Yahoo Adult Ads?
I thought that the Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) didn’t allow adult ads? Then why am I getting this advertisement on my main page:
While the site in question is acceptable content, I would think that the phrase “Meet Fat Sex Girl” would trigger some bayesian or LSI acceptability filters in the yahoo system and be rejected. This is a big deal for content-publishers. If yahoo demands that we keep their ads off of adult-themed pages, we demand that yahoo run work-safe ads. And, if they are not holding up their end of the bargain, a site’s reputation could be damaged by the accidentally introduced adult content.
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on October 13th, 2005 at 11:22 am
I also got an “porn” ad on my Google AdSense here: www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=316
I wonder how they filter ads that go thru their AdWord system
on December 15th, 2005 at 4:47 pm
Do you think the advertisers paid these big companies to look the other way?
on January 2nd, 2006 at 5:37 am
I don’t get people paying high prices for porn ads when they can just pay $2/block on www.pixelrotica.com
on September 4th, 2007 at 3:52 am
Its official.
I spoke to someone at Yahoo yesterday on the phone and they will not show adult content ads on www.yahoo.co.uk anymore, they say they have always had this rule in place apparently, probably never noticed in over 10 years then!
Its obvious they have some new fuddy duddy bosses in place now who have clamped down with the new panama system.
No wonder there profits are down by 11%
Anyone else affected by this?
Bek.