How Do I Put Ads On My Blog?
Question: How do I go about putting advertisements on my blog?
Putting ads on or in your blog requires that you know a little bit of “code”. Sure, it varies between blogging platforms, but with most you still have to be able to figure out how and where to place a piece of code that the advertiser gives you into your blog.
Don’t worry, it’s not that hard. Let’s use Wordpress (which AsktheBlogger uses) as an example.
Let’s say I want to place an ad in my blog sidebar. Here’s how I would do it.
1. Login to my blog account.
2. Go to “presentation”, then “theme editor”.Now’s the tricky part. If you have not already set permissions on your theme pages, you need to do that now. FTP into your blog and look for the “wp-content” folder. In that folder you’ll see the folder of the theme that is powering your blog. Open it.
In that folder you’ll see a bunch of .php files. These are what power your blog, the pieces parts. Find “sidebar.php” and right click on it. Choose “permissions”. Now, change permissions to “777″, which means that it is now “writable”. In other words, it can be edited now.
Now go back into your Wordpress admin. Onto step 3.
3. Click on “sidebar” link. You’ll now be able to edit the file directly in the admin.
4. Copy the code from your advertiser and paste it into the sidebar area where you want it.
Now you can save the file and look at the blog to see how the ad appears. If it’s not in the right spot you want it in, go back and and grab the code and move it again. Keep trying till you get it in the spot you want.
That’s it! Other blogging systems may vary. Consult your blog help file for detailed instructions or contract your local blog consultant to help you out.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
OMG.. and I glad I found you!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! It is sooo hard to find straight answers to blogging questions around here. Everyone talks in terms that new people do not understand. (Unless I’m stupid… and I don’t think I am.. LOL but I might be.) Anyway, you have helped me a lot and I will be coming back to use you as much as possible…. Your in my FAVS for sure!!!! Love ya! Wanda
September 4th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Hey, can you give us the same directions for Blogger.com. I am having a hard time figuring it all out. So new to this world.
Thanks so much!
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March 29th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Hi, love your site:) Can you please tell me how I make the little animated ads for my blog. These are the ones where they are on the side and there may be 8 of them in a block going down. I have searched and searched and not really getting any answers. I don’t want the banner ads but the ones that are probably 95×95 or a little bigger.
Thanks:)
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May 18th, 2009 at 5:09 am
hi..im a newbie.i have just started writing my blog. i want to monetize it. could u explain how adsense help. i signed up with google adsense. where could i get those codes to put on my blog and get the ads displaying?
August 6th, 2009 at 6:43 am
hi ….admin
i have a wordpress.com blog…i am really frustrated with this “wp-contentâ€thing…and i am not willing to upgrade this blog…
since it is on wordpress.com i does not have “wp-content†kinda thing….but i am interested in adding adds to my blog .. i had a good audience.
could u please tell me is it possible..or there any other adds componny ..which can make this possible…
pls reply
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September 10th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I had send my site for approval from google adsense
by i dont understand that what does it mean to say
i am enclosing herewith the mail recd from adsense team
Hello Dhaval Desai,
Thank you for your interest in Google AdSense. Unfortunately, after
reviewing your application, we’re unable to accept you into Google AdSense
at this time.
We did not approve your application for the reasons listed below.
Issues:
- Page Type
———————
Further detail:
Page Type: In order to participate in Google AdSense, publishers’ websites
and application information must satisfy the following guidelines:
- Your website must be your own top-level domain (www.example.com and not
http://www.example.com/mysite).
- You must provide accurate personal information with your application
that matches the information on your domain registration.
- Your website must contain substantial, original content.
- Your site must comply with Google AdSense program policies:
https://www.google.com/adsense/policies” which include Google’s webmaster
quality guidelines:
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769#quality
.
February 1st, 2010 at 8:23 am
Hi Jim, can you guide me about 125×125 banner ads? Thanks in advance!