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How to Add AdSense Page-level ads in Blogspot

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Recently, page-level ads were made available for blogspot bloggers and webmasters which means that you can now display AdSense Ads right on your mobile templates. You can now monetize your efforts on the templates as you do with mobile apps thanks to the Google Admob Ads. Why Choose AdSense Page-level ads? There are a number of reasons why you choose page-level ads from AdSense to bolster your revenue stream. Increase Revenues Provide Better User Experience Two New Formats Doesn't Count Against 3 Ad Limit Optimized and Responsive to Mobile Needs Page-level Ad Formats Today, the two types of page-level ads available include Anchors which are ads places at the bottom of the screen and Vignettes which are full screen ads that work similar to Admob's Interstitial adverts. Vignettes tend to be more effective for mobile advertising. How to Setup Page-Level Ads in Blogspot Blogs The good news is that you can install these ads from AdSense fairly quickly and easily thanks to the proc...

How to Fix Mixed Content Errors in Blogspot Blogs

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With HTTPS now automatic in Blogger the benefits have been considerable. However, there are some issues that are now facing bloggers thanks to this change in policy and one of the most common is mixed content errors. What are mixed content errors? This is when a web page becomes secured by SSL, but it contains both secure HTTPS and also the non-secure HTTP which is usually links, scripts, style sheets, video, and images. This results in browser errors that negatively affect the performance of your website and cause security issues. This means that source codes such as template, layout gadget, and post and paste may be causing the issues in the HTML side of the equation. How to identify mixed content errors? This is a fairly straightforward process that you can use through Google Chrome: 1. Visit blog using HTTPS, for example - https://yourblog.blogspot.com 2. Access the Chrome Menu at the top-right of your browser window and go to "More Tools" > "Developer Tools...

Automatic Featured Posts Slider Widget for Blogger

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Anyone with a blog wants readers to stay rather than move on to another. It's not being selfish but after someone has read one post, you'd definitely want them to read another, right? After all, isn't it one of the tenets of SEO to make people stay longer on your blog if it has to have a fighting chance at the rankings game? The question now is: how exactly do you entice them to read a few more of your blog posts? First off, you don't know exactly what brought a reader to your site. Well, you sort of do, if you have Google Analytics and all that. But that's beside the point. It wouldn't be productive for you to stare at GA the entire day hoping that it will tell you that yes, someone has been perusing your blog. The point being driven at here is that you have to offer more on your blog. It's not enough that you get traffic from search engines and other sites; you also have to add some extras that will entice visitors to stay longer. How exactly do you do t...