Adsense Monetization vs Phpbb3

Is it worth it? 1 of my site's brings in $1-$5/day with Adsense, will I seriously see a large improvement with Adsense if I switch from phpbb3 to vBulletin?

Thanks!

adsense really has nothing to do with converting software...

you'll see money when you are indexed and getting hits.
you'll get hits when you have content thats worthwhile
you'll get content when you have members
to get members, you need to offer something that interests people and get the word out to a few loyals.


it's a bottom-up approach. If you top-down, you're site will likely fail.

Originally Posted by vibe22

Is it worth it? 1 of my site's brings in $1-$5/day with Adsense, will I seriously see a large improvement with Adsense if I switch from phpbb3 to vBulletin?

Thanks!

Hi Dan,

You certainly have the potential to see a large improvement in your AdSense earnings if you switch to vBulletin + vBSEO.

Brian identified many factors, and also stated that it depends on the amount of hits you get.

vBSEO was designed to increase your hits from long tail traffic. Delivering more relevant ads + more relevant traffic, also creates the possibility for more ad revenue with the same traffic volume.

One thing you should note is that many top forum owners, like Brian, have been able to do a lot of optimizations to the ads (particularly related to placement) that helps significantly increase their earnings.

My recommendation would be to make the move to vBulletin + vBSEO, do as many ad placement optimizations you can using suggestions here and at other admin forums, and then re-focus on building your forum content.

vBSEO will help you out with the long tail traffic component!