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Suggestion for Google, maybe...[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#12)
by Reziac on Mon Dec 06, 2004 at 10:36:42 AM PDT

Apparently however the ads are being delivered, they're invisible in my preferred old Netscape 3.04 (but there is something screwy with the table structure on some of your pages, and that might be hiding it). And to think here I suggested text ads, if you must have ads!

As to the Google-feed textads not being appropriate: ISTM it would be relatively simple for Google to set it up so those using 'em could have "block advertiser" and "allow advertiser" lists, both by advertiser name AND by keyword (since keywords like "Gator" tend to collect nothing but junkware ads). This would prevent "inappropriate content" from being fed to your site, and if everyone gets on the bandwagon, could have a very negative effect on ads by scumware merchants who masquerade as legitimate products.

This would also help prevent dilution of the effect of legit Google TextAds.

[I like that idea so much, I'm going off to suggest it to Google even as we speak. :)
~REZ~
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Re: Suggestion for Google, maybe...[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#14)
by Ed Foster on Mon Dec 06, 2004 at 03:42:09 PM PDT

Google does have a way of blocking specific URLs. But since the ads are usually from third party resellers, it doesn't make much of a difference. And blocking ads related to particular keywords would defeat the whole purpose of contextual advertising. -- Ed

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Re: Suggestion for Google, maybe...[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#17)
by Anonymous User on Tue Dec 07, 2004 at 01:44:13 PM PDT

That's an over-extension of your argument, Ed. While blocking a multitude of key words would defeat the purpose, Reziac's point about excluding PARTICULAR key words is appropriate. Particular key words are going to always return junk ads; being able to nullify the results on those key words would be useful.

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