Blogger - How to put Google Adsense after a post

This seems like a fairly simple task for anyone with a slight bit of html knowledge, however when the adsense code is placed after the post tag, it dosent show up. This is due to part of the adsense code. What you need to do is the following:
1 Get your adsense code
2 Now you will need to locate the following code

<div class='post-body'>
<p><data:post.body></data:post.body></p>
</div>

in Template > Edit HTML (remember to click on 'expand widget templates').

3. Now paste your google code after the end
4. You will need to remove the following google code in blue

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
your adsense code
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>

And thats how you do it.

Using referrers as a source of traffic

A simple way to get people to send you hits is to display top or recent referrers. This article expands on the following:
-What are referrers;
-Types of referral scripts.

Simply put, referrers are websites that send you visitors. Be it google, a link trade, or some random website that has linked to you.

Some websites have what is called a toplist. This is a script that keeps track of how many people each website sends them, and lists these sites in order from the one who sends the most traffic to the one who sends the least (or it may only show the top 10). These are a good source of quick traffic, so do a few trades with these type of sites. The only problem is that your link on their site is not a hardlink, so it wont affect your page rank. For Blogger, a good toplist script is Xclicks. It can be tedious to set up, so follow the guide on the site.

A very simple way to show the top x referrers is a script called e-Referrer. Simply sign up, copy and past a piece of code and it will display on your site the last x referrers and how many visitors they sent you. To the left is a screenshot of how it looks and the features are highlighted

Remember, if you find a site that looks like it could be a good source of traffic and it has a script running like e-referrer, send some hits to them to get listed on their referrer list to get some traffic back.

The code for e-Referrer can be easily installed using the following steps:
- Log in to your Blogger account.
- On the first "New Post" click "Layout".
- Click "Add a Page Element".
- Choose the "HTML/JavaScript" then click, "Add To Blog".
- Paste the e-Referrer code into the space provided. (ctrl v)
- Click "Save Changes".

There are other scripts available out there that can be used for blogger. If you come across a site that has a decent looking script, try to find a link for it on the site.

Counting and Analysing traffic using stat counters

In order to find out who is visiting your website you need a stat counter ( also called hit counter ). This article expands on the following concepts:
-What is a stat counter;
-What type of data do they track;
-What are the best stat counter.

Stat counters are programs that record certain activity of visitors to your site. In the simplest form, they tell you how many people visited your site (unique visitors), and how many different pages were loaded (hits). Stat counters can hold data such as:
- entry page (where the person found your site from);
- exit page (what page the exited your site from);
- popular pages (what pages get the most hits);
- keyword activity (what search engine keywords were typed to find your site)
and many more, depending on which stat counter you use.

Since this site is aimed towards blogger users, the number of stat counters available is limited more than if you were hosting a site on your own. However, there are two very good stat counters that are commonly used by blogger bloggers. They are:
StatCounter ;
Site Meter.
I use StatCounter and its more than sufficient, however a lot of people use both. They are very simple to install. Each site will give you a piece of code to install, and with the new Blogger Beta, is a matter of following these steps:

1. Log in to your Blogger account.
2. On the first "New Post" click "Layout".
3. Click "Add a Page Element".
4. Choose the "HTML/JavaScript" then click, "Add To Blog".
5. Paste the StatCounter code into the space provided. (ctrl v)
6. Click "Save Changes".

Done. Now wait for people to come and you can begin to see what they did when they were at your site.