https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:46:17 +0000 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:59:42 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=19222 https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103894.html#103894 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 19222
Posted: 11 April 2006 at 5:59pm

Thanks 

You'll also be glad to hear that in the full version 8 Google Adsense has been dropped, instead our own ad system is used.

If it takes off I considering setting up a system in the future whereby web masters will get some revenue from ads clicked in forums on their sites, but this will probably be sometime off.


Edited by -boRg- - 11 April 2006 at 6:02pm]]> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:59:42 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103894.html#103894 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103886.html#103886 Author: djlurchg
Subject: 19222
Posted: 11 April 2006 at 5:36pm

Understandable.

Done :)
]]> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:36:54 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103886.html#103886 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103883.html#103883 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 19222
Posted: 11 April 2006 at 5:27pm

Maybe change the subject of this topic, I don't like seeing 'Security Hole' every time I come to check the posts in the forum, but thats just because I have a thing about making sure the software is as secure as possible. ]]> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:27:04 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103883.html#103883 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103880.html#103880 Author: djlurchg
Subject: 19222
Posted: 11 April 2006 at 5:23pm

borg:

This is more a security concern that I have with google, not WWF. Don't sweat it. As mentioned I am contacting them. I'd like to see a post on Slashdot talking about this "hole" (at least I see it that way).
]]> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:23:20 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103880.html#103880 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103870.html#103870 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 19222
Posted: 11 April 2006 at 5:01pm

Also, I have setup the Google Ads to display an ad from Web Wiz Guides own ad server if a relevant ad is not available.

I often notice that in Private forums, the Private Messaging system, or other pages that Google's Adsense spider can not enter, it still tries to index the page, but most of the time keeps displaying ads servers by Web Wiz Guide's own servers as it can not index the page to get it's content.


]]> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:01:38 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103870.html#103870 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103861.html#103861 Author: wistex
Subject: 19222
Posted: 11 April 2006 at 4:42pm

It is possible that the AdSensebot did not visit those pages.  I have noticed that sometimes Google will display ads on pages it hasn't looked at yet (such as private pages which are locked to those without permission).  It bases the ads on other pages on the website or based on the URL.  It hasn't actually indexed or seen those pages.  I can tell because 1.) the pages cannot be viewed without being logged in (and with the correct permissions) and 2.) the ads usually are either a.) related to popular subject matter on the website or b.) related to what is in the URL of the page, but not necessarily the content of the page.  Sometimes it guesses so wrong that its obvious it hasn't looked at the content of the page at all.]]> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:42:46 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103861.html#103861 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103857.html#103857 Author: djlurchg
Subject: 19222
Posted: 11 April 2006 at 4:15pm

No, I didn't.  Content sensitive ads started showing up in spite of me manually adding lockout code (my own Session variable checker). I have contacted Google about the situation and am awaiting a response.

It's a mistake on my part for not securing the forum first. I should have know better. No national secrets, but just privacy concerns.
]]> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:15:22 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103857.html#103857 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103804.html#103804 Author: wistex
Subject: 19222
Posted: 11 April 2006 at 1:30am

Also, just FYI.  Google has two bots, the Googlebot and AdSensebot.  AdSensebot visiting won't get you listed in the search engine, and Googlebot won't tell AdSense what ads to display on a page.  They work independently according to Google and from what I've seen on my and other websites.

Now, if you visited with the Google Toolbar, Googlebot would probably show up.  But viewing pages with AdSense on them does not necessarily call the Googlebot.

So you might have lucked out.
]]> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:30:48 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103804.html#103804 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103735.html#103735 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 19222
Posted: 10 April 2006 at 11:06am

Taken from upgrade tool instructions:-

10.    The database update will now be complete, forum Group and Member
permissions may have changed, so please check these before setting your
new forum live.
]]> Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:06:50 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103735.html#103735 https://forums.webwiz.net/google-adsense_topic19222_post103734.html#103734 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 19222
Posted: 10 April 2006 at 11:05am

This is not a security hole, more a case of you not reading the instructions!!

If you had read the upgrade tools on screen instructions you would have seen that because a new permissions system is used in version 8 that once the database upgrade is complete you would need to reset any permissions as they would be set to default permissions.

This also has nothing to do with the Google Ads, that must be left in the software.
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