Now Get Paid To Use This Forum (no joke)

[digitalpoint]

I added something new to the forum... which I think people will like.

If you go to the edit options (http://forums.digitalpoint.com/profile.php?do=editoptions) section on your account, at the bottom there are two fields. If you have an AdSense account, you can specify your AdSense client ID (and a channel if you want).

If you specify it, the AdSense ads that are served on threads you start have a 33% chance that they are credited to your AdSense account (both impressions and click-throughs).

The only stipulation on it is you must have 50 or more total posts before it's active for your account (it's retroactive for all previous threads once you hit that level though).

Let me know what you think...

- Shawn

[digitalpoint]

I don't know why I picked 33% initially either... Seems stupid to me. So I changed it to be a straight 50/50 chance.

- Shawn

[compar]

So you are looking to get more threads started. That interesting because sometime I think there are too many threads. Often you see a brand new thread started that is only covering ground that has been discussed 2 or 3 time before.

Take my link chart for instance. I have now posted it on at least 3 threads. Why didn't these people see it in the original thread?

[digitalpoint]

Yeah, I figure I'm going to have to manage people starting threads for no other reason a little closer now. Luckly vB3 makes it easy to split/merge/delete threads. :)

- Shawn

[schlottke]

Interesting. Besides increasing content size, what other motives are behind creating more threads?

[digitalpoint]

There really is no secret motive... Just thought it was a neat idea. Since it's the users that make a forum good, might as well give them some of the ad revenue.

- Shawn

[projectphp]

Shawn,
can i just say that, mintentionally or not, you are truly one of teh best Online Marketers I know. This is an absolutely briiliant, fantastic marketing idea!!

Add to that your free keyword tool, and you have two brilliant viral marketing campaigns, both of which are likely to bear great results.

I am truly, utterly impressed.

That said, this idea may slightly backfire, in that it will attract more of the self motivated types, the useless members. Or it may not. Either way, nice work and well done (I was so impressed i signed up imediately,a dn i have no AdSense account, I was just outright impressed!!!)

Projectphp

[digitalpoint]

Well, as I mentioned, I'm definitely going to have to keep an eye on things. Might actually have to finally start putting moderators in place if it gets too out of hand. But the thought definitely did cross my mind.

So we'll see how it goes...

From a coding standpoint, one interesting thing is I was able to do it without modifying the source of vBulletin at all. I really like how flexible the backend is.

- Shawn

[rustybrick]

I am confident Shawn can build intelligent software, if need be, to read new posts and determine if they are "self motivated types" versus the ones looking for real info or to share real info.

:)

[digitalpoint]

Hahaha... right.

- Shawn

[rustybrick]

Hahaha... right.

- Shawn
You know you want to. Anything challenging gets you thinking.

[schlottke]

I love the idea Shawn, it is really brilliant. I just wondered if you were doing this in an attempt to build content pages, back links, etc?

[digitalpoint]

Nope, not really... We are doing a fairly good job at building content and a member base already (thanks in large part to the keyword tracker user base we can draw upon). As far as back links, I doubt we will get any because of it.

The real answer is much simpler than everyone thinks. It was a fun exercise for me to make it work. And I figure "Why not?"... it's free money anyway, so...

BTW, I also made an FAQ for it (which you can find a link to up top under the ad location).

- Shawn

[john_loch]

The real answer is much simpler than everyone thinks. It was a fun exercise for me to make it work. And I figure "Why not?"... it's free money anyway, so... - Shawn

I hate to say it shawn but you now have unnecessary overhead. I'm sure it's a good idea, and every man and his dog will now want to do the same(hell, write yourself a module or some such to manage it and make it linkware).. but i really think any new audience (visiting because you now share adsense profit) is just going to see the forum in that light, and treat it accordingly.

Either way, it's a good idea resulting in reduced revenue, and added overhead (management etc).. I hope you get what you want from it.

I personally very rarely start threads. I'm usually too busy reading what other ppl have to say. Your forum moves at a nice pace, I just hope it isn't abandoned to dross.

Lets see what happens :D

[digitalpoint]

Yeah... if it makes the quality go down or anything else I don't like, it won't continue. Mostly just an experiment at this point.

- Shawn

[awall19]

I think that generally the most value is added to a forum by the people who answer questions. If you have been around SEO for any time greater than 6 months then you see that almost every question has been answered multiple times in the last 6 months.

Most people starting threads are new members with less than 50 posts. I think the coolest way to do the program is to have the payout go to a random account within the thread.

This way you prevent overbroadening of your forums by people asking similar questions over and over, and still add the reward bonus to those who answer lots of questions.

Another cool idea could be ShawnRank where you also manipulated the mathematical odds based on how cool the people are. You could keep it hidden. Schlock self promotional hucksters could get banned, but only slightly questionable posts can cause the person to get a mid sized ding. I am overanalytical of things for no reason sometimes, which is generally viewed as not cool. Long rambling posts such as this could also get a ding.

Unless the person is a flat out forum junkie it should be a negligable amount anyway, but there is my own negligable amount (my 2 cents)...43 posts to go :)

[digitalpoint]

Hehe... yeah, my first idea was to run it across any post (regardless if the user was part of that thread). With the percentage of impressions based on the percentage of total posts. The problem with that is it adds more server load/overhead than was acceptable to me. While the way it's done now isn't ideal, it only ads a single SQL query to the scope of things.

If I can figure a better way of doing it (without adding too much server overhead), I'll most likely try it.

- Shawn

[awall19]

this idea might be quick and easy (disclaimer: I know absolutely nothing about databases)

most recent poster to thread...would that work?

[digitalpoint]

It also crossed my mind... still not ideal (as far as required backend resources), but better. :)

[digitalpoint]

OKay, I've made it a bit of a hybrid system. When viewing a thread, there are two ways you can do it. Either by thread (it will have a t=xxx in the URL), or by post (it will have a p=xxx in the URL). If it's viewed by post, the individual poster gets the AdSense credit.

If it's by thread, then the thread starter gets the credit. In most cases, it's by post, so it should work well I think.

- Shawn

[awall19]

now thats money (literally and figuratively...if only i were sure of my spelling) - good call shawn :)

[hulkster]

Shawn,
can i just say that, mintentionally or not, you are truly one of teh best Online Marketers I know. This is an absolutely briiliant, fantastic marketing idea!!

Add to that your free keyword tool, and you have two brilliant viral marketing campaigns, both of which are likely to bear great results.

I am truly, utterly impressed.

Projectphp

Shawn keeps claiming that "he is only a coder", but as I've said several times over the last year, he's a pretty savvy businessman too - this is yet another example of it.

Kudo's,
alek

[ginostylz]

So you are looking to get more threads started. That interesting because sometime I think there are too many threads. Often you see a brand new thread started that is only covering ground that has been discussed 2 or 3 time before.

Take my link chart for instance. I have now posted it on at least 3 threads. Why didn't these people see it in the original thread?

Some people just start to find Digital Point Forum in the SERP's. It looks like Shawn is trying to add some content, get lurkers to speak what is on their mind, and build a forum that gets people to keep coming back. Everytime Google updates a new thread will start over, every time someone catches on how market online they ask the same questions we asked, Since the internet changes so frequently, digging through a fresh thread is more pleasant than an old one.

I don't see anything wrong with an incentive to have an add share policy. :D
The only thing weird would be an incentive to start fraudulent clicking. :(

[digitalpoint]

It's not an incentive to fraudulently click. Not any more than clicking your own AdSense ads anywhere (which is not allowed).

I'm sure Google tracks fraudulent clicks by IP address primarily.

- Shawn

[GuyFromChicago]

Shawn, as always - great idea. If nothing else it should be an interesting experiment.

I have a suggestion, don't know if it's possible. In addition to the 50 post requirement, have you considered including a "time since registration" requirement? Putting something in place based on how long someone has been active in the forum may prevent new forum members from "rushing" posts just so they can display ads. If they know they have to wait 60 - 90 days it may help spread the posting out.

Just my 2 cents.

Again, great idea. I'm looking forward to giving it a trial run.

[digitalpoint]

Something like that would be possible, but I'm not sure how much value there would be. I've seen people do 50 good posts within a week, so...

- Shawn

[GuyFromChicago]

I guess my thinking was it couple help prevent the "50 posts in one day, drop in my Adsense code & never come back" type people.

I still think it's a great idea, even without any sort of time delay.

I guess the best measure of how well it will work and what will happen because of it (spam posts?) is to put it in play and see how things shake out.

I know I'm going to sign up and give it a go. I'm at this forum just about every day anyway…it would truly be "free money" for me.

[Foxy]

I've just caught up!!! been out to lunch

Bloody hell Shawn you're quick!

Nice idea - how do you share it out if the persons been out and had a good lunch?

Ha - just kidding
:D

[john_loch]

YEEHAAAAR !

My 50th (and 1st bogus) post in case anyone's interested..

Now where's that adsense number thangy..

:)

[nlopes]

If you specify it, the AdSense ads that are served on threads you start have a 33% chance that they are credited to your AdSense account (both impressions and click-throughs).
- Shawn

This a bit stupid, let me say. If someone starts a thread asking for help, I answer the question, why should the credits go to the guy that made the question???....
I think you should randomize the persons who participated in that thread, instead of picking just the thread starter!

What do you think of this?
Nuno

[digitalpoint]

It does... read this whole thread. :)

- Shawn

[john_loch]

Shawn,

Just out of curiosity (and if you don't mind me asking), what sort of traffic (ie uniques) does this forum see daily ?

[digitalpoint]

Just under 2,000 unique visitors per day (and rapidly rising).

- Shawn

[leeds1]

Very impressive shaun - do you make much from the adwords on the forums?

Has the click rate gone up since you introduced the scheme ?

[digitalpoint]

Not much compared to other places I use AdSense. As far as CTR, I doubt it changed (I don't monitor it though).

- Shawn

[nlopes]

OKay, I've made it a bit of a hybrid system. When viewing a thread, there are two ways you can do it. Either by thread (it will have a t=xxx in the URL), or by post (it will have a p=xxx in the URL). If it's viewed by post, the individual poster gets the AdSense credit.

If it's by thread, then the thread starter gets the credit. In most cases, it's by post, so it should work well I think.

- Shawn


I've made a seach in google (geotargetting DB (http://www.google.pt/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=geotargetting+DB) and it shows first the urls by thread and then by post.

:)

[ephricon]

Wow very nice - yet another reason for me to finally consider signing up for AdSense...

[dave487]

Yeah, me too. Money for doing very little - can't be bad. :)

[digitalpoint]

It's interesting how many other forum owners have contacted me telling me that they "had the same idea before I did, but now they want my help in implementing it". I would say about 10 or 12 forum owners have told me that so far.

[Such Great Heights]

It's interesting how many other forum owners have contacted me telling me that they "had the same idea before I did, but now they want my help in implementing it". I would say about 10 or 12 forum owners have told me that so far.

that's amusing.

I am finding that most people have "the idea" first but it's all about who actually goes through with the idea, first, best, and most effectively.

which reminds me that I need to get off my arse and get some stuff done. :)

[digitalpoint]

Well, I can honestly say I didn't borrow the idea from anyone else. So even if someone *did* have the idea first, I still came up with it also on my own. As far as coding it, it's not terribly difficult to do if you are a programmer. :)

[compar]

I was discussing this sharing just after you implemented it with another webmaster and his question was how you were going to track it? Google will only allow you to use one account per site I believe.

And I signed up on the first day, but have never had a report or confirmation of wither my signing up or of any moneys accumualted.

Am I signed up successfully? Have I made any money? Has anybody made any money yet?

[digitalpoint]

I'm not tracking it on my end. The impressions, CTR data and revenue go right into your AdSense account. If you are using the channel data, you should be able to see it by reporting for just the channel you setup for the forum (under your AdSense account).

[hulkster]

Ditto SGH's comments above.

Talk/ideas/thoughts are good ... but power to the person who walks the talk and makes it happen - nice job once again Shawn! ;-)
alek

[compar]

I'm not tracking it on my end. The impressions, CTR data and revenue go right into your AdSense account. If you are using the channel data, you should be able to see it by reporting for just the channel you setup for the forum (under your AdSense account).
I do remember some discussion of this now. I apologize for my faulty memory. I think they call those "senior moments". But I did not setup up a separate channel at the time. Tell me the parameters I would use in setting up this channel.

[compar]

Shawn,

You can ignore the last question. I see what I did now. I used an exist "SEO channel". The problem with that of course is that I can't differentiate anything coming from the forum from revenue generated by the other SEO pages in this channel.

I'll set up a digital point channel and change my account accordingly.

[younghistorians]

How can you change the colors of the ads displayed here in your Adsense account?

I can't figure it out.

[younghistorians]

Also, do you have a 50% chance only for threads you start, or is it for normal replies as well?

[disgust]

Also, do you have a 50% chance only for threads you start, or is it for normal replies as well?

how would 50% chance work for replies if there are more than two replies? ;D

How can you change the colors of the ads displayed here in your Adsense account?

I can't figure it out.

he determines the colors, not the users. from what I can tell.

[younghistorians]

how would 50% chance work for replies if there are more than two replies? ;D



he determines the colors, not the users. from what I can tell.


Well, it could be reduced each time 50, 25, 17.5, etc :D

[digitalpoint]

Colors are done in my end. if the thread is viewed by thread (with a t= in the URL) then the 50% chance goes to the thread starter. If it's viewed by post (p= in the URL) then it's 50% to the person who made that specific post.

[schlottke]

So math would prove that you have around a 66% chance of getting your ads shown, since you post even more than I do. ;)

[digitalpoint]

That's assuming people *read* what I have to say... :)

[schlottke]

So... anyways... skipping over post 53 because it was by Shawn, just kidding ;)

[younghistorians]

Colors are done in my end. if the thread is viewed by thread (with a t= in the URL) then the 50% chance goes to the thread starter. If it's viewed by post (p= in the URL) then it's 50% to the person who made that specific post.

interesting concept...me likes :)

[vinyl]

so if i make this post and you view it then yh will have 0% chance to get impression, right? meaning that 50% with p= goes only to last person who posted in thread? im a bit drunk, maybe i understood everything wrong :rolleyes:

[digitalpoint]

p= goes to whatever post it is for (not necessarily the last post in the thread, it could be any one within it too).

[vinyl]

i am thinking on situation when I look at forum index and click on thread im interested in... that calls last post, I assume.

[digitalpoint]

Not necessarily. When I look at posts, I usually use the "new" function... where it starts at the first unread post, not the last post.

[Joel Naten]

I like the idea. I'm surprised I haven't seen more of it. I guess most other sites hope to build a user base without offering any incentive.

[mddv]

this is a great idea digitalpoint

[Dominic]

I finally got around to adding our AdSense client ID today. It's a great idea isn't it!

With permission from DP I have included our Adsense ID to my signature.

So if anyone is feeling generous and would like to donate their clicks (for one month perhaps?) to our charity for the homeless, please copy the ID from my signature and add it today.

If you want to know who the money helps here are some of the many kids we work with:

Rebecca (http://www.homeless.org.au/people/rebecca.htm)
Jazmin (http://www.homeless.org.au/people/jazmin.htm)
Andrew (http://www.homeless.org.au/people/james.htm)
8yr old twins (http://www.homeless.org.au/children/twins.htm)
50 more (http://www.homeless.org.au/streetkids/index.htm)

PS - I do like to say thank you so if you decide to donate in this way please PM me so I can say thanks.

[younghistorians]

I finally got around to adding our AdSense client ID today. It's a great idea isn't it!

With permission from DP I have included our Adsense ID to my signature.

So if anyone is feeling generous and would like to donate their clicks (for one month perhaps?) to our charity for the homeless, please copy the ID from my signature and add it today.

If you want to know who the money helps here are some of the many kids we work with:

Rebecca (http://www.homeless.org.au/people/rebecca.htm)
Jazmin (http://www.homeless.org.au/people/jazmin.htm)
Andrew (http://www.homeless.org.au/people/james.htm)
8yr old twins (http://www.homeless.org.au/children/twins.htm)
50 more (http://www.homeless.org.au/streetkids/index.htm)
Hey good luck with your request. I've decided to donate some time, so I changed my ID to yours...ill keep it up for a month.

Thanks!

[Foxy]

You have mine changed to yours as well - good luck :)

[Dominic]

Thanks heaps you two :)

[tphyahoo]

Okay, I am just going to blurt it out, I want a vbulletin forum with revenue sharing... a digital point clone!

I don't think Shawn's mods to vbulletin are public (are they?), but are you interested in selling them?

Also, my proposed forum will not be about search engine optimization but about solari databanks. The content would be similar to forum

http://www.solariactionnetwork.com , where I am one of the top posters (also tphyahoo)

Okay, maybe I might have an seo section, since this is a topic that interests me a lot, but I don't see myself competing with the likes of dp, webmaster world, and seoguy, saturated market right :)

I will be posting this project on rentacoder.com, where you can bid on it if you are interested. With rentacoder, if I accept your bid, I pay rentacoder, and they escrow the payment, keeps people from getting screwed. (I will post again after the rentacoder project is set up.)

You can private message me if you are interested, or bid on rentacoder.

Thanks!

Thomas.

[digitalpoint]

I don't think Shawn's mods to vbulletin are public (are they?), but are you interested in selling them?
No, sorry... :)

[anthonycea]

Shawn, please send my check today by Western Union, I do not want to go to work any more, I would rather be a self employed DP poster. :D

[tphyahoo]

Very funny Anthony. Shawn, if you feel like deleting these posts, no hard feelings. I just want what you got :)

Everyone else, I have posted the project on rentacoder. I believe this link works

http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/BidRequests/ShowBidRequest.asp?lngBidRequestId=173172&txtForceRefresh=72020046562854437

but if not search for vbulletin google adwords revenue sharing forum.

Cheers,

thomas.

[anthonycea]

What I see is a shitload of folks going out and promoting the same idea here, maybe Shawn is in fact the originator of the concept. But when folks come here to promote their own forums with the same concept, I think they have a lot of nerve to expect a great reception.

Not only do they look like idea thieves, they also come on this forum to promote their own forums which really shows a lack of vision and class.

I would say it is simply "no shame self promotion" which really will do more harm than good.

I wish those who do this well, but please consider the above message before you do it here.

I see some advertising of this crap on other forums I am on, it is simply a low class way to try to highjack members to their own "classless forums".

Sorry, but I tell it like I see it guys, don't like it, too bad.

[tphyahoo]

I don't even have a forum yet. By the way, I was quoted just $500. Too much, I think, it doesn't seem *that* hard to do. But maybe there will be more bids...

thomas.

[digitalpoint]

It's not terribly difficult to do... Is about 10 minutes of coding when it comes down to it. :)

As far as people "stealing" my ideas, it's nothing new. I've seen lots bids on rentacoder to clone my free tools (keyword suggestion tool, keyword tracker, etc.). I don't think any have actually been successful as of yet (probably they just didn't want to pay enough to get it done). Although the revenue sharing one is the simplest, so maybe it will get cloned. :)

The keyword tracker is probably just too complex to make it worthwhile to pay someone to do it (I would have never paid someone to do it, but since it was my own time it was no biggie).

The keyword suggestion tool while not complex, has a problem for people trying to replicate it, in that we have a private feed from WordTracker for the WordTracker data.

The only thing I would see as a problem for the revenue sharing vBulletin mod is that someone would need a very strong understanding of vBulletin to do it "right". Otherwise they will spend many hours just figuring out vBulletin, which will add to the development cost.

Either way, I'm full of good ideas... The vBulletin revenue sharing is just one of many. I'm kind of surprised it's bee this long without a vBulletin clone of it. ;) But I've already moved past that... it was just an idea I had one morning. Since that, I've already done the coop ad network, the PageRank toolbar widget for Mac, etc.

Just gotta keep a few steps ahead of everyone else in life. ;)

[anthonycea]

Shawn, please don't tempt me when you say you are full of something, you just give me an open door for comedy. :D

Never leave yourself open like that, please, it is just hard for me to hold back.

Where is Compar when you need him?

[hulkster]

It's not terribly difficult to do... Is about 10 minutes of coding when it comes down to it. :)

Shawn charges (and is worth) $6,000/hour ... so maybe that $500 bid you got from rentacoder was a deal! ;-)

[anthonycea]

Please forward my DP posting cash, I am waiting for my check, at $ 5.15 per hour I figure Shawn now owes me $ 19,254.29

Please forward by Western Union Shawn. :eek: At your current rate that is only 3.3 hours in wages.

[hans]

Shawn

i have no idea how much G does mind jogging when its about laws and rules,
but some of the below quoted phrases out of
https://google.com/adsense/localized-terms

the below passages in text could also be understood that each adsense participant can only use his adsense code to display adsense on HIS domain or his domains as registered with google for his adsense contract

on above page you find :
------------------------------

>> "... in connection with the Web site(s) that You designate .."
>> "... in connection with Your Site ..."
>> "... You acknowledge and agree that Ads: (a) shall only be displayed in connection with the Site(s), each of which is subject to review and approval by Google in its discretion at any time; ..."

at least i think with little mindjogging done by G lawyers and legal dept - it could be interpreted and defined as such.

just make sure YOU have no damage after all.

[digitalpoint]

Check this thread.

[hans]

got it
thanks Shawn

[tphyahoo]

Ha ha, very funny. I'll do it myself.. I'll show you... I'll show everyone!!!...

;)

Thomas.

Shawn charges (and is worth) $6,000/hour ... so maybe that $500 bid you got from rentacoder was a deal! ;-)

[anthonycea]

Shawn Who? He's just some guy that sweeps the floor at Digital Point, makes $5.15 per hour just like the rest of us. :p

[caroline]

That's one huge thread. :D

[H-Man]

Great reading though. And growing faster than I can read it. Does anyone have numbers on what they make per day? I am not to 50 yet.

That's one huge thread. :D

[anthonycea]

I am making a fortune, like joining Amway, I got in early and am getting a percentage of Compar's income and all those under him......

[H-Man]

How do you get the percentage of the people below you?

Do they have to enter your info when they sign up here? Or was that a adsense thing?

I am making a fortune, like joining Amway, I got in early and am getting a percentage of Compar's income and all those under him......

[NewComputer]

haha, AC, I once was part of a pyramid scam, err, scheme, err, opportunity. It was called Jewel Way. What a joke. I had to buy this junky jewelery and in return, I got to trick my friends into buying it and buying into it. Never made a cent and it put me in some of the worst situations I have ever been in. It did show me that I was a salesman though....

[anthonycea]

Thats how I got a percentage of Compar and his entire downline, I gave him a ring. How did you know NC?

You must have a special override number to get a downline income stream.

[david_sakh]

"How do you get the percentage of the people below you? "

:o It's a pyramid scheme! :-)

[anthonycea]

I control the entire Adsense program, if you want to get some, you must be my in my downline. :eek:

Like Alexander Haig mentioned when Ronald Reagan was shot, "I am firmly in control" :rolleyes:

[macdesign]

I had put my Google Adsense id in my profile last week and it was accepted ok, I just tired to update the Google AdSense Channel ID [which was blank] and it rejects it as being the wrong format, it's just DPoint - nothing weird about it.

[Ajeet]

I had put my Google Adsense id in my profile last week and it was accepted ok, I just tired to update the Google AdSense Channel ID [which was blank] and it rejects it as being the wrong format, it's just DPoint - nothing weird about it.

You are trying to put the channel name in, while you are supposed to put the code. Look at the google adSense code that is generated and you will find the channel code that looks like 9622394271.

Ajeet

[digitalpoint]

It should be a 10 digit number.

[macdesign]

Thanks - that works.

[eduardomaio]

So, after reading all of this I got the following numbers

Thread starters have a 50/50 chance of showing ads
Last thread posters have a 50/50 chance of showing ads

Now... the real numbers... Thread starters should have around 30% of changes of their adsense ads appear (when users see previous threads from the beginning)
Last thread posters have around 1 to 5% of changes to see their ads displayed (someone will reply right after it if the thread is about some high paying keywords).

So, who will win? DP ;) This is a great way of increasing Adsense revenue in the forums, because people will start clicking on the ads and, since DP has around 65 to 70% of changes their ads are displayed, this is a win/win situation for DP.

This is a great marketing innovation to increase the Adsense revenue. Great work!

[digitalpoint]

Trust me, it does not increase AdSense revenue. :) AdSense revenue here is about 1% of my other sites, and by FAR (at least a factor of 10) the lowest CTR of any channel I track.

As far as me "winning", not sure about that... Could turn revenue sharing off and keep 100% of it (rather than 50%).

[anthonycea]

You are trying to put the channel name in, while you are supposed to put the code. Look at the google adSense code that is generated and you will find the channel code that looks like 9622394271.

Ajeet


Explain where you get this 10 digit number from?

[digitalpoint]

Look in the HTML that Google gives you (it only applies if you specify the optional channel).

[Ajeet]

Explain where you get this 10 digit number from?

One easy way to figure this out is to View Source of the very page you are viewing right now. There will be a place that mentions stuff like:
google_ad_client = "pub-5611278925709660";
google_ad_channel ="4478845611";

That 4467... number is what we are talking about.
Thanks
Ajeet

PS: Gosh, this is my 100th post here. I just went from Grunt to Berserker :cool: How many more to Master of the Universe ;)

[anthonycea]

Now you guys are confusing the hell out of the forum.

Shawn says use the number off of the code that Google gives, Ajeet says look at the code on the page I am viewing.

Please give exact intructions, I know that you are busy Shawn, but we have had problems with this insertion of these numbers.

I tryed about 25 times without success before it accepted the pub-number.

I just left the other field blank since I could not figure that out either.

Can you fix the FAQ page or the interface to make it fool proof?

[digitalpoint]

You are the only one that can't figure it out anthony. And it *is* fool proof (notice you can't enter something wrong).

[anthonycea]

Then what is the answer to my prior post?

[Ajeet]

Then what is the answer to my prior post?

Sorry for the obfuscation. Shawn is right. You must look at the code that you get from Google AdSense assuming that you have chosen the right channel. What I said was to give you an example of the channel code for the person whose AdSense is currently displayed on the page you are viewing. If this is still confusing, ignore what I have said in this and the earlier mail. They don't call me Berserker for nothing :)

[anthonycea]

So the bottom line is that I go to Adsense interface and do what, generate a channel for DP?

Look at that code and enter that number that that optional channel generates and put that in the DP interface.

Ajeet, Shawn is always right and he gets mad when we question him (I caught him being wrong once, he is human I think).

Shawn must realize that we are not all on the same level as a coder and he needs to be a bit patient with some of us. :)

[digitalpoint]

I'm not mad... I just don't think any further instructions are necessary. Over 300 people have entered their AdSense info, and to date, you are the only one that has not been able to figure it out.

[anthonycea]

What about the other guy in this very thread that mentioned the same thing, you missed that?

[Colleen]

I actually entered it wrong at first, I was putting the name I gave the channel and then realized it generates that name into a string of numbers in the html code it gives you.

[eduardomaio]

Trust me, it does not increase AdSense revenue. :) AdSense revenue here is about 1% of my other sites, and by FAR (at least a factor of 10) the lowest CTR of any channel I track.

As far as me "winning", not sure about that... Could turn revenue sharing off and keep 100% of it (rather than 50%).

That is kind of my point... CTR on forums are very very low, so people won't be rich by posting a lot... Maybe they will do a couple of cents or maybe a buck a month... I think this is the ideia that you should pass by in order to keep spammers out ;)

[anthonycea]

Spammers would not last very long as Shawn could simply ban them if their posts were just silly stuff put up to generate money from the program.

You have to put up how many posts before this program kicks in?

[Ajeet]

You have to put up how many posts before this program kicks in?

50. Then it also kicks in to your previous posts. Have fun making your forum millions :)

[anthonycea]

Maybe Shawn will let us buy stock for .25 cents a share like ARNOLD did when he got in on Google at the beginning :rolleyes:

[clubmedia]

i think its a great idea !

[Blogmaster]

I think I just made a dollar

[darksat]

Dont spend it all in one shop.

[Blogmaster]

hehe ... don't rob my piggy bank :)

[musiclover]

THis system looks to be a great idea by a great marketer. :p

[Refrozen]

Hey Digital-Point, do you have anything against me using this idea on my website too?

[digitalpoint]

I don't care... everyone else does. {shrug}

[Refrozen]

I don't care... everyone else does. {shrug}
:D

Mine will be a reason to write articles for Refrozen.com (http://www.refrozen.com), you'll get your AdSense on it 50% of the time.

[ZeRo_CoOl]

i think it is very cool, im new here. will definately contribute knowledge when i can. unfortunately im quite a noob...

[goldensea80]

I wonder how many possiblity each user can have his adense ID display? Anyway, I think this is a very creative idea!

[silenced]

when our adsense id ads will show on this forum ?
my mesage over 50 and no ads impression on this forum yet ??

[david_sakh]

when our adsense id ads will show on this forum ?
my mesage over 50 and no ads impression on this forum yet ??

if you'll remember, your adsense reports are delayed two days. Besides, you must properly copy and paste your AS id in the options menu for it to work properly.

[silenced]

I done it david for long time ago

[yfs1]

You aren't bound to see a lot of impressions if you don't start any topics and only have had 5 posts since adding it.

I post a lot (and start a few) and have yet to have more than one or two clicks in the last few months.

Although its a cool and innovative feature - don't expect to retire from the earnings silenced

For me its more for entertainment purposes.

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[phrozen_ra]

Has anyone got any money outta this till now (besides Shawn)?

[hans]

neither Shawn nor me can buy a single cup of coffea from my ads - even here in an inexpensive country from all combined hits i had so far in many months after more than 500 pageviews - but with the combined revenews ... together we could buy one cup and drink it together - HERE in PH
it may never be the $ benefit that counts or matters here but the idea of sharing that is of value

[nevetS]

I've seen a few click-throughs, and I could buy a cup of coffee. From a no-name donut shop - not a starbucks cup of coffee. But I'll tell you what - I'd be posting here regardless, so if I get a few bucks a year out of the deal, I'm a happy camper.

Forums I think are hard to get click throughs on ads anyways. People are so focused on the content that they ignore the ads all together.

I also see the same ads up very frequently. I may click through more if there was better variety, but I've already been to the 10 most popular adwords ads that show up.

[roadies]

Man, in the whole month I've been here, I haven't seen a single click.

And you'd think I'd be disappointed. But truly, I am not. I agree with nevets. The information in this forum, and the advice you can ask for, have such value that in most places you'd have to pay for it.

I don't even concern myself with adsense any more. I'm earning more as an SEO artist than I was before. Who cares if I get a few cents during the month when I can make hundreds or even thousands more if I apply the knowledge I can find (or even ask for) here.

(Also - since it's such a friendly SEO forum, you can have pretty obvious ads in your sig file and everyone is understanding. That's extremely valuable too, for backlinks sake.)

[fromkhun]

I like this stuff, Very innovative

[khushal]

Has anyone got any money outta this till now (besides Shawn)?
Well off course i did! it was just yesterday that i applied for this thing by entring my adsense id, in the last 3 days i made only 0.85$ (lolz but still god for a purely newbie) but today it was amazingly 2.93$ so it means its all cos of this forum that i earned this sum else i would have never made a 2.93$ in 5 days too:) Thanks to Digital Point and off course Shawn for helping the users this way.

[benb7760]

how many people actually click the links at the top of the forum though? I dont think i would unless something really interested me, which isnt often...

[Blogmaster]

I made 2 bucks in 6 months with 2.5k posts ... hehe

[benb7760]

lol, what a remarkable income ;)

[anthonycea]

If you come here to make money from Adsense you come for the wrong reasons.

I don't make but a dollar a day from my own sites, so you can't blame anyone if Adsense does not pay that much.

Most keywords today pay pennies, not dollars anyway.

[Blogmaster]

I am not here to get paid at all. It is a nice gadget though. But the reality of it is that no regular member will make some serious dough unless starting a very long thread about something that attracts high paying keywords.

[smindsrt]

I am not here to get paid at all. It is a nice gadget though. But the reality of it is that no regular member will make some serious dough unless starting a very long thread about something that attracts high paying keywords.

Mike it's time for you to go start a thread about:

"mesothelioma lung cancer"

[Blogmaster]

Dang, you're on to me. Was just working on that :eek:
Can't we have any secrets in this joint :D
:cool:

[smindsrt]

We are all on to you. :eek:

[paymentapprovaltooslow]

We live in a get-paid-to nation

[Ajeet]

Ok, here is an update: I have created a unique channel for DigitalPoint AdSense. I am showing a total of 1 (One) ad unit impression for all of May (it occured on May 5th). As I had mentioned in an earlier posting, I think that this 50% likelihood of AdSense display thing is not working. To have 1 ad unit appear in all of May, I would need to get only two views on threads that I have started (and have appeared in thread more) plus posts I have made (and have been accessed in post mode). That does not sound correct.

This is a complain, but could the code be looked at. Alternatively, can someone else confirm that your AdSense stats from DP look correct.

Thanks
Ajeet

[khushal]

Well Ajeet! I guess you are a sensible man,this Coop thing is gonna work fine for some people only and they are the ones whose posts gets most views and all!!! Remember Sitetutor said he earned 2 bucks from 6 months from 2500 posts ....
Why dont you concentrate on working on your own pages rather than expecting some high volume from the DP Coopl;)

[digitalpoint]

When did you add the AdSense channel? I don't think adding a channel is retroactive back to previous impressions.

[Ajeet]

I have always had the DP channel with my AdSense code.

[digitalpoint]

Well, I don't run a unique channel, so I can't check my stats... anyone else show the same?

[yfs1]

Well I have posted once and a while in the last month :rolleyes:

so maybe my stats may be good for evaluation

Wednesday, April 6, 2005 28
Thursday, April 7, 2005 26
Friday, April 8, 2005 19
Monday, April 11, 2005 32
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 31
Thursday, April 14, 2005 10
Friday, April 15, 2005 25
Saturday, April 16, 2005 2
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2
Monday, April 18, 2005 33
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 15
Thursday, April 21, 2005 16
Friday, April 22, 2005 22
Saturday, April 23, 2005 4
Sunday, April 24, 2005 2
Monday, April 25, 2005 4
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 26
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 20
Thursday, April 28, 2005 31
Friday, April 29, 2005 39
Saturday, April 30, 2005 4
Sunday, May 1, 2005 2
Monday, May 2, 2005 1
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 25
Wednesday, May 4, 2005 38
Thursday, May 5, 2005 84
Friday, May 6, 2005 45
Saturday, May 7, 2005 1


I don't want to accidentally violate the AdSense TOS so I didn't include the rest of that stats but does the phrase "goose egg" mean anything to you ;)

[Ajeet]

This is a complain, but could the code be looked at. Alternatively, can someone else confirm that your AdSense stats from DP look correct.

Someone gave me a negative rep for this post, and since it was my first, I came to read up what was wrong with it. Then I saw that I haev typed "is a complain" when I was sure I typed "isn't a complan." In any case, this post is to ask where the "Edit Button" is. I looked high and low, but cannot find the edit button for my post.
Thanks
Ajeet

EDIT: Surprisingly, this post has an Edit button, but my earlier post does not have it. I guess that after some days one is no longer allowed to edit posts, right? Someone here is going to throw the manual on my face, right? :D

[exam]

My stats look really similar to those of yfs1, and I really don't post that often. :)
And the Edit button is at the bottom of your posts, right beside the quote button.

[yfs1]

There is a certain amount of time in which you can edit your post. After that a Mod has to do it ;)

[ideas]

wow thats just a great promo

[Jarodboy]

Cool idea, i never thought it was possible

[junksampah]

how 50/50 is it going to be? I am curious... let say there are 100 people with 50 post.. how does the ad rotate become 50/50?

[zman]

Shawn, looking back over the first few pages I can see that many doubted it. Now the forum is growing leaps and bounds and we are all happy. :)

I say it was a brilliant idea and is working.

[Lonny.P]

where can I find this client ID?

[fryman]

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/faq.php

[dinarpw]

I have a Google Adsense Account but I can't find my Customer ID anywhere... Can somebody help me find it?

Dinar.

[yfs1]

I have a Google Adsense Account but I can't find my Customer ID anywhere... Can somebody help me find it?

Dinar.

Generate code in your AdSense Control Panel like you were going to put it on a site.

In that code should be a pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx number

Thats your code!

[andy912]

Think its a great idea:)

[compar]

Think its a great idea:)
And besides that, it works.

[dinarpw]

Generate code in your AdSense Control Panel like you were going to put it on a site.

In that code should be a pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx number

Thats your code!

Aah! I got it! Thanks! :) I'm gonna set it up right away!

This is a brilliant idea, Shawn!:cool:

[clearblue]

I contribute to a community news blog in San Diego and we have been tossing around the revenue sharing idea for quite some time in order to encourage more posting from the community. We didn't know exactly how to approach it, but the way you have it set up here looks very good. It would be appreciated if you share some key pointers about the coding so we could do this for our blog.

[mightyb]

I presume he is using a VB adsense sharing hack/mod. Just google "adsense revenue sharing mod" for all the info you need.

[Henny]

I presume he is using a VB adsense sharing hack/mod. Just google "adsense revenue sharing mod" for all the info you need.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but Shawn wrote the module, then others copied the idea and made it into a plugin.

[mightyb]

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but Shawn wrote the module, then others copied the idea and made it into a plugin.

Oh right, its just there are so many places selling it and then refering back to DP (as seen on DP etc)

[obrusoft]

Greats , I love DP very much

[Blogmaster]

Greats , I love DP very much

Don't expect too much (adsense wise) :)

[compar]

Don't expect too much (adsense wise) :)
What do you mean? I've made 37 cents this month already from DP's ads.:D :D :D

[Blogmaster]

Cool, now if you post about 100 times as much as you do, you may be able to survive (barely stay alive) on it ;)

edit: whoops, you mean per month, not per day ... I give up then :D

[ken123]

So the incentive is to have more new threads than continue with the old one? What is the point for then? There must be a better way, right?

[yfs1]

Greats , I love DP very much
Lol, that post is funny seeing as shortly after writing it you got banned from Adsense for getting your friends to click on your ads and "make you money"

[exam]

Lol, that post is funny seeing as shortly after writing it you got banned from Adsense for getting your friends to click on your ads and "make you money"
The all-seeing all-knowing yfs1bot is back :D

[Smyrl]

The all-seeing all-knowing yfs1bot is back :D
Welcome back all knowing one. Your knowledge base and quick wit has been missed.

Shannon

[jlawrence]

Oh right, its just there are so many places selling it and then refering back to DP (as seen on DP etc)
I don't know who initially wrote it (or rather wrote the version shaun's using). But a script like this certainly existed before it became a feature on DP. Shaun may well of written it - I'm not saying he didn't :)

[digitalpoint]

I never heard of it before I thought of it. So if someone did it before, it's news to me.

[jlawrence]

Hmmm, don't know why but I completely miss read the date on the first post in this thread.
And I don't mean miss read it by a little but I read it as December 2004 - now I know that scripts existed before that :eek:
Please accept my appologies oh master, I'm not aware of scripts existing before May 2004.

/me goes for a coffee and to find his glasses ;)

[Nokia999]

I have never got even single impression :D

[aeiouy]

I have never got even single impression :D

Spam more.

Some of the big posters here have sent the same kid to college 5 times now.

[compar]

Some of the big posters here have sent the same kid to college 5 times now.
I think that is a slight exaggeration:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Infiniterb]

Spam more.

Some of the big posters here have sent the same kid to college 5 times now.

Yeah, maybe clown or barber college. Not like I'm sending my non-existant kids to Cal or Standford or something. :)

[TheBrokenOne]

A few questions/wonderings:

1. I know google has said that this is an ok practice but wouldn't you have to modify the adsense code to do it? I thought that was against the rules (nit-picking but anyway).

2. In the early days how did you go about testing your code to see if it was even working, people have said they are getting clicks from dp now but i'm just curious how you tested it in the early days, did dp members give you any feedback on it? Did you implement a Beta testing period?

3. Is it at all possible to enter an incorrect client id & what would be the consequences if adsense code were shown on dp that had a non-existent client ID i.e. are google able to detect an incorrect client id? Are adsense publishers charged for clicks on ads with incorrect client ids? Could google penalize dp for displaying ads with incorrect client ids?


Hope those questions made sense...

[digitalpoint]

1. Code is not modified.

2. No need to test it, my code is always good. :)

3. Invalid client ID makes no ads show.

[footodors]

What a cool idea! Wonder how it's working out.
2nd great idea, I've seen today. The other being: "The million dollar homepage"

[ken123]

Spam more.

Some of the big posters here have sent the same kid to college 5 times now.

I think this is funny. I wonder you'll earn by impression along. :D

[TheBrokenOne]

1. Code is not modified.

2. No need to test it, my code is always good. :)

3. Invalid client ID makes no ads show.

Fair enough....did you know that you're missing semi-colons after the the client & channel ids in the 1st adsense block that appears in the source of all the forum pages i.e.

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
google_ad_channel = "XXXXXXXXXX"
google_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.digitalpoint.com/ads/ads.php?t=seo";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
google_ad_format = "468x60_as";
google_color_border = "FFFF88";
google_color_bg = "FFFFCC";
google_color_link = "000066";
google_color_url = "222222";
google_color_text = "222222";
//--></script>

The other adsense blocks are fine though, i assume you did something like:

google_ad_client = "<?php echo '$member_google_id'; ?>";
google_ad_channel = "<?php echo '$member_channel_id' ?>";

(only way i can think to do it)

[digitalpoint]

Never noticed that... thanks. Wonder why it was even working before... strange.

[exam]

Shawn was just testing us to see if we'd notice :) heh

[unprofundity]

good idea, yes forums would be really dependent on the community. so it would only be fitting for this kind of revenue scheme. i just do hope this would not really violate the G adsense TOS.

applause!

[ken123]

good idea, yes forums would be really dependent on the community. so it would only be fitting for this kind of revenue scheme. i just do hope this would not really violate the G adsense TOS.

applause!

That is a very interesting thought. But I did not see anything in the TOS that Adsense prevents this from happening.

[TheBrokenOne]

Never noticed that... thanks. Wonder why it was even working before... strange.

Tis odd alright...on another note I implemented something similar to your idea on my site. Instead of sharing adsense revenue on the forums I share the ads on their blogs. I decided this would probably lead to a higher CTR due to low CTR nature of forums. Users must have 10 posts in the forums before they'll be allowed to display their ads on their blogs.

I'm hoping people will post articles on their blog pages to increase their CTR & give the site some decent content. Also I'm hoping to encourage more forum activity which its lacking at the moment. If the whole thing goes down well I'm thinking about letting people submit proper articles (which would naturally receive more traffic ) & sharing the ads on those article pages.

What do you guys make of that idea, its basically Shawn's idea taken up a level.

[Nintendo]

Never noticed that... thanks. Wonder why it was even working before... strange.

SWEET!!!! Now were geting bombed with earnings!!! Just 1:00 AM and earnings are up 300% for a complete day!!!

er, gah, wrong channel, and I think some one clicked an ad 23 times. :(

[ken123]

SWEET!!!! Now were geting bombed with earnings!!! Just 1:00 AM and earnings are up 300% for a complete day!!!

er, gah, wrong channel, and I think some one clicked an ad 23 times. :(

Is there a way to prevent people keep on clicking?

[Nintendo]

Only if you can quickly get there IP address while there bombing you and ban them!!! I ended up with a few hundred clicks. Now it's the suspence waiting for Googles reply, for evidence if I get that termination notice! I ended up with around 375 clicks from them!!!!!

[Nokia999]

Now Get Paid To Use This Forum (no joke).
Certainly it is good initiative and incentive.
But what ppl say here http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=34695 is that actually it is very much exciting but not exciting adsensewise too.
But still i think its best think i have ever seen on any forum.
Hope it will grow.
Does it take care of Reputation or just spammers are successful :D ?
Good Luck DP.

[ken123]

Yes, I do see dp as shown up in my adsense report, even though it is low, but it is something there.

[macdesign]

It's those days when my Adsense income from DP exceeds all else that worries me :rolleyes:

[softstor]

To take part in the revenue sharing, it loos like it requires someone to have an adsense account.

But in order to apply for an adsense account, someone must have a website that adsense appoves of. What happens if someone wants to take part in the revenue sharing, and does not have a website? Do they use digitalpoint.com when they apply for adsense?

[yfs1]

To take part in the revenue sharing, it loos like it requires someone to have an adsense account.

But in order to apply for an adsense account, someone must have a website that adsense appoves of. What happens if someone wants to take part in the revenue sharing, and does not have a website? Do they use digitalpoint.com when they apply for adsense?
No, you need to have your own website (or blog, etc) and apply through that

[dxeo]

Onve I had a $1.18 click from adsense on DP...

[JSource]

Great idea!!

I have a question! what stops a person from clicking ads on a thread and getting the people in that thread banned from adsense? Would this even be possible? Also what stops people from clicking ads every once in a while (fraudulent clicks)?.


The last one would be what stops someone from posting stupid little no help comments in threads that get a lot of traffic (views). I would assume all the above could be a problem if not managed some how.

Forgive me if this has been addressed.

[Nintendo]

does not have a website? Do they use digitalpoint.com when they apply for adsense?

Um, what are you doing here if you have no website?? I see we have another Mella here!! :D

[Hodgedup]

Um, what are you doing here if you have no website?? I see we have another Mella here!! :D

Hey give him a few thousand posts and he'll have his site up.

[softstor]

Great idea!!

I have a question! what stops a person from clicking ads on a thread and getting the people in that thread banned from adsense? Would this even be possible? Also what stops people from clicking ads every once in a while (fraudulent clicks)?.


The last one would be what stops someone from posting stupid little no help comments in threads that get a lot of traffic (views). I would assume all the above could be a problem if not managed some how.

Forgive me if this has been addressed.

This question is raised on Blogs all of the time. Google Adsense will not penalize you for other visitors clicking on your ads. But they will penalize you if you click on your own ad.

[Nintendo]

Hey give him a few thousand posts and he'll have his site up.

er less than 100 posts and he has web sites!!! :D:D:D:D

[gprime]

I would like to integrate this function into my vB forum. Any chance of you sharing your brilliant code?

[daboss]

I would like to integrate this function into my vB forum. Any chance of you sharing your brilliant code?
just hop over to vbulletin.org. there's a hack there... :)

[gprime]

just hop over to vbulletin.org. there's a hack there... :)

vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=100809&highlight=adsense

Not yet released

[daboss]

try this one out:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80685

i'm using it on vb 3.0.8...

[gprime]

try this one out:

vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80685

i'm using it on vb 3.0.8...

Thanks, but we're using 3.5.1

[tsptom]

If this has been answered already, just point me in the right direction.

What's the best way to track our adsense channels for the threads/posts here? I have had a bit of a jump in my adsense income lately and I don't know if it has to do with my site growing, or some posts I have made here recently - or both.

If my site is www.abc.com, how would I track the the adsense inocme here?

Thanks.

[Nintendo]

Create a channel that you only use here at DP then look at reports!!!

[Serg]

Very interesting idea.. will have to check it out when I read the 50 post mark

[Nintendo]

Don't plan on geting rich quick!! :D

[tsptom]

Create a channel that you only use here at DP then look at reports!!!

That's my question (bear with me :confused: ). In the Miscellaneous Options portion of the edit options page it says:

"It would be a good idea to have a unique channel ID for this forum (then you can track stats specifically for the forum)."

The Channel ID on that options page allows for a 10 digit field. Say I enter "1234567890". If my website is called www.abc.com, would the channel I enter in google's adsense be http://www.abc.com/1234567890 ?

I'm confused as to what to put on the adsense channel vs. what I put in the Channel ID in miscellaneous options.

Thanks in advance.

[Dekker]

have you made a channel before in adsense before? because what are you talking about relates nothing to how google adsense channel's work

[tsptom]

My current channels are just my website pages. Per Adsense....

Total URL and Custom Channels remaining: 192

Manage URL Channels
Examples:
example.com track all pages across all subdomains
sports.example.com track only pages across the 'sports' subdomain
sports.example.com/widgets track all pages below a specific directory
sports.example.com/index.html track a specific page

Am I looking at the wrong thing on adsense? I see there are URL channels and custom channels. I guess I need to use a custom channel? I'll stop bugging you and read more about them.

[Dekker]

create a channel, not a url channel

[tsptom]

Got it, thanks.

[tsptom]

Next question. :rolleyes:

I don't contribute much here except to ask questions and stir up conversation, so I do try to support the site and other members' sites by using the google ads when I see something that interests me. Since a thread I start should bring up relevant google ads that may help me, am I now possibly "clicking on my own ads" because of the revenue sharing? :eek:

Thanks,

[Dekker]

no they aren't shown to you if you're logged in

[ST12]

This is a great idea sharing 50/50. But how about the Google TOS, can they say fraudulent clicks and shut down somebody's account?

[compar]

This is a great idea sharing 50/50. But how about the Google TOS, can they say fraudulent clicks and shut down somebody's account?
This question has been asked and answered many many times before on this forum. The simple answer is NO!

[ST12]

Thank you Compar. Didn't have the time to read all posts.

[dinarpw]

Just wanted to share that I just got my first click from DP :D worth $0.12 :D

[pratik]

thankz a lot shwan for such a nice concept... :D

[telecomm]

Great innovative idea.
I have never seen something like this in any forum.

[cpvr]

Just wanted to share that I just got my first click from DP :D worth $0.12 :D
Congratulations, I earn about $0.03 a day from DP.

[toughguy]

Gr8 offer..

Good Job..

[Serg]

Just hit my 50th post.. so now I can participate... thanks, this is very cool of you to do!

[Michael_Goldman]

LOL this thread is as old as the forum itself..

[Lever]

LOL this thread is as old as the forum itself..Good point - 2 years and I can't remember whether I thanked Shawn or not... Anyway, just incase, thanks DP :)

[Blogmaster]

And every 3 month or so someone resurrects it :)

[Lever]

And every 3 month or so someone resurrects it :)LOL yeah "There's life in the old girl yet"

[Dekker]

it's like a worn out poonani

we should call it pamela

[Michael_Goldman]

Oh, SVZ<, i always wanted to ask you errr... hmmm, why no?

[Dekker]

the answer is NO!

[Michael_Goldman]

lol, I thought so :) don't be so negative hehe

[ausidesi]

Nice innovative idea :) I can implement this in my site too

[Caydel]

Just ot of curiosity, How many clicks per day do the ads here make?

I will admit - I've clicked once or twice when something caught my eye.

[GetWebHost]

Just want to ask. How long does this program will go, I mean will you close it sometime in the future?

[digitalpoint]

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/faq.php?faq=revenue_sharing#faq_how_long

[Link_Building_Services]

Hm, nice feature
Good idea

[Moncal]

I never get any clicks, but thankfully DP has cpm advertisers. I think I've made .30 so far.

[yfs1]

I never get any clicks, but thankfully DP has cpm advertisers. I think I've made .30 so far.


Congrats, You should be able to retire in 35,000 years

[joch21]

this thread is 631 days old guys

[yfs1]

this thread is 631 days old guys
Its been active the whole time and still applies though - even more after the NY Times coverage ;)

[Link_Building_Services]

I never get any clicks, but thankfully DP has cpm advertisers. I think I've made .30 so far.
What is DP and cpm? :)

[yfs1]

What is DP and cpm? :)
DP is Digital Point (This forum)

CPM relates to AdSense and in this thread refers to the banner ads displayed here where you get paid for how many times they are shown, not how many times they are clicked on.

[Link_Building_Services]

DP is Digital Point (This forum)

CPM relates to AdSense and in this thread refers to the banner ads displayed here where you get paid for how many times they are shown, not how many times they are clicked on.
Oh I see
thanks

[cupid9]

Did DP change the ad banner to ad links? That why I didn't get any CPM...

[Dekker]

it only shows text links if you're a member

[harshad83]

all the info. really helps..

[mohdsoft]

Where do i get the channel ID?