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.

[Foxtrotelite]

Okay, this may be a dumb post but here is my situation. I am running google adsens ads right now on my website. Basically I would like all usergroups excluding people who donate and are senior forum members to have the ads. Is this the mod for me? Will it let me speficify which groups will see ads and which will not?

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by Foxtrotelite

Okay, this may be a dumb post but here is my situation. I am running google adsens ads right now on my website. Basically I would like all usergroups excluding people who donate and are senior forum members to have the ads. Is this the mod for me? Will it let me speficify which groups will see ads and which will not?

With this product you can target ads for primary usergroups. Custom private groups are also supported. Are your donators in a custom primary usergroup?

Anyway, this product may be a bit "overkill" for just target ads to usergroups. You can do that with conditionals.

[Foxtrotelite]

Yes the donators are added as additional users to another custom usergroup

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by Foxtrotelite

Yes the donators are added as additional users to another custom usergroup

There are Primary custom usergroups and Secundary custom usergroups. Be sure they are in primary custom usergroup (so they are not in usergroup 2: registered users any more). You can also target secondary usergroups with this modification, it is a matter of five minutes.

[Foxtrotelite]

Thanks for the answers and quick replies

[abrecher]

I know it might be a tad off topic....I'm able to get all image ads served from GAM to show up inside actual forum posts. My issue is with text ads. Anybody have any tips or a way to serve them inside posts please ?

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by abrecher

I know it might be a tad off topic....I'm able to get all image ads served from GAM to show up inside actual forum posts. My issue is with text ads. Anybody have any tips or a way to serve them inside posts please ?

For text ads, go to Upload Creatives for and then choose: Creative Type: Rich Media. Then you can enter any html code you want, including text of course. Great to know is, that in "Rich Media" you can also enter another Google Admanager Placement code! That way you can put Google Admanager Adsense Placements in your Creative Types that are trackable within Google Admanager including all its analytic skills!

(added to FAQ)

[abrecher]

Originally Posted by ThorstenA

For text ads, go to Upload Creatives for and then choose: Creative Type: Rich Media. Then you can enter any html code you want, including text of course. Great to know is, that in "Rich Media" you can also enter another Google Admanager Placement code! That way you can put Google Admanager Adsense Placements in your Creative Types that are trackable within Google Admanager including all its analytic skills!

(added to FAQ)

Thanks, I know how to create text ads in GAM ;-)

When I use the html output from GAM to show all the ads, only the image ads work within the posts an NOT the text ads ?

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by abrecher

When I use the html output from GAM to show all the ads, only the image ads work within the posts an NOT the text ads ?

Every ad types show up whereever you put them on vbulletin.

[abrecher]

I have all the ads displaying perfectly when using them within the VB templates. My issue is when I try to include them in a post or announcement. Give it a shot...try posting a standard post and you'll see what I'm saying.