Revenue Sharing
Google Adsense Revenue Sharing STILL UNDER TESTING, IRONING OUT BUGS.
How does this work
What we have done is setup a system so the ad revenue can be shared between all active members of this site.
This site displays one advertisement in the before articles and one below articles, as well as an adwords block at the bottom of articles. We use Google AdSense to automatically serve relevant ads for the content on the page. Google pays AdSense publishers on a per click basis as well as per impression.
If a user has an AdSense account, they have the ability to credit their account with the ads served on articles they have submitted (Your ad will be shown randomly 50% of the time)
Why are you doing this?
A community driven website is nothing without the users. So I figure why not let the users make a little money on articles they have submitted.
What are the restrictions?
* You must have an AdSense account through Google.
* For articles you submit, your AdSense client ID will be used 50% of the time when the article is viewed.
* Your AdSense client ID will be used 50% of the time when the article is viewed.
Is this allowed by Google?
I have gone over the AdSense terms and conditions a few times (both the Overview and the legal version), and I'm not able to find anything to suggest that it's not allowed. But if you know (or believe) otherwise, I would like to hear from you.
How do I set it up?
You will need to go to the user control panel (My Account link in sidebar). Within there, you will find an option to enter your AdSense client ID (this starts with pub- and is within the HTML Google generates for you in your account).
Once you have a Google AdSense client ID on your account any article you submit has a chance to show ads that credit your AdSense account.
I'm worried about you having my AdSense Client ID.
The only info we need for it is info that is publicly available if you look at the source of any page that has your AdSense ads.
If you are still worried about it then the best thing to do is not participate.
How long will you be doing this?
While I can't guarantee it will run forever, there are no plans to stop it at any point.
But we do retain the right to halt the program or make adjustments to it as necessary if it's not working out in it's current form for whatever reason.
I look at the HTML source on posts I've made and I never see my AdSense Client ID.
The system will never display your own AdSense Client ID to you (as long as you are logged in).
This is to prevent people from unknowingly violating the Adsense terms and conditions (specifically the part about clicking your own ads).
The Clause
Just to cover myself, as it is a website, and things do sometimes go awry, I in no way guarantee that your ads will be shown at 50% of the time. Though I will try as hard as possible to make sure everything works fine. By entering your adsense ID, you do so at your own risk.
