As promised, here are the three free scripts for today:

Web FTP - This tool can be used to access FTP sites from behind any firewall or proxy. Simply enter the server name (e.g. ftp.ebay.com), username and password or click the anonymous button and enter your e-mail address. The script will make a FTP connection from the server it is running from. When the file is fetched from the FTP server, it will send it to the browser via the HTTP protocol.

Watermark - This script aims to provide a simple way of marking an image with a digital “watermark” to prevent unauthorized use. It is implemented as a PHP class and should be usable inside most PHP scripts. Images are accepted either as a filename or as a reference to a PHP resource.

eCards - This script is a PHP-based eCard system that is easy to setup and use. The simple Administration Console allows the administrator to upload images (JPEG’s or GIF’s), add eCard categories, and modify existing settings - no more messing with HTML or PHP to get your eCard site up and running and comes with a nice looking template design to close the deal.

We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow for the next 3 scripts.

This is basically just a contents page of all the Adsense Course Parts, because some of them weren’t published in the right orders because of some Wordpress problems.

Part 1 - What is Google Adsense?
Part 2 - What NOT to do
Part 3 - Channels
Part 4 - Payment Options
Part 5 - Account Activation
Part 6 - Colour Palettes
Part 7 - Competitive Ad Filter
Part 8 - Site Authentication
Part 9 - Allowed Sites
Part 10 - Advanced Reports
Part 11 - Smart Pricing
Part 12 - Adsense Preview Tool
Part 13 - Image Ads
Part 14 - Link Units
Part 15 - Search Boxes
Part 16 - Referral Ads
Part 17 - Section Targetting
Part 18 - Blending
Part 19 - Standing Out
Part 20 - Placement

Enjoy the course!

Welcome to Part 20 of the Learn Adsense Course. In this part, you’ll learn all about different placements for your ads, and how they can affect your amount of clicks and earnings.

Ad placement is definately one of the key factors of your Adsense earnings. If you place ads in places that nobody will see, you’ll earn nothing. If you place ads in good positions that people are interested in, you may get clicks. That is why its important that you spend a bit of time working and improving your ad placement.

Ad placements vary on the type of website. Proxies are generally filled with ads everywhere and are put in places where accidental clicks could be made, whereas if you look at a blog, you’ll normally find them within the top part of the blog, or even in-between blog posts.

Google created a heatmap which shows, in their opinion, the best places to place your ads. You will see it below.

As you can see, it shows that the best places to put your ads for a general website are near the top or in the sidebar. This is pretty obvious because if you put ads at the very bottom of the page, nobody will actually notice your ads, never mind click on them. If you place them near your content, then you’ll definately get a better response.

It will be different for forum owners however. Placing ads near the top of the page just won’t do very well on forums because a lot of the visits will be from the same visitors, and they will see the ads over and over again, so you will need to experiment around a lot with them. The best places generally though are in the sidebar or maybe actually in the middle of the posts.

Make sure you test out your ad placement as much as you can, to try and work out what placement is best for you.

This is the end of the Google Adsense Course. I hope you’ve learnt a lot about Google Adsense and its features.