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Adsense Revenue Sharing Hack 1.1 (0 queries version) · **Released**: 04-27-2005

Upgrade 1.1 notice:
The upgrade from 1.0 to 1.1 is optional; it makes sure ads don't display in private messages. Thanks to venomx for the tip.

Hack Description:
This hack will allow you to offer Google Adsense revenue sharing to your vBulletin board users. Revenue sharing is a great way to reward your board members for their loyalty and adds a feeling of ownership in the board and it's success. Revenue is split between board administrator and thread starters. The percentage of probability is customizable by the administrator.

This hack is fundamentally the same like this hack; however, it adds some customization plus does not use any additional queries!

I wrote this hack a couple of months ago and didn't know there was any interest for it (you certainly don't want to spend money on something that doesn't take much time to code).

My time is *very* limited so I am not good at giving support. I hope the instruction included is self-explanatory. It is easy to expand the hack to your needs.

ChrisSy · #2 04-28-2005, 10:07 AM

This sounds like a really great idea, im just a little hesitant that thread starters may get a bit 'click happy' on the ads, google doesnt like that kind of thing.

AlexanderT · #3 04-28-2005, 10:28 AM

Chris, you can enter a "Minimum Posts" count before ads are contributed to users. This way you can make sure only long-time board visitors participate in the system.

Polo · #4 04-28-2005, 12:46 PM

Wow, I missed this post before... looks like a great hack... howerver I'm still waiting to see an official answer from google in wheter this hack not breaking the TOS

AlexanderT · #5 04-28-2005, 12:55 PM

Polo, did you miss my answer in the other thread? I asked Google and here is their response in full:

Quote:

Hello Alexander,

Thanks for your email.

To clarify, please note that you may continue displaying ads from
different publishers on your site. However, we ask that you not place ads
from two different accounts on the same web page. We appreciate your
cooperation.

Please feel free to reply to this email if you have additional questions
or concerns.
Sincerely,

James
The Google AdSense Team

Polo · #6 04-28-2005, 01:00 PM

oh I think i missed it, thank you for that post

glad that google accepts this... thank you very much for the hack...

T3MEDIA · #7 04-28-2005, 01:28 PM

Can you tell me how does it work. I see what it does but I would like to know how does it work....

Thanks.

Polo · #8 04-28-2005, 01:32 PM

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....8&postcount=25

LEAD_WEIGHT · #9 05-01-2005, 06:25 AM

It does not display at my forum even with the edits i made, so whats up with that
http://www.theundergroundsource.com/forums/index.php?
User Name :
Password :

I uninstalled it for now until I can figure it out!

AlexanderT · #10 05-01-2005, 08:05 AM

If you actually read what I said in my first post you would know that I don't have much time; that doesn't mean I am not willing to help when I can. Of course the hack does not display at your forumhome, http://www.theundergroundsource.com/forums/index.php?, because it is not supposed to. It displays ads in the thread view, e.g.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...?threadid=3968

Anyways.... if there is nothing but complaint, I have no trouble removing it again.

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