Connections Reloaded with SEO Optimization and Targeted AdSense Ready Coding WordPress theme has been tested on WordPress 2.* including 2.0 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.6.5, 2.7, 2.7.1 and WordPress 2.8 with no bugs found. When WordPress updates, Connections Reloaded will be tested and any issues will be fixed and customers who bought Connections Reloaded will receive a free update (this is the case for all WordPress themes sold on this website). June 2009

If you should experience a problem with Connections Reloaded drop a comment below and I’ll look into it.

Connections Reloaded is based on the original Connections and Connections Reloaded themes (Connections Reloaded was based on Connections) with AdSense/SEO coding. Like all AdSense/SEO WordPress themes sold on this site Connections Reloaded has had it’s coding updated to work in the very latest version of WordPress whilst not forgetting backwards compatibility (will work on WordPress 2.0 for example).

Connections is quite old so took a LOT of code changes to get it up to standard.

Connections Reloaded WordPress theme with Google AdSense and Search Engine Optimisation

See the Game Cheats site for an example of what Connections Reloaded with AdSense + SEO WordPress theme looks like.

The screenshot below shows a single post page of the Connections Reloaded theme, this is where individual posts are shown (like the page you are reading now: this site uses WordPress and one of the themes sold on the site).

You can see two of the three Google AdSense ad units in the screenshot. On the right menu you see the top of a 160×600 skyscraper ad unit and almost in the middle of the page a 336×280 ad unit that floats to the right of the main content. Not in the screenshot is a third ad unit 336×280 just above the footer.

This location is one of the most clicked areas (AdSense CTR hot zone) and so by using this area for an ad unit almost always performs well.

You will find the same ad units and placement for all pages of the blog, which will maximise AdSense revenue.

In my experience it’s these pages that will create most AdSense revenue, especially the large square/rectangle ad unit within the main blog post content (it’s a real hot AdSense area).

There’s an easy to use options page (adsense.php file) where ad unit sizes and colours can be changed, so changing the size doesn’t need a a HTML expert or anything :-)

Connections Reloaded with AdSense + SEO Installation Instructions

Make a PayPal payment for £9.99 for Connections Reloaded using the PayPal button below-


When payment is received you’ll receive a copy of the zipped Connections Reloaded AdSense theme by email (within 24hrs** assuming no payment problems).

Please be patient, although I’m online around 14 hours a day I do have to sleep and eat and the zips are sent out manually. 90% of orders are emailed within a few hours, all depends on the time of day you ordered.

1. Unzip the zip file.

2. Edit the file adsense.php within the /connections-reloaded-adsense-seo-03/ folder to include your Google AdSense code (read the readme.txt file for more details, very easy to do).

Note: Adding your unique Google AdSense publisher code (your pub-##### number) is the ONLY required change needed to the entire theme to make the theme ready to turn your WordPress blog into an AdSense residual income stream.

3. Upload the entire folder to your WordPress themes directory (via FTP, just like any other theme you’ve tried out).

4. Log into your blogs dashboard and under Presentation select the new Connections Reloaded theme and you are done.

WARNING: Do not click your own ads, Google AdSense is very good at determining click fraud, (for example clicking an ad while logged into the same IP address you use to log into your AdSense account is retarded since they track your login IP!) the odd click they’ll ignore, (mistakes happen) but regular clicks WILL get your AdSense account banned!!

The Connections Reloaded AdSense + SEO theme out the box uses blended ad unit colours and large ad units for maximum CTR/AdSense revenue. If you wish to change unit colours and/or ad unit dimensions this can be achieved by editing just one file. If you don’t like the 336×280 sized ad unit for example, no problem a few minor changes and you could have a smaller 180×150 ad unit. Don’t like image ads, again no problem specify text only ads.

Search Engine Optimization and WordPress Themes

Most WordPress themes aren’t too bad SEO wise when downloaded directly from their original creators, but there are always SEO improvements that can be made for maximum SEO impact and the Blix theme was no different.

Connections Reloaded AdSense + SEO theme includes-

Optimized title elements (and meta tags, though they aren’t very important these days). Take a look at the title of this page, note it’s keyword rich and lacks the name of the site (for SEO reasons). This SEO coding is used on all version 03 WordPress themes from this site.

Optimised headers, for example on blog post pages like this one the name of the blog is NOT within a H1 header, (every theme I’ve used has a H1 header that holds a link to home page, this is not good SEO wise). Instead the title of the post is within the H1 header and the link to home is ONLY a H1 header on pages that lack a true keyword focus like the monthly archive pages. On category pages the category name is used for the H1 header.

Optimised anchor text of links and rel=nofollow links to unimportant pages (from an SEO perspective) like the trackback and RSS feed pages (those links waste a LOT of PR/link benefit).

All in all a well optimised AdSense theme.

Make a PayPal payment for £9.99 for Connections Reloaded using the PayPal button below-


When payment is received you’ll receive a copy of the zipped Connections Reloaded AdSense theme by email (within 24hrs assuming no payment problems).

Compatible with WordPress 2.0, WordPress 2.1, WordPress 2.2, WordPress 2.3, WordPress 2.5, WordPress 2.6, WordPress 2.7, WordPress 2.7.1 and WordPress 2.8. Will be updated for WordPress 2.9 WordPress 3.0 etc… and sent out for free to all Connections Reloaded SEO/AdSense Ready WP Theme customers.