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How advertisements
work when using Google
Posted by Dave G
on 3/6/2008, 6:09 pm
Message modified by board administrator
4/13/2008, 11:13 pm
I sent the following
response to a viewer that e-mailed me and I thought I would share that
information here so everyone knows how the advertisements work. I don't
condone the recent advertisements by Ebay but it is not under my control and
it appears to have been corrected by parental pressure.
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Dear Name Removed,
The advertisements you see for camps have contracted directly with me to get
the information out on their camps and events. Those are totally under my
control.
The advertisements you see at the top for Ebay (and others like that) are
all contracted and controlled by Google and are targeted ads. Whatever
people write/read about is the advertisement they will see. If you read
about wrestling videos then Ebay has an advertisement that will be displayed
that sells wrestling videos. If you write about drunk drivers you will
probably see an advertisement for a local DUI attorney. I just read my post
about the fight card at EdCC and the advertisement at the top is for a new
movie coming out about MMA fights. Most posts involve wrestling and
therefore Ebay is obviously going to present any items they have that may
appeal to wrestling fans whether they be singlets, shoes, videos, etc. It
looks as if Ebay has removed those previously mentioned videos and have
other videos up that appear to be legitimate but that is for viewers to
determine for themselves. It appears as if the parents contacting Ebay has
worked to remove that.
I do not review the Google advertisements, nor do I have control over them.
It is the same on this site as with any other site that uses Google. It is
determined by Google and advertisements are NOT endorsed in any fashion by
this site or its director.
I will be posting this on the message board to help people understand how
this works.
Dave Gilbertson
Washington Wrestling Report
----- Original Message -----
From: Name Removed
To: DaveG@Washingtonwrestlingreport.com
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 6:46 AM
Subject: Ad on your wrestling website
Good Morning.
I have just recently been enjoying your website and message board section. I
don’t post as I know nothing about wrestling but a wrestler is now a part of
our family.
The reason for this email is that I have noticed that since the postings
began regarding the inappropriate dvd’s on ebay, an ad appears on my screen
above your regular advertising as well as many of the postings…some on men’s
wrestling, some on women’s wrestling all with the ebay logo. I don’t know if
this is intentional or if a virus is accidentally being spread due to
following the link from one of the original posts. I just thought I would
make you aware because it now looks like the advertising is actually on your
website.
Thank you,
Name Removed |
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