So with the first month of 2008 just about over, and Google eagerly taking suggestions for Orkut, I was wondering whether or not it might be a good idea for Google to give community owners the option to insert Google Adsense (or any ads of their choice) on forums that they manage.
While this idea probably has been discussed before (back in the day when Orkut had ads before they removed them after users found them to be annoying) it might make sense as an option for Google, especially since the social networking wars are starting to heat up.
Since Google already shares ad revenue with YouTube users (not to mention users of Blogger, Google Pages, and the future Google Knol), why not do the same thing for forum owners?
I think the only reason Google may hesitate in doing this would be because of spammers (who have a habit of ruining everything), although they could set the bar very high by allowing forums with 10,000 plus members and heavy traffic to opt in (sort of like what YouTube did).
So what do you guys (and gals) think? Good idea, or bad idea?
6 opinions:
Bad .. Bad Idea. The whole "community" thing will be lost. I'm an owner of a ~40k member community - and I still say, it would be a spoiling move by Google
Bad idea! In Youtube the users produce the video, but community owners don't produce even 1% of the content of the communities. Why should they be paid for what the users do?
Ahem! Ahem! - Adsense Fraud? :)
Google Adsense plays god. If a spammer / competing community decides to flood click on the ads. The owners adsense account would be banned.
This is not possible to materialise this idea until adsense just ignores the suspicious clicks by not paying for it.tluqopu
Ofcourse good idea, Adsense in many reputed blogs & forums. They run bad than before??? Users come less their??? No! If forum owners (orkut users) also can earn, then orkut will run better! Try it!
Thats a good way for webmasters to make something but what about the users?
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