[Foundation-l] No, even a couple of Google ads on each page would be a fatally bad idea

[Fred Bauder]

> On 5 November 2010 17:02, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> 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