Allowing Digital Point members to enter their AdSense id?

Hi, I just noticed that we can enter our AdSense id in our profile at Digital Point.

Q1. Does Google allow us (publishers) to do this?

Q1.2. Is this something Digital Point has exclusive right to do and has obtained the right by contacting Google?

Q2. Can other people do something similar?

Q3. Does vB support this feature?

 

Is there a similar hack in phpBB (as I use phpBB to run my forums)?

 

There is an adsense revenue hack in PHPBB that I've seen. I don't know where it is, but I'm sure you can do some searching to find it.

Shawn refuses to give out the code for vbulletin that he's using for the hack here. Just an FYI for the inevitable "What's the hack code for vbulletin for the adsense revenue sharing hack?" question.

 

Guys and gals, in your opinion, do you think that it'll facilitate to create more activities in the forum? I ask this question, because I run a couple of forums myself, and I certainly want many more members and much more activity.

 

I'm sure it doesn't hurt, although this forum has been party to people starting threads about Mesothelioma because of the forums Revenue sharing..

 

From personal experience, I haven't made much from the adsense revenue sharing. I partly joined the forum for the ability to do that, but over time found in the information here much more rewarding than the revenue that could be obtained. It's a good niche feature that can bring people into a forum, but it by no means is something you should base all of your new registrations on.

 

Ok, so it gave an incentive to at least one member. I wonder if there is any other. BTW, I learned about this after I joined in this forum.

 

same. i thought it would be profitable as can be and i posted my first 50(?) posts really fast

 

and realized you made $0.05 cents (or thats what Ive made anyway ) hehe

 

I made about 60 cents with a terrible CTR, so I just took out my ID here, it is fun for a while, but realy a waste of time.

 

Guys what I don't understand about the frenzy of revenue sharing forums like this is: What if people click their own ads? Wouldn't the entire site be shut away from adsense, serioursly limiting future revenue generating power for the site owners???

 

It is a problem as it keeps members from clicking on the ads for fear of getting thrown out of the program.

If you like an ad and want to click on it you can, but you take a chance of clicking on your own pub # and could get in trouble.

I have asked many times why the ID could not be flashed in the form of a red light or something when a members ID is on, but have never heard back.

Yes, other forums have taken Shawn's idea and used it on their forums but I don't think he has given or sold his code to anyone.

 

Exactly Oh well, it was a good idea.

 

It is a numbers game like compounding interest, if you contribute it gets better with time.

 

There may not be any code publicly available for vB, but there is one for phpBB; http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/3257.

 

The site wouldn't be shut down due to people clicking on their own links, their personal account would be what is affected (because it registers as your id, not DP's)

as for knowing if it's ok to click on an ad without fear of clicking on your own link, that is a good idea, but would have no idea if it would be tough to implement.

in either case, in answer to the original question, I joined the forum before i found out about that, and haven't made any money off of it, and keep coming back anyway

wendy

 

Wendy, I thought that if a site's pub ID gets clicked by the same IP that the he/she logs in with, then their pub ID AND site get thrown out of adsense.

If that isnt the case then what is stopping people from signing up, clicking their own links, getting their IDs cancelled and signing up through a different person?

I believe that google shuts down the site and publisher ID, but correct me if I'm wrong.

I bring this point up only because I also run a forum where I've thought about this revenue sharing idea, but have been detered due to fears of being banned.

 

Forums tend not to get the best click through rates and I reckon I've made about $2 in the whole time I've been a member here. Just make sure you get your post in when the term mesothelioma gets mentioned though

 

Google doesn't ban your site when you have fraudelent clicks, only your adsense account.