Currently I’m using the following code to add an in-article advertisement in the first and twentyfirth post and a linkunit in the second post. These are only shown to registered users, and I’ve set in Adsense that ads are only shown to about 50% of the page views (which would still be good for 99% of the revenue). So far I had none complaints probably due to the fact that they don’t appear to on all sessions and because they are decently integrated. However, since I use this, Google deducts a fair amount of revenue for invalid traffic/clicks. Possibly because it doesn’t like injecting Javascript as I do. Nevertheless, the revenue is still better than without the ads. And I’ve already lost 60% of ad revenue after switching from Vbulletin to Discourse :frowning: I was wondering whether it would be possible to extend the advertising plugin with an advertising slot in the first post. I inject it after the cooked post, and I think that would be an obvious candidate, and simply adding that spot would be sufficient in my idea (although the Linkunit is also a fairly good performing unit). I wonder what happens when the unit is properly integrated with the advertising plugin, will Adsense report less invalid clicks? Only one way to find out :wink: I ask it, because I think it would be a simple addition to the plugin, I hope that is correct and that it can become reality :wink: var inArticle=""; // Define AdUnits in string inArticle += " "; inArticle += " "; inArticle += " (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});"; inArticle += " "; var linkUnit=""; linkUnit += " "; linkUnit += " "; linkUnit += " "; linkUnit += "(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});"; linkUnit += " "; var linkUnitPost25=""; linkUnitPost25 += " "; linkUnitPost25 += " "; linkUnitPost25 += " (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});"; linkUnitPost25 += " "; if(Discourse.User.current()== null){ // if null, the user is not logged in api.addPostTransformCallback((t)=>{ if (t.post_number === 1) { // check if we're in post #1 t.cooked = t.cooked + inArticle; // append our advertising div } if (t.post_number === 2) { // check to see if we're in post #2 t.cooked = t.cooked + linkUnit; } if (t.post_number === 25 || t.post_number === 50 || t.post_number === 75){ t.cooked = t.cooked + linkUnitPost25; } }); }

We have a few placements around posts. I’m not clear where this one goes. Is it inside a post? Can you show a mock-up? There’s no end of places where people might want to show an ad, so we need to draw the line somewhere. Theme components are also an option.

I think the placement is in post, as most of the blogs are doing right now. It might be nice to have, but very difficult to implement nicely in all the setups. As not all post have enough text and content to make the ad look natural there

This may be an occasion where the concept of the “offset” might work, placing the ad AFTER, not inside, the first post, then on 25th, 50th, etc.

I don’t think that’s what the op is asking for.

@DoMiN8ToR if you show us what you want to achieve with a mock-up, instead of how you think it needs to be implemented we will probably be able to help figure this out.

Sorry, I was down for most of the day upgrading my laptop with a new SSD and double the RAM, when a screw got stuck, grrrr :wink: Attached an image of how it’s currently implemented already, due to my Javascript fiddling. [2018-10-18_18-43-05] I hope the distinction between the advertisement and the post is clear. The current one is of the ‘in-article’ type and it’s one of the top performers, so it could boost revenues for many Discourse webmasters. Obviously it could also be some other type.

That’s why inline adverts are more effective. We’ve trained ourselves to tune out visual elements which are too jarring. Advertisers have had to adapt. The ‘AD’ note is quite standard, not dissimilar to the way Google notates ads in search: [image] Either way, the ad styling is controlled by the ad code, what we’re trying to figure out here is if an outlet exists to insert adverts into this space.

The outlet I used is right after the cooked post. The advertisement I use is also a format that Google actually markets as InArticle, which would be the first post. There are also the infeed ones, I guess I could use to between nth post as well. The same position could also be used for any other Adsense format such as responsive one, rectangle, leaderboard etc.

Adsense advertisement (inarticle) in first post

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Scoobie (Paul) 20 באוקטובר,‏ 2018,‏ 11:04pm 9

That ad looks too like it’s part of the posters post for my liking. I’d prefer to see some sort of separation.

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Adsense advertisement (inarticle) in first post

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