How to put Adsense on your first two posts and sidebar on your Wordpress blog
Google TOS allows a maximum of 3 Adsense ad units on a single page. If you simply paste your ad code into your index.php file of your Wordpress template, Adsense will show up on your first three posts.
You may want two Adsense ads to appear before your first two posts and one in the sidebar as on this site, Rantstoriches.com.
Here’s a simple workaround to accomplish just that:
1. Open index.php in a text editor.
2. Look for the following code:
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
3. Immediately before this line, insert the following code:
<?php
$postinc = 1;
$adsense1 = 1;
$adsense2 = 2;
?>
4. Then look for the following in index.php:
<?php the_content(‘<br />Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>
5. Immediately before this line, insert the following:
<?php if ($postinc == $adsense1) {
echo ‘
YOUR ADSENSE CODE HERE
<br>
‘;
} ?>
<?php if ($postinc == $adsense2) {
echo ‘
YOUR ADSENSE CODE HERE
<br>
‘;
} ?>
<?php $postinc++; ?>
6. Finally, open sidebar.php in a text editor and insert your Adsense code in the desired location.
Additionally, you’ll want to repeat Steps 1-5 for archive.php.
That’s it!
Get more backlinks to your site
Web directories should be a part of your link building strategy. In addition to driving traffic to your site through direct referrals, web directories provide one-way links to your site, increasing your search engine rankings.
But manually submitting to hundreds of directories can be a slow, tedious process. To make life a little easier, I recommend using a software program that automatically fills out the submission forms for you, so that you don’t waste too much time copying and pasting your site information.
The following $7 software will do just that. Link Directory Submitter comes preloaded with over 2,700 web directories, automates much of the form filling, and lets you submit to up to 10 directories at a time. Here are some benefits the software:
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Increase your link popularity.
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Get more traffic by gaining a higher position in search engines, such as Google, Yahoo! and MSN.
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Save time and money.
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Comes preloaded with 2700+ quality directories.
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Provides one-way static links to your site.
- Submit as many sites as you like.
- Display Google PR of every directory.
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Update directory list by simply clicking the Update Directory Button from within the software.
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The Link Title, Site Description and Keywords are rotated with each submission to a directory, allowing you to get listed by multiple keywords.
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Import and Export website profiles.
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Assign a custom color to each directory in the submitter. This allows a color coding system to keep track of submissions.
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Export and email a submission history reports.
How to find and unfollow Twitter users who don’t follow you
Ever wanted to find out which Twitter users you follow are not following you? Here is a handy tool to do just that:
To drop a user from the results, right-click on his or her icon to open their profile in a separate browser tab. There you can unfollow that user.
An ASStute way to get noticed
Let’s face it: sex sells.
This is a truism that is as old as human civilization itself (you know what they say about the world’s oldest profession).
Everyday companies ranging from Coca Cola to Godaddy.com to Penthouse use sexual imagery– in varying degrees of explicitness– to help sell their products and services.
There is a solid psychological basis BEHIND the effectiveness of sex in advertising. Advertisers realize that consumers respond not only to reason and logic, but also to feelings, emotions, and various impulses. By appealing to both the decision-making apparatuses that lie between people’s eyes and those between their thighs, they’re able to cover all fronts (even BACKS, too).
The BOTTOM line is, whether subtly or overtly, sex sells. As a blogger you can use sex to attract visitors to your site in various ways, including incorporating sexual imagery into your ad banners, website graphics, and even your post texts.
BUTT…it’s important not to get carried away. Moderation is key. Knowing where to draw the line is what separates the more reputable companies like Coca Cola and Dove from those who peddle straight-up porn.
If you’re going to use sex to attract attention, think of more subtle and tasteful ways to do it. If you go overboard, you risk offending and alienating your readers, in which case you’re not being too ASStute….but ASSinine.
Why avoid EC quick drop lists?
I’ve already showed you how to create your own targeted Entrecard “drop list” on your Firefox browser as a better alternative to using those quick drop lists that have become very popular among EC users.
Here is an even more compelling reason to avoid some of those “quick drop” sites:
VIRUSES!!!
With those “quick drop” lists you don’t get to specify which sites pop up on your browser. Not surprisingly some of them contain viruses, pop-ups, and other unwanted intrusions. These sites aren’t supposed to be Entrecard members, and the quick drop list owners aren’t always quick to remove them from their sites.
