Thanks to Dayna (WhitesideVampire) for pointing this one out.
But have you guys seen the "Google Ads" things a lot of sites are doing now? - They do a search for articles on a page, and modify the adverts they show, based on the content of the page.
If you have a page about Aspergers, google ads invariably and helpfully vomits up links relating to curbie sites, on the middle of your anti-curbie page. - check out the adverts on the top of my page:
http://ryuujin-0.deviantart.com/
I mention Aspergers, and it throws out sparkling adverts such as - I quote:
Aspergers - Remedy
Treating the root cause of Aspergers
Disease*, Dyspraxia and ADHD
Autism is reversible
We are non-profit, parent led.
We focus on treatment.
Have Asperger's?
Lean to use your unique traits to achieve the success you want.
Toddler's w/ Autism or PDD
Vocabulary Builder videos can help your child begin to speak.
* Yes, it says disease
I complained (calmly and politely) that such ads were a very inappropriate choice for a page trying to give Aspergers a better name. But still, Google Ads is involuntarily assisting curbies by violating anti-curbie pages with pro-curbie adverts.
The ads are probably chosen for your site by your keywords so it just uses any from it's 'autism/aspergers' folder I should think.
Are there any anti-cure ads that Google can use?
If not then perhaps members of AFF could make a few for there sites so that anti-cure ads can be found at the top of pro-cure sites.
Don't get mad, get even :grin:
https://adwords.google.co.uk/support/bin...2&hl=en_GB
perhaps members of AFF could make a few for there sites so that anti-cure ads can be found at the top of pro-cure sites.
Don't get mad, get even :grin:
Exactly. :grin:
I noticed that there's an ad for Autism: Getting the Truth Out on Angelfire.
Problem is the cost, we have tried advertising in the past.
It is possible for a site to individually block particular advertisers. But a free site like deviant art won't go through that trouble.
The one thing to remember is that seeing the ad dones't make money for the 'curebie' and clicking on the ad (if you did it from curiosity or by mistake) actually COSTS them money.
The only way they benefit is if someone clicks on the ad and buys a product from the site.
Well, it can only work in their favour. If 10000 people sees a link, 100 may click it, and of that, half a dozen may donate them a reasonable amount of money, thus mission success.
The very fact they're able to afford advertising shows they're making profit.
Well some ads are for non-profit sites, and it doesn't make them any money. As I said AFF used to advertise out of our pocket in order to try and create more awareness, and show people autism doesn't have to be cured.
This is a real problem, part of the reason I stopped paying for my writing.com account was because of the curbie google ads that they refused to do anything about when I *paid* for my site.
I use AdSense on my own web site and so far I have been lucky to avoid any curebie ads on there even though there is only one mention of AS, which is on my "About me" page
I, however, have recently set up my own forum on a free forum host and unfortunately that has google ads which unfortunately bring up curebie ads which i have no way of blocking which annoys me somewhat :evil:
shame I can't afford any hosting otherwise I wouldn't have the problem
(for the record, I'm not advertising my forum, I'm only stating the google ad situation on it)
The one thing to remember is that seeing the ad dones't make money for the 'curebie' and clicking on the ad (if you did it from curiosity or by mistake) actually COSTS them money.
Is this really true? Why not just have all AFF members click on pro-cure ads repeatedly, until they can't afford to advertise anymore? :razz:
Well google only charges for one click per day, per individual ip. This is so that a company's competitor cannot use a bot to repeatedly click an ad and use up all their advert allownace.
Amy Said
This is so that a company's competitor cannot use a bot to repeatedly click an ad and use up all their advert allownace.
Does that mean if enough people clicked on a pro cure ad daily then that ad would no longer be displayed on websites? When I used to have dialup my IP address used to change each time I logged, not every one has a fixed IP address.
Wiki said
Depending on one's Internet connection the IP address can be the same every time one connects (called a static IP address), or different every time one connects
This means that all some people would have to do is log off and back on :shock: if they are not charged each time. Plus even people with one click a day could in numbers effect google ads. I am not Recommending such actions just an observation :wink:
Bravenet and Freeservers are good free hosts for autistic advocacy sites. They display general ads, for screensavers and travel and stuff like that, which aren't based on the content of the page.
Nathan (simplecomplexities) offers free hosting specifically for aspie webpages on his site
Aspergers Hosting.
(I haven't used Nathan's services, so this isn't a personal endorsement.)