Can forums still make money?

[paulj]

It appears that larger advertisers (the ones that pay) are asking ad networks to block forums from showing their ads. The larger the advertiser is, the more controlled they want the content to be. Just a few days ago I received an email blast from Tribal Fusion:I wanted to reach out to you because we [...]
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[doctordew]

The link is not working for me, but this is a very interesting, and something I really would like to know more about. I soon will be starting a website with it's main focus on the forum. If you can no longer place your ad's on your forums it will make me rather mad as I see it as a very easy way to make a smaller steady income after you get the forum started. So could somebody possibly tell me more about this or get me a link working in IE7 please? Thanks in advance!

[pikal]

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/...ll-make-money/

[doctordew]

That's a great article. Thank you, it helped me learn where I'm going to be putting ad's on my forum. Thanks pikal.