Sunday, August 17, 2008

Displaying Ads between the posts


1. First go to "Lay out"
2. Click on "Edit" As shown in the circled above

3. Tick mark on "Show Ads Between Posts"

4. Select from menu to show after 1,2, 3, 4, or 5 posts.

Monday, August 11, 2008

20 Tips to grab the attention of your visitors

Tips to grab the attention of your visitors
Page design is important aspect to attract your blog visitors. If your web page is not designed perfectly, your visitors will just skip to another website. So you will loose your genuine traffic. Remember traffic is the pure gold. Don’t allow them to skip. You must take necessary measures so that your visitors feel interest to explore your blog. Overall presentation of your blog is very much important. Here I am furnishing some important principles to attract the visitors:

Design your blog in such a way so that your visitors are impressed with in few seconds.
Clear your plan in the very first page about the aim of creating the blog. Whether you want to promote a product, to educate the audience, to research, to entertain the audience or to inform.
Define your targeted audience.
Keep in mind the class, age, financial status, gender of the visitors.
Use single color scheme throughout is an effective way to achieve consistency.
Shape makes a blog distinct, so include pleasant shapes.
Title of the page should be short, attractive and descriptive.
The first or home page should be resourceful and grow interest in visitors to explore the other pages.
Make sure the content is in simple sentences and easy to understand
Select the appropriate back ground color and text color and font so that the content is easily readable.
Update your blog in regular interval so that your visitors come back. Remove any outdated information.
Test your blog in different browsers to know their appearance. You should not use any features that are not supported by all the browsers.
Don’t show everything in one page. Use separate pages for different topics.
Make sure the buttons and the links are behaving properly.
Avoid excessive use of images and advertisements.
Use text and link colors in such a way so that they do not clash.
Don’t write anything like “click here” that can be annoying. .
Don’t force your visitors to scroll down to find the clues.
Avoid excessive use of hyperlinks.
Make sure your blog is loaded quickly.

Mature content and AdSense

Last week a publisher asked me regarding adult content.
Her content of the blog related to health. She has used some adult terms. Since her blog is health related, she cannot avoid the terms. She is apprehensive whether she is violating the AdSense TOS. As per the AdSense Programme Policies Sites displaying Google ads may not include Pornography, adult or mature content. She want to know what is exactly considered as mature content or Pornographic content. What is definition of adult or adult related content. In AdSense Blog it has been discussed very clearly. Publishers should not display AdSense ads in a content which has material that is not appropriate for all the visitors. If the content is informative and educational then you are not against the TOS. However it is good idea seeking permission from Google before displaying AdSense ads. You can test whether the content is mature or not as per AdSense TOS through a simple way. Suppose you are viewing a site with your children and family members. If you are feeling comfort to view the site, then it is OK. You are allowed to display AdSense ads in the content.