6 Things that Every Blogger Must Know and Do for Success

When I was new to blogging, I didn’t knew much about anything related to blogging, tools required, how to publicize my blog site etc etc.. Each day was a great learning experience and with every passing week there was tons of information that I had to grind to derive some actionable items from. I then [...]

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Google Logo in AdSense Ads?

While doing a routine check on my posts, I noticed a small Google logo next to ‘Ads by Google’ on one of my pages. [The screen shot is below.] I wonder what purpose would it serve if the logo starts appearing in the Ads. Might be that if a web site owner by any chance [...]

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Google AdSense Optimization: Increase your AdSense Income by Effective Ad Positioning

Some of us are quite successful with AdSense while others are still working hard to make the best out of their AdSense by experimenting with different Ad layouts, color blending and Ad formats. I would like to share some of my learnings and also put forth some best practices. Since every site is different in [...]

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Conditional Display of AdSense and other Ads in WordPress - Part II

In the previous post on Conditional Display of AdSense in WordPress, we had learnt to display Ads in sidebar and depending on which page is being called, the Ad will either display just once or more than once. In this post, we will learn about displaying ads on the main page but selectively.
We will learn [...]

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How To: Conditional Display of AdSense in WordPress

My initial requirement was to be able to display Google Ads in the content and in the sidebar too.
I installed AdSense-Deluxe thinking that it will take care of both of my requirements. The plugin does a very good job of displaying ads but it
displays ads inside content only. I wanted to be able to display [...]

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Your Custom Search Engine: Google co-op

Google has unveiled yet another interesting tool from their labs, its called Google co-op (also known as custom search engine or CSE). The tool finally caters to the needs of those who waited long enough to offer search facility on their websites.
I gave it a try on my website PHPCatalyst, and it works like charm. [...]

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