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Getting Started With Kanoodle Bright Ads

Kanoodle offers a good text based advertising program. Unlike Google’s Adsense, the ads are not context sensitive. Rather, the ads are delivered acording to the topic of the site. You get paid each time someone clicks on one of those ads. How much you get per click depends upon the ad.

To get started, you need to go to Kanoodle and apply. Once your application is accepted, you can follow the link back and get started.

Be sure to study the terms of agreement. Like all of the advertising programs, Kanoodle has some restrictions about which they are serious. If you already have Google ads, you can’t use Kanoodle ads on the same pages.

Once inside Kanoodle HQ, select the “Your Ads” tab and pick the ad format called 3 ad tower 120 x 600.

Once you have the HTML, copy and paste it into a page on your basic text editor. Store it here while you get everything else ready. Now, all you have to do is insert the code into your web pages’ HTML. In difficulty, this is about a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10.

I am once again going to assume that you have taken my advice, and are using WordPress. I also assume that you are using a template with a “sidebar.” That’s the more narrow of the two columns on your site. Stuff like a calendar, links and so on will be in the “sidebar.” If not, you will have to adapt these instructions to your own situation.

Go to your site and enter WordPress. Select the Templates tab. The first thing you likely will see is an box on the page labeled: Editing index.php.

This is the base code for your website.

Now, there is the possibility that you will see a message at the bottom of the box telling you that you can’t edit the file becuase the permissions are not set correctly. If you see that, go to your FTP program and use it to access the files on your website. Select the file called index.php and right click. Select Properties / CHMOD. You will be given another window. Set the permissions to “666”. This will give WordPress permission to alter the file. Exit the FTP Program.

Go back to the Templates tab.

Scroll down into the template file until you find the following code:

Everything that comes after this is stuff that appears in your sidebar.

Now, you need to find a place to insert your ad code. If you put it right under the menu code, it will appear at the top of the sidebar. That’s a good spot for it. No matter what page on your WordPress site someone visits, they will see the ads.

Copy the ad code from your text processor and paste it into the WordPress template. Then, click update file.

Go to your site and make sure it looks ok. DO NOT CLICK ON THE ADS.

Kanoodle’s ads should start serving immediately.

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Posted by on 02/12 at 06:02 PM