Confusion over serving ads on mobile responsive forum

[HM666]

Then I would say if you want to have adsense ads showing on a mobile browser get your mobile adsense code and pout it into the mobile template where you want it to show on your forum, probably at the bottom would be better that is where I see most ads on my phone.

[LostInCyberLand]

Thanks for the tip HM666. I recently got this announcement in my admin cp

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...e-1-9-released

I am not sure if this is for forumrunner or vb5 only.

[HM666]

Neither, that is for the mobile suite.

[LostInCyberLand]

Oh no, I just realized I have made a huge mistake going with vb4, I should have gone with vb 5 mobile! I have also been reading a lot about forums and how they are in decline. Mine is just a few months old and I am finding it very difficult to get members.

I am thinking of abandoning any ideas about making money from AdSense and just running the forum because I am interested in the hobby it is about.

[ozzy47]

Well I would worry about drawing traffic to the site first, before worrying about adding ads, without alot of traffic, your paydays will be very few and far between.

[LostInCyberLand]

I will persevere and keep going with the forum, try and make money with AdSense, if that fails I will just keep it for the enjoyment of the hobby.

It would be good if vBulletin could enable upgrades of forums to Mobile or vB5 while keeping the old style. Although then again I look at a lot of forums, and look at myself, and to be honest I wonder if the figures of mobile user are accurate, as I rarely surf the web on a mobile device.

Reading posts on here I get the sense that most people are like me and beginning a forum to make money?

Anyway thanks for the advice.

[Gio~Logist]

If you enable google analytics, you'll get some good numbers on your mobile vs desktop traffic.