Hi Guys and Girls. I must say, Awsome forum you have here. Sorry about the long post, It kind of explains the whole situation. Firstly, I have been running a pretty small based forum (Members: 4,370, Posts: 110,272), I have previously never had adverts on the forum, As I never needed them, The hosting costs were small (I ran off a basic shared host and the scripts I had already paid for), Until my traffic increased by miles. On average, Each month, We would get about 170,000 hits per month, With about 10,000 unique visitors. Until recently, We are now getting 380,000 hits per month, With 60,000 unique visitors. This wasnt a problem, Until our host decided that we were growing at a pretty fast pace and we would need to pay alot more. (We were originally paying £10pm (Which was perfect) and they then demanded 186% more a month. So we gave in for the first month, £28.60 (for exactly the same as before). Then they started demanding even more and more for services that we didnt even need (Backups - Even though I did them myself, DNS Check - Every host should make sure its DNS is up for a fixed price included in the cost, Not extra), So we gave in and got a VPS Server (At £40 Per month). We were originally fine with this, But then having lost my job and having to cut back on a few things, The forum became one of them (£40 (Mnth) doesnt seem much, but when you consider it in the long run £480(Yr) is something I can spend on essential things.), However, We were pointed by a couple of our members, To post on here about what the best ad-networks are. We are currently using OpenAds with Buy.at (A referal network as alot of the referal schemes are relevant to me and the members, I save money on items and make money), However, They dont seem to be doing much. 297,760 Impressions : 45,608 Clicks. So I was wondering, What networks do you suggest we use? We dont want those that have those anoying Buzzing-Bee ads or those "Helloooo" (animation emoticons) as I have found them to be a real putoff. Also, Something with relevance. The forum is based on TV Shows, Games, Music, Movies. Thanks so much for all your help guys and girls.
well you can earn really good if you have 3 different ads on your site or forum.... 1st get Adsense 2nd check the link on my signature and join the top 3 ads network.... i guarantee you with that much visitors you can earn around $300 or more in a month.... also i will suggest you to go for CPM so that even if your visitors dont click your ads you will earn just for display the banner or ads... my secret is i have 4 different ads network...
You should try adsense or adbrite coz they pay per click and as the no of clicks are high it will be good to make money per click for more help pm me
Hi, Thanks for all your comments so far. Which Ad-Network has the best control system? I am used to buy.at and I must say, Its very easy to use. I choose the network I would like to join upon acceptance, I get a group of codes for the banners and then I put these into OpenAds and track them that way? I here some people saying; "Just join them and find out", But having looked at a couple posted, They seem to want my US TaxID and I would hate to be posting information like that in places I may not visit again.