Talian with Targeted AdSense and SEO 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, 2.8. 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 2.8.6 and WordPress 2.9 and no issues found. When WordPress updates again (WordPress 2.9.1, 3.0 etc…) it will be tested and any problems will be fixed and all customers who have bought Talian SEO/AdSense theme will receive a free update (this is also the case for all WordPress themes sold on this site). Currently updating Talian to version 4.0, see comments below for details of new features: December 2009.

Talian with AdSense/SEO is widget compatible and uses tags (new feature added to WordPress 2.3).

Targeted AdSense Coding: we’ve Incorporated this feature into all of our WP themes including Talian as of January 2008. The targeted AdSense coding can not be used with popular WordPress AdSense plugins, unless you edit your WP theme manually, so our premium themes are better than using an WP AdSense plugin.

Google AdSense very and slightly rounded corners ad border code to Talian with easy options to switch between 3 border versions (very rounded, slightly rounded and square corners on AdSense units).

Talian was the first SEO/AdSense Ready WordPress theme for this site, but not my first AdSense ready WordPress theme (made roughly half a dozen SEO/AdSense themes previously).

According to WordPress theme viewer Talian is the most popular theme downloaded from wordpress.net with almost 12,000 downloads (as of mid September 2007). Which is why I converted it to AdSense + SEO.

Unlike my earlier WordPress theme creations there will be only one version, AdSense + SEO, though there’s a very easy way to turn the AdSense ads off, turning the theme into SEO only.

At first I didn’t like Talian, but during the LONG process of adding search engine optimization HTML code and Google AdSense code it really grew on me! I’m not one for 3 column WP themes, tend to look cluttered, but this one works which is why I’m trying it on this WordPress blog and a few others.

Through rigorous testing I’ve found this to be the best AdSense theme (from a CTR perspective), with a CTR on some sites above 6%. SEO wise there’s little difference between Talian and any other WP theme sold on this site: they are all fully SEO’d.

WordPress Talian theme with Google AdSense and SEO Optimisation

Take a look at Adventure Travel Vacations for a website currently using the Talian theme and a high AdSense CTR.

The first screenshot shows a home page of a Talian Theme test site which was used to edit the templates. You can see one of the three Google AdSense ad units in the screenshot, this is a 250×250 ad unit that floats to the right at the top of the content of the first post only.

I’ve looked at other WordPress themes that include AdSense and other than a copy cat (someone copied the code of an earlier theme of mine) no one uses this technique of floating an Ad unit within the content of the first post of archive pages. This location is one of the most clicked areas (AdSense hot zone) and so by utilising this location this 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.

The second screenshot shows a single post page, this is where individual posts are shown (like the page you are reading now). You can see the floating ad unit again and the top of the vertical 160×600 ad unit on the right menu.

In my experience it’s these pages that will create most AdSense revenue, especially the 250×250 square unit within the main blog post content (it’s a real hot area).

Further down the page is the third and final ad unit, out the box it’s set at 336×280 (large rectangle to catch leaving visitors), but there’s an easy to use options page where ad unit sizes and colours can be changed, so changing the size doesn’t need a PHP programmer or anything :-) .

Talian with AdSense + SEO Installation Instructions

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


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

1. Unzip the Talian WP Theme zip file.

2. Edit the file adsense.php within the /talian-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 Talian template to make the theme ready to turn your WordPress blog into an AdSense residual income stream.

3. Upload the entire /talian-adsense-seo-03/ folder to your WordPress themes directory (via FTP, just like any other WP theme you’ve tried out).

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

The Talian 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 250×250 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

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

The Talian 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).

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). 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. This is the first WordPress theme I’ve edited that I thought to do this and it should result in significant SEO improvements. will be converting all my WordPress themes to use this feature.

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).

Basically optimised everything I could which makes this the most optimised theme I’ve made so far.

BTW if your using the original Talian theme there’s a small code error near the language translations (left menu) that means the language image links aren’t within the box. Pretty easy to fix.

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


When payment is received you’ll receive a copy of the zipped Talian SEO/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 2.8 and WordPress 2.9. Will be updated for WordPress 3.0 etc… and sent out for free to all Talian SEO/AdSense Ready WP Theme customers.

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