Politically Offensive Banner Ads

[ephealy]

I may have some good news for you. I'm going to be replacing the Google ads (well all EN World advertising, actually) with gaming ads from an ad network run by Ed Healy. So this problem should solve itself pretty soon!

If anyone sees an offensive advertisement, all they have to do is email me with the URL and I'll block it.

ephealy (at) ephealy (dot) com

 

[Mistwell]

I may have some good news for you. I'm going to be replacing the Google ads (well all EN World advertising, actually) with gaming ads from an ad network run by Ed Healy. So this problem should solve itself pretty soon!

That's good news!

We should start a "A click a day saves EnWorld" campaign

 

[Pbartender]

Not to be confused with hippocracy, a much under-utilized form of government.

I believe Caligula experimented with it to great effect during his tenure as Emperor of Rome.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

I may have some good news for you. I'm going to be replacing the Google ads (well all EN World advertising, actually) with gaming ads from an ad network run by Ed Healy. So this problem should solve itself pretty soon!

That is good news - I very much hope that it works out for you.

It is also 'voting with your feet' in regards to Google's ad policies. In a way it saddens me - until these ads came up I had vaguely good feelings towards Google, even their banner ads. I realize that it is much like a networks selling commercial time, but, well, I was offended. Why I should feel this more keenly than I might if it were an advertisement on, say, ABC, I cannot really say, but nonetheless....

As for just how much ad space the group running the ads was willing to spend.... (And by far the largest chunk of change involved does not even come from Maine pockets, but rather from Virginia of all places....) They bought every single banner that I have seen on your site for three days! That must represent a hefty amount of cash.

Right now the placeholder for the banner is completely empty, I don't know if it is because you cut the Google ads already (and if so thank you very much) or that they finally ran through all the imprints that they had purchased,

The Auld Grump

 

[Morrus]

That is good news - I very much hope that it works out for you.

It is also 'voting with your feet' in regards to Google's ad policies. In a way it saddens me - until these ads came up I had vaguely good feelings towards Google, even their banner ads. I realize that it is much like a networks selling commercial time, but, well, I was offended. Why I should feel this more keenly than I might if it were an advertisement on, say, ABC, I cannot really say, but nonetheless....

OK, but in line with the theme of the thread, lets not allude to your own political opinions, either. The aim is to cut out all political discussion, not to only cut out political discussion we don't like. So please feel feel to report (but not discuss!) any political or religious ads.

As for just how much ad space the group running the ads was willing to spend.... (And by far the largest chunk of change involved does not even come from Maine pockets, but rather from Virginia of all places....) They bought every single banner that I have seen on your site for three days! That must represent a hefty amount of cash.

Remarkably little, I imagine. The *total* isn't very much, let alone the minority subset in that particular geographic region.

Right now the placeholder for the banner is completely empty, I don't know if it is because you cut the Google ads already (and if so thank you very much) or that they finally ran through all the imprints that they had purchased,

It's switched to Ed Healy's ad network, but apparently it takes a month or so to fully swing into gear as the system attempts to calulate the ad inventory of the site. Or something.

 

[Umbran]

They bought every single banner that I have seen on your site for three days! That must represent a hefty amount of cash.

With the switch to the new service, this is perhaps moot. But as I understand it, what Google presents is in part based on the site upon which the ad appears, and in part upon the viewer. So, you dont' necessarily see what I see. So one person's experience doesn't speak to the bulk. Only when a bunch of people note the occurrence (like with the Evony ads recently) can we start to speak about the overall effect.

I imagine that these days, it would be a common nasty trick to send ads from one side of the political fence to people who have been browsing topics on the other side of the fence.

 

[Holy Bovine]

It's switched to Ed Healy's ad network, but apparently it takes a month or so to fully swing into gear as the system attempts to calulate the ad inventory of the site. Or something.

They seem to have switched over already for me. And I have found what looks to be an excellent Canadian-based online game retailer! Starlit Citadel. Really good to see stuff like that!

 

[pawsplay]

I imagine the new network is potentially better revnues. It may not be as high traffic, but I am a hundred times more likely to click on something that is not Evony.

 

[ephealy]

They seem to have switched over already for me. And I have found what looks to be an excellent Canadian-based online game retailer! Starlit Citadel. Really good to see stuff like that!

If you have a Twitter account, you can also follow Starlit Citadel there: scitadel (scitadel) on Twitter

 

[scitadel]

If you have a Twitter account, you can also follow Starlit Citadel there: scitadel (scitadel) on Twitter

*Pokes head out of the sand* I'm also on here as an account, though I've been quiet on the board games boards for a while. It's busy season so my time on boards drops.