If you're using the Custom Island Insert (between the 1st/2nd post) you can increase your clicks by blending in the ad unit a bit.
Example:
http://www.bowlingcommunity.com/b/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/14424/page/1#Post14424Replace your portal_box_1.tpl with:
{* Script Version 7.0.0b4 *}
{* $Id: portal_box_1.tpl 354 2006-08-22 21:30:12Z rick $ *}
<?php if(!defined('UBB_MAIN_PROGRAM')) exit; ?>
{$tbopen}
<tr>
<td class="subjecttable">
<span class="small" style="float: right;">
<span id="number33118">#33118</span> - <span class="date">Today at</span> <span class="time">12:01 AM</span>
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<img src="http://www.bowlingcommunity.com/b/images/icons/default/book.gif" alt="" border="0"></a>
<b>
<span id="subject1">{$name}</span></b> <span class="small">
[Re: <span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline">First Post</span>]</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="{$style_side}alt-1">
{$body}
</td>
</tr>
{$tbclose}
Place the following into Content Island:
/* BODY HERE */
$body = <<<EOF
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="alt-2" width="17%" valign="top">
<span style="display: none;" id="username33117">Sponsored Links</span>
<b><span id="menu_control_33117" style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline">Sponsored Links</span></b><br />
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</span>
</td>
<td class="post-content" valign="top" width="83%">
<span id="body0">
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-9696832784455006";
google_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.insidebowling.com/phpadsnew/alternative300250.php";
google_ad_width = 300;
google_ad_height = 250;
google_ad_format = "300x250_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
google_ad_channel ="";
google_color_border = "FFFFFF";
google_color_bg = "FFFFFF";
google_color_link = "000099";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "000099";
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
</span></td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt-2 small" valign="bottom">
<a href="#top">Top</a>
</td>
<td class="post-options" align="right" valign="bottom">
</td>
</tr></table>
EOF;
