It took longer than I expected to upgrade my AdBlock Plugin, but it’s up to version 3.0 – and ActiveBlogging Platinum Members are already downloading it free.

Aside from updating the code, and making sure it works on WordPress 2.8.4 (yes, it WAS tested on the latest!), most of the changes involve small upgrades to the features – the ability to add nofollow tags to the Javascript code (just in case Google indexes them, a seeming possibility now), easy CSS coding (so you can position the ad precisely, or put a border around it) displaying ads whether Javascript is on or not, and a new ’switch’ mode so ads can switch from time to time on the user’s browser while he/she reads – handy for getting more ‘impressions’ out to those eyeballs reading your blog.

For those wondering, the AdBlock is a way to display a group of ad images randomly, and includes links to click on. Do the traditional 125×125 ads in a column (similar to ActiveBlogging’s ads on the right side here), or go for a single rotating 468×60 banner (or anything else for that matter), and have it display randomly with each page visit. Coded in PHP, the ads are actually embedded in the page’s HTML, and includes search engine friendly links.

Or, go the Javascript route – the ads are sent to the viewer’s browser and shown randomly from there – ideal if your site is caching pages. Otherwise, without Javascript, the ads displayed with the cached page would be shown to everyone exactly the same.

Plus, it’s widgetized; use it for up to ten spots on your blog. You can use code to place ads anywhere on your theme, or use the widget to drag and drop onto your sidebar.

A perfect way to easily place advertising on your blog with no fuss or muss, feel free to check out Dave’s Easy AdBlock Widget.