Google AdSense: Where to place?

The bottom is good for the ads to be out of the way, but how effective are they if they're out of the way? MoDaCo Forums has an implementation that I like because people are guaranteed to see the ads, but the ads are not too in-your-face. Essentially, after the first post in a thread, there's a table that has some Google ads, and then the rest of the thread continues after that.

See here for an example:
http://www.modaco.com/RealOne_Player...e-t224125.html

They also have an Adsense row on forums themselves, where all the threads are listed. See here for an example:

http://www.modaco.com/Smartphone_Articles-f18.html

A similar implementation would allow GFF to maximize its advertising revenue by getting more people to see the ads.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

I don't think the priority is to maximize the advertising revenue. Rather, it's just to get enough to fund the monthly expenses of the server :biggrin:

Well yeah I'm just dubious as to how effective the ads will be if they are at the bottom of every page. I guess we'll have to give it some time and see.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I think it would be worth a shot to try some of disgust's ideas. If the ideas don't work out for one reason or another, it's easy enough to revert back to how everything is now.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.