Remove some Ads

C.w. · Post by **C.w.** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:49 pm

Dr Neo Lao wrote:c.w. has a nifty little idea on his comic, which is just an arrow with "ad" on it.

Yeah, and it was a pain to get to show up right. The ads aren't all the same size - some are 740x90, others are 468x60, for some reason they don't get centered quite right. The problem is that when it switches to a small ad your notice looks sort of silly, because it's in the middle of nowhere.

I made this template, and it helped, but not a whole lot for fine tuning stuff. In my experience, the ads seem to show toward the left side of the grey areas.

http://c.w.comics.googlepages.com/discl ... mplate.png

Kirb wrote:My sediments exactly.
I think you're making too big a deal out of this.

So... mountains out of mole hills?
That was horrible.

Montyandwoolley · Post by **Montyandwoolley** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:11 pm

Its an advert i'm afraid, theres not a lot we can do about them. Most comic genesis users don't even look at them now anyway or a lot of people could have them banner blocked. I would assume your readers have gathered the advert isn't yours by now anyway, so they shouldn't take offense by its content.

Mikethemulletthing · Post by **Mikethemulletthing** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:42 pm

I've noticed alot of ads at the top of my comic, or at least specifically the National Lampoon one or whatever it was that was like "BLONDE WITH HUGE BOOBS" or something, that are inappropriate. Now I wouldn't personally give a crap about these kinds of ads being there IF NOT FOR THE FACT that my comic is rated PG. I don't swear, don't have anything offensive or graphic or such, because I like to keep it clean and then be able to show it to friends, parents, teachers, and complete strangers without having to worry about offending anyone. It kinda defeats the purpose when they see me say "heck" instead of "hell" or "motherloving" instead of dropping a mega F-bomb... and then an ad for softcore porn or whatever at the top of the page.

Not a big deal, and not a high priority, but if they're purging any bad advertisements, I'd appreciate those kind added to the agenda. Or at least, some kind of filtering system for the ads, that would keep the more adult ones from displaying on the more kid-friendly sites, like it's supposed to do with ads for other comics (which I don't think it does- I got KeenLace and Treading Ground and such ads appearing on the site too- although that may be the fault of users).

Dr Neo Lao · Post by **Dr Neo Lao** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:45 am

The problem is that there are about 3/5 different ratings for comics (G, PG, M, MA and R in Australia, G, PG-13 and NC-17 in US) but only two different sets of ads:

Mature (the J list ads) which are specifically for the top-rated, mature (adult) sites / comics.
Not Mature (everything else) which gets all the nice ads (suitable for G and PG) plus all the 'borderline' ads that push the envelope and are more suited for M or PG-13 sites.

There aren't enough ads in the system to warrant breaking it down further, which means that G sites get the short end of the stick as they are aiming for the youngest audience but have to put up with ads aimed at the late teens / young adult group (or just using porn to sell whatever, but trying to stay just on the safe side of "not-porn").

NakedElf · Post by **NakedElf** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:26 am

I don't swear, don't have anything offensive or graphic or such, because I like to keep it clean and then be able to show it to friends, parents, teachers, and complete strangers without having to worry about offending anyone.

Frankly, if you're worried that someone will get offended by something which you didn't put on your site and have no control over, then you shouldn't let your friends, parents, teachers, strangers, etc. look at anything on the internet, because I guarantee there's a lot of shit that's a hell of a lot more offensive than National Lampoon ads. If you're really worried, put up a little disclaimer that you have no control over the ads, just to make it clear to everyone.

(Speaking of which, does the NL know that there's a mature category of sites to advertise on? They don't really seem like the kind of organization that'd get their panties in a twist about wanting to not sully their image by being associated with adult material.)

Swikan · Post by **Swikan** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:14 am

Naked Elf: I am not "worried" that my audience has never seen this kind of thing before, but the fact is that whatever is on my site is part of the presentation of my comic. I would like the whole presentation to be clean. As a parent, I am uncomfortable directing my children's friends and parents, and it isn't because I think they've never seen anything like it before. It just feels inappropriate for me, an adult, to direct an 11-year old to my comic when it has salacious ads. Even if I have no control over the ads, there seems to be implied approval of those ads. So, yes, for this and other reasons, I am looking to host my comic elsewhere.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:37 am

Well Swikan, if that's really the way you feel, then you'll be missed. Beth and I both read your comic; let us know where you go.

Chaoticcomics · Post by **Chaoticcomics** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:15 pm

Ok guys, I think I know what to do.
If you're getting porn ads, set your site rank from Web MA to Web 14. That should do it.

Our comic, Warning:Buckets of Blood, has cannibalism and mass murder. But we set it to Web 14 to avoid that problem. Point being; just because you think your comic is Web MA, doesn't mean that it is.

NakedElf · Post by **NakedElf** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:04 pm

That seems to imply that we don't want porn ads...

Personally, I'm more concerned that the porn ads disappeared entirely and that currently no one seems to be advertising in the NC-17 slot.

Not that anyone is going to pay any attention to this, but if I could make a recommendation to CG, I really can't see any reason why the National Lampoon *wouldn't* want to advertise on the NC-17 comics, so I must assume that the problem is that they aren't aware of the option--and therefore they should be made aware of it.

Plothole · Post by **Plothole** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:24 pm

chaoticcomics wrote:Ok guys, I think I know what to do.
If you're getting porn ads, set your site rank from Web MA to Web 14. That should do it.

Our comic, Warning:Buckets of Blood, has cannibalism and mass murder. But we set it to Web 14 to avoid that problem. Point being; just because you think your comic is Web MA, doesn't mean that it is.

If you don't want the J-List ads, all you have to do is choose "Opt Out" in your siteadmin.

Now selecting a appropriate rating for your comic is important for two reasons:

The NewBox uses your rating to determine which comics your banner appears on (ie. A G rated comic will only show other comics that are G rated as well)
Burstnet, the company that provides most of CG's adverts, doesn't want their banner ads appearing on comic pages whose content violates their TOS. This is why MA comics get different Adverts in the first place.