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December 4, 2007
Update: If you are buying cars, then here is a new website Used cars under 1000 dollars where you can really can buy a car for less than $1000.
Original post:
Russo is authoring Used Cars Under $1000 and is experiencing some problems with AdSense on his Website. Russo contacted me from the AdSense Help page to ask for basic helps on AdSense. I broke the message down into blocks and answer each of them accordingly:
- Deleting ad unit
- Removing Ad blocking software
- Using synonyms
- Getting indexed by Google
- Managing ad unit
- Putting AdSense on blog
Congratulation, Russo, finally you have your AdSense units to show up on your computer. Your friend sure is over protected and cause you some difficult time there.
1. Deleting ad unit
Question: Yey! I haven't been successful with the actual ads yet. I have posted so many ad codes on my pages that haven't showed up that now I have no idea what is what in my ad manager page. How can we delete them so we can figure out what is what? Answer: How to delete AdSense Ad unit
2. Removing ad blocking software
Question: I also would like to know if there are any other programs that might be on my computer that may be blocking or preventing the ads from showing up.
Answer:
It's a little hard to know what program your computer has. Generally those software have very understandable title with keywords like "Ad", "Block", "Internet Security", etc. related to blocking ads. Norton Internet Security is an example. It's easier to ask your friend to remove all those ad-block software he installed.
Ad-block software are unnecessary if you use Firefox web browser. Firefox is world's most secure Internet browser. It's also run faster and consume less memory compare to other browsers. In term of security, Firefox blocks all kind of pop up (and ad if you want). You can download Firefox here:
After installing Firefox you will want to download some useful extensions here: FireFox add-ons I recommend you install FasterFox extension for faster browsing.
3. Using synonyms
Russo: I read about the amount of content thing, and I'm pretty sure I'm OK with that because I have been trying to think of different words to use so I don't use the same ones all the time. I don't want to sound monotonous.
Binh: I guess this is about the synonym you use for the main keywords. Yes, using more variety word with the same meaning is recommended by Google. This help your page get searched with more keyword.
4. Getting indexed by Google
Question: I think I have only had my AdSense account for maybe 3 weeks. Is it too young?
Answer: The 3 weeks age, can be too young, can be not. I myself can get my site indexed by Google in just 2 days.
Question: Do they know I'm here?
Answer: I check your site and found out you are using Google Pages. I did test Google Pages by myself, and I don't recommend you to use it. Google Pages is a product of Google, yet their use is very limited and without a doubt, becoming very weak in term of search engine indexing.
No, I checked site:usedcarsunder1000dollars.googlepages.com and found no pages indexed by Google, so it doesn't know you are here. However, the people may know about your site, like me, because you talk about it somewhere.
Question: Do I just need to wait a little longer to be crawled?
Answer: If you use Blogger then you won't have to wait. Your current site got no page indexed by Google for 3 weeks passed already. If you use Blogger and have your address look like "http://1000dollarcars.blogspost.com" then it should be indexed in one (1) day.
If you decide to stick with Google Pages, then you will need to promote your site. If you do not promote your site, then you can keep waiting forever and never see Google index it. As long as Google see a back link to your site from another site on the Web, it will start indexing your pages. You can promote your site using variety of methods:
- submitting your site to web directories;
- bookmark your pages on social bookmark sites;
- ask your friends to link to your site from their Website.
For the time being it's not going to help if I talk too much. Slowly I will posts more on my own blog and teach step by step from the basic. This require serious reading. For a start up, I help you with a link from the top of this post, and so you should expect to see your homepage appearing on Google search result within 2 days.
5. Managing ad unit
Question: I was also having issues with copying and pasting, but I am pretty sure I have that figured out. I think once the ads actually show up then I can strategically place them. It doesn't seem like we can actually edit each ad in the manage ad page. It won't let you change the size/shape or type. What's with that?
Answer: Yes, you are right about the Manage Ads page. Oddly, it doesn't let us modify the ad size. It does let us modify colors, corner style, and channels, though. Of course, it doesn't let you modify the arrangement of the ad on your page. Logically, you can only modify the arrangement and layout inside your web page's HTML code.
Once again, Google Pages is not a system that let you edit your HTML code easily, Blogger is. If you use Blogger you can easily add AdSense unit on your blog with so much ease. It provide you with Graphical User Interface for arrange the Ad Units and modify the settings, without going to Manage Ads page.
6. Putting AdSense on blog
Question: I know these are probably a lot of questions, but I have spent hours trying to find the answers, and couldn't. I also started a blog just to see if it would be any different to work with than the web site. I understand that even less. I tried to paste as code but I couldn't figure out where to put it. Does it have to go into a particular block in the layout?
Answer: Is it Blogger.com your blog host? For blogger.com blog you can follow the following steps:
- Open the Layout page. The link to this page is on the dashboard. Or you can navigate to it through Template then Page Elements.
- Click on Add a Page Element link in the area you want to place an ad unit.
- Locate: "AdSense: Earn revenue by displaying relevant ads on your blog." and click on ADD TO BLOG
- Choose your desired settings then click SAVE CHANGES.
If it's free WordPress.com account then you can't put AdSense on it. However, If it's paid, you can insert the ad using Text widget, similar to what I put on my blog. Or you can insert into the template file (advanced level, require PHP knowledge), also see my blog as an example.
Question: I tried to put a banner under my header but above the title. The ad didn't show first of all, but when I previewed it, the blank space was below the title of the post. I couldn't get the post to move down so I could paste it above it.
Answer: Is it something related to blog? If yes, please send me the URL for your blog so I could check it up. If this is for Blogger.com blog, then you could follow the steps I mentioned about on how to add an AdSense unit.
- This time, if it doesn't have Add a Page Element link where you want, you can just click on any Add a Page Element link on the page, then follow the steps as above.
- After you save it, drag it from the temporary location and drop it into your desired location. In this case the desired location is before the "Blog posts" area. Obviously you can't put it into the header, so don't worry, it will be below the header and above the post title.
You can have a look at my example here: Binh's Reviews.
Remark
Blog is a better way compare to website to start your AdSense business, because it will have everything ready for you to build your pages the easy way. These are few comparisons:
| Task | Google Pages (static website) | Blogger.com or WordPress.com (blog) |
|---|---|---|
| Linking to pages | Hard: Half-manual, and need to do it on every page. | Easy: Automatically done via navigation widget, just once. |
| Placing AdSense units | Hard: Manually paste the code to the place you want. | Easy: Automatically place code for you. You just need to select the settings and rearrange the ad block on the fly. |
| Getting indexed | Hard: You need to advertise your website on other websites, otherwise Google won't find it. | Easy: Blogger advertise your pages for you. Just post your content and it come to Google |
I hope this article answer to all your questions and help you to move on. If not, please feel free to leave a comment on this page and I will attend to it as soon as I can. If you need more help please feel free to contact me again.
Update on 28/07/2008:
Russel has changed her website to Used Car Buying Guide. She also listened to my suggestion and created a blog Dummies Guide To Car Stuff
Here is another place you can buy cars under 1000: Used Cars Under $1000
ehh im not really a big fan of the whole adsense thing. all the ads all over the place really take away from the blog, and as a person who reads them, i tend to no look at the ones with those, its makes them look well "noobish" and uniformative.
Michael » Thanks for your comment. Yes, indeed if AdSense is not placed properly (i.e. covering the whole page with ads) it make the site look terrible and drive visitors away. On the other hand, I have seen many websites that have very professional looking AdSense, such as http://feedest.com .
I'm very interested to know your opinion about AdSense on my web site. If you notice?
Regards,
Binh
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Its a nice post, but there is a problem that i am still learning basics of Adsense
anyway Thanks alot