Integration with vBulletin - vB Google Adsense for Search plus Integration

I've done an overhaul on this and you will need to resetup your adsense for search account for this to work. If you aren't happy with that, please use the 3.6 version of this, which works fine for 3.7 from what I've been told.

Step 1:
You may have to resetup your adsense. If you do, you will get a new pub ID - this one includes your previous pub and tacks on your GALT (which is set up when you resetup your adsense account). I used www.christianboards.org and www.google.com (so it would search my site and the web - you can choose only your site, or any location that is web-accessible for results)

Example: partner-pub-0123456789012345:lnucfbm5dtp

If your partner-pub ID does not look like the example, you will see an error.

Also, keep in mind, all sites you put into the box for the adsense (one per line) will be integrated into the search and the search results.

Step 2:
Edit your searchresults.php file.
Find:

chdir('/path/to/your/forums/');

Put your correct value.

Example: chdir('/var/www/vhosts/yoursite.com/forums/');

Step 3:
Upload this file your forum's root. An example of your forum's root is below.

Example: http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php

Step 4:
Install the product
Go to Admincp => Plugins & Products => Manage Products => [Add/Import Product] => Browse for product-davidw_vb_google_search.xml => Import

Step 5:
Configure your Admincp options
Go to Admincp => vBullitin Options => vBulletin Options => Find vB Google Search (Adsense) then click [Edit Settings]
Edit your new Partner-pub ID (the one you just had reset up - see example in red above), Google box width, iframe widthfor your results (I use 800 in the screenshot, but you can change this based on your needs), and the full URL to your searchresults.php.

NOTE! If you do not enter these in, you will see errors.

Step 6: Optional
Edit 1 template:
Admincp => Styles & Templates => Style Manager => Edit Templates (on your style) => Search Templates => search_forums => under $navbar, add $google_siteadsearch

Step 7: Optional (for vBAdvanced 3.x only)
vBa CMPS => Default Settings => Main Options => Portal Output Global Variables

Add these variables:
template_hook
google_navadsearch
homeurl

=> Save

vBa CMPS => Edit Modules => Search Forums => Select Action => Copy Module

Main Options
Module Title Google Search site / Forums
Template To Include search_google

Module Wrapper Template Options
Form Code Replace default code with

<form action="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php" type="hidden" name="search" target="_blank">

Click Save
Edit locations where you want to set this active to.

[davidw]

Originally Posted by MadK

davidw, could you tell me how you made it for Google and your own site results to show up. I have tried to modify it in Google Custom Search site, but it shows Google results and my forum results at the end (page 10)

Using your sites, this is what I did. I went to the Adsense setup and put in your sites along with Google (for my account, I used my website). See screenshot.

[Caddyman]

ok im installed on talkdelaware.com

edit the path in searchresults.php
added the right pub id in ACP
all good

now

if i search anything on the navbar dropdown, it brings me to my vB page for no results
this page http://www.talkdelaware.com/search.php?do=process
says this

Please specify some words or valid user names to search on. There were no matches for those that you specified.

if i search from your box that i added on that page i then get the google results in a iframe like i should.

why is this? sorry if asked before

[davidw]

Make sure your entry in the admincp options says this:
http://www.talkdelaware.com/searchresults.php

[Caddyman]

yup, that is right in the ACP

[davidw]

Do you have a test account I can use to look at it? PM me the info if you have one.

[MadK]

Originally Posted by davidw

Using your sites, this is what I did. I went to the Adsense setup and put in your sites along with Google (for my account, I used my website). See screenshot.

This is what I've done; however, my forum results are in the end. Not first, like I expected them to be.

[davidw]

Have you tried reversing the order of the sites? It's possible Google just works that way.

[tpearl5]

Ah, I had already done something similar to this but not as integrated. I will check this out.

[MadK]

Originally Posted by davidw

Have you tried reversing the order of the sites? It's possible Google just works that way.

Nope!

[davidw]

Do you have a test account I can look at?