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Adding and changing Google AdSense ads

Google provides a service called AdSense, which places advertisements on your website—in spaces you determine—that are relevant to the surrounding page content. You earn revenue from Google whenever your website visitors click these ads. (To learn more about the AdSense, go to the Advertising Programs page of the Google website.)

Using the Google AdSense widget in iWeb, you decide where the ads appear on your webpages, and what size and color they are, and Google places the actual ad content in these spaces on your live website after you publish.

To add Google AdSense ads to a webpage:

  1. Select the page to which you want to add Google AdSense ads by clicking it in the sidebar on the left of the iWeb window.

  2. If the Media Browser isn’t open, click the Show Media button in the toolbar at the bottom of the iWeb window, and then click the Widgets button.

  3. Image of Show Media button.
  4. Drag the Google AdSense widget to the page.

    You can put up to three ads on a webpage.

  5. Image of Google AdSense widget.
  6. In the dialog that appears, do one of the following:

    • If you already have an AdSense account, click “I Already Have an Account.” Then sign in to your Google AdSense account and click Submit.

    • If you don’t have an AdSense account, type the email address you want to use and click Submit.

      Your account is created immediately. When you receive confirmation from Google, complete the registration process for your new account.

  7. Choose an ad format from the “Select ad format” pop-up menu.

  8. Choose an ad color from the “Select ad color” pop-up menu.

  9. Move the ad where you want it to appear on the page.

  10. Publish your website.

    Targeted ads can take up to 48 hours to appear on your website. In the meantime, placeholder ads are used.

Changing Google AdSense ads:

You can change the format and color of ads that are already published on your website.

  1. In iWeb, select the ad you want to change by clicking it.

  2. Make new size and color selections from the Google AdSense Ad dialog.

  3. Publish your site.

To delete an ad, select it in iWeb and press the Delete key. The ad is removed from your site when you republish.

You can place up to three ads on a webpage, and you can place ads on any webpage in your site.


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