Adsense Placement for XenForo Forums - One Way to Do It

[Amin Sabet]

Amin Sabet submitted a new resource:

Adsense Placement - One Way - Adsense placement I use for good earnings and user experience

I decided to write out how I do my Adsense placements.

This is primarily meant to be a resource to myself for those times that I experiment and forget how to return to my defaults. I'm sharing it here for others who may want to do something similar.

The goals of this method are to achieve a good balance between revenue and user experience. I also wanted to keep SEO in mind.

For the thread view, I choose to have:
-No ads above the first post
-1 ad below the first post on each page...

Read more about this resource...

 

[dvsDave]

What sort of revenue are you seeing from this configuration?

One thing I do recommend is a Conditional Call To Action below each post. "These ads will disappear once you sign up" The whole phrase is a link to my signup page. Or if you are logged in, then "These ads aren't shown to premium users" The whole phrase is a link to the accounts upgrade page. These are passive Calls To Action and they work! I get about a grand a year in premium upgrades.

 

[Amin Sabet]

I think Google's TOS doesn't allow me to share the revenue figures.

Can you please share the code you use for your conditional call the action as well as where you specifically place it.

 

[Amin Sabet]

One thing I do recommend is a Conditional Call To Action below each post.

I've added those to the guide and to my site. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[Mouth]

premium user group

premium upgrades.

Interested in what benefits you are providing for this, and what charging model you are using?

 

[Amin Sabet]

Interested in what benefits you are providing for this, and what charging model you are using?

Mine are explained here: https://www.mu-43.com/account/upgrades

Main one is that for $5/year, members can have an ad-free site.

 

[kontrabass]

Thanks for sharing! Do you find that you get better revenue having your ad below first post on threadview vs in the header?

 

[Amin Sabet]

Thanks for sharing! Do you find that you get better revenue having your ad below first post on threadview vs in the header?

Similar revenue. I think it's better from an SEO standpoint though to have content be the first thing encountered in the thread view.

 

[Mouth]

Mine are explained here: https://www.mu-43.com/account/upgrades

Hmmm .... I always find it interesting that sites do not reveal premium functionality/features to non-registered users.

 

[Amin Sabet]

Hmmm .... I always find it interesting that sites do not reveal premium functionality/features to non-registered users.

I didn't even realize I was doing that. Must be the default. Anyway, here are my upgrades:

 

[dvsDave]

Quick bug fix. on ad_message_below the if else for the ad size should be encapsulated:

  if ( adWidth >= 728 ){
      google_ad_size = ["728", "90"];}
    else {
      google_ad_size = ["300", "250"];}

Also, you should change the small ad size to 300x250, it has a much better fill rate than 320x250.

 

[Amin Sabet]

Quick bug fix. on ad_message_below the if else for the ad size should be encapsulated.

It has always worked for me without that.

Also, you should change the small ad size to 300x250, it has a much better fill rate than 320x250.

Oops, thanks for catching my typo. Now fixed!

 

[dvsDave]

It has always worked for me without that.

Yes it may, but it also make throw an unexpected token error on the else in that code. Safer to have the brackets than depend on the parser to get it right.

 

[Amin Sabet]

Amin Sabet updated Adsense Placement for XenForo Forums - One Way to Do It with a new update entry:

Typo fixes, non-content page exclusions added

I fixed a typo where it said "320x250" instead of "300x250" in some of the templates (thanks, @dvsDave ).

Also moved some of the code from the footer template (no longer used) to the ad_below_bottom_breadcrumb template.

Added exclusions for non-content pages in order to comply with Adsense policies.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[kankan]

Hello thank you.
I have created a 970 x 250 in adsense CP
I reduced the code in XF template to 800 x 250 to fit my DIV.
Do i have the right to resize the ad container without being worried by Adsense rules ?
Thanks

 

[Amin Sabet]

I don't know. If you aren't showing the whole ad, then that is definitely against the rules. If in doubt, this is a good place to ask:

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/adsense

 

[ngannguyen]

Hi,
If you add adsense ads by the scripts under the template "ad_message_below", member can not reply on that thread, you can check

Thanks