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Forum Adsense ? Are They Good ?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by Hugeforum, Oct 9, 2006.

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  1. #1
    I want to ask you guys ..
    Does a forum get a high CTR ?
    And what is the best place of ads inside forums ?
     
    Hugeforum, Oct 9, 2006 IP
  2. Notorious

    Notorious Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Very Very low CTR,
    Under the first post is a good placement.
     
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  3. emz

    emz Peon

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    #3
    You'll definately have a low CTR and your CPM will be incosistant from thread to thread
     
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  4. MattUK

    MattUK Notable Member

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    #4
    The normal CTR for a forum is under 1%, anything better than that and you've done well
     
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    Pinvader Guest

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    #5
    Depends on the ad placement

    Pinvader
     
    Pinvader, Oct 9, 2006 IP
  6. koolasia

    koolasia Banned

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    #6
    yea it depends on ad placement u should keep it after first post
     
    koolasia, Oct 9, 2006 IP
  7. ZeRo_CoOl

    ZeRo_CoOl Peon

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    I agree, not the best suited for adsense. You can make money but you must have very high traffic...
     
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    sebastya Well-Known Member

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    #8
    You should do what DigitalPoint does: show larger ads to a non-member :)

    and another good placement idea is at the bottom of the forum. after people are done reading posts, they need to go somewhere, right?
     
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    anthonyn Well-Known Member

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    #9
    I definately feel that you will get a low CTR for a forum.Adsense may not work in this case.But you can always try advertising too.
     
    anthonyn, Oct 9, 2006 IP
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    rahulkr Well-Known Member

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    low CTR but another important point is, there will be no hardwork with a well established forum, it will run and update automatically.
     
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    wissam Well-Known Member

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    #11
    If it's a webmasters revenue share forum u will get clicks because normally when a member likes an ad they click, in the same time don't forget to ask google for permession before starting a Revenue Share forum .
    If it's not a revenue share forum, and even not a webmasters forum you may get some clicks depend on your traffic and members + Ad Placment .
    Use any AdSense plug-in, hack, or mod for your forum to get it automated .
     
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  12. letsmakeamillion

    letsmakeamillion Well-Known Member

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    Who cares what the click thru rate on a forum is!

    The bottom line is how much money can you pull in from your forum site!

    And how much can you consistently pull in month after month..
     
    letsmakeamillion, Oct 9, 2006 IP
  13. Burta

    Burta Well-Known Member

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    #13
    No you probably wont' get a great CTR but with some aggressive integration you might be able to pull 2%, but in general your looking at a CTR of 0.5% - 1%. As for where is best, I'm a big fan of a leader board under the header and potentially a 280x336 between the first and second post, and then maybe a third ad unit or link unit after the final post. Check out this site to read up on monetizing forums:

    www.forumtrends.com

    The guy who runs that site knows some pretty good stuff and has some good suggestions.

    By the way just how big are your forums?
     
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  14. Computerized

    Computerized Well-Known Member

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  15. Burta

    Burta Well-Known Member

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    Thanks - I edited my post as well :cool:.
     
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  16. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Anything above 0.1% would be fantastic actually. :)
     
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    I'm doing well then :)
    I show ads for guests only since my users read almost every new post but never click, thus bringing the CTR down.
    I don't get much traffic though so that may also be the cause of the CTR.
     
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    we`ll, i don`t see a Forum as a income source, there are a few but... if you make a forum starting from the idea of making money, you will succeed nothing. you can let it a free simple and enjoying forum, and after 4-5k of users you can make it a revenue forum
     
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    Forums are famous for low ctr, a good position would be in the middle of posts if you are able to do that.
     
    fusione, Oct 11, 2006 IP
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    That would probably piss of all the members. A better solution would be to put a block ad under the first post, although that is still pretty annoying to most users.

    What I did was put a leaderboard under the title, and it's proving to be quite good.
     
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