We need to make only 3 changes to get most of adsense on your blog
- Replace default search with customized google search
- Put adsense inside posts
- Put text link ad on a sidebar in-between all other links
Replacing search
- Login via FTP to your server, go to templates folder (wp-content/templates/yourtheme) and download search.php file. Open it in notepad and delete everything.
- Go to your google adsense and get a code for search form
- Paste the code into notepad and save it
- Upload the file back to server
From now, search results from your blog will contain ads from google. These ads will make you money.
Putting adsense inside posts
- Download this free plugin: AdSense Now from http://www.thulasidas.com/ and install it on your blog
- Go to google ansense and get a code for square banner
- Go to plugin settings page and insert your banner code
This plugin will show your google ads inside first 3 posts on your blog and at the top of individual post page. You can change number of ads to show and position inside plugin’s settings area
Text links in sidebar
- Go to google ansense and get a code for text links. Try to match your site theme here. Google links must look like your normal sidebar links
- Login via FTP to your server, go to templates folder (wp-content/templates/yourtheme) and download sidebar.php file.
- Open it in notepad
- Find this section:
<h2>Archives</h2>
<ul>
<?php wp_get_archives(‘type=monthly’); ?> - Put your code above this section, so you’ll get something like this:
<script type=”text/javascript”><!–
google_ad_client = “pub-2672859166494051″;
google_ad_slot = “5676568860″;
google_ad_width = 180;
google_ad_height = 90;
//–>
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript”
src=”http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”>
</script><br />
<h2>Archives</h2>
<ul>
<?php wp_get_archives(‘type=monthly’); ?>
</ul> - Upload it back to the server
Now you have 3 ads in first 3 posts, links in sidebar, ads inside individual post pages and customized search with…..ads
Now schedule some articles to appear every 1-2 days and watch your adsense account