Google AsSense and Restricted Forums

[DaveM]

I have Google AsSense on my forum and keep getting the following error on Google.

You have ad crawler errors, which can result in lost revenue.

This seems to be cause by the fact that I have forum areas that can only be viewed once logged in and a few others if you belong to the assigned group.

Is there any way that when Google crawls my site it is able to see all these forum areas even if it is not really logged in. Or is there any other way I can handle this issue.

 

[digitalpoint]

You can give Google AdSense login credentials to crawl stuff behind login-protected pages.

Display ads on login-protected pages - Google AdSense Help

After your account has been activated, you can display Google ads on the pages of your site behind a login by creating a crawler login. This will give the AdSense ads crawler access to visit yo

support.google.com

 

[AndyB]

I suggest excluding AdSense from those forums which are not able to be viewed by guests.

You might like this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/auto-ads-manager.8894/

 

[DaveM]

You can give Google AdSense login credentials to crawl stuff behind login-protected pages.

Display ads on login-protected pages - Google AdSense Help

After your account has been activated, you can display Google ads on the pages of your site behind a login by creating a crawler login. This will give the AdSense ads crawler access to visit yo

support.google.com

Thanks I have set this up so I will now see how this goes.

 

[rdn]

How do you set it up?
Like this?

Adsense Crawler access Login parameters for XF2?

Is the screenshot above correct? Specifically, the Login URL, username, and password fields?

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