Question about MechBunny Tube script....
 

How do you manage and serve ads? It doesn't appear to have a built in ad server unless i'm missing something.

Do you have to use 3rd party software? How do you target ads to video categories/video niche/keywords/geo ip etc etc?

There is a simple built in ad system that lets you split ads by sponsor. When people need something more indepth, they use external ad servers if they want to serve their own specific ads.

That being said - for the most part people sell ad spots to sponsors directly and place them on the template or they use separate ad services to manage the ads for them entirely.

Thanks very much! Placing it on the template means there is one general template for the player view and one for categories? Or does each category created, create a page for that category with the player page inside it... so that templates are identifiable by niche etc?

The video pages are made up of video_header, video_content and video_footer. The rest of the pages that show thumbnails are made up of overall_header, content_item repeating, and then overall_footer. You can set ads in the templates by category like this:

This assumes the following channel/category ids, and is in referance to the channel DISPLAY pages where you see the thumbs:

1 = Amateur
2 = Lesbian
3 = Hardcore

<? if($_GET['channel'] == 1) { ?>
Amateur Ad Code Goes Here
<? } elseif($_GET['channel'] == 456) { ?>
Lesbian Ad Code Goes Here
<? } elseif($_GET['channel'] == 456) { ?>
Hardcore Ad Code Goes Here
<? } else { ?>
Default Ad Code that matches none of the rules above and goes on all other pages other then the channel/category pages goes here.
<? } ?>

You cannot show ads on the video pages themselves by channel because a video can belong to multiple channels. However, what you could do is create a bunch of paysites in the system called Amateur, Asian, Hardcore, Etc, and assign the videos to those. You could then use the scripts ad system to show the niche appropriate ads based on that.

BTW - We are easier reached via email and support tickets then forums :thumbsup

Thanks for all your answers. its very helpful. I wasn't really intending to ask you but to get an idea of what people do. I also incorrectly assumed I wouldn't likely get a response - because most people do business that way. I realize that was horribly unfair to you because you have a great reputation for service.