Perfect Adsense Placement for WordPress
Blogging is not just a hobby; it’s moneymaking. If you are using a WordPress script and you are not earning through adsense then you are doing something wrong. You are wasting your traffic.
There are several plugins that could help us monetizing our WordPress blog but before I tell you what are they, I would insist my own method. I used to install all of these plugins here at Myseoblog.net and non of them satisfies me so I experimented the codes and got a pretty good placement result.
The problem with plugins are almost the same. You cannot control where to place the ads exactly. Okay, but even if I don’t use them, you can find the list at the bottom.
Here is my preferred way of inserting adsense codes into my blog’s posts, sidebar, and page template. I am proud to say that my CTR has increased by 1.5% to 2.5% for 3 weeks now after doing this type of placement. This method will work whatever theme you installed in your WordPress blog.
Ads on Pages (Archive, Categories, About, etc)
Inside your wp-admin, open the file “page.php” or the Page Template and insert your ad as shown below.
See the result below. The ad that I inserted in this example is small because the space is limited. You can change the ad format depending on the availability of space.
Adsense inside message body (most effective placement). Insert your ad (common is 336×280) in single.php.
The ad will appear on the left of all posts (single post), not on homepage or in categories. Especially if blended, visitors will be tempted to click. I did not used blend in this example to emphasize the ad. See below.
Another perfect placement – the sidebar. This could be done easily by adding text Widget.
Then add the code and click on save. You may also modify the title.
See the result below. Good sidebar placement.
Now, if you are lazy enough to do the above process, here are some alternatives for you. But as I said before, no plugin satisfy my needs. You may try if you want.
There are a number of adsense plugins for wordpress and I tested around 12 of them..
Adsense Deluxe – considered as the most popular and most widely used adsense wordpress plug-in.
AdSense Widget for WordPress Sidebar – Is very easy to use like the one we used above on sidebar ad.
Shylock AdSense – another plugin for easy integration of AdSense ads into your blog; has an interesting feature that lets you set particular ads into blog posts which are more than X days old.
Adsense Injection – this one really annoys me. I placed the code at the bottom, the ad appear on the middle and after I refreshed the page, that ad appeared on top.
AdMan - integrates ads directly inside your blog posts. Compatible with AdSense and YPN.
AdSense Manager - a fully featured AdSense manager. Use the latest version only, as older versions had some issues with the AdSense terms and conditions.
AdRotator – afraid of adblindness? AdRotator rotates (doh!) your AdSense ads, and combines them with other advertising programs.
AdSense Attachment - display extra content, like images, in a new page together with AdSense ads.
MightyAdsense – display AdSense ads without modifying the templates. Has a preview for ads in the WordPress control panel.
Google Ad Wrap – show that pesky Google spider what content on your blog is really important. This plugin is cool.
Adsense Inline – another plugin that makes inserting AdSense into your blog posts really easy. I also tried this one. Its working but I see some minor error.
Adsense Beautifier – places images next to your AdSense ads, which should increase the click through rate. Not recommended for it has some issues with TOS.
Author Adsense – split revenue between several blog authors on the same blog.
AdSense Sharing Revenue and Earnings System – another revenue sharing plugin for AdSense on WordPress. Also shows you your earnings in real time. This is good if you have multiple authors.
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July 18th, 2008 at 10:42 am
This is a good guide for WP newbies like me. However, I am not in favor of putting ads somewhere inside a post. For me, it is a distraction for readers. I don’t know about other’s perception.I think I will use my sidebars for the Adsense.
Thanks for sharing anyway.
July 18th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
“Distraction for readers” that’s how exactly the highest adsense earners are doing… It depends on the readers whether they click or not provided your ad is visible…
July 19th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Hey, these are some great methods! I’ll certainly give them a try! Hope to read more advices soon… Ann of sweet-is-my-love.com
July 20th, 2008 at 1:30 am
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July 25th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Hey there.. The things mentioned by you seems very interesting. I was not aware about all this things.. M surely going to try each of them.
Thanks & Reagards
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July 25th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Sure, you can try..
Thanks for visiting my blog..
July 30th, 2008 at 12:16 am
I make a living from my blogs, and I still struggle with where to stick those Adsense ads, heh. With my straight html pages (a lot of my earlier sites aren’t based on a blog platform), it’s easy to wrap it into the content for a nice CTR.
With blogs, I’m always adding pictures and wrapping the content around those. I did see a blog in my niche with a high CTR that did an ad block next to a picture and started the text below the two, which is something I might try. I just don’t like a spammy looking blog.
Notice my ads, click my ads, but don’t go away because the ads were too obnoxious!
August 16th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Blogs are good source of income if you have time and dedication to invest with..
August 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am
Nice and informative post
I use adsense on my site SEO Elite Tool and blogs
August 25th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
you showed me this link in DP and told to visit i modified a few ads but tell me one thing some ppl say single page ads are visited less so i moved all my ads on the top-right corner.
Then read this article and understood if i place too many ads on one side the reader will just look on the other side.But is this way of adsense good which you have placed if possible just once look at my webpage again i have tried changing it..
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August 25th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Hi Roshni,
Do the following… edit your ad and use the following size and colors..
+++ top square ++++
google_ad_width=336;
google_ad_height=280;
google_ad_format=”336x280_as”;
google_ad_type=”text”;
google_color_border=”FFFFFF”;
google_color_bg=”FFFFFF”;
google_color_link=”BB3300″;
google_color_url=”CC6633″;
google_color_text=”000000″;
*****************
sidebar
google_ad_width=160;
google_ad_height=600;
google_ad_format=”160x600_as”;
google_ad_type=”text”;
google_color_border=”FFFFFF”;
google_color_bg=”FFFFFF”;
google_color_link=”0000FF”;
google_color_url=”008000″;
google_color_text=”000000″;
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for your top 468 X 60 banner, I advise you to use 250×250 and insert it inside the post… edit your single.php file..
September 6th, 2008 at 3:01 am
Once again I have to say you are very good and showing how to use your techniques. Thanks again.
September 7th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Nice tips, I knew most of them. Anyway, I believe that you shouldn’t use plugins, just edit the template files yourself. This way you will learn some php+html and better control the ad placement.
September 8th, 2008 at 1:00 am
thanks alot very muc appreciated i added the code on my page top and its good enough i am earning
September 11th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Great guide… I have very low clicks compare to page impressions. Will apply your suggestions, let see what happens.
December 20th, 2008 at 8:41 am
I have gotten very good adsense CTR’s on both wpordpress blogs and general websites by combining a wrapping of text around a medium rectangle as well as removing the color from the heading and url, so the ad essentially becomes black type and therfore not adlike in appearance
January 31st, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Thanks a lot for that information. It is very helpful
May 11th, 2009 at 1:48 am
This looks great, but it looks like all of the helpful images have been moved. Is there any way they can be reinserted?
Thanks for the awesome advice!
May 20th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Great article, but the images are gone. I moved an existing site to WordPress and placed ads similar to where they were before … and lost about 50% of my clicks.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Please, upload the pix to the blogpost, not as 3rd party hosted.
August 10th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
you should put the images back in your article, it is just showing photobucket placeholders now
March 16th, 2011 at 12:04 pm
This is really great tip .I am receiving over 1000 daily visitors to my blog but not enough earning
Thanks for this artical .
May 26th, 2011 at 3:58 am
Great article on maximizing Adsense on WordPress.
+1 on the missing photobucket images, or else could you pleasse replace with a snippet of the modified php code.
I am also partial to modifying the template files directly instead of plugins. I then use a service like Mergento or Github to keep track of changes/upgrades.
Thanks
April 28th, 2012 at 3:15 am
well these tips are great I will try these for my own blog.