Laser Targetted ad placement. The HeatMap Pro v5.1 new feature explained
HeatMap Theme Pro v5.1 has got some great new features, and one of the most exciting is ‘Laser Targetted’ ad placement (otherwise known as the HMT Ads button). It conjures up all sorts of precision weaponry images, but what exactly does that mean and how can you use it as part of your blogging arsenal? What it really means is that you can now embed your ads directly within your individual pages and posts exactly where you think they might [...]
Pro Tip – Random Header Images for HeatMap
Did you know that you can place random background images in your HeatMap Theme header? Its a feature that is easy to miss, but can potentially have lots of possibilities. The magic happens in the WordPress Header Manager: WP Admin > Appearance > Header Then upload your header images (make them 980 x 110 pixels) and then click on the Random button. See the image below for the location of the button: Header Images for you to play with I [...]
New HeatMap Theme Pro v4 Import / Export Plugin
Now in the beta testing area of the members forum… If you’ve created the perfect HeatMap Theme setup and now you want to duplicate it to other HeatMap Theme Pro v4 blogs then you are now in luck. The HMT Import / Export plugin is here (beta version!) In the near future I see lots of potential for this plugin. In the near future when the plugin becomes an official stable release I will be creating some ‘Quick Setup’ files [...]
Ad Placement Strategies pt 2: Treat Adsense like additional content
When considering ad placement its tempting to immediately think in terms of making our ads very highly visible to the visitor and putting them in ‘hottest’ of spots, so they are hard to miss. But, lets turn that on its head… How about if instead you think in terms of adsense ads providing ‘additional useful content’ to your visitors. To demonstrate this I’ve put together a a demo site called my-web-hosting-review.com. It’s an affiliate site for a boutique web host [...]
Ad Placement Strategies of Top Adsense Publishers: The Blended Numbered List
Does Google play fair with small volume website publishers? Is there one rule for the Big Guys, and another set of rules for the little guys? How The Biggest Adsense Publishers do it Just check out this page at eHow.com. Notice how the ad beneath the recipe appears to be a custom width and a custom font. hmmm. Maybe not quite Adsense TOS compliant as far as I can see – if you are just a regular Joe Webmaster that [...]
