UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.classic UBB.classic 6 Support Ads in a sidebar?

If I create a sidebar and place ads in it like Google Adsense or others does that slow the board down any as members go from one page to another?

yes and no, but members will have to load a link from an external server and so it really depends on the other server's speed.

if your browser loads cells as they come it won't change a thing but it it waits for everything to be loaded before display then yes it will seem slower

I use the adsense ads and haven't really noticed a difference with the ads in.

If you use AdSense on your community pages be sure you have SpiderSafe URLs enabled (and the UBB Accelerator.)

What is "AdSense?"

It's a text ad service from Google. The text from the ad is targeted at the audience based on the content of the page, thus making it more effective than most.

(Do note that the Spider-safe URLs mentioned by Steve are part of the 6.7 release.)