It’s time for another edition of Ask David. Don’t forget, you can get a free link back to your blog by asking me a question. It can be any question, personal or business related. This was a slow week. I only had a few questions.

Question #1 was asked by Joel from World of Joel. Hey David do you know a good plugin for putting polls into blogs?

The best Wordpress poll plugin I’ve used is called WP-Polls. You can see this plugin live in the sidebar of my new sports blog, Mugdish. It is super easy to install, and completely configured in the Wordpress Admin panel. Some of the features allow you to run more than one poll at once, as well as, allow users to vote more than once. It’s a really cool plugin, and in my opinion the best Poll plugin out there.

Question #2 was also asked by Joel. David do you have any recommendations of plugins for putting Yahoo or Google ads into a Wordpress Blog?

I have always used Adsense Deluxe when incorporating ads into my blog. Here are several of the features:

  • Use simple HTML comments for embedding AdSense or Yahoo! Publisher Network ads in a WordPress post
  • Choose from any number of ad styles and format on a post-by-post basis
  • Globally change ad styles
  • Selectively disable display of individual ad styles or all ads

In addition to Adsense Deluxe, there is another contextual ads plugin by Phil Hord. I’ve never used it before, so read up on it first.

Question #3 was asked by Richard from Blogger For Life. Would it be a crime to use your “Ask David” idea in my own blog. I love the Ask David batches, seems like a very smart way to interact with your readers.

I have no problems at all is anyone wants to use “Ask David” on their own blogs. Quite a few bloggers do what I do.

That’s it for this week’s edition of Ask David. If you want free link love, or are just dying to know what my favorite book is, then just ask.