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Remove category link, in navbar, make more relevant adsense ads, better navigation
Mod Version: 1.00, by basketmen

Original code from Lynne in this thread

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You could just write a quick plugin:
Hook Location - navbits
PHP Code:

PHP Code:

if ($nav_title == 'Forum') {
$skip_nav_entry = true;
} 


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, i just improved it a little and add optional Google adsense Section Targeting code, to make more relevant adsense ads in your forum, after doing this little "fix" my adsense ctr increase about 20% higher

Introduction
if your Category name is just general keywords in navbits-navbar, not contain relevant keywords for adsense, it can make your adsense ads less relevant, its mean less clicks, you leave your money on table

look at this example, i use http://www.vbulletinsetup.com/ forum just for example

http://www.vbulletinsetup.com/459-forums-general/71274-few-issues-i-need-assistance.html : you can see in red highlight, the Category name 'Front Desk', its not related at all to the thread and forum discussion (talking about vbulletin niche), it can make the adsense ads less relevant, so if we remove that text, our adsense ads will be more relevant ads, make sense right?

http://www.vbulletinsetup.com/443-botm-winners/66917-congratulations-wrestling-forums.html : The text 'The Break Room' is not relevant with the thread and the forum discussion (talking about vbulletin niche)

'Front Desk' and 'The Break Room' text above are Category name. Category name page usually are not important, since we can see same thing in Category page and in Forumhome page

see it from the example, Forumhome page and Category page are just the same content and function right?
Forumhome page : http://www.vbulletinsetup.com/ , the first category
Category page : http://www.vbulletinsetup.com/458-front-desk/

so it is better if we remove Category name links, in forumdisplay and showthread pages navbar

How to do it, remove/hide the Category name, in navbits-navbar

go to admincp >> Plugins & Products >> Add New Plugin, with below settings
Product : vBulletin
Hook Location : navbits
Title : Hide category link in navbits-navbar
Execution Order : 5
Plugin PHP Code :


change 'Your Category Name 1' and others, with your real Category Name that you want to remove

from example vbulletinsetup.com above, the Category Name are 'Front Desk', and 'The Break Room'

save the plugin, thats it. From example above, it will be like this, navbits in navbar displaying more effective right?





Optional, add Google adsense Section Targeting in navbits
After we removed not relevant text above, now we emphasized the Forum name, that usually contain relevant keywords for adsense

open navbar_link template

find $nav_title (if you have two of that code, use the first one)

replace it with this


thats it, your forumdisplay pages and showthread pages are showing more relevant keywords for adsense ads now

TIPS : Open and view the source code, from your forumdisplay pages and showthread pages, and see the changes by your self. You can wrap other parts/text that you want adsense bot to emphasized, with Google adsense Section Targeting code, in this template, or in other template

<!-- google_ad_section_start -->
<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

and this code, to wrap other parts/text that you want adsense bot to ignore

<!-- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) -->
<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

this hack should work on previous vb too, like 3.8, 3.7, 3.6

maybe for vb 4 too, please confirm if its working for vb 4, since i dont use vb 4

i will help too as i can

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