Step 2: Get Your Google AdSense Ad Code
Once you’ve logged into your Google AdSense account, head over to the ‘My ads’ section on your main menu. Then click on 'New ad unit' to create your AdSense ad.
Here you will name your ad and choose which ad size and ad type you’d like to use for your site. Once you’ve done that, hit ‘Save and get code’.
Tip: Have each ad you use named differently to easily compare performance. This way you’ll know which ad is generating revenue or performing poorly by narrowing down different variables, e.g. ad location, ad size, ad type, etc.
After hitting ‘Save and get code’, a window will pop up on your screen (seen below). Here you’ll choose which code type you’d like to use and then highlight and copy the code (Mac: Command + C ; Windows: Ctrl + C).
I have looked under the Appearance tab on my Wordpress site, but I do not seem to have Widgets there! Please tell me this is not the only way...
Just wondering, do you know if a single ad unit is set to auto-size, can a person simply use that one single ad unit throughout a site (ie in a sidebar widget as well as in main content on various pages) and have the whole thing work out OK?
The reason I ask this is because in the interest of keeping things as simple as possible, I would be happy to run with a single ad unit if it does the trick.
Cheers,
chris