Posted by Dr. Bob on October 4, 2006, at 22:09:37
In reply to Re: text ads » fayeroe, posted by Lindenblüte on October 3, 2006, at 22:41:15
> I also always feel like a site endorses the product it advertises. Is this so?
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> Muffled> imagine a thread about the death of someone and what ads might come up then?
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> Ads by Google allows one to filter out certain key words such that ads won't come up for those phrases or words.
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> zenhussy> Just like TV. We fastforward the commercials.
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> Phillipa> Hmm, howabout hosting ads on the admin page only, since it's not intended for support.
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> LiThanks for all the input, it doesn't sound like you all feel a great need for more ads in your lives...
I think it's generally understood that ads don't imply endorsement. But I could be explicit about that, too.
And I think it's easy to imagine bad scenarios, but I'm not sure how likely they'd actually be. Having a filter sounds like it might help, though. What phrases or words might be problematic?
You wouldn't need to fast forward through these ads. Since they'd be at the bottom of the page, they wouldn't stand between you and anything else. Or, can't Tivo be programmed not even to record ads? It might be possible to let people opt out, though that would be more work for the server...
And that's another good idea, trying it out just on this board.
Bob
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