I really think the adlinks mod you've done is nice. I think I'm also more likely to click ads more frequently. block ads right there get annoying, but the adlinks are not bad at all and get me thinking "hmm... am I interested in seeing sites about...". Yet another DP stroke of genius.
It was a little trickier than it looks (putting them after whatever post you are looking at and also the revenue sharing).
I don't get this revenue sharing. Well, is it just enough if we had the Google_ad_client="pub-xxxx.." And this would generate revenue for the users? Is it valid and legal? I didn't understand about the channel thing. Would be better if someone throws light at it.
It's pretty straight forward. If you put your adsense id under options, your ads get displayed sometimes in threads that you start. If you don't already run adsense, it doesn't make sense to get an account specifically for this forum, but if you already have one it's always nice to get a couple of extra clicks. Putting your ads up here does not violate the adsense TOS. There are plenty of threads about this, but if you ask specific questions they are usually pretty easy to answer.
There is also a full FAQ for it that answers all your questions: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/faq.php?faq=revenue_sharing
Any chance at all that you would share how you got the adsense link bar down there (and making it look good)?
Got it. I take it you won't want to show the if statements you used to get the ads on what you're looking at (post-wise)?
Maybe if I get around to cleaning it up a bit, but right now it's a convoluted mess... consists of 3 different hooks/plug-ins (specific to 3.5), plus some really ugly if statements in the postbit. Because it's doing a bunch of things... checking placement (which post it goes after), altering the color based on the style the user is using (ads go blue when they are using blue), as well as the revenue sharing thing. It needs to be cleaned up at some point.
Actually, now that I think about it, you really don't need all the extra ugly crap, just the if logic, right? So the conditional I'm using within the postbit (before it drops into all the ugliness.. hehe), is this: <if condition="$post[postid] == $_REQUEST[p] || ($_REQUEST[t] && $post[postcount] % 10 == 1)"> Code (markup):
nevetS, Thanks for the answer and yes, I'm already a Adsense campaigner, I did add my Adsense ID. Lets see how much I get from this area. DigitalPoint, Hello, Its really a great and a wonderful oppurtunity to be at your forums. Hats off for you effort. And thanks for answering the query. I'll check the FAQ section. Regards, MaxCage
Althought the Adsense Terms limit me from saying anyspecifics, adding the same type of link to my detail page has had GOOD results. http://www.thinkbling.com/detail.php?ASIN=0439784549
That code works quite well in Vbulletin 3.0.1-adds the links under the "in-focus" message. Thanks a ton!
Wasn't that the point? Oh, BTW... if the user has their account to view xx posts per page that's anything other than 10, and they are viewing by thread (instead of post) it will not work quite right. It will try to add an ad after every 10 posts. It's just one of the things I need to clean up (instead of hard coding the "10", validate it against the current setting). I just didn't know the variable off the top of my head when I did it quickly.