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PWA Progressive Web App And Google Adsense

PWA Progressive Web App And Google Adsense – I wrote the following article after my initial experiences with PWA in WordPress using the AMP version on a mobile phone.

When it comes to using AMP in WordPress, there are two main plugins that are used; the original AMP version by WordPress.com or AMP for WP by Ahmed and Mohammed Kaludi.

I use the AMP for WP plugin on all of my websites, as it is much more versatile and allows you to do things like converting Pages to AMP not just Posts, personalise the look of Posts and Pages and allowing easy insertion of the two codes for Google Adsense Auto AMP ads in the head and content sections of just the AMP pages.

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PWA Progressive Web App Features

For those who have not had an app constructed for their website, then this is the next best thing in my opinion.

You can activate the PWA module within the AMP for WP plugin, which is currently free of charge.

Once the PWA is activated, it launches a new separate WordPress plugin, in which you can change the styling options, etc.

If you style in the same colours as your original website, it really does work well and looks much better.

PWA Progressive Web App And Google Adsense Problems!

After getting all the settings and visuals I wanted to make, I was kinda pleased with the final look of the websites on AMP using PWA.

However, (why is there always a “however” when I try things out for the first time?) my Google Adsense earnings for the next couple of days were only a fraction of what they normally were! They had tanked.

I kept checking the websites and eventually I noticed the Adsense Auto Ads for AMP stopped showing completely on the mobile versions.

Panic stations!

I quickly removed the PWA plugin and cleared the cache, but it took a couple of days for my normal traffic and Adsense earnings to return.

PWA and Adsense Don’t Play Well Together!

So my conclusion is that if you do not use Adsense ads, by all means use the Progressive Web App from the free AMP for WP plugin.

BUT if you use Google Adsense ads in any of your websites, then according to my own experience, your ads will not show up properly and your earnings will drop significantly.

You have been warned!

Enable Adsense AMP Auto Ads WordPress

How To Enable Adsense AMP Auto Ads WordPress Easily – Google Adsense have a great new feature of AMP Auto Ads and it is very easy to install on your WordPress website to get the maximum benefit.

Want To Install and Enable Adsense AMP Auto Ads WordPress Easily?

Before writing this I did a search on Google, but I found that most articles were giving very complicated advice on how they would do it, which included editing your WordPress Theme’s header.php file and amending the code, but the is a much simpler way of doing this and it is not a stand alone plugin either.

Which AMP Plugin?

Which WordPress AMP plugin are you using?

There is the standard AMP for WordPress plugin by Automattic which most people seem to be using, but it is really very basic and can cause some errors in the Google Search Console.

There is another alternative AMP plugin that is much more versatile and can be used instead and it is the AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages for WordPress by Ahmed Kaludi and Mohammed Kaludi.

You really should be using this plugin instead as you can do so much more with your AMP pages and I intend to do a full article on it shortly too.

Easy Implimentation

So, to get your AMP Auto Ads working exactly as they should, you need to insert 2 pieces of Google Adsense code on every AMP page only – not on non-AMP pages.

Go to your AMP for WP, then Settings and then the Advanced Settings tab and you should see the 2 places to enter the codes, as per below:

Go to your Adsense account and click on Optimisation and then Labs.

In here you can enable AMP Auto ads – Text & display and then click on Get Code.

A popup will give you the 2 separate codes you need; one for the Head and one for the Body. Save Changes and you are done.

The code will only be on the AMP pages of your website and Google Adsense will deliver the best adverts and positioning possible to give you maximum return.

Why Are My Adsense Ads Not Showing On Mythemeshop Website?

I recently had this problem with my Adsense ads not showing on Mythemeshop website and it took me a while to figure out what the problem was.

I do not totally trust technology I must admit and occasionally check and double check that all my plugins and settings are working correctly and displaying things as they should be.

My Google Adsense Adverts Were Not Displaying

When I went to each page of each website to check my Adsense adverts were displaying, I found that they were not displaying on most of the posts and pages, but not on all.

This was very concerning, as this would obviously affect income.

The first place I checked was the Advanced Ads plugin settings that I use to inject and display my adverts.

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I made some changes to the settings and checked again, but the same problem existed.

I then thought it might have something to do with my cache settings with the Siteground hosting I use.

They have 3 levels of caching and I turned each off in turn to see if it would make any difference, but no solution found.

This mean’t the Advanced Ads plugin and Siteground’s caching were all working as they should be.

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Mythemeshop Schema Theme Problem

To cut a long investigation and search short, I discovered it was actually some of the settings in the Theme Options section, as I use the Schema Theme from Mythemeshop on most of my websites.

When you go into Theme Options, then click on Performance.

The setting that caused the problems were the Async JavaScript and Remove ver parameters and once I turned these both to Off, the problem disappeared!

Google Adsense Ads and Mythemeshop Settings

You therefore need to be very careful of these settings if you have a Mythemeshop theme and also use Google Adsense adverts, as you could be losing money every day!

Thank you for reading about Adsense Ads Not Showing On Mythemeshop Website, which I hope will be of some assistance.

Should You Use Google Analytics Code On Your Website?

Should You Use Google Analytics Code On Your Website?

Yes or No? Could be, maybe?

I must confess that I have always used the Google analytics code on all of my websites as it provides very interesting and helpful data.

You can use this data to help increase the traffic to your website and find out so much more about your visitors.

So, is Yes the answer?

Well I was doing some reading of articles and some suggested that the analytics code slows down the loading of your site pages, so I thought I would investigate it.

So it might be Maybe then?

I use Pingdom for testing and right enough, there was a slight decrease in loading speed with the analytics code removed when I tested.

There was also an increase in the Performance Grade too, as the code didn’t have to be loaded each time.

Interesting, so I kept the code off, as I’m sure you know that website loading speed is a ranking factor in Google.

The difference was very small, but I thought every second or parts of seconds must all help.

Should You Use Google Analytics Code On Your Website?

So the answer is No?

This all seemed like a very good idea and I gave myself a pat on the back that night.

Actually, the answer is Yes!

I use Google Adsense adverts on my websites and next morning I checked my stats as usual.

Disaster!

Earnings were way down on normal, but I decided to stick with the test to see what might happen.

The Adsense stats never improved until I put back the analytics code.

Google say it should not affect Adsense earnings in any way, but in practice it does seem to be a problem.

So, Should You Use Google Analytics Code On Your Website?

If you are tempted to try removing the Google analytics code from your website to try to speed it up, I would say don’t bother!

Have a look at Find The Stats For Google Adsense Mobile Anchor Overlay.

Propeller Ads Good Alternative to Adsense or Better?

Propeller Ads Good Alternative to Adsense or Better? – I must confess that I only tried Propeller Ads for a short period of time and only on one of my websites.

During the time the Propellerads adverts were active, I also had Google Adsense adverts showing as well, as Google will allow you to do this.

So, the original question…

Are Propeller Ads Good Alternative to Adsense or Better?

To be honest, in the initial short trial, I made the big commission of: zero!

I hasten to add that others have found their revenue to be good and I suppose it depends on the type of website you have and the traffic coming in.

Google Adsense Adverts Backup?

One of the ways I am considering testing them out again is by a “backup” for Adsense adverts.

Google state that you can use a backup adverts that will display when they do not have an advert to serve:

You can choose what happens to your ad unit if Google has no targeted ads are available.
By default, Google will try to collapse the ad space on your page or if that’s not possible show a blank space.
Alternatively, you can choose to display a solid colour or another HTML page.
This way, you can make sure that your advertising space is always being used effectively.

Propeller Ads Good Alternative to Adsense or Better?

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Outcome?

It would definitely be worth your while giving PropellerAds a trial and this link will take you directly to their website where you can sign up for free.

I will be doing another trial with them in the near future and will update this page when I get some firm results this time.

Thanks for reading this article on Propeller Ads Good Alternative to Adsense or Better.

Google Adsense Revenue Drop After New UI

Have you noticed a Google Adsense Revenue Drop After New UI was introduced?

Well, you are not the only one!

I noticed a big downturn in Adsense revenue since they introduced their new user interface and you need to know how to fix this problem right away.

When Adsense first introduced their new UI into each account, there was an option to either continue using the old version or switch to the new version of the console.

However, Google Adsense have now rolled out the new version totally and you must now use this version from now on.

Google Adsense Revenue Drop After New UI but what happened?

Apparently Adsense updated all the adverts as well, when they updated the new UI, especially the link ads which are now in a different colour scheme.

If you do a comparison of the traffic shown in Google Analytics with the traffic in Adsense, you might find a big difference, especially with the text adverts.

It would appear that the old adverts are not serving as well as they used to.

Google Adsense Revenue Drop After New UI

The solution?

Replace all of your Google Adsense advert coding!

Yes, I’m afraid it can be a big job if you have a number of websites, but this is the only way to be sure your adverts have the latest code displayed on your websites.

If you are sceptical about what I am saying, then try creating new adverts just for one of your websites and replace the code in your website to see what I mean.

When I replaced the advert code with the new code, there was a significant increase in revenue.

Do Not forget your Caching and CDN

Remember that if you use a caching plugin (WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, etc.) or CDN (e.g. MaxCDN, Cloudflare, etc.), make sure to completely clear your cache after you replace the new Adsense code for your adverts, otherwise you old adverts will keep being served to your customers.

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