Basics
Users are the heart and soul of a great forum. They/you put in time and effort and so deserve to be rewarded.
Usually you need to own your own website to get an income from advertising, but no more. You can enter your Publisher ID for 3 ad networks in your profile. There are two slightly different ways a users ads may be shown, either for topics (forum posts) or non-topics (the rest of the site).
Topics
When anyone views a topic, if the author of the topic is participating in ad revenue sharing, there is a chance the that the author advertising ID's used to show the ads. When anyone clicks the said ads, the author will of course reep the rewards.
The 'chance' that the authors ad ID's will be used depends on your membergroup. The more
your participate at Retro Uprising the higher your percentage of ads shown. Example new users ads will only be shown only 5% of the time on and topic they create; however moderators
recieve 100% placement on their topics. So it pays to be active.
Non-Topics
Whenever a non-topic page is viewed, Retro Uprising ads will be shown 50% of the time, ads of a randomly selected member will be shown the
remaing 50% of the time.
Participate
If you want to participate, goto the ad revenue sharing panel of your profile area.
Ad Networks
There are 3 advertising programs supported. Google Adsense, Yahoo Publisher Network (a.k.a YPN) and TextLinkAds referral ads.
As a security precaution a logged in user will NEVER be shown ads with their ID's. This is so you do not get in trouble with your ad network for clicking your own ads.
The same Adsense/YPN/TextlinkAds ID's CANNOT be used by multiple users.
Google Adsense
Google Adsense ads are on a pay-per-click basis. On your profile there is an input box for your Adsense ID which starts 'pub-' followed by 17 digits. There is also an optional Adsense Channel which you can use to track the number of ad impressions/clicks you are receiving in your Google Adsense area.
If you don't have an Adsense account already, you can register for free Sign up for AdSense.
Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN)
This is Yahoo's equivalent to Google Adsense. It is also on a pay-per-click basis. YPN has been stuck in BETA (work in progress) for many months and is currently only open to persons with a US Tax ID (essentially, it is USA only program).
In addition they only pay for clicks by USA visitors. Furthermore, they have removed people from the beta program for having high numbers of international visitors. We will NOT show your YPN ads to international visitors.
YPN ads will ONLY be shown to USA visitors. International visitors will be shown alternative ads, either adsense or textlinkads.
It is hoped YPN will become international in the months to come.
If you don't have a YPN account already, you can register for free Register
TextLinkAds Referrals
TextLinkAds referral ads are not pay-per-click unlike Google Adsense and YPN. They pay a flat $25.00 for any referred visitor that results in a sale or gets accepted into their publisher program. (subject to terms and conditions)
TextLinkAds pay by Paypal.
If you don't have a TextLinkAds.com account already, you can register for free Register
Banned
If you abuse the generosity of this program then you could end up being banned. The point is to encourage interesting posts that people want to read. Not to encourage spam.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Will I Be Shown Ads With My Own ID's?
A user who is logged in, will NEVER be shown an advertisement using their own ID. This is a security precaution as clicking your own ads would likely result in you being banned from Google Adsense/Yahoo Publisher Network and/or Textlinkads.
I Can't See Ads?
This would happen if you are in a membergroup that has ads turned off or none of the ad programs have ads available for the page you are viewing.
How Do I Find My TextLinkAds ID?
To find out your TextLinkAds Affiliate/Referrer ID Either; > Login to your textlinkads account > click 'Affiliate Program' > Click 'Get banners & text links' > Click the button 'Text Links' In the textarea is a link which looks like Text Link Ads The 5 digit number after the ref= part is your ID which you can enter into your profile area. or > Login and then copy to your browser window
http://www.text-link-ads.com/my_acco...ate_text_links In the textarea is a link which looks like Text Link Ads The 5 digit number after the ref= part is your ID which you can enter into your profile area.
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