Do you use Google Adsense on your forum?

[Shawn Gossman]

Are you using Google Adsense on your forum at all?

Is Adsense earning you revenue?

Have you noticed a drop in revenue since ad-blockers became popular?

Do you think Google Adsense is a good form of money making on forums these days?

 

[Nomad]

I have four forums and I use adsense on two forums. My adsense earnings on my forum are great but the revenue helps me to cover my forum management cost.

 

[Heatman]

Google Adsense is one of the most commonly used means for monetization of websites or forums. It's sad that it's no longer paying well like it used to but it's what pays better amongst its mates like Infolinks.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I think a majority of forum users block ads so I'm sure that it the revenue drop.

I have it on my blogs and I make enough that it pays for my website stuff.

But I could never really rely on it as revenue. I'd rather rely on selling ads to individual companies.

 

[Papa Bear]

I don’t currently use it on my site but have in the past and made enough then to cover server costs.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I don’t currently use it on my site but have in the past and made enough then to cover server costs.

That's what it's doing for me at the moment but I just have it enabled on one site.

My hopes it to eventually enable it on everything.

Then take all the money I make from it and budget it specifically to cover costs of server stuff and advertising websites.

I don't like the idea of relying on AdSense for profit or salary.

 

[Tracy]

The ONLY ads that I would contemplate would be from specific vendors in the niche I am involved in.... but even then only if my site reached "large" size. It's a hobby... one that I've been dipping into over a decade, so pretty sure I'm not going to suddenly "drop" it. The current niche I'm in is one I've been interested in since high school... but have only recently been able to afford to participate in fully.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

The ONLY ads that I would contemplate would be from specific vendors in the niche I am involved in.... but even then only if my site reached "large" size. It's a hobby... one that I've been dipping into over a decade, so pretty sure I'm not going to suddenly "drop" it. The current niche I'm in is one I've been interested in since high school... but have only recently been able to afford to participate in fully.

I use Google AdSense on my blog. It generates some income.

But it is my hope to eventually get to what you suggested - related vendors and businesses for direct advertising.

I think I would rather to that on my forums as well, probably from the start.

I really have no intention to add Google AdSense to this forum in all honesty.