Rewrite eBay To ShoppingAds

[Dismounted]

Rewrite eBay To ShoppingAds

*** Please be aware that a member has had his ShoppingAds account deactivated through the use of this modification. (See https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1764345&postcount=113) ***

Description:
Adds ShoppingAds prefix to posted eBay links.

Request:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=144207

Installation:
All the installation information is in the package.

Changes:
2 Plugins
1 File

[Dismounted]

Change Log:
10/10/2008 - Version 1.2
- Fixed Incorrect Rewrite To ShoppingAds
- Fixed Case Sensitivity Error

3/10/2008 - Version 1.1
- Rewrite of Code to Streamline for Efficiency

10/04/2007 - Version 1.0
- Initial Release

[Mecho]

sounds really great but is it possible that show me a Demo link ??

Thanks

[Dismounted]

Demo Link? AuctionAds is an affiliate-type service.
http://www.auctionads.com/

[auctionguy]

Does this system just work on Ebay auctions or would it work for any other as well?

[Slapyo]

only for ebay. thanks dismounted!

[butty]

cheers for this, jus installed it and going to see how it does on my forum

can anyone tell me if its a link to a sellers many items (altho it does seem to go through the auctionads referral link. if someone clicked that link then clicked on a item would the commission still be gotten or not?

you can also use this with adsense so gets the thumbsup from me! :)

[butty]

okay ive installed this but it only seems to rewrite some and not others

check

http://www.oldskoolanthemz.com/forum/vinyl4sale-swaps/72781-rare-italian-classics.html

and

http://www.oldskoolanthemz.com/forum/vinyl4sale-swaps/72326-derry-hall-just-week-end-out-records.html

can ya think of any reason why this could be please?


many thanks for your time

[Dismounted]

Hmm, the link seems to rewrite on my test board.

[butty]

some of them do on mine mate and then not others. could it be the way that the ebay url is do you think? maybe because its the uk ebay? i cant see much diffrence between the 2 url's in the links, am hoping that somebody else will :)

[Dismounted]

My hack rewrites all url's with ".ebay." in them, so it's not that.

[butty]

i have vbseo on my forum too. could it be anything to do with that dya think?

[reteep]

Is this working for ebay.de, too, or just ebay.com?

[Dismounted]

Read three posts up :).

[reteep]

My hack rewrites all url's with ".ebay." in them, so it's not that.

Allright, so I guess if it's .de or .com doesn't matter. Thanks! :)

[bacanze]

Great that it can supportall ebay tld's thanks.

[butty]

i just turned my vbseo off and its still not working with all ebay links. anyone else getting this problem? its a strange one!

[Ryan McBain]

How can you tell if this hack is working?

[ESADCG]

I want this for Commission Junction PIDs!!!

[Slapyo]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=144214" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=144214</a>

try that one.

[Spun2U]

Nice mod! :up: Installed

[TheMusicMan]

Where do you find your Campaign number...? and what if you have more than one campaign...?

[Dismounted]

I'm not familiar with AuctionAds, so I don't know how it all works. I just coded a modification by request. I would imagine a campaign number would be shown to you on your account management page?

[Caddyman]

To get campaign number

add a campaign in usercp on auctionads

then go to make a code

then select the campaign in dropdown

it will show the number in the code.

[joeychgo]

I want this for Commission Junction PIDs!!!


Actually - you may not.

AuctionAds has the benefit of scale. Because of the amount of publishers it has, AuctionAds is at the higher payout tiers. You cant get the same payouts via CJ.

We have started a support forum just for AuctionAds (http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=105) on vBulletin FAQ to answer your questions about AuctionAds and how it can be implemented with vBulletin. Come on by.

[popowich]

Account and client numbers are the same thing, yes?

-Raymond

[Reece^B]

No

Account Number > Publisher ID

Campaign Number is different, AuctionAds explains where to get the number from.

[maryx]

1 ) What is the Affiliate PID that version 1.1 asks for? Is that my publisher account number from auctionads?

When I put in that long number and click "save" in vB options it just shows that the first number out of the long string of numbers is saved. Is this right?

2) version 1.0 asks for campaign number, version 1.1 doesn't. It seems to me that it would be nice to get things sorted by campaign, so was this really an improvement, to not put in campaign number?

I hope this works! It is a nice easy mod.

[TheMusicMan]

Version 1.1 - ?????? where's that?

[Dismounted]

There isn't, there's just 1.0.

[nymyth]

Installed...thanx for this...havent tested it yet....does it conflict with vbSEO by any chance?

[Dismounted]

No, it shouldn't conflict with vBSEO.

[nymyth]

good to know...installed...

[meissenation]

*clicks Installed* Thanks!

[WoodiE]

I'm having the same problem as well - some links rewrite, others do not.

[Dismounted]

Can I see examples?

[WoodiE]

Dismounted,

Try this forum - http://www.rcnitrotalk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=30

I've had the mod installed since the 14th of Aug.

[WoodiE]

Any luck regarding this issue? Still not working for me...

[Dismounted]

I shall be going through all my modification soon, as the school term ends tomorrow :).

[WoodiE]

Great, I hope you can get this working as the AA ads alone have been proving to be a good pay off.

[Kamran]

Hi,

I installed it, but some users experienced popups asking if they wanted to download a file from auctionads, so I've disabled it now.

Here (http://www.talkwrestlingonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39469) is the thread with screenshots on my forum.

[WoodiE]

I think this mod might be having problems with other mods as on a clean install forum this mod works fine, on my live forum it doesn't.

Kamran,

How long ago have you tried this? AA did have a problem a few days ago to which has been reported as fixed. If so you might want to try it again.

[Kamran]

Woodie - it was a few days ago, so I'll have a go again next week sometime, I'll let you know how it goes :)

I do have some other mods installed also, so its possible there is a conflict somewhere.

[Dismounted]

I think this mod might be having problems with other mods as on a clean install forum this mod works fine, on my live forum it doesn't.
I've only tested on my board with my custom modifications and a clean board so that's maybe why I can't pinpoint the problem. I would be happy to go in and check which modification is causing the conflict for you.

[Paul M]

We came across a small issue with this today.

We had a thread that was generating errors and it turned out to be this causing them - it didn't like http://??? .

[Dismounted]

It generated a parse_url() error, correct? The cause of the error is that it isn't a valid URL. I'll need to do a loop to suppress errors, instead of using array_map().

In the meantime, just do this edit to the plugin "Rewrite Function". Find:
$parsed = array_map('parse_url', array_map('strtolower', $links));
Replace With:
// convert all links to lowercase
$links = array_map('strtolower', $links);

// parse links
$parsed = array();
foreach ($links AS $link)
{
$parsed[] = @parse_url($link);
}

[Paul M]

It generated a parse_url() error, correct? The cause of the error is that it isn't a valid URL.

Yep, I ended up having to edit the post.

[siliconfinance]

I used your change to fix the parse error...no more parse error, but now it does not seem to rewrite the ebay links. Any thoughts?

[Dismounted]

Try this instead:
// convert all links to lowercase
$lower_links = array_map('strtolower', $links);

// parse links
$parsed = array();
foreach ($lower_links AS $link)
{
$parsed[] = @parse_url($link);
}

[DieselMinded]

/me clicks installed

[webgod]

I'm having an issue where it's rewriting a link that contains ebay.com in it


for example:
http://www.oktoberfestbythebay.com


any idea on how to fix this?

[Dismounted]

This is going to be a tricky one, as eBay uses heaps of subdomains. I'll think about it.

[webgod]

This is going to be a tricky one, as eBay uses heaps of subdomains. I'll think about it.


why not match for .ebay.com

[eJM]

Dismounted,

I installed this, but I am concerned about the campaign number. You haven't answered the question asked about whether one has more than one campaign. I do. How will this effect my AuctionAds account or the function of this hack? Which campaign number should I enter?

Thanks,

Jim

[Dismounted]

I don't know what the effect of different campaigns will do, simply because I was asked to write a hack that rewrote links using a predefined format.

[siliconfinance]

Dismounted, thank you for this great mod.

The original issue was fixed, but a new one has popped up. I have vbseo and it seems to be rewriting regular non ebay links, specifically the last URL in the first post of a thread. I am going to PM you the link.

[Beermonster]

Works great, I've been running auction ads for a while now and I don't think I've made $3 yet, hopefully this will help increase that :)

[siliconfinance]

Dismounted, thank you for this great mod.

The original issue was fixed, but a new one has popped up. I have vbseo and it seems to be rewriting regular non ebay links, specifically the last URL in the first post of a thread. I am going to PM you the link.

Can I pay you to fix the problem I have on my site?

[Dismounted]

Since I don't even have vBSEO and even if I did, it's encrypted, so I can't fix this issue, I don't even know what's causing it. Although I've heard that other people have had this modification installed with vBSEO running as well and it was working fine for them.

[siliconfinance]

Can you tell me how your script works so we can figure out where a conflict might exist with the vbseo url rewrite feature?

[Dismounted]

How do I "tell" you how it works? It simply finds URLs using regex and then prefixes them.

[corbint]

this is a great mod, and has been working as expected on my board for months.

the mod needs an update asap, as they have done away with the auctionads domain and are forwarding to the shoppingads domain. this is breaking all rewrites.

[Dismounted]

Here is a temporary fix while I get a new updated release out.

In the plugin "Rewrite Function", find:
http://ads.auctionads.com/pagead/

Replace with:
http://ads.shoppingads.com/pagead/

[corbint]

thanks Dismounted!

[joeychgo]

Thanks dismounted

[linkasaur]

Thank your for the quick udpdate, Dismounted!

[corbint]

did it get officially updated?

[Dismounted]

did it get officially updated?
No, not yet.

[siliconfinance]

Hey dismounted, is there any way to get the script to work when the contents of a post are displayed on a vbadvanced home page? The scripts works well when some accesses a post in the forum but when I select a post's ebay contents to be featured on the home page, the script does not function there. I know this was not intended to work like this, but I wonder whether you have a solution.

[Dismounted]

It would probably need to hook into vBAdvanced, and I don't have the time at the moment for that. But it is very well possible.

[ChrisSy]

Anybody got this working on 3.5?

[Dismounted]

In the product XML, find all instances of and remove:
executionorder="5"

[eJM]

I know you're busy an' all, but is that last post in reference to working on 3.5 (upgade, damit) or the vBadvanced issue? I use vBa CMPS, so I'm interested in this.

Thanks,

Jim

[Dismounted]

It's in reference to installing on 3.5. The vBAdvanced bit isn't an "issue" per se. This modification was only ever designed to be used within threads.

[siliconfinance]

FYI, it started working on vBadvanced without any tweaking! :D

[Dismounted]

Yea, but the plugin that does that sometimes causes problems, so some people disable it.

[siliconfinance]

For some non-apparent reason, this has stopped working for me on all of my sites. No changes were made. I am wondering whether this is due to the recent change to shopping ads.

[jdebler]

For some non-apparent reason, this has stopped working for me on all of my sites. No changes were made. I am wondering whether this is due to the recent change to shopping ads.

Did you check post #62 of this thread?

[siliconfinance]

Well, I saw that. I replaced it manually in the URL that is spit out by the code but I still got a blank page so I just went over to the ebay rewrite hack.

[jdebler]

Well, I might not be you. I just checked and it seems they are down. :(

[Dismounted]

Those guys always seem to be down lol.

[mototips]

I noticed a revenue drop after changing the mod to shoppingads links and I just emailed them the other day and they told me my link structure was wrong... This is what a current link looks like
http://ads.shoppingads.com/pagead/link_bda0fc547dbda36a04da_19bab12f10db9b016bd13d4c 56734c14_http://cgi.ebay.com/BIKETEK-FRONT-MOTORCYCLE-BIKE-PADDOCK-STAND_W0QQitemZ300221118123QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageN ameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101

They say my link for the same item should look like

http://ads.shoppingads.com/pagead/link_bda0fc547dbda36a04da_19bab12f10
db9b016bd13d4c56734c14_http%3A//cgi.ebay.com/BIKETEK-FRONT-MOTORCYCLE-BIKE-P
ADDOCK-STAND_W0QQitemZ300221118123QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageN ameZRSS%3AB%3ASRCH%
3AUS%3A101

Which is different... How do i fix this to make it rewrite on the fly?

[ekool]

Does this seem to work with 3.7?

[maryx]

Has this mod been updated to 3.7?

Does it have the new link to shopping ads (instead of auction ads)?

This has been an absolutely great mod, effortless way to make $$$.

Someone help me here, I gotta know the answers to my questions.

[cookiepants]

I love this mod, thank you so much! I make about 120 a month without having my members look at any irritating ads! All thanks to you

[StonePilot]

That's my question too, is it ready for 3.7?

[Dismounted]

I have not tested it on 3.7 - but it should work.

[Dismounted]

Modification Updated!

3/10/2008 - Version 1.1
- Rewrite of Code to Streamline for Efficiency

[eJM]

I installed the update and now my links show an auctionads.com prefix, not shoppingads. What's the problem? Did I do something wrong? I allowed overwrite.

Thanks,

Jim

[Dismounted]

Thanks for picking that up.

Modification Updated!

10/10/2008 - Version 1.2
- Fixed Incorrect Rewrite To ShoppingAds
- Fixed Case Sensitivity Error

[cookiepants]

I'm just uploading the newest version, as some of my members can't click on eBay links. For the rest, this has been awesome. It easily pays for my server each month.

THANK YOU!!!

[heatherw610]

Has anyone had any issues with this mod since AuctionAds is moving to a new data center?

All my numbers (clicks, impressions) are off big time but earnings is staying the same.

[nascartr]

I believe everything is ok. It's probably on their end. My numbers are off as well but earnings are normal.

[heatherw610]

Now mine isnt working at all. When I click a link, it tries to open the link but says "Page Cannot Be Displayed."

Anyone?

[ludachris]

Anyone tried this on a 3.5 installation?

[heatherw610]

Right now ShoppingAds has EVERY accounts earnings on hold. :(

[Dismounted]

Anyone tried this on a 3.5 installation?
I won't bother repeating myself. ;)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1427753&postcount=72

[nascartr]

Right now ShoppingAds has EVERY accounts earnings on hold. :(


So you got the message too? I was wondering if it was just me.

[ludachris]

I won't bother repeating myself. ;)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1427753&postcount=72
My apologies.

[ludachris]

FYI, it started working on vBadvanced without any tweaking! :D
Anyone know what version of vBadvanced this works with? I checked it on our vBadvanced pages and it doesn't seem to be working.

[Dismounted]

The modification should work on everything that uses the vBulletin BB Code Parser. vBAdvanced may cache data that has already been parsed, so you may have to wait for the cache to expire or clear the cache for the modification to come into effect.

[ludachris]

The modification should work on everything that uses the vBulletin BB Code Parser. vBAdvanced may cache data that has already been parsed, so you may have to wait for the cache to expire or clear the cache for the modification to come into effect.
So if I have an RSS feed set up on a vBa page, the links should be rewritten? It doesn't seem to be working that way. Could it be because I have it set up as a php module? I tried changing it to a template module and that didn't seem to do it.

[Dismounted]

My guess is that the RSS feed is not passed through the vBulletin BB code parser (with good reason, RSS feed content is in HTML). The links wouldn't be rewritten in this case.

[ludachris]

My guess is that the RSS feed is not passed through the vBulletin BB code parser (with good reason, RSS feed content is in HTML). The links wouldn't be rewritten in this case.
Anyway you can think of that I could rig it to work? Would it even be possible to write a hack that would make it work? Maybe I'll attempt my first hack... for example, could I create a custom vb page/script as described here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=98009

and then apply an htaccess file for that page to do a rewrite? Or might there be an easier way? Thanks for the replies.

[Dismounted]

Anyway you can think of that I could rig it to work? Would it even be possible to write a hack that would make it work?
It's possible, but not without some major changes how the RSS feed is imported. (Is there an option to turn the RSS feed's HTML into BB code? vBulletin allows this in its RSS feed manager, I'm not sure about vBAdvanced.)
Maybe I'll attempt my first hack... for example, could I create a custom vb page/script as described here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=98009

and then apply an htaccess file for that page to do a rewrite? Or might there be an easier way? Thanks for the replies.
That would not work. You are looking to modify the display of the URLs (what this modification does), not URLs hitting your server (this is what mod_rewrite does).

[ludachris]

Thanks for the replies. This goes beyond the realm of your hack so I'll not take it anymore off topic. Maybe I'll just post a request if I can't figure it out. Thanks again for answering my questions.

[Reece^B]

Using this mod, love it.

But I get an error each time someone clicks a active link:

This Listing Is Unavailable

This listing () has been removed or is no longer available. Please make sure you entered the right item number.
If the listing was removed by eBay, consider it cancelled. Note: Listings that have ended more than 90 days ago will no longer appear on eBay.

[Paul M]

There is a bug in this, which sometimes screws up the generated url (giving the above error).

To fix it I added a line in functions_rewrite_ebay_auctionads.php

I changed this ;

// encode URL
$encodedlink = urlencode($rightlink);



To this ;

// encode URL
$encodedlink = urlencode($rightlink);
$encodedlink = str_replace('%26amp%3B','&',$encodedlink); // Paul M Fix, 04/02/2009

[Dismounted]

That error occurs when the encoding "doubles up". (I remember I fixed this, but it seems not.)

[DieselMinded]

Is this going to be updated for vb 3.8+

[Dismounted]

It should already work for 3.8.x.

[DieselMinded]

Good because i already have it installed and im trying to update all my mods to 3.8 before i move to 3.8 on vbulletin , amazingly i ahve been able to update about 1/2 my mods to 3.8 versions already Sweet !!!

[Paul M]

Sadly (like many others I suspect) I got this today ;

Hello,

In the final hour of evaluation, it has been determined by eBay and ShoppingAds that your account must be deactivated. We know that many of you have been working back and forth with us to try and improve the situation, and we thank you kindly for your efforts. Unfortunately, as warned (that there were no guarantees), we had to take this course of action.

We thank you for your partnership up through this point and wish you the best of luck.

We are in the process of making an aggressive case on your behalf to eBay of having you paid for February’s earnings, and will let you know as soon as we hear back. If you will be paid it will occur on April 1st, 2009.

As for our ads- we strongly suggest that you take down our ad code IMMEDIATELY as you will no longer be paid for hosting them.

Thank you,

ShoppingAds.

Therefore I have now removed this mod. Nice while it lasted, Thanks DM.

[Dismounted]

Will leave this mod up (maybe for a few days, maybe more) - so people can get it if they want, or fetch uninstall instructions.

[SuperJETT]

Really strange because I specifically asked them last week if having this mod installed was ok and they said it's fine because the links still say Ebay. This was on March 3rd, and they paid me as usual on the 4th.

I do have a Shoppingads banner on all thread pages.

I can see Ebay's thinking, they are going to get the traffic from those links anyway, why pay SA a commission?

[Reece^B]

Just out if curosity, that e-mail doesnt say anything about a 3rd party modifcation?

How do you know that we can't use this mod? This mod is what earns most of my revenue!

[SuperJETT]

Here's my contact with them from last week:

This is the first notice I've had of needing to contact you. I did read the guideline update, and feel that I'm within the guidelines.

www.mysite.com (http://www.mysite.com/) is where I run the ads, at the bottom of all threads above the quick reply box. http://www.mysite.com/showthread.php?t=51395 just scroll to the bottom of the thread. It's a standard Shoppingads banner. I switch positions with the Adsense ads at the top periodically as well.

I also have the rewrite mod installed to add my shoppingads referrer onto links posted and the links still appear like the original showing ebay in the text: http://www.mysite.com/showpost.php?p=674384&postcount=1

I don't have an ad showing on the front page, only on the forum pages currently.

What do I need to change if anything? Is the link rewrite mod not allowed? Shoppingads works very well with our forum and I'd like to keep running them.

Thanks, myname[Quoted text hidden]
ShoppingAds Support <support@shoppingads.com> Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:07 AM To: SuperJETT
Hi there,

I apologize if it’s the first communication and therefore for the “urgency” of the tone. Unfortunately, there are a number of publishers for whom this is about the 5th, so it required a sternness as you could imagine.

Thank you kindly for following up. You are all set now and in good standing- as you’ve always been.

Thanks.






I specifically asked about this mod and they said everything is fine and I'm still a client as of today with revenue coming in daily.

[Reece^B]

I really want to find out, can we use this mod?

Honestly can't see why it puts anyone out of pocket!

[SuperJETT]

I really want to find out, can we use this mod?

Honestly can't see why it puts anyone out of pocket!

Ebay makes less. If a link is posted and clicked and an action taken, then Ebay gets all of the fees. If you use the rewrite, then they have to share a portion with Shoppingads (then you get your's).

I can see how Ebay would have a problem with it, though SA told me it was fine to use.

[DieselMinded]

* DieselMinded Uninstalls

i got this email on the 3rd

Hello,



You are being contacted as a final attempt to keep you within our network. Either you have not yet informed us where you are currently running our ads on your site, or the site you have indicated



a) Does not have our ads running on it currently
b) Throws an error/ Address not found



If this is the first email of its kind that you are receiving, we apologize but unfortunately we are down to the wire and need this information as quickly as possible.



Please indicate to us IMMEDIATELY which url/s you are running our ads on, and where on the site we can find them. Note that it is in your best interest to be running ACTUAL banners generated by Shoppingads. If you are running links generated by ShoppingAds, they must have the word “eBay” somewhere within the link content. Your referrer url’s (the url’s from which your ads/clicks are coming) must NOT be hidden or cloaked, it is against our TOS.



Note as well that the submission of a URL is then followed by a final evaluation, in which we determine whether your site is up to network quality. Failure to respond with a valid URL currently running our ads may result in termination and possibly loss of commissions.



Thank you kindly for your cooperation, we hope that this is the last email of this kind.



Thanks again.



**********************
ShoppingAds Support
www.shoppingads.com
Monetize your site with live merchant listings



I replied

yes im running your ads they work great , view them on any showthread page

Thank You ,


they then replied

Hi there,



Glad to hear it. Thank you for following up. You’re all set for now.

And the next day i got paid , So i uninstalled this mod to prevent from being black listed

[Dismounted]

Will keep this up until I hear of more reports of deactivation - I will see if I can get an official answer from ShoppingAds.

[Paul M]

Just to be clear here, I never said that my SA account was deactivated because of using this mod.

I assume the issue was that I only used this mod, I had no other SA ads on the site.

[Dismounted]

I am still seeking clarification from ShoppingAds - just disambiguating some terms.

[webgod]

has anyone heard of drivingrevenue.com ?

it looks like they do link rewriting of eBay and Amazon among other affiliate retailers

[Reece^B]

I look forward to hearing how you have got on dismounted.

This mod is mostly my sole income through shoppingads, people don't click banner, but they do click ebay links.

[Reece^B]

Have you heard anything dismounted?

[Dismounted]

Not from support - however, I have the email of someone "higher up", which I have yet emailed to (too busy :().

[Reece^B]

So whats the latest, safe to use?

[SuperJETT]

I would say so, I'm still using it, and they know it and I'm still getting paid.

[joeychgo]

I spoke to SA abot this when it happened. eBay made them pare down their publishers to the top producers. (eBay has been screwy with affiliates)

This hack is approved by both ebay and SA and is fine for use. I asked specifically, and both have approved the rewrites.

[webgod]

has anyone heard of drivingrevenue.com ?

it looks like they do link rewriting of eBay and Amazon among other affiliate retailers

Thought I'd give an update, I signed up and installed their code. So far I've earned revenue from ebay, amazon, cars.com, edmunds.com, autoanything.com, buy.com, newegg.com, zappos.com and have clicks from a dozen other retailers but no revenue. So far I'm very happy.

definitely worth a shot for anyone having issues with shopping ads

[DieselMinded]

re installed i do have the shopping ads on my site as well as the rewrite , when it was first announced on this thread about people getting blacklisted , i was contacted by shopping ads personally , they asked me where the shopping ads are on my site , i thought this was a stange request but i told them and i got paid the next day. i assume they was holding my payment until they seen the ads then OK'd me.

I uninstalled this mod back then to be safe , my shopping ads revenue did all but stop completely not realizing the magnitude of effect this mod had on my shopping ads .

I have turned over a new leaf and went on a major ass kissing mode for google ads , redoing privacy policies and removing the ads on a lightly moderated forum that contains multiple topics that could be construed as a violation to googles terms of service ... did you know FIRE ARM topics are against google ads TOS ? so are racism , porn , and gambling

If you are gaining revenue from google i strongly suggest you read this blog i came across and tweak your advertising tactics to prevent from being blacklisted

http://hubpages.com/hub/Banned-from-Google-AdSense-Common-Reasons-How