Google Ads on your Website or Blog

If you have or are planning an information-rich website or blog, one way to make some extra cash is to put Google ads on your site.

Google Adsense puts ads on website or blog pages you specify. When your visitors click on them, you get paid by Google. See my dynamic adsense ad on the left sidebar of this blog (link unit) or underneath this paragraph (ad unit). You decide on the size, colour and exact page location of your ads. Google searches the content on your site and decides which products to put in the ads. Ads are dynamic so change frequently.

To get Adsense, you first need a Google account. Go to www.google.com/adsense

How to create an Adsense ad

1. Login to your Google Adsense account
2. Go to Adsense Setup tab
3. Select Adsense for Content
4. Select Ad unit or link unit
5. Choose ad size (all are in pixels, square ads are great for sidebars while horizontal ads are perfect for blog posts)
6. Choose colours, border etc which suit your blog
7. Give your ad a name
8. Click Continue, then Submit and Get Code, then copy the code

How to put your Adsense ad on a WordPress Blog

1. Download the Adsense Manager Plugin
2. Upload to your blog and activate the plugin
3. Under admin, go to Manage/ads
4. Create new ad and give it a name
5. Under product, select direct code ad
6. Paste the code you copied from Google
7. Save the ad.

You now have 2 choices. You can put the ad in your blog sidebar or inside different posts.

To put the ad in your sidebar, go to Presentation/Widgets, you will see a new widget with your ads name, simply drag it into your sidebar and you’re done.

To put the ad into a post, go to the code view when writing a post and you will see a drop down adsense box with the names of your ads. Click in the content where you would like your ad to appear, then select the right ad from the box.

To put your ad on a website, follow steps 1-8, then paste the code directly into your website where you would like the ad to appear. You will need access to the html code on your site

In both cases, you need to log out of your site to see the ads properly and it sometimes takes a few minutes for the ad to appear when you first set it up. If you need help setting up adsense ads on your website or blog, please visit my Blog Help Shop or send me an email.