Integration with vBulletin - Google Admanager Integration

Notice: This mod uses Re-usable Code, so please feel free to port it to vbulletin 4 under your username. Thanks.

Google Admanager Integration

This product targets ads to usergroup, script, forum. That way you can

• address ads to these targets.
  Example: Target all users except moderators in your favorite forums on index and forumdisplay directly in Google Admanager! (see admanager.jpg)
• Adsense Advanced Statistics. Have a detailed view which usergroups, scripts, forums bring best adsense results. You have a detailed view about all targeting values.
  Example: You see that your announcement forum has a CTR of 8% and an eCPM of 25 $. Unregistered users bring an eCPM of 15 $ while registered users only have an eCPM of 3 $.

By the way a maximum of 6 adsense ads are allowed, when using Google Adsense in combination with Google Admanager.

1. Install product
If you upgrade: Allow Overwrite: Yes

2. Change template headinclude
If you upgrade please also do this. Add to end of this template:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://partner.googleadservices.com/gampad/google_service.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  GS_googleAddAdSenseService("YOUR CA-PUB");
  GS_googleEnableAllServices();
</script>
<script language="JavaScript">
  GA_googleAddAttr("usergroup", "$bbuserinfo[usergroupid]");
  GA_googleAddAttr("script", "<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT =='index'">index</if><if condition="THIS_SCRIPT =='forumdisplay'">forumdisplay</if><if condition="THIS_SCRIPT =='showthread'">showthread</if>");
$admanagerforums
</script> 
YOUR ADDSLOTS
<script type="text/javascript">
  GA_googleFetchAds();
</script>

3. Google Admanager Configuration
Configure Admanager like I write in #2 post in this topic.

Version History
9.11.2008 1.2 Solved a bug for forum targeting
8.11.2008 1.1 Improved forum targeting. Forums are shown with real names. Unlimited forum levels supported.
1.11.2008 1.0 Forums are targeted by using forumids. 3 forum levels supported.

Works with vbulletin 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8. This product works perfectly with vbSEO. This product doesn't make the vBulletin 3.8 implementation of Adsense work with admanager.

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by djwins

Has anyone tried this on 3.7?

Should work perfectly with 3.7!

[djwins]

Here's a stupid question...am I supposed to list the numbers of all the usergroups I have in Targeting Key: usergroup

I'm guessing...yes.

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by djwins

Here's a stupid question...am I supposed to list the numbers of all the usergroups I have in Targeting Key: usergroup

I'm guessing...yes.

You just have to import 6 standard vbulletin usergroups:

1
2
3
4
5
6

Unfortunately it is impossible for me to automate Google Admanager Settings as they are not within vbulletin. But I hope it is as easy as it could be. If you have suggestions to make installation process more easy, you're most welcome!

[djwins]

If I have other usergroups (and I do), I can enter them in too? Will it work?

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by djwins

If I have other usergroups (and I do), I can enter them in too? Will it work?

IDs from primary usergroups are sent to Google Admanager automatically. If you have more primary usergroups, they are sent to Admanager. To track additional primary usergroups, you can of course put their IDs in Admanager.

I added your question to FAQ.

[roddy]

I'm not currently using this mod and this is more out of curiosity than anything else, but would it be possible to allow ad targeting by thread tags - ie an advertiser could target all threads tagged with 'automobile repair' or 'french literature' or . . . anything. Seems to me that could be pretty valuable.

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by roddy

I'm not currently using this mod and this is more out of curiosity than anything else, but would it be possible to allow ad targeting by thread tags - ie an advertiser could target all threads tagged with 'automobile repair' or 'french literature' or . . . anything. Seems to me that could be pretty valuable.

Yes, that would be easy to integrate.

[ziggylol]

Um this doesent work with 3.8?

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by ziggylol

Um this doesent work with 3.8?

This product was designed for 3.8.x and is working fine on my vbulletin 3.8 rc2 forum. Do you have any problems?

[ThorstenA]

I want to include "how many posts has user" in targeting. I need your suggestions for upcoming version 1.3. Google Admanager only has string targeting values, so it does not know that targeting value 5 is less than targeting value 20. So it is not possible to say Google Admanager: Target from 5 to 20 posts. Instead you can only click on "posts: 5,6,7,8,9,10, ..., 20".

What values do you think should we put in this new targeting criteria posts?

Originally Posted by Example 1

0
less than 10
less than 50
less than 100
less than 250
less than 1000

Originally Posted by Example 2

no posts
less than 10 posts
less than 100 posts
less than 1000 posts
more than 1000 posts