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Make More Money with Google Adsense in Forums
Posted by Scott on 6th October, 2007 | 52 commentsAdsense can be a great way to monetize forums, but there are a couple “best practices” that I’ve discovered, and that you should test.
- For all users, display a 728×90 adsense block just below the navbar.
- For all users, try using a borderless 468×60 Adsense block at the bottom of the first post on each page of a thread.
- For guests only, display a large adsense block beneath the first post.
It’s also important to use Google’s section targeting tags around each post to place targeting emphasis on the post content.
I’ve found that this approach maximizes Adsense revenue while minimizing user annoyance.
And one extra tip: even though vBulletin and other forum software provides a page that shows recent posts, it’s best to display a box showing most recent or most active discussions on every page of the forum. This gives the site a much more active feel and ensures that posts in less frequented forums still receive attention.
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Great tips. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
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Love it….I hadn’t even thought of adsense on a forum…..lol….that one went over my head.
You should add a plug in on your blog so that we can email articles to people that will find it useful.
I give a thumbs up to the email feature. Not eveb will it help you reach more readers it would also help sharing nice and usefull content
yeh, forums is fit for adsense
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Thanks for a warm welcome
John
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great comments thanks
Well, it is really very popular buty so many people think that forum is a special place for writing…that why they don’t like write in the place with so much advertising. But I advice to use it anyway.
ya i do use it … thanks for your good posts
Very nice tips.
I heard that adsense is not giving good results on forum due to the ads blind. Forum visitors are returned visitors while adsense usually best to monetize fresh visitors. I might be wrong since I don’t have a forum myself.
its not as easy as you think tho -_- it takes time
this is a great way to monetize forums with adsense… the great thing is that you realize the difference between users and guests.
great tips, thanks for sharing your knowledge ..
Mark
http://www.propertyspotter.com.au
I’ve been testing this approach lately and I must say, it’s one of the best I’ve tried before.
All the positions you recommended are great!
Hi people,
just want to introduce myself on www.wrevenue.com, hope this is the right category for that purpose.
Greez,
Max
Welcome!
I have a flash website
i’m looking for the script who shows google ads with flash.
how can i get it?
Hello. It is test.
Old trick but very popular - I am earning my pocket money like that
Hope to see some more - Good idea about authentic user & guest !
Cheers ! You can try CJ !
Great info, i will try on them
I have tried this before and made little or no money compared to the amount of time spent in setting it up.
But I guess I might work for someone else. Let me know if it goes well for you.
if you dont mind me asking, what typed of revenue are you seeing from adsense? any suggestions on how to start up a forum?
This is a Great article on monetizing a forum! Adsense can be a tough business though.
Tim
http://www.fitness-review-network.com
Thanks for the suggestions. I see that you are very sure about how ads should be displayed. I will try it on my forum.
Any one here a football/soccer fan? I’m eagerly waiting for this year’s FIFA Confederations Cup 2009, I think it’s being held in South Africa this mid June. USA is taking part in the 8 teams tournament, best of all we will also see Brazil, Spain and Italy! I think it’s going to be great!
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Hi Everyone,
I have a carpet cleaning business in Houston,TX that was doing pretty good until the economy went bad, and with it my clientele. I have a website for the business but I dont
know what I have to do the get it to show up in a search. Right now it’s somewhere in the yahoo/google netherworld (LOL).
Is there someone on here that can give me some insight or know of anyone that coud give me insight on how I can get my local website on the front
page of a Yahoo or Google search to increase my business without it costing me 5 or 10k $$$? If so please share with me.
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thanks,
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Sorry, wrong topic. :ups:
Hey I’m new and I guess this is as good a place as any to see if anyone knows of a good loss mitigation training course?
I keep hearing about people making tons of money becoming foreclosure consultants.
So, If you have any info or you have purchased a good course, please share. I’m retired and looking for a home based business that I can earn a decent income with.
Thanks,
The money is not in the list but rather in the forum. I know a lot of webmasters making good money with forums. They are not dead as most thing with web 2.0 and all.
An alternative to adsense is msn. Adsense have been paying crap lately due to smart pricing.
Hi Landon,
I am new to this forum and just want to introduce myself.
Brad
These forums are generating a nice adsense income from what I understand. Many of them have some really great Alexa rankings. I agree, forums are a great way to go.
What are all these Russian comments?
I wonder what’s Russian for Spam
This tips of right placing the ads are awesome. Thanks for sharing this information. I will try it and analyse the “ctr” after a few weeks
I try different methods for using AS on forums but it’s very hard for me to get some good results.
Some great ideas but i would do it little different. I would divide the first user post box and place a 336 x 280 ad with float left and the right part with the user comment.
Are there some forum software tha converts better than others? For example, doe vBulletin convert better than SMF or phpBB for that matter?
How many Twitter followers is needed to get lots of traffic and business to your site?
Your blog has great information!!!!
Thank you for sharing great tips.
You can make good money with Adsense
but it can be really a tough business.
You have to work very hard…It takes time.
Advice: Just don’t give up!
The problem is the CTR is extremely low for forums.
No it isn’t. Stop spamming my blog.
Many people have problems with google adsence. Truthfully, in order to earn any real money, your page views needs to be in the hundreds of thousands every day! If you want to make google adsense money check out
Good straight forward tips. Thanks.
hi friends i have made one website,regarding guidelines to make money online.I have made this site for the purpose to earn money thru google adsense,si i am promoting my site by publishing it on orkut,my face book and other forums.So is this legal or not?Plz answer me
I wonder how much can you make like this.
yeh, forums is fit for adsense
I am new to this forum and will like to introduce my self.Am happy to be with this forum.