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Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:19:38 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Geoff Gray wrote:
> I hate to start in on this thread because I know it will become political, but I
> have to question doing this FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON. I was browsing (not logged
> in because after six attempts over the last few years to get my account reset so
> I can log in I have given up on ever getting my account to work again) through
> the set list to look up a particular model. When I got to the page with the
> model info, I got a popup ad. That did not bother me. The content of the ad DID
> BOTHER ME. It was for a TV show or website called ADULT SWIM. Sorry, but we do
> not need to be sending kids to our site (we often advertise the LUGNET site at
> shows, conventions, etc) and then having them exposed to this type of
> advertising. If you plan on using Google, or any other ad referral company,
> please make sure that they can GUARANTEE only family friendly advertising. If
> they cannot, I'd strongly suggest not advertising with them.
Geoff,
you are right, this is way beyond our intention. First of all, I chose Google
AdSense Ads for the simple reason that they do not usually send popup ads to
pages. If anyone observes this behavior frequently, I will need to flag this
with Google as popup ads are NOT what we want in the first place.
Then, Google has very strict limitations as to where you may place their ads and
where you shouldn't. Consequently, I would not want to see adult content ads on
a clearly non-age-restricted website. If you observe any of these ads, please
provide me with a link or a screenshot as I will then either take this up with
Google or - if no other resolution is found - will prohibit ads for this
particular LUGNET page.
Ads are chosen to match the content of the page they are called from - it may
well be that the content contains keywords that trigger the aforementioned
unwanted ad. If that is the case, I need to work on it.
> As for the concept, I have no problem with Lugnet doing what it must to stay
> afloat, as long as it is in the best interest of the spirit of the community and
> addresses a real need.
Optimization is still not finished, I regard the current advertising concept as
strictly beta. The target is to optimize ads to the point that they are at least
90% LEGO- or generally building-toy-related. That will ensure the community get
what they are potentially looking for, the advertisers get real value for their
money and nobody has to worry. I didn't expect the road to get there to be too
smooth, but I also didn't expect the pothole you flagged here.
Please provide me with all useful finds to get this issue resolved.
Thanks,
Jerry
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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| I've done some quick research on the "adult swim" issue - apparently the channel and the related website are somewhere on the borderline of what conforms with Google's policies. I wouldn't want to see their ads here just to avoid confusion, so I'll (...) (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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| (...) Geoff- From the Gogle TOS: "No Google ad or Google search box may be displayed in a pop-up, pop-under, or in an email." They enforce this quite agressively. If you are getting pop-ups, they are 99.9999% not likely to be coming from Google, or (...) (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I hate to start in on this thread because I know it will become political, but I have to question doing this FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON. I was browsing (not logged in because after six attempts over the last few years to get my account reset so I (...) (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)
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