Google Ads

[HotWhiteThirties]

Noticed today that it appears Google Ads have now been added to the site?  Forgive me If I missed an announcement; I checked before making this but didn't see it if it was mentioned somewhere. 

Edited July 11, 2021 by HotWhiteThirties

[craigville beach]

i got the same banner when i signed in 

[RadioRob]

I am playing around with ad code but MEANT it only for guests not logged in. I’m not at my laptop but managed to disable it from my phone till I can fix permissions. 

[RadioRob]

It should be fixed for now.  I'm experimenting with Google Ads, which should only appear for non-logged in members.  

{{if \IPS\Member::loggedIn()->member_id === NULL}}
>>adcode<<
{{endif}}

[Cooper]

Do these Google Ads produce an income for the site? 

[RadioRob]

1 minute ago, Cooper said:

Do these Google Ads produce an income for the site? 

In "theory" it should.  How much is the question.  I actually added the code at 8pm yesterday.  Ads did not immediately start serving because Google had to profile the site.  (This is why I could not validate it only appeared for Guests like I was expecting.)

In looking at my email, it looks like Google activated ad serving at 3:37 AM ET.  From then until 8 AM ET when I disabled them, the Google Webmaster tool shows earning at $0.02.  So it's not anything to write home about or count on to fund long-term support from.  Now...  this is for a Sunday over the middle of the night basically.  The only way to find out is to do some experiments.  

While all this mad scientist experimentation is going on, actual "site members" are not "intended" to be impacted.  I wrap that in quotes as obviously they were when I first rolled this out but we'll see what happens over the next few weeks.  

[+ José Soplanucas]

8 minutes ago, RadioRob said:

In "theory" it should.  How much is the question.  I actually added the code at 8pm yesterday.  Ads did not immediately start serving because Google had to profile the site.  (This is why I could not validate it only appeared for Guests like I was expecting.)

In looking at my email, it looks like Google activated ad serving at 3:37 AM ET.  From then until 8 AM ET when I disabled them, the Google Webmaster tool shows earning at $0.02.  So it's not anything to write home about or count on to fund long-term support from.  Now...  this is for a Sunday over the middle of the night basically.  The only way to find out is to do some experiments.  

While all this mad scientist experimentation is going on, actual "site members" are not "intended" to be impacted.  I wrap that in quotes as obviously they were when I first rolled this out but we'll see what happens over the next few weeks.  

If you can pass through Google Ads filters. Let me know. Adult content sites are banned.

[RadioRob]

5 minutes ago, latbear4blk said:

If you can pass through Google Ads filters. Let me know. Adult content sites are banned.

SO FAR it’s working but who knows what the next week will hold.  I expected it to reject the site when it was profiling us. It said it would take two days up to a week.  I wake up to find ads are live. Who knows!

[+ Lucky]

I'll pay a nickel to do away with the Google ads! It beats the 2 cents earned so far.