My attempt at an adsensitized blogger template

Since I had a request I have put up the blogger template I use on my website for download. It's the first one I've really had a go at so I'm sure it's got faults. Please be kind. Anyway, if nothing else, it should give people a basis from which they can build something better.

Here's the link:
http://www.swollenpickles.com/2006/10/23/free-swollen-pickles-adsensitized-blogger-template/

 

you can blend the 336x280 a little bit more - remove the border for example

 

http://one-dollar-challenge.blogspot.com/
I don't see a border? Have I ballsed up?

 

http://www.swollenpickles.com/2006/10/23/free-swollen-pickles-adsensitized-blogger-template/

this is what I was looking at. You have a darked orange border... google_color_border = "ffe928";

can you turn it to be the same as the yellow background or the backgroung of the AS block so I can take a look

 

id like to use the template but blogger beta wont allow

 

very nice template, I might give it a try

 

awesome...looks beautiful...good job..

 

Sorry mate, think we are confusing one another. This site here is the one that is the demo for the template:
http://one-dollar-challenge.blogspot.com/

This link is where you can download the blogger template:
http://www.swollenpickles.com/2006/10/23/free-swollen-pickles-adsensitized-blogger-template/

 

looks nice

 

I agree, remove the dark orange boarder from the AdSense to make it blend into the site better

 

looks nice. keep it up

 

I think if you have ads that are longer than your actual articles content, you're not doing so hot.

 

Yeah I'd say that's a good point.

 

That's my actual site. The template is the one on:
http://one-dollar-challenge.blogspot.com

In terms of the www.swollenpickles.com site, I only changed the main adsense block 48 hours ago so that it had that border etc. as an experiment. I would have thought blending was better too. The strange thing is, since adding the border and altering the colours (previously it was blended), the CTR for that block has gone up 150%.

 

Everyone swears by blending in ads, however, I've had a lot of success by unblending some of my ads and placing them in strategic locations.