Adsense Ad Positioning

Posted on December 15, 2006
Filed Under Adsense Tips |

It has only taken me 4 weeks, but I finally got my adsense ads positioned where I want them. I have been trying to get them positioned just under the header, spanning the entire page so they are prominent (but hopefully not in the way). I finally achieved that positioning today.

In order to get the ads where I wanted them, I was not able to use the standard blogger widgets. No matter how hard I tried, I was not able to get the adsense ad style into the position I wanted. In the end I had to manually edit the HTML template to create a separate container in which to place the ads. I also had to use an HTML/JavaScript widget and paste in the code from the adsense admin site to get the type of ad I wanted. In the process of doing this, I learned a lot more about cascading style sheets (css) than I would have liked. I still don’t think the css is quite right because although the page renders correctly when viewed in a browser, the page element applet within blogger does not look right.

Having finally got the ads where and how I want them now, I will leave them like that for a while and monitor how they perform. I will probably change them again down the track just so I can work out what works and what doesn’t.




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3 Responses to “Adsense Ad Positioning”

  1. Chris on December 15th, 2006 10:37 am

    I turned off my ad blocker just for you ;-)

    They’re blended nicely, and the position’s fine. Did you consider changing the text colours so they blend even further? I’m experimenting with this on my other blog & it doesn’t look too bad.

  2. Chris on December 15th, 2006 1:21 pm

    Sorry if I’m being daft, but I can’t find anyway to contact you direct on your blog-would you mind emailing me please, I’d like to ask you something.

    blogop@googlemail.com

    Many thanks,
    Chris.

  3. monetizeyourblog on December 17th, 2006 2:26 am

    Thanks for the tip Chris. I will try to change the colors so they blend a little more nicely. To be honest I didn’t notice … familiarity blindness I guess.

    Also, I have sent you my contact details.

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