I have no clue where is the TOS in your forum. Did you trying to ask "how to place ads without breaking TOS from Google or ... (name ads network here). You should telling us: If your site is forum You have no TOS. It maybe hidden or I couldn't find it. What ads need to be placed in your forum. BTW, You have nice forum. ARICK.
I would say sidebar and after first post of a thread. I've seen many forums using the same ad layout. Also, after placing ads you can email Google about the ads layout. When I placed ads on my website, they were generous enough to call me about changing my ad placement.
Thanks, and sorry i meant google's tos. My site is a forum , i have FAQ but no TOS where can i get that? Also what would be the best ad placement on my forum?
First, you should read about these: Each forum should has TOS. It is designed to help members and other parties understand how your forum works. TOS was used to save the forum against legal issues. You can place any Ads in every position as long as it is visible to visitors. Think yourself as visitors and find-out the best position based on your opinion. If you were trying on how to place ads in your forum, you should contact and ask help from the developer of your forum. Google is very strict. Each site/forum which showing Google ads should have Privacy policy. Make sure to create Privacy Policy first before putting ads. Creating TOS and Privacy policy is easy. Follow the instruction from the developer of your forum or you can Google it. You have a forum with so much posts. I assume you already know the basic rules to manage and keep it in good standing with Adsense. Feel free to ask with any question. I'll try to help you as soon as I could (only if I have knowledge about it).
Ok i added terms of service, and privacy statements to my forum now, review it and let me know if that is correct. Its located at the bottom right corner of the forum
I see you already have both TOS and Privacy Policy. If you would like to find-out it is good or not, You should ask Google to review it. I couldn't tell you whether it is good or not.
You may consider the advice from Webdire above to use it in sidebar and after first post. I do agree that is good position for ads. If you have no idea where to insert he code to your theme, consult with the developer of your forum. It is as easy as placing java script text to your theme.
That 728X90 ad at the end of each thread, is it doing anything for you? I never had any success with ads at the bottom of my pages. If I were you I'd move it up and put it right after the first post (if possible).
How can i add it to right after the first post? That would be great since like you i hardly get any revenue out of it
You will have to ask people who know vBulletin well as to how to add an ad after a certain post. I am 90% positive that it's possible, but I have not run a forum for a long time so I can't tell you.
Why is my ad switching? Users that need to login or view there notifications cant because the ad is on the way. How can i modify it to stay in the center?
You can try to rap a <div style=""> </div> around your ad, for instance: <div style="float: left;"> Ad code goes here </div> Code (markup): Now that will align your ad all the way to the left. If you want to just move it a few px then do something like this: <div style="padding: 0px 50px 0px 0px;"> Ad code goes here </div> Code (markup): You can adjust that 50px to however far to the left you want it to be moved.
By the way your ad's aligned all the way to the left. You can align it to left and use padding at the same time to position it where you want. Try this: <div style="float: left; padding-left: 50px;"> Ad code goes here </div> Code (markup): You can manipulate that 50px any way you want.