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How to Place Ads On Your Website

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Place Ads On Your Website
Place Ads On Your Website

This article is to teach you How To place ads on your website to increase your rate of return. Most people who use Google Adsense don't think much about where they place their ads but the placement is perhaps the most important thing besides establishing website traffic. Learn where to place ads and what types of ads to place in specific locations. Also learn other ways to place ads on your website to earn revenue from visitors click on ads and purchasing products and services through your site.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    When placing ads on your website you will first need access to the HTML or back-end of the site to edit the layout. If your using a blog layout or some other open source application then you need to find a place where your allowed to edit the script or code. Once you in this area you will then want to copy and paste your affiliate ad scripts and linking codes.

  2. Step 2

    Don't just place your ads anywhere, make them look like content. If the ads look like information and not ads then people visiting your website will be more likely to click on the ads or visit the affiliate link which will then earn you a commission.

  3. Step 3

    If you want to place ads within your text automatically then you should visit Infolinks.com to learn how to embed a code that will create clickable links out of your content. When people click on those links you will earn a commission.

  4. Step 4

    If you would rather place links to other websites or products and earn a commission for referring people to those sites then you should try (CJ) Commission Junction. This affiliate network has thousands of highly reputable companies willing to pay you for sending them customers.

  5. Step 5

    If you want to know even more about ad placement then go to Google Adsense or search the Google search engine for "Google Adsense Placement". This should help you find free resources on how to place your ads in areas on your site that will increase your odds of getting a click.

Tips & Warnings
  • Don't ever tell people to click on your ads, it is illegal and you will get shut down and possibly prosecuted if caught.

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meridians said

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on 11/21/2009 Thanks for the helpful information. I have a web site and two blogs...will give this a try!

janiek13 said

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on 11/4/2009 Good article!

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