> On 5 November 2010 17:02, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: >> ... and compromise content, as TV Tropes found out: >> >> http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/TheSituation?from=Main.TheGoogleIncident > > That's not a problem with adverts. It's merely an incompatibility > between Google's policies and the site. If we fell victim to the same > policies, we could just choose another advertiser to work with > (although, in reality, Google would bend over backwards to get their > adverts on our sites and would relax their policies). > > That is not the reason why we should have adverts. The reason why is > that adverts can create a perception of partiality. >
I would never suggest we turn selection of advertising over to Google or anyone else. If we do we'll get the same irrelevant crap that is so annoying on Wikia. And very little revenue. I'm suggesting us selling ads, monitoring their content and placement, and laughing all the way to the bank. Not sniveling around begging Google for crumbs and letting some bureaucrat ruin our site and its attraction. For example, we could place our ads on a separate page, reachable only by clicking on a tab at the top "advertisements". Fred _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
