EWT - Forum List Ads
 

This hack gives you a nice way to add 2 google ads into your forum listing.

Install Steps:
Install the plugin

Ad row control template:
ewt_forumlistads

Demo: http://www.ruleoneforum.com/forums.php (your gonna have to look hard to notice them in the forum list)


Notice: I no longer have time to support my mods on vbulletin.org.

So with that said if you need help with this hack please go here: http://vbhacks.extremewebtech.com/fo...read.php?t=172

vb3.5 version available here: http://vbhacks.extremewebtech.com/fo...read.php?t=173

What a great idea for a hack! Looks almost exactly like the forum listing.

*Nominates for MOTM

Glad you like it. :)

i think you cant use same size 2 ads at same page at google ads. do i remember wrong?

great. I had to look twice for the ad :)

Great hack and placements.. But are we sure google allows this kind of placement?

Awesome hack, clicks install and nominate for mod of the month.

Thanks...

Lets not turn this thread into what Google finds acceptable and not ok. It gets real old in every "Google" thread having to read everyone go "ohhh this violates google TOS ohhhh". :angry:

If you want to know what you can and cant do with Google try contacting them.

p.s. You dont have to use this hack with google only. ;) You can use any ads you want.

It looks good on your forum because your forum listings already look a lot like the google ads anyway. Mine aren't such a good match and wouldn't look as nicely 'integrated.'

I'm looking for the hack that ads the ads to your thread list instead of the forum list. Anyone know where I can get that?

From me when i make it soon.

oh really? when google bans people because of this will you pay the earnings that all people lost?

i was just expecting a yes or no answer.

And answer is NO, it violates google terms!!

is this legal to do within googles tos?

thats all i needed to hear

i think its an excellent idea and a great job with the coding, but its not worth risking having my account banned from google

The forum index is not a content page, so it's violating the TOS.

How can I make this hack work only für non registred user?
THX

Hey people I never made this hack to be a google only hack. I just put google in to show what could be done with it if you were creative enough. You can put any damn ad in the world in this hack.

Can I have only 1 ad instead of 2 ?

Well, rather than heeding the advice of all the armchair lawyers -- here's Google's TOS regarding Ad Placement:

Thanks!

What if you running vbadvance and have content on the left or right hand block? surely this counts as content?. Also im stummped how to edit where to add these. As in

What do the numbers i enter represent?

the numbers are the forums to show after (basicly count your first category as one and count down from there)

Would it be posible to put the ads (pirticularly Google) into a content page, or post, on my site? Not just the forum home or dislay thing. If there was then that would be great.

There are so many of these great mods but alot of them don't comply with googles strict TOS which is very annoying for me as I like to do things by the book. So if there was a way that you could use this on actual content pages or posts within my forum then that would be great. For now I will install and use a different ad provider for the forum listing. Thanks. :)

May give this one a miss but look forward to the one on the thread page.

Thanks.

I dont think this hack is compliant with adsense TOS.

Use it and take the chance of being banned from adsense

how many times i gotta say you can use any ad and not just google? ;)

Man, Google lists their TOS for all to see. There is no 'guessing'. Read them. Also, people seem to think Google is a big evil monster who will ban you overnight and devour your children.

The Google AdSense team is quite helpful and informative. You're free to set your site up however you like and then request a 'site check', where someone from Google will verify ad placement and let you know if you're in violation of the TOS or not. They will then give you a time frame (usually 30 days) to comply or risk removal from the AdSense program.

I've been using placement similar to this for almost 2 years, and I've had at least half a dozen 'site checks' performed. Each time I've been within Google's TOS. Stop assuming. Start reading.

Thank you. :)

Here is another example of google showing you how to add ads to your blog or post by blending into it.
http://www.google.com/images/adsense...gtimize_en.jpg

What?? Are you crazy?? Do you actually expect people to find information ...On there own???

:)

Once I get my site transitioned over I will be looking at this mod as a possable ad solution. Thanks for posting it.

lol. Can you post links of the sites you've build so we can actually see how your ads look like.

Thank you

I doubt it is. If you have to "look hard to notice them in the forum list" that can be considered as tricking users into clicking which isn't what google wants.

Google even has tutiorials for blending the ads into a site.

Why don't people read all the replies before replying to a post on the first page of a 3 page thread? /sigh

I posted this link because I was looking for info at google forums, even google tells you to blend your ads into your site for best results.

http://www.google.com/images/adsense...gtimize_en.jpg

Ok this should settle Everything.
I contact google and requested a "site check" I have the forum listads installed and had google look at everything, and this is what they had to say.

I hope this settles everyone`s worries and just wana say "thanks for a great hack "eXtremeTim" :rambo:

Thanks for the mod.

Het is uitgevers niet toegestaan Google advertenties weer te geven op een
verhullende, misleidende manier. Voorbeelden hiervan zijn het zodanig
aanpassen van de inhoud naast de advertenties, dat deze lijken op de
Google advertenties of het bewerken van advertenties zodat deze lijken op
spelletjes of forumdiscussies. Bovendien mogen uitgevers specifieke
afbeeldingen niet in verband brengen met afzonderlijke advertenties op hun
sites. Een dergelijke implementatie zou gebruikers, die veronderstellen
dat de afbeeldingen direct gerelateerd zijn aan het aanbod van de
adverteerder, kunnen misleiden.