HORRORPHILE VIOLATES GOOGLE CONTENT POLICY
May 24th 2010 01:24
As you can see above and below, I no longer have any advertising. It seems my appreciation of horror in art and popular culture, in particular movies, has got me into trouble with the big boys at Google and their Ad-Sense programme. According to their programme policy “publishers may not place AdSense code on pages with content that violates any of our content guidelines. Some examples include content that is adult, violent or advocating racial intolerance.
Sites with Google ads may not include or link to:
• Pornography, adult or mature content
• Violent content
• Content related to racial intolerance or advocacy against any individual, group or organisation
• Excessive profanity …”
Well, it seems I’ve breached their guidelines and violated their content policy. I received an email from Google late last week which informed me that upon reviewing my account they noticed I was displaying Google Ads in a manner that was not compliant with their policies. According to Google “As stated in our program policies, AdSense publishers are not permitted to place Google ads on pages with violent content. This includes sites with content related to breaking bones, getting hit by trains or cars, or people receiving serious injuries.”
Horrorphile – Pleasure of Nightmares primarily reviews and discusses horror movies, or as I call them “nightmare movies”. Of course the subject matter is going to be adult or mature, and will contain violent content; this is the very nature of horror, whether it is explicit or implicit. I’m not advocating using violence in real life, nor am I promoting pornography, but I’d be a hypocrite if I said the links between sex and death should not be inferred within the horror genre. I certainly don’t advocate racial intolerance, but I use the odd expletive, I take the Lord's name in vain from time to time, and I champion the drinking of beer when watching a movie, but I’m hardly excessively profane.
The programme content guidelines list numerous other restrictions, of which I can safely say I do not feature or provide links to any of it. I’ll admit that I never read in detail all of Ad-Sense’s content policy guidelines, an assumption on my behalf that has landed me in hot water. However it concerns me greatly that Google have taken these steps without actually looking at the bigger picture. My blog is not about reality, it’s about the fictional realm of movies. My site receives over 10,000 hits a day. I’m no Bloody Disgusting, I’ll admit, but I must be providing a few extra bucks in the pockets of the Google advertisers. Apparently not enough.
Google states their decision is final, however if I make appropriate changes to bring my site into compliance they may enable ad serving again, but this is not possible for all cases. I’m not about to censor myself, so instead I’ll retreat back inside the Darkness with my loyal True Believers, lick my wounds, and evaluate my advertising options.
Sites with Google ads may not include or link to:
• Pornography, adult or mature content
• Violent content
• Content related to racial intolerance or advocacy against any individual, group or organisation
• Excessive profanity …”
Well, it seems I’ve breached their guidelines and violated their content policy. I received an email from Google late last week which informed me that upon reviewing my account they noticed I was displaying Google Ads in a manner that was not compliant with their policies. According to Google “As stated in our program policies, AdSense publishers are not permitted to place Google ads on pages with violent content. This includes sites with content related to breaking bones, getting hit by trains or cars, or people receiving serious injuries.”
Horrorphile – Pleasure of Nightmares primarily reviews and discusses horror movies, or as I call them “nightmare movies”. Of course the subject matter is going to be adult or mature, and will contain violent content; this is the very nature of horror, whether it is explicit or implicit. I’m not advocating using violence in real life, nor am I promoting pornography, but I’d be a hypocrite if I said the links between sex and death should not be inferred within the horror genre. I certainly don’t advocate racial intolerance, but I use the odd expletive, I take the Lord's name in vain from time to time, and I champion the drinking of beer when watching a movie, but I’m hardly excessively profane.
The programme content guidelines list numerous other restrictions, of which I can safely say I do not feature or provide links to any of it. I’ll admit that I never read in detail all of Ad-Sense’s content policy guidelines, an assumption on my behalf that has landed me in hot water. However it concerns me greatly that Google have taken these steps without actually looking at the bigger picture. My blog is not about reality, it’s about the fictional realm of movies. My site receives over 10,000 hits a day. I’m no Bloody Disgusting, I’ll admit, but I must be providing a few extra bucks in the pockets of the Google advertisers. Apparently not enough.
Google states their decision is final, however if I make appropriate changes to bring my site into compliance they may enable ad serving again, but this is not possible for all cases. I’m not about to censor myself, so instead I’ll retreat back inside the Darkness with my loyal True Believers, lick my wounds, and evaluate my advertising options.
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