Adding AdSense to Blogger – Trend Blogging Part 4

If you are going to be building a blog using Blogger for Trend Blogging, you need to understand how and where to add your AdSense units. So, I created two videos on how you can add AdSense to a Blogger Blog. One on the basics of adding Adsense to Blogger and the second on more advanced tactics (see below).

Obviously, I am assuming that you already have an AdSense account. If not, make sure you sign up for one ASAP as it takes a few days to get your account approved by Google. You can signup for the AdSense program here.

The first video talks about using the built-in facilities of Blogger to add AdSense to your blog (this video is just a tad bit over 9 minutes long)

There is however a downside to using the built in features… which is the lack of control of ad placements. You really only have three choices using their features: 1. below each blog post; 2. in your left or right navigation; 3. in the footer. This leaves out an obvious placement, which is an ad above your blog post. This area is probably the most important for click through rates of your ads.

So, I’ve created another video that shows you step-by-step how to add the code above each blog post (this video is about 8.5 minutes):

You will need to parse your AdSense code into standard XML to work properly with your blog. I explain all of this in the video above. But, in short, you need to convert certain symbols from your AdSense code into a language that Blogger can understand. In other words, we need to change:

This is extremely simple, and can be done with a program such as "Notepad" on your PC. I show you how to do this quickly and efficiently in the video using the "replace" function in Notepad.

Once your code has been converted into a language Blogger understands, you can simply copy and paste it into Blogger. In the video I will show you exactly where you want to enter this code.

Have a look at the second video. If you have any questions, please feel free to post using the comments function below.

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