Is it allowed to have adsense inside a forum thread/post?

Guess the title says it all, is it allowed to have adsense in a topic/post on a forum?

 

Of course! Then again you can read the TOS rules to see for your self that no where does it say you can't have ads inside a thread or post!! Many boards do that to increase CTR, but at the same time make many first time visitors leave and never show up again.

 

It's a good way of increasing the visibility of the ads, but unless you already have an established and popular forum, it will drive away visitors.

 

I've noticed forums that only show the ads in threads to guests, once you log in they're gone.

Perhaps that's the way to go? If visitors don't want to see them, then register and log in. JM2C.

 

Anyone got an example of a forum using therm inside the post itself?

 

Between posts:

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cach...094&page=1+site:forums.digitalpoint.com&hl=en

 

Inside the post dates the ad and that is not allowed. The date will always make the ad look old.

 

I can modify the post and get ride of the date.
So overall people tend to agree that it is allowed.

http://www.mediaplace.nl/forum/about134441.html
Thats an example of how i would like it to look like.

 

Yeah there's no problem with that at all. It's actually the most common way of displayig AS on forums that I've seen.

 

Thanks I will do that for all of my Google ads. Just need to figure out what will give me the best CTR. Images or text?

 

Google says they'll only show images if they beat text CTR. So having both enabled should in theory be best.

 

I did not agree, google has specifically addressed this issue and said if it is in a post, it's not alllowed.

I Think TOPPS had the right suggestion. Between posts.

 

Cool great idea. Lets see if we can push this baby above the 5% CTR. Am i allowed to post this info. Not sure.

 

I have setup a forum such that ads are shown between every 4 posts. Starting from second, i have ads at 2,7,12 positions. And I'm gettng fair amount of clicks. Click per visitor is high. Perhaps that will help you too.

The mod was on phpbb and was called "banner after post" mod.

btw,Google have confirmed that Tos not violated by showing ads between posts.

Regards,
Tuning

 

Same here but that doesnt work at all. I let that run for a while but the small banner after the first post or the second or the last doesnt get clicked at all. Most people click the large skycraper on the left. I ll just send google this week a email to ask them if it is allowed and will just wait for them to respond. In the meantime , im back to improving CTR< CTR and CTR.

 

Will not the TOS be violated if more than 3 ads are shown per page? I have set up so that one ad is posted right when a new topic is posted (for IPB). That works fine.

 

more than 3 ads wont show because of google's technology. If you place 4 ad codes, then 4th one will never show an ad. Its automatically nulled.

 

No. Thats not true tuning. I tested that out and they show 4 ads.

 

4 ads is the limit. I believe that you can only have 3 of a single type, but 4 in total. I have my site set up for 3 adsense banners and 1 adlink block without a problem.

I stand corrected. I just updated my site to only show 3 ad units per page. You can have up to 3 ad units plus 2 adsense for search boxes on a given page.

 

Thanks for the update neverts.

@king_kobra

I have setup 10 posts per page and hence I will never have 4 ads on a page. Sorry for speculating.