Saturday, February 2, 2008

SHOCKING ADS REVEALED

Anyone who has visited my site knows that I have ads staggered around. They are not there because I think they will make me money, on the contrary, I have earned a whopping $.0.12 from the ads. They are there to ad dynamics to the site, but boy was I shocked when I accessed my site from a computer at a different location.

I went to a social gathering (party) at a friends house last evening. At the end of the night, I got on my best friend, Jane's, computer to show her my site and get some opinions. We had worked together previously doing Graphic Design at the local newspaper. I was quit shocked at what the page revealed. "Who's Your Soulmate", "Meet Black College Folks" and "Married Dating-Discreet" were the worst ads of the bunch.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for finding, making and pursuing love....but I do not want it plastered all over my web-page. The funny thing is that whenever I access my site from home, either through broadband or wireless, only family friendly ads display. Even the ads that appear when I'm editing and previewing are music, video, website and technology related. Needless to say I was, and am, quite embarrassed that others might think I would promote something like marital infidelities or using the term"Black Folk". I mean, come on, where are all the "Meet White College Folks" ads?

When I returned home, a bit tipsy, the first thing I did was sign into AdBrite and start rejecting, which I didn't even know I could do till then. I plan to check every day to ensure that the ads placed on my site are not ignorant and if it becomes too much of a hassle or they keep trying to slip them in, the ads WILL be removed. I apologise to anyone this episode might have offended.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

A whopping $0.12...that cracks me up!

Tyla, the great thing is that you are learning fast (and most importantly... adjusting.

Anonymous said...

Hi Tyla!

You looked so pretty last night!!!

Dane

Anonymous said...

Drop me an email...danehaigh@yahoo.com




Some men see things the way they are and ask, "Why?"
I dream things that never were, and ask "Why not?"
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