For our loyal readers, you might have noticed the absence of Adsense units on LifeSpy for the past weeks. It’s not that we have scrapped Adsense (the code is still there) but the ads just won’t show up. Tough for us since Adsense is the primary monetization avenue that we have on this site. We had notified Google about it and apparently they’ve flagged our site for “adult” content.
Uhm, okay. We’ve written a lot of stuff about the adult movie industry and its contribution to the high-definition video wars and a few on intimacy tips. But we’re pretty sure we haven’t featured anything that technically qualifies as hardcore. Probably we shouldn’t have used the common four-letter or three-letter words a lot on this site.
In any case, to be back in Google’s good graces, we might have to do away with those things for now. So if you are trying to search our archives for all of those posts containing the four-letter word for “adult entertainment” and the three-letter word for “physical intimacy,” we had taken them down. Rest assured we have kept local copies of these articles just in case some of you are looking for them for reference and research. We’ve had a pretty decent number of linkbacks especially on the debate on the high-definition wars.
So please, Google, bring our ad units back!
5 Responses
The How-To Geek
July 27th, 2007 at 6:24 am
1I was considering writing you a note asking why there’s a big whitespace there…
That’s interesting to note… I never realized writing about that type of stuff would get you flagged as an adult site.
Alex
July 27th, 2007 at 10:11 am
2Yes. Apparently they will. But in any case, my boss has taken steps in fixing things with Google.
But as a precaution, we’ve just taken them down for now. Or for good. We just don’t know yet.
Matt Harwood
July 28th, 2007 at 7:57 am
3Personally, I would prefer the content and you to use a different ad provider! I’m quite liberal in my views here.
If their moan is in regards to young eyes seeing Karma Sutra tips, it isn’t their (or your) job to be shielding anything. That’s what parents are for. Even though I personally am against shielding, but meh, I am not in charge of the world (yet).
Just remember this blog is for content, not ads. Changing an ad provider, in my opinion, is entirely preferred to changing (or limiting) your (fantastic) content.
Alex
July 28th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
4Thanks, Matt. Diversifying a site’s revenue stream is really an issue that needs to be reviewed.
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