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As you probably know, effective ad placement is critical if you plan to make any significant amounts of money through Google Adsense or other contextual ad systems.
Using a blog template with distinct ad blocks and optimized ad placements will very likely help you increase your Click through rates and affiliate conversions. These customized blog designs are also known as Adsense Ready themes.
How are Adsense Ready Themes different from other blog templates?
A key element that is central to all Adsense Ready themes is their focus on integrating contextual ads around content. As you will notice, the ads and link units are carefully placed above, beside and below each individual post to maximize exposure and their click through potential.
Several themes will also allow you to easily place blocks of square ads within each post, which is one of the proven ways to receive the highest amount of ad clicks from the average blog visitor.
Here are some general characteristics of most Adsense Optimized themes:
- Built in Adsense blocks for easy ad insertion.
- Ads are active once the Adsense Publisher ID is inserted or changed
- Optimized Ad placement, colors and types according to Google’s guidelines
- Adsense linkunits and search are already included.
- Search Engine Friendly. Post and category titles are used for page titles etc.
Why should I use Adsense Ready Templates?
The main reason why you should use an Adsense ready theme is convenience. You don’t have to sift through too much code and there’s no need to make major adjustments to the template’s form.
In many instances, all you need is to insert your Adsense publisher ID and you’re done. This will probably only take a few minutes, which can be a huge time and effort saver.
You can probably hack any other Wordpress template to include ads but they can be a hassle if you are unfamiliar with how to optimize your ad placement. Most of these templates are not terribly attractive but I think they are functional and their ad placement is pretty decent.
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International Young Creative Entrepreneur (IYCE) Award 2009
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Over 1,000 creative entrepreneurs from 130 countries have participated in IYCE Awards since 2005.
But only Indonesia has won 4 international awards in just 3 years!
Yoris Sebastian won second prize at the IYCE Music Award 2006 in London. Animator Wahyu Aditya and filmmaker Sakti Parantean followed that success by winning the IYCE Screen Award in 2007 and 2008. Recently, fashion designer Oscar Lawalata snatched the IYCE Fashion Entrepreneur Award 2009.
Now, it’s your turn!
Join the competition. Become Indonesia’s next Creative Champion in London. You can win a 14-day all-expenses paid trip to the UK, promote your work in London, join Master class with top UK designers, and compete for the £5,000 grand prize!
Who can apply?
You must be Indonesian citizen, 25-35 years old by 13 September 2009, and work or run your own business for at least 3 years in any of the following design sector:
- Architecture, interiors and environment
- Product design manufacture: furniture, industrial products and craft
- Design promotion: exhibitions, events, festivals and retail
- Consultants providing specialist services in any of the above areas
- Have English language skills to IELTS 6 (or TOEFL 550).
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How to apply?
visit www.oopshey.comThe critically acclaimed first season’s run of 23 episodes garnered an average of 14.3 million viewers in the United States, receiving the highest rating for any NBC drama premiere in five years. The second season of Heroes attracted an average of 13.1 million viewers in the U.S., and marked NBC’s sole series among the top 20 ranked programs in total viewership for the 2007-2008 season. A total of 24 episodes were ordered for the second season, but only eleven episodes were broadcast, due to the 100-day strike by the Writers Guild of America. The dispute led to the initial postponement and eventual cancellation of a six episode spin-off titled Heroes: Origins. Heroes returned with its third season on September 22, 2008.
A digital-internet extension of the series, Heroes 360 Experience, later rebranded as Heroes Evolutions, was created to explore the Heroes universe and provides insight into the show’s mythology. Other official Heroes media include magazines, action figures, tie-in and interactive websites, a mobile game, a novel, clothing and other merchandise. NBC Universal announced on April 2, 2008, that NBC Digital Entertainment would release a series of online content for the summer and fall of 2008, including more original web content, wireless iTV interactivity, graphic novels available for mobile viewing and webisodes.