Hi all I own forum and i want to make money from my forum using adsense but because the forum is new there some member put on it adult post, picture and i am alone my forum is (smartrademoney.com/forum/) please what advice to help me and what i will do to save my forum from these member< to can make money using adsense thanx for make advice??
if your forum got adult section...don't use AdSense...it avoid their TOS.. better if you go for affiliates banner...
no i don't got adult section, but because the forum is new there some people have no conscience, Trying to close my account without reason, several of the country such as Russia and Europe,Continue daily development of images and adult thread , Every day I delete hundreds of adult threads, but I am tired realy i don't know what i will do
Hi Suheirs Firstly, I'm no expert in this field, so you will need to do a little digging! The first thing I would recommend is setting your forum so that you can only post if you have registered, and are logged in. Within the registration form ensure there is some kind of anti-bot field - such as the Catpcha words that need to be completed when registering and posting on this forum. That will get rid of alot of the automated spammers. The other thing you could do, is to set the forum so that the first 3 posts require the admin to proof them. I subscribe to a forum that does this, and I realise that this can be frustrating for the first time users - but it does help the more established forum users by ensuring that they haven't got useless or potentially damaging posts on the board (although some may say that in some forums the majority of posts are useless lol!) They are probably the two most practical and easy ways of dealing with it. Failing that, I am sure there are programmes and scripts out there that can be popped into the forum code that would help to de-spam (if there's such a word!).....but I don't know any by name, and am unsure of costs etc Hope that helps a little! Rich
thank you very much themoneyoracle for these info i will trying to find where spam and fixing it sorry about my little english thanx for help
I had that happen with one of my sites and I ended up having to moderate every new thread. No fun for the genuine members but it was absolutely necessary. Just try deleting them and blocking their IPs. You can also try image verification for sign ups.
Forums are not easy to manage as you have to continuously moderate and remove the inappropriate content posted by members.
Yeah, once you get a few really regular posters who appear mature and have a sense of humour etc, then maybe approach one of them about being a moderator. Or even better, if you have a friend who shares the same interest then get them to join the forum and help you moderate it. You could also have a "Report as Spam/Malicious/Inappropriate" button against each post (again, not sure how to do this, but I'm sure there is a way as I've seen forums with it!) Rich
I would just like to say that http://stopforumspam.com is the best website in the universe. Use captchas, and any that get through the captcha, run them against that website. THEN let them post. Really cuts down spammers.
why don't you email the owners of the top 10 biggest forums in the world and ask them how they make money?
thanks all for advice not the problem just how to make money, but how to delete the spam member from my own forum . if any script or any thing fight the spam in forums???
As you are using a Vb forum try Spam-O-Matic http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=248042 That should cut out much of your problems. It includes a StopForumSpam Module and Akismet Module.
you can also enable post moderation, post should be checked by any moderator or admin before going live, its better to protect spam like this. I also got this problem some back and i was using SMF, and i did the same.