Blogger Ads

Multi-tasking, listening to Le Show and trying to figure out how some people remove the ads from their free Blogger sites. The trick? Put a BODY tag in the comments section of the template. For instance, in here:

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Blogger Template Style (modified)
Name: Minima Blue
Designer: Douglas Bowman
URL: www.stopdesign.com
Date: 28 Feb 2004
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Why does that work? Apparently, Blogger's code for inserting the ad look for the first body tag and inserts the adbox there. The extra BODY tag in the commented out section lures the script for the ad there, where it, too, is commented out.

I haven't applied it here since I think the ad is part of the terms for free service and it doesn't bother me on this site so much.

Source: Blogger Forum