HWFC Enhancements
So after launching
Haddon West FC’s web site I could not keep myself away from it. All I felt like doing was enhancing. It became a mini-obsession.
I started by going to
Google and finding out how their
AdSense worked. I have very little content for the site at the moment, and this seemed like a good way to add some without having to generate it myself. So I signed up and was on my way!
After a very short approval period that
Google has; I received an email allowing me access to
Google AdSense. Once there, I chose the type of graphical styling for my content savvy ads, and Google generated the code. I wanted something non-obtrusive but prominent.
Google AdSense gives you choices out of a fixed set of formats for your ads. Most of these are pretty basic; consisting of a vertical or horizontal scheme, dissected into real estate friendly boxes of various widths and heights. Once I found a size I liked I was able to style the colors; creating a pallet which I could save for later use directly through my
AdSense account. Next step was to click “Go” and that was it.
All I had to do now was copy and paste the
Google generated code into the source code of my site. Although you are not required to; I wrapped the ad code in a ‘
’ so that I could better control its placement. Voila! Instant, non-obtrusive, ads; catered to my content.
One thing that is of note is the delay on actual ads that you receive. During the configuration process you are asked that if Google ad content is not available, would you like a PSA, ads from a third party site (which you can determine), or a solid color, to fill the space left by the ad. I had chosen to have a PSA display, and although
HaddonWestFC.com is soccer oriented; it took a couple of hours for a soccer related ad to replace the PSA that was displayed in its absence.