18 Adsense Optimized Wordpress Themes to Maximize your Contextual Ad Earnings
When I first started Dosh Dosh, I decided to use an Adsense Wordpress template that was designed with the primary goal of maximizing ad earnings. I wanted a Wordpress theme with distinct ad blocks so I can easily blend contextual or other types of affiliate ads alongside my main content.
As you probably know, effective ad placement is critical if you plan to make any significant amounts of money through Google Adsense or other contextual ad systems.
Using a blog template with distinct ad blocks and optimized ad placements will very likely help you increase your Click through rates and affiliate conversions. These customized blog designs are also known as Adsense Ready themes.
How are Adsense Ready Themes different from other blog templates?
A key element that is central to all Adsense Ready themes is their focus on integrating contextual ads around content. As you will notice, the ads and link units are carefully placed above, beside and below each individual post to maximize exposure and their click through potential.
Several themes will also allow you to easily place blocks of square ads within each post, which is one of the proven ways to receive the highest amount of ad clicks from the average blog visitor.
Here are some general characteristics of most Adsense Optimized themes:
- Built in Adsense blocks for easy ad insertion.
- Ads are active once the Adsense Publisher ID is inserted or changed
- Optimized Ad placement, colors and types according to Google’s guidelines
- Adsense linkunits and search are already included.
- Search Engine Friendly. Post and category titles are used for page titles etc.
Why should I use Adsense Ready Templates?
The main reason why you should use an Adsense ready theme is convenience. You don’t have to sift through too much code and there’s no need to make major adjustments to the template’s form.
In many instances, all you need is to insert your Adsense publisher ID and you’re done. This will probably only take a few minutes, which can be a huge time and effort saver.
You can probably hack any other Wordpress template to include ads but they can be a hassle if you are unfamiliar with how to optimize your ad placement. Most of these templates are not terribly attractive but I think they are functional and their ad placement is pretty decent.
I think Adsense Ready templates are very useful when you own dozens or hundreds of niche websites which use credited feeds or free content. Niche websites with high paying keywords will be naturally more profitable when you use templates with optimized ad placements.
Dosh Dosh’s List of 18 Adsense Optimized Wordpress Themes
As far as I know, this collection of Adsense Ready themes is the largest online. I’ve included a link to each theme’s home page and as well as a direct download link for your convenience.
Some of the screen shots were taken from the websites referenced and others were screen grabs of blogs running the specific theme. If you know of any other Adsense themes I’ve missed, leave a comment and I’ll add it to the list.
All of the themes should be compatible with Wordpress 2.0+. Feel free to check the theme’s homepage for more information on compatibility and installation.
Recommendations:
All of the themes are pretty similar in function, but I’ve had particularly high click-through rates and ad earnings with several of them and so I’ll like to highly recommend ProSense (#1) and BlueSense (#2).
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1. ProSense | Download Prosense | ProSense Gray | ProSense Blue
3. AdSense Theme | Download
4. SEO Adsense | Download
5. Problogger Clean | Download
6. SEO Blix with AdSense | Download
7. Ads Minded | Download
8. SEO Almost Spring with AdSense | Download
9. Connections with Adsense | Download
11. Adsense Ready | Download
13. Boqpod Adsense | Download
14. Tigopedia 1.0 | Download
15. Typo XP Reloaded | Download
17. Simple Corners | Download
18.Merah Putih | Download
Thank you SO much for this. Finding the right templates has really been a challenge for me, and these are exactly what I am needing.
I have added the link to the article to Web Reporter.
Great collection of Adsense-ready themes, I am bookmarking it.
how about adsense plugins?
Matthew,
Perhaps I’ll do another post on Adsense plugins.. but there really seems to be so few good ones around..
Thank you so much for this. Finding the right templates has really been a challenge for me, and these are exactly what I am needing.
Great post as usual. Now I know why I’ve been seeing so my sites using those templates! #8 seems to be quite popular on Indian sites for some reason.
One thing caught my eye though – the Google heatmap for Adsense says that the best place for ads is in the top left corner as our eyes generally move left first. Yet only #16 and #10 had top left ads (excluding those using a top header). It’s also interesting that a lot of themes place the ads on the right when the heatmap says that the left is the best.
On the other hand, placing your content in the prime position has it’s advantages too! It’s a fine balance.
I definitely agree with your #1 choice. That linkbar at the top would make a fortune!
Kumiko
xo
Am always searching for shit like this. Good to know about that someone collected with very good way.
Great work to putting a all adsense wordpress theme on one place.
This is quite a list you made, although some themes suffer from too much adsense.
Amazing Blog! Keep up the awesome work.
Joe
Hi dosh, great post you got here. Maybe I want to switch to other theme adsense.
This is good info. For me, I don’t put up adsense so this doesn’t bother me much. And one thing I notice is that many bloggers, especially those who are not adept with designs or tweaking their templates end up choosing the same theme. As a result, there is no differentiation. Worst are those who are in the same circle blogging for money and they look almost identical.
Best AdSense plugin I have found is Adsense-Deluxe.
Place Google AdSense ads in your WordPress Posts. Requires WordPress 1.5 or higer.
Can i get the template that labnol.blogspot.com is using ??? I m very much attracted to his template. Help me guys.
Best Regards,
Eliena Andrews
Eliena,
Digital Inspiration isn’t using a Wordpress template. He’s on blogspot so I would suggest that you email him to enquire about his specific site design.
Great place..more easier to find a great theme. although i haven’t download one of them, but it gives me new vision. Perhaps i’ll post my theme in here oneday.
Great post and some good templates there.
nice collection, it make our work more easier
Thanks for the great list of adsense themes! Best adsense themes that I have found thus far! GOOD JOB!
Hey cool article , I like the themes , thanks
This is just amazing post. Thanks for sharing this..I was looking for WP themes.
How do you add these templates to your wordpress account to add adsense? is it legal to do this? I just read the following in the FAQ section in wordpress:
http://faq.wordpress.com/2005/12/08/adsense/
Adsense and other Ads
Adsense, Yahoo, Chitika and other ads are not permitted to be added by users. Adverts that may be inserted when using an external blogging program will be blocked.
Sponsored / paid posts including PayPerPost and ReviewMe are not permitted.
A discrete link to your business or a site you are associated with in the sidebar or an About page is permitted.
A discrete link to Amazon or similar in the context of a post is okay, but if the primary purpose of the blog is to drive traffic to affiliate programs that’s not allowed. If you’re not sure, contact support.
Clicktrackers and any promotion of the “I made a million on the internet and so can you� type of advertising are expressly forbidden.
We have a very low tolerance for blogs created purely for search engine optimization or commercial purposes, machine-generated blogs, and will continue to nuke them, so if that’s what you’re interested in WordPress.com is not for you.
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You may see some advertising on the domain.
1. VIP blogs are able to run ads.
2. We also run some ads sometimes and the reasons for that are explained here
Herdian,
These templates are for users who have their own domain and host Wordpress on it. This is not for Wordpress.com users.
TQ for the info
Great post. I spent many long hours to try and find a good SEO friendly template for a new blog I am starting. Maybe I’ll switch to one of the others you have listed instead.
Nice adsense wordpress themes. Keep the good job
Nice work, but I think it is better for the ads to have the same border color as the ad background so that it dissolves into the content.
I am in the process of discovering the still hot AdSense topic, and today I stumbled upon the necessity to find some fresh WP themes suitable for adsense bloggers; strangely there are literally thousands of themes available worldnet, but many of them are even with broken css code! And many simply do not stimulate visitors to clicks, lowering CTR to zero. Frankfully, this blog is the first I feel suits my needs best. I especially like themes which allow tight integration of 336×280 ad units into posts.
hmmm designs are good but i am not 100% satisfied through adsense ads.
I’m currently testing a Jason Golod blog theme on one of my blogs to see the CTR (since theme doesn’t influence the earnings). It took some time to put all code together, though. For a newbie it’s quite tiresome but I managed to
Very nice theme. Thank you. I am in the process of adapting this to my blog and I have a couple of questions if you dont mind answering.. Your responses will be greatly appreciated. First of all, how can I make changes to the 160*600 ad on the left column? I tried replacing the script at sidebar.php but it keeps on showing the default ad (I refreshed many times and that is not the issue). Is there something else I need to do?
Also, is it possible to add a header image? If so, do you have a code for this? Many many thanks.
Hi again… I fixed the left sidebar adsense! It would be great if you can let me know how to add a header image on top. Best, Hunter
Hunter,
I’ve included instructions on how you can add your own header image. Please check out the BlueSense theme page for more instructions.
Hope this helps!
Thank you so much!
TQ for this …all nice theme here..i dont have to go other place for wp theme
Wow…great collection. Just what i needed. Looking for a soccer theme though….
Are these themes still complaint with Adsense’s issues with images next to ads?
Thanks Maki,
Great themes to add to my blog empire
great collection…
thank
I am truly amazed at how your bluesense template was able to improve my CTR by almost 200%. Thanks for this very useful list of optimized themes and keep up the good work.
very cool list for wordpress lovers
thanks doshdosh…
Very informative article. Dosh Dosh makes it simpler for newbies to the world of blogging by providing the adsense optimized themes.
Problogger.net’s theme with the highlighted posts at the top is great. Would you happen to know some good seo-optimized themes that are similar or could be easily adapted to that. I tried to modify a theme in that way and while it did increase my page views, I ended up with the same decription for all my pages in the SERPS and my traffick which had picked up slumped!!! Is there a way around that? Hope to hear from you and thanks in advance.
Ada,
As far as I am aware of, I don’t know any theme that uses that format. I’m sure it exists but I can’t recall having come across it.
I’m actually planning to come up with a theme like that in the near future, so hopefully that helps.
Thanks for the reply especially after so many other comments. Will stay tuned. Thanks for all the great information on this site by the way. Very useful especially for people who haven’t the faintest idea where to get started. All the information out there can be intimidating. Have a blessed day.
thanks for this list of adsense themes. there are so many resources that it makes it hard to find quality stuff. but some these templates are really good
great stuff, just what i was looking for, am gonna use one of them on my site
(((65# Maki – April 5th, 2007 at
Herdian,
These templates are for users who have their own domain and host Wordpress on it. This is not for Wordpress.com users.))))
Hellow Maki,
I am new blogger. I hope oneday, I shall do something like you. I am student and not have so much knowledge on PHP or how to use WP template. I am just studying now codex.wordpress.com.
It is not clear to me where to start from to implement Blusense theme or adsense theme to my site
http://www.earnmoneyonlinetips.com
I have my own Domain name and unix hosting. I will be very much thankful to you if you kindly let me where to start from—A step by step guidelines. If You are busy You may just give me referrence link where I can learn about it.
Thanking You
Joynal
I think I like ProSense the best. Hopefully it works out for me. Thanks for the tips!
Joynal,
You’ll need to set up Wordpress on your server and then simply upload the Wordpress Theme. I would suggest going through the Wordpress Codex for more information as they have some helpful tutorials there.
If anyone needs help installing these themes or Wordpress in general, I can help customize the theme and SEO it. for $50
AIM: iamkensav
tq for your effort in compiling this themes…
I need help with this…when i download the theme and FTP it to my host and i go to my admin website to the themes presentations page…it shows a blank image and not a preview of the theme. A couple of the old ones that I have works but the new ones i’m downloading from here does not work. Whats going on?
Great theme…
I like the prosense blue, simple and professional.
KP
Looks like the Sizlopedia download link changed.
http://www.sizlopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/files/tigopedia.zip
from one month use drupal i like it, word press is more beautyffoul theme
I prefer merah putih theme.
Great collection there. Saved me a lot of time!
Just look stunning! As AdSense gurus tell newbies that white space is crucial to monetization, good half of the themes are really superb.
These are wordpress themes and I like them but how can I upload them to wordpress? I didnt think we could have google ads on wordpress. Sorry if this is dumb question I am just a girl who wants to make a little money on wordpress too. I stopped writing on that blog http://thaidarling.wordpress.com because it doesnt let me make a penny. Can you help me know how to upload this theme to wordpress please Mr Maki?
What an awesome resource. THANK YOU!
Thanks for the collection. Is there anyone to show me an example of having this templete?
how can i upload it to make good money.please dont be selfish and lets help our selves out.please i need step by step tips
thanks for this list of adsense themes. but I wondering if we do in make money topic. will it make money for us.
An excellent list of Adsense optimise themes, and a coule of them are just what i was after!
That’ll save me a few hours coding! Thanks
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