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I was reading on a political site the other day and they were talking about how this guy had recieved a cancelation leter from Google adds. The letter said something to the effect that the site promoted hate towards other people groups and or views. I think that the site was primarely aimed at exposing political scandles on either side of party lines. The end result was that google removed his add and he lost quite a bit of traffic. Is google really capable of sensoring who advertizes with them even if it means that they can break a site simply by removing their add? How is it legal for them to pick and choose like that? See Google TOS if you want to read more about the rights they reserve and the things you can and cannot say if you want to be part of Google adds!!!


Jex

What the hell are you on about? Of course they can choose whose ads they display or where they allow ads to be displayed, its their service thats being provided and they should be allowed to use it in whatever way they deem fit. If you are removed because your break their rules then bad luck, its completely up to them.
May I ask why they shouldn't be able to choose where their ads are displayed and which ads are displayed?

I didn't read the GoogleAds TOS but my guess is that there is a statement like "Google reserves the right to cancel ads because..."

JexDragon wrote:I was reading on a political site the other day and they were talking about how this guy had recieved a cancelation leter from Google adds. The letter said something to the effect that the site promoted hate towards other people groups and or views. I think that the site was primarely aimed at exposing political scandles on either side of party lines. The end result was that google removed his add and he lost quite a bit of traffic. Is google really capable of sensoring who advertizes with them even if it means that they can break a site simply by removing their add? How is it legal for them to pick and choose like that? See Google TOS if you want to read more about the rights they reserve and the things you can and cannot say if you want to be part of Google adds!!!


Jex

what?

i don't get idea about this post too :-|

Tim has it right: it's their service and their call. After all, if you do something the admins don't like here, you get your shell service removed

what do you mean jetdragon?

of course they have the right..

of course google has the right!!! what if i made a Nazi propagander site? should i be allowed to advitise it on google? i would hope not! i think it should still be able to be searched (free speach and all) but to advertise it is a completly different matter!

I guess ppl should read TOS before they do more stuff now a days. I got a letter the other day about my adsense stating i was forcing ppl to click adds and made me remove and posts in forums. Google is on top of things. If they dont like it , its gone!

well i read the TOS and Privacy Poilicy, it didnt mention anything about removing ads because it has to do with hate Then again im sure they can since that ad could be conceived as being prejudice, but that would also make Google prejudice for removing an ad just because of the group of people. It is a touchy subject. a lot of legal matters

Their TOS would probably say something like, "We reserve to remove ads. Full stop.", So they're allowed to removes ads, even if they don't like the way you type. That's what I'd do

-Reth

agree! Actually, I think Google even could have trouble if they don´t have their own control.

Tim wrote:What the hell are you on about? Of course they can choose whose ads they display or where they allow ads to be displayed, its their service thats being provided and they should be allowed to use it in whatever way they deem fit. If you are removed because your break their rules then bad luck, its completely up to them.
May I ask why they shouldn't be able to choose where their ads are displayed and which ads are displayed?

JexDragon wrote:I was reading on a political site the other day and they were talking about how this guy had recieved a cancelation leter from Google adds. The letter said something to the effect that the site promoted hate towards other people groups and or views. I think that the site was primarely aimed at exposing political scandles on either side of party lines. The end result was that google removed his add and he lost quite a bit of traffic. Is google really capable of sensoring who advertizes with them even if it means that they can break a site simply by removing their add? How is it legal for them to pick and choose like that? See Google TOS if you want to read more about the rights they reserve and the things you can and cannot say if you want to be part of Google adds!!!


Jex

Google has every right to choose who they want on their site. It is not public property. They also PAY most of the site admins to display their banner.

JexDragon Wrote:
The end result was that google removed his add and he lost quite a bit of traffic. Is google really capable of sensoring who advertizes with them even if it means that they can break a site simply by removing their add?

I think that the main idea behind his arguement was that this gives google the power to make or break a company that advertises with them. I think you guys might have the better side of it in that google is a private company so they can operate however they like, within the laws of course.