how To Place AdSense Ads

How do you place AdSense ads? Where do you place them? Is the process difficult? Is some technical knowledge necessary?
These are some of the questions that goes through the mind of every AdSense beginner.

Fortunately Google has made the process of placing ads as simple as possible. The process is straightforward, you can place the ads wherever you like on your sites and no technical knowledge is necessary to use AdSense (though a bit can be useful).

The process of placing AdSense ads:

After you log into your AdSense account, click on the AdSense set up tab and select the ‘AdSense for content’ option.
This will take you to the formatting page which enables you to change the look of your ad to match the scheme of your website. The options available include:

• Changing the ads types and styles (choosing between images and texts).
• Changing ad colors (which can be chosen from a wide variety).
• Changing ad sizes ranging from small button text of 125 x 125 pixels to skyscrapers that are 120 x 600 pixels.

Copying Pasting AdSense code

All the presentational changes you have made is stored and converted into JavaScript code. This can be seen in a text box at the bottom of the screen. This is the code that goes into your web page and will eventually be seen as ads on your site.
To copy and paste just:

(1) Click within the text box and all the code will be automatically highlighted. Or you can use CTRL+A to select all the code. 

(2) While the text is still highlighted press CTRL+C and your AdSense code will be copied into your clipboard. Switch to your WYSIWYG editor and make sure it is in code view.

  

(3) Find where you want to put the code then paste it into the source HTML of your page.

 That’s it, the process is complete all you need to do is view the new web page with its new AdSense codes and make minor adjustments to its position until it's just right.

Points to remember about placing AdSense Ads

• Using notepad alone to handle AdSense codes without an html editor can be fraught with difficulties. A basic html editor can make the process easier enabling better placement control.

You can either download a free HTML editor from the following list:

Click here to download easyHTML (Me/XP/2000)

Click here to download Fresh HTML (XP/2000/2003)

Click here to download Kryptonite HTML (XP/2000/2003/Vista)

Or you can download alternative editors from the following links:
http://www.coffeecup.com/free-editor/

http://www.kompozer.net/

http://www.pagebreeze.com/

• When placing AdSense codes, avoid tampering with it. Do not attempt to make any changes to the various lines of JavaScript. Ensure that the whole code is copied and pasted in its entirety from Google.
• Make sure that you only copy the ad codes between the body tags of your HTML.
• If using a WYSIWYG editor such as frontpage or Dreamweaver, paste your selected code into the Code view. Avoid pasting it into the layout view
• Keep an eye on the number of ads placed on each page. The maximum currently allowed per page is 1 link unit. 3 ad units, 2 search boxes and 2 referrals.