Joe Hayes {dot} Org

On the homepage, one of the more effective places to implement Google Adsense is after the first post (same for any other archive type page, like the categories). While the CTR (click through rate) won’t be as high as placing the code above the first post, or after the first post title, it’s much cleaner and will provide a ‘less spammy’ place to put the code. Remember, folks are here for your content - not your ads.

As a webmaster serving Google Adsense advertising, one of the most important things is taking care not to click your own ads. Doing so is not only unethical (cheating advertisors), it will also get you banned. So how can an honest webmaster prevent accidentally clicking their own ads? It’s happened to the best of us, no matter how hard we try. Short of disabling all javascript (not a good idea, many sites today rely on Java for various functions), there are a few easy ways to selectivly block adsense ads from being served to your browse.