In this tutorial, I will tell you how to add Google Adsense units in blogger so that they are embedded in your post. It’s pretty easy to do so. It just requires a bit of code work and then it is done. This tutorial will tell you how to replicate this sure-shot formula of ‘advertisement publisher’ success. Now before getting to the tutorial, let us discuss the importance of embedded ads.
Importance of Embedding Advertisement To Your Posts
You must have seen many websites that have Google Adsense ads in their posts (usually on the left side of beginning of the blog post or at the end of the blog post). See the image below for understanding what I meant.
This is what you blog will look like after following this tutorial. It will create adsense ads embedded to your post. Back to the point, let us discuss the importance of these type of ads and why they are must for publishers.
1. These ads are prominently visible unlike those sidebar and header ads which are missed out by people looking for content.
2. These ads appear in between or just at the end of your content and provide you with better chances of getting more clicks and more money.
3. If you are using ‘read more’ feature on your blog, then your ads will come only when someone visits the post through its unique url and thus, your blog doesn’t give impression of being filled with ads all around.
Embedding Adsense ads in your Blogger Posts
This is quite easy task. You need to follow the steps below and you are done. Now, let us start our work.
1. Login to your adsense account and click on ‘setup ads’.
2. Get ad code for the advertising unit of desired size. (I would suggest you a square advertising unit).
3. Now get your advertising code parsed. You can do that by google adsense parser . Just paste the code in the text are on the web page and click on “Parse” button. This will do the work.
4. Open Notepad (not Wordpad) and save the code generated in step 3 in a file.
5. Now login to your blogger.com account.
6. Click on “Layouts” and then click on “Edit HTML” link.
7. Download your current template by clicking on “Download Full Template”. This may be used in case you messed up with your script. If you feel that your work is not done properly, you can upload this and get your blog in the way it was.
8. Check ‘expand widget template’ box.
9. Search for the following code – <data:post.body/>
10. Now you need to put following code before <data:post.body/>
<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType == “item”‘> <div id=’googleadsense’> </div> </b:if>
11. Now add the parsed advertising code (generated in step 3) between <div id=’googleadsense’> and </div>
12. Now you need to add a new CSS style for your ad. Search for ]]></b:skin> and place following code before it:
#googleadsense { float:left; /* write ‘right’ to have ads from the right side*/
}
13. Preview your template and save it if it’s alright.
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Dont we have to convert the code first? Because new blogger cannot read the custom adsense code and give error msg when i save the template….i think the code converter like at http://www.eblogtemplates.com/blogger-ad-code-converter/ will do the job.
ya, i mentioned about converting the code using google adsense parser.I have mentioned about this in step 3. Please check
nothing…summa only commented…….
I tried to do as u mentioned, but faced problems. I searched for <data:post.body/> and found twice. This is the sample code.
<div class=’post-body’ expr:id=’"post-" + data:post.id’>
<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType == "item"’>
<style>#fullpost{display:inline;}</style>
<p><data:post.body/></p>
<b:else/>
<style>#fullpost{display:none;}</style>
<p><data:post.body/></p>
<span id=’showlink’>
<a expr:href=’data:post.url’>Read more…</a>
</span>
<script type=’text/javascript’>
checkFull("post-" + "<data:post.id/>");
</script>
</b:if>
Could u plz tell where I should copy the parsed ad.
thankx a million in advance
You need to put the code before the first <data:post.body/>. This should solve your problem.
By the way, your blog is good. I really liked the way you write at ‘Tech Trends’.
Please feel free to ask me if you need any further help.
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hay..first thanx for ur wonderful tutorial about one of the important thtings in blogging
but it give me an error .i do wat exactly u do but give me that error
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “cond”.
i dont now wat to do >>plz help
and again thanx
make sure that you do not delete any extra code. Also check to see that you are using parsed adsense.
Gut!
Parsed adsense code doesn’t violates adsense policy is this true or not please tell because adsense says that you can’t change the code or alter the adsense code
no, parsing adsense won’t violate adsense policy as I myself have used it. Further, you must also note that parsing adsense is fully legal and it doesn’t change your google ad code in any form.
I got this error , would appreciate if you help me. Thanks in advance
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “cond”.
At the post body part
<script type="text/javascript"><!–
google_ad_client = "pub-2852176345785587";
/* ghost_mouse */
google_ad_slot = "9377085747";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
//–>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
at the body part
/** Page structure tweaks for layout editor wireframe */
body#layout #header {
width: 750px;
}
#googleadsense { float:left;]]>
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You did not seem to be using adsense parser (as mentioned in step 2) for parsing your ad code. You need to parse the adsense code before you can embed it into your blogger theme. Parsing the code will make it work for you. If then also have some problem, do feel free to contact me at http://scr.im/techravings
Hi, great tutorial, but I have the same problem as atanim. I have parsed the code, and I have checked over all the steps many times, and I don’t see anything wrong. I keep getting the same error message. Any help would be appreciated! THanks
Just make sure that whatever code you copy from this page is first pasted on notepad (to avoid formatting) and then copy it from notepad to your blogger theme editor. This should help.
what about for classic template
I am getting the same error as the others:
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “cond”.
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Here is my perfectly parsed code, publisher number removed by me on purpose for this post.
<script type="text/javascript"><!–
google_ad_client = "pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
/* 300×250, created 4/23/09 */
google_ad_slot = "3572617748";
google_ad_width = 300;
google_ad_height = 250;
//–>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
You got any idears?
Shakaama,
A perfectly parsed code should look something like this
<script type="text/javascript"><!–
google_ad_client = "pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
/* 300×250, created 4/23/09 */
google_ad_slot = "3572617748";
google_ad_width = 300;
google_ad_height = 250;
//–>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
Dear Aditya,
Pls don’t mind , your post is very important to me as I want to use adsense ads in blogger post. But I tried to apply your tricks step by step according to your instruction and failed, because it show me:
“Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure that all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “cond”.”
Dear Aditya,
Pls don't mind , your post is very important to me as I want to use adsense ads in blogger post. But I tried to apply your tricks step by step according to your instruction and failed, because it show me:
“Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure that all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “cond”.”
Please check if the adsense code is perfectly parsed… coz nothing else should coz problems. Can u give out your parsed code here for me to check?
Please check if the adsense code is perfectly parsed… coz nothing else should coz problems. Can u give out your parsed code here for me to check?
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