The Great Free Adsense WordPress Plugin

This is just a quick post to show off one of the best free WordPress Adsense Plugins I have used so far. I know there are many others out there but this made my CTR much higher without having to worry about optimizing my ad locations.

All in One Adsense and YPN Pro
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Automatically insert Google Adsense ads or YPN ads in to your posts on the fly.
  • Automatically insert Google Adsense or YPN ads in to your blog posts.
  • No manual work required, ad code is dynamically inserted into your existing and new posts.
  • You could optionally specify not to show ads in a post by using tag
  • You could optionally specify where to start the ads in a post by using tag
  • You could optionally specify where to stop the ads in a post by using tag
  • Decrease ad blindness by giving you the option to randomly place your ad within your posts.
  • You could optionally define absolute ad position instead of random position.
  • You could optionally define random ad network to maximize earnings from both networks.
  • Allow you to pick how many total ads to show on one page.
  • Allow you to pick how many ads to show in one post.
  • Compatible with the new WP MU mode.

Here is where you can get this free Adsense Plugin, Please don't forget to bookmark and comment! <3

Best Free WordPress Themes 2012 (Only Premium Quality!)

I know there are lists with 75+, 100+, 50+, Free WordPress themes but I figured why not post some Premium Quality Free WordPress Themes anyway. I will keep updating this list as I find more high quality free themes.

Free Business WordPress Theme
Business Lite WordPress Themes
Author:

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WhiteHouse WordPress Theme
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Alltuts WordPress Theme
Author: Site5




  Boldy WordPress Theme
Author: Site5



Simplo WordPress Theme
Author: Site5



Journal Crunch WordPress Theme
Author: Site5


 Diary/Notebook WordPress Theme
Author: Site5


Reflex+ WordPress Theme (Google+ Style)
Author: Naeem Noor
Download


Here are some more links that you might find useful:
http://slodive.com/freebies/best-free-wordpress-themes/
http://wpaisle.com/wordpress-themes/free-wordpress-themes-for-personal-website/
http://www.noupe.com/wordpress/50-great-free-wordpress-themes-from-2011.html


Please don't forget to bookmark and comment!

Picking Your First Blog Host (Free and Paid Blog Hosts)

Here is a list of some good free hosts and a few different paid hosts that will host a WordPress blog for you. This list is in no specific order however if you aren't interested in buying a domain name and you don't already own one then I would skip straight to blogger, the other hosts on this list will require you to have your own domain name (yourdomain.com). You can get cheap domain names at NameCheap.com.


Free Blog Hosting

If you are on a budget or simply don't want to invest in something like professional hosting, you can get your blogs hosted on a free Web Host. These can have slower support ticket answers, a little more downtime, and are bit less secure but they will get the job done well enough and for free.

Blogger
Blogger is just great. Theres no other way to put this. That is why this blog is hosted with Blogger instead of my own private host.

*Good WP Host
GoodWPHost.com offers free WordPress hosting to bloggers and even give extra resources to popular blogs when nesassary.

Byet Host / 000WebHost
These hosts are practically the same in features and a great place to host your first blog. (Byet Host has had issues with registration though in the past.)



Paid Blog Hosting

If you are interested in paid hosting then the following links are perfect for you. I have tried my best to label these hosts according to my own experiences with them. None of these are affiliate links, they go straight to the web host so these are not just recommended to make me money.

HostGator
This is one of the web hosting giants, they truly live up to their slogan "We eat the competition". Any issues I have ever had were fixed in a timely manner once they were notified about it. (I will say that the affiliate sales program is very sketchy though, it doesn't record most clicks/commissions and I log those kind of outgoing links to verify.)

WebHostingBuzz
This web host has been around for a good while and are a major web-host, although I have to admit their support wasn't the greatest when I tried them out.

Eleven2
They have been around for a while and are known to be good hosts, however they do claim that larger orders are fraud and ask for verification before completing your order. (This happened to me last year.)

I hope this quick list will help you get your blog started and please don't forget to comment or bookmark!

How To Embed Adsense Ads In Your Content

To embed Adsense advertisements in your content/posts all you need to do is add the following HTML/CSS to your posts. This usually has a much higher CTR than just putting random Adsense in your sidebar and hoping for clicks.

Embed Adsense Ads On Left Side Of Post

<div style='float:left; margin: 4px;'>
Put your Adsense here!
</div>

Embed Adsense Ads On Right Side Of Post

<div style='float:right; margin: 4px;'>
Put your Adsense here!
</div>

I hope you found this quick guide on how to embed Adsense Ads useful and please don't forget to share or comment on this post.

Note: You can use this to float anything to the left or right including regular images and more!

Don't Let Your Adsense Account Get Banned, Follow The Rules!

This short post is just a quick highlight of the main reasons why people get their Google Adsense accounts suspended, its intent is to stop people from making the same mistakes.
  1. No Privacy Policy - Google requires this for all sites with Adsense, this is the biggest thing I have read about people getting banned or suspended for.
  2. Don't encourage or ask for clicks.
  3. Don't click on your own ads or make bots, Google will find out.
  4. Don't put Google ads on illegal/adult sites.
  5. Don't put Adsense ads on pages with hardly any content. (I actually had a warning about this, though I will admit I abandoned that blog after one post without realizing I left ads on it.)
  6. Don't put Advertisements in floating boxes. (Anything that moves or attracts attention like this, really you don't want to even risk this.)
  7. Don't clutter your pages with Adsense ads, there is a limit per page and if you don't know it you need to look up the Adsense TOS.
  8. Don't put Adsense ads anywhere that it becomes impossible to tell its an ad, or somewhere that would create false positive clicks (under an image or something?).

A big mistake some people try to get away with is walking the line, or barely abiding by Google's policies. Anything you think of to circumvent Google's policies has been tried before and now Google knows about it. They even do things such as analyzing visitor browsing habits, check for proxies that click ads, and more. (Take a look at Google Analytics if you don't believe me.)

Basically the walk away message from this post is you want to make sure your account doesn't get banned then don't do anything you wouldn't want people to do with Ads/Advertising Funds for your own site. (And add a free Adsense Compliant Privacy Policy)

I hope this post has helped some people save their Adsense account, if you need more clarification then this post I found may help you. If you still have unanswered questions the best thing to do is try to get an answer from Google before trying it.


Please take all scam claims to a different blog.

Google is too big of a company for them to worry about scamming you out of a couple dollars, plus they lose your business by suspending/banning you which means they are losing money aswell. (That was the common sense part lol)

Quick Tips To Consider When Starting A Blog

This is just a quick collection of tips to keep in mind when starting a blog for the first time. I hope people will find this post useful when creating their first blog and please don't feel shy about commenting if you feel like I left something out or am wrong about something.


Pick a subject you can write about and not lose interest in. You don't want to run out of gas after the first 10-20 posts, also do research on your competitors. If it seems like there isn't much competition but enough of a demand to make it worth writing about then you have found yourself some e-gold.

Don't build too many links to your blog until you have enough content to make it worth reading. (Show a few people and get some feedback before a real launch!) 

Keep your unique content unique! Don't repost your articles, instead post original and unique summaries with your backlink being a targeted keyword or keyphrase. Google rewards unique content and punishes reposted content.

Nofollow everyone, everywhere. If you know what this means then you might disagree but this is how I rank my blogs pages when I create a new blog. It's not a must but I think it helps alot. You can always install commentLuv or other dofollow plugins later on.

Consider using a free skin or theme until you made enough money to cover a custom one. There is no need to spend money you haven't earned yet.

Don't lose hope! Unless you create the next Facebook or Google you will not be an instant millionaire but instead you will start to generate more and more income over time. It took over 6 months to get one of my blogs to 4,000 daily pageviews with top 10 search results on Google with a very competitive subject and very very good domain name. (There is money in blogging it just takes time and effort like any other job.)

Don't put advertisements on blogs that have just started, a-lot of people are turned off by that kind of thing and chances are even with perfect ad placement your going to make less than 50 cents a day starting out anyway. Your focus when starting a blog should be keeping visitors on your blog not sending them away for a few cents to a dollar.

You might also find my article on building traffic/backlinks useful. Please don't forget to comment and bookmark! <3

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