vbulletin pages adsense is not allowed to be displayed on
 

Just slowly checking through the various scripts in vbulletin and figuring out if they are ok to display google adsense on or not (adsense t+c state content pages only, and not on search results)

So on that basis, adsense would not be allowed to be shown on the following scripts:

register (and email activation codes)
board closed message
usercp
newthread/reply? (this classed as content or not?)

Anyone else limit their adsense in this way? what pages do you have for adsense to not be displayed on

Not speaking from personal experience but there are mainly people asking how to include it on:

- Forum Homepage
- Forum Display Page (thread listings)
- Show Thread Page (page that lists posts)

I haven't seen much demand for it on other pages.

Thanks - ;) im more intrested in what parts people don't display adsense on, or do people risk geting caught breaking the t+c

You must know that in some forums, forumhome, forumdisplay and showthread would be around 95% of all pages generated from vbulletin. Therefore I just ignore other pages and concentrate on these :D

login.php

usercp

search

are about the only two off the top of my head where you shouldn't put adsense.

So the list so far is
login
usercp
search
newthread
newreply
editpost
board down message

I'd add at least
subscription
report

Just take a look into vbulletin files and templates.

Done that, here is the script names I came up with

usefull for those who just stick the adsense in the navbar/footer template, wont account for any mod's etc!, and would need to be surrounded with something to check the board is online

Do any vb sites actually stop adsense on specific pages ? most have them in their header/footer, showing on all pages.

please tell me is it really necessary to NOT to show adsense on above mentioned pages. I had been displaying on all pages since months.

Thanks

I used to have it in the navbar template, with the intention to one day make sure it complied with the adsense t&c, that day came, and I limited it to forumhome/forumdisplay/showthread only and noticed a 50% drop in ad impressions, so now going about it in the way of blocking all pages were it is not allowed

Technically you should limit it, though many vb boards do this and I have not seen threads about vb webmasters getting banned from adsense because of it, however in my case I felt it better to "stick to the rules" hence this thread.