascript code from Google for an ad unit directly into a post, if your blogging platform doesn’t sanitize for scripts.

Or, you could use an approach similar to what I described here, where you place some marker on the post (I used a special category, but you could just as easily embed a special tag). Then your theme’s loop can look for that marker and embed the ad script if it finds it.

By: Fluffy

Fluffy — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:24:00 +0000

So, like, how do you get an Adsense ad onto an individual post? I need some Adsense 101 — maybe someone could direct me to a great site that can teach me this stuff?

By: Fluffy

Fluffy — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:24:00 +0000

So, like, how do you get an Adsense ad onto an individual post? I need some Adsense 101 — maybe someone could direct me to a great site that can teach me this stuff?

By: Chip

Chip — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:28:00 +0000

Yeah, I agree with you Gabriel that any time you force your users to scroll down just to get to your content, that's user abuse. That's why in this post we say to float it right, with your text wrapping around it. That way, if the user is looking for what you're writing about, they can start reading that right away. On the other hand, if what they were really looking for is something you're advertising, that will be right in front of them, too.

By: Chip

Chip — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:28:00 +0000

Yeah, I agree with you Gabriel that any time you force your users to scroll down just to get to your content, that’s user abuse. That’s why in this post we say to float it right, with your text wrapping around it. That way, if the user is looking for what you’re writing about, they can start reading that right away. On the other hand, if what they were really looking for is something you’re advertising, that will be right in front of them, too.