'samSForce' Community for U.S. Military and their Supporters: Placement of ads?

Well, I had this idea one day on a whim, because I know alot of folks who are in the U.S. Military and could benefit from a forum like this. I currently have it hosted by proboards, while paying for their ad-free option per impressions....and, hosting my own....it's just about to top 300 active members (3 shy) in less than a month of running it.....

http://www.samsforce.proboards54.com

The ad layout is pretty straitforward and simple.....is there anything else I could possibly do? Change the color? or should i keep it blended with the black? I tried to make it have the appearance of the rest of the forum......

 

I think so far it looks good. Has it been successful so far, as far as your ads go? You may even want to try a PPP (pay per play) as serivce like the one in my sig below. You get paid whether or not they click on anything. Take a look at it and see if it fits in with what your building.

 

It doesn't really fit into 'samSForce', but, thanks! Perhaps someone else can benefit from it.

 

Well, i decided to work the entire layout......changed the background from black to white and incorporated side tables.......it took a LONG time to do.....but, i think it looks alot better now....

 

bump........because i decided to change the background back to black....lol.....

how does the adsense integration look?

 

the ads on the black backgorund with white text color are perfect...

the ones with the symbols at the bottom does not look good...i suggest putting the adsense in your black bakcground and keep that theme going...

im not sure about the red link color though, too strong for me...

 

thanks!....

i actually saw the red link with much the same kind of integration for the leaderboard on some generic suzuki site, that won some award for best integration....lol....so i thought i'd try it....

 

bump....

do you all think i should change the current adsense integration on my site? any ideas/suggestions?