Member-only message boards

Do they make any difference to Adsense earnings?

[annaz1]

For various reasons (endless squabbling on the boards being one of them!) I've had to make my message board member-only for people to be able post. (Everyone can still read all the messages.)

Was wondering if anyone has ever had the same experience, and if this had affected earnings?

I wouldn't necessarily have thought so, but was just wondering whether anyone had made the same change and seen any consequences.

[beggers]

Well, if non-members can't access the pages then the AdSense spider can't either, which probably means you'll display PSAs.

Maybe someone else can confirm this.

[viggen]

One of my boards has a admin section that is invisible to the normal user.This board shows usually password protection and bulletin board ads...

If you knew how to exclude the ads there (in an easy and fast way) i would do it, as they appear there for nothing... as we (admins) know it is not allowed to click on your own ads.

[olwen]

I have message boards where only members can post, but everyone can read. They get relevant ads.

[Snow]

Same here. I even get relevant ads in the "invisible" VIP/mod forum (it's not password protected, it's just invisible to everyone except the VIP, moderator and admin usergroups and the bots of course). The trick is to tweak your forum settings (get rid of session IDs for bots/guests)

[annaz1]

Thanks for the useful advice. Relevant ads ARE still being displayed on the members-only section, thankfully.

Don't think that having a members-only section lowers impressions/earnings significantly, so far, anyway. And people seem determind to carry on squabbling on the boards...the new members-only rule hasn't been a deterrent!