markis00 - 8:02 pm on Sep 9, 2006 (gmt 0)

I think everyone's hints are good, if you REALLY want to go adsense on your forum.

I have a forum that for some time has recieved about half as many impressions daily as the main site, which isnt bad. But I've noticed adsense never does well on any forum I use, no matter what I try.

How about thinking outside the box - get some companies to pay for some banner or other advertising on your forum. You'll make more even if you charge a monthly fee for the banner.

I know a user who has a very succesful forum by utilizing third party ads on his site instead of PPC advertising.

You'll have to look around for those companies to advertise on your site, though. dont sign up for one of those affiliate programs off some site; look around in your industry for prominent websites that you can see could use some traffic.