Six Suggestions for Adsense Injection
Posted by Ken Cheung on Monday, May 29, 2006 in Adsense, Reviews, WordPress : : 3 commentsI noticed both Jensense and ProBlogger have a post on the new Adsense Injection plugin today (doesn't anyone respect US holidays anymore?). The plugin, by Dax the big nut, inserts Adsense ads in different spots on your blog. Not only does it insert ads in random spots, the plugin also changes the size of the ads.
I took Adsense Injection for a test drive and only found one significant problem with it. The plugin breaks the design layout for some themes (example: the default WordPress theme). Only than that, the plugin works well and should help with ad blindness. However, cool as the plugin is, here are my suggestions for the next version:
1. Alternate ad url
Adsense Injection currently displays white space when Google does not have a relevant ad to show. It would nice if we could specify an alternate ad url or specify a background color other white (what if you have a dark background?).
2. Text only ads
The plugin is setup to display both text and image ads. It would be nice if we had the option to display text only ads, especially if we don't want to run video ads.
3. Javascript source files
The plugin would really be flexible if we could specify javascript source files we want to use. Instead of checking off ad sizes in the options menu, we could enter javascript files (ad1.js, ad2.js, etc). Within these javascript files are the code for Adsense, YPN, or any other ads. It would be even better if the plugin could handle include files. Then we could include php files and use phpAdsNew to serve different ads in local mode. My guess is this would be overkill for most bloggers, but great for power users.
4. Multiple channels and color sets
In the options menu, Adsense Injection only allows one channel and one set of colors. Would be cool to have multiple channels and color sets so we can experiment and track the results.
5. Noscript tag
If javascript is disabled, ads will not be shown unless you use the <noscript> tag. It would helpful if publishers could specify an ad to use when javascript is disabled. It shouldn't be hard to append the noscript tag right after the adsense code.
6. Side nav bar
Nice to have: the ability to move ads around the side nav bar. Currently the plugin is limited to just the main body. Believe it or not, there are actually publishers who place ads on the side bar.
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Wow. I had no idea there would be this kind of response to my adsense plugin. 1-5 are on the To Do list. Six hadn't occurred to me, but it makes sense.
>> doesn’t anyone respect US holidays anymore?
Well, since neither Darren (ProBlogger) nor I are American, it is work as usual for both of us ;)
I actually wrote a short php script to rotate ypn and adsense on my side bar and to rotate the side nav bar from rightside to leftside. I guess I could have the ad moved up and down too, but the stars have to be in the right alignment for me to be motivated to write the code for it.