Kicked out of an Australian Ad Network
It's not a huge deal, to be honest - Australia accounts for a fairly small percentage of our visitors. Still brings me down a little more and makes me think that advertising and online communities are a rough fit. Here's the email I received:
The online advertising world leaves me shaking my head more often than not - so, maybe we're on a better track with the Amazon strategy. I've already found a couple books I'd like to order - and although it is not generating much revenue now - I like the idea of putting advertising in the hands of the community and quality recommendation for books, movies and music.
Good Evening Brian,
Adconion Media Group has received a complaint from an Advertiser about content they were displayed against.
The offending video contravenes Adconion Terms and Conditions where it states that Adconion will not pay for impressions of a salacious nature.
In saying such we have decided that as of 24 hours you account will be cancelled and final payment will be tallied for impressions rendered up to the 24 hour period.
If you would like to view the offending video, I have enclosed a link.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Use-Of-N-Word-May-End-Porn-Stars-Career
Kind Regards,
[name redacted]
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Media Account Executive - Australia
Adconion Media Group
The online advertising world leaves me shaking my head more often than not - so, maybe we're on a better track with the Amazon strategy. I've already found a couple books I'd like to order - and although it is not generating much revenue now - I like the idea of putting advertising in the hands of the community and quality recommendation for books, movies and music.
15 Comments
RedSkylolwut?
The video's over a year old with no promotes, how did they even find it?
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
I know, weird. Maybe these have some kind of auto-scanner looking for this kind of content.
DeanoSend him back that Bill Hicks video where he advises advertising execs to kill themselves
BTW I know nothing about how these things work but would it not be enough to show any advertising on non-salacious pages or do they object to it appearing anywhere on the site? What if people posted a video in the forum for example, they'd object to even that?
ZonbieSounds to me like the weakest of weak excuses. This is a video sifting site, and I know we had one problem before...but this just sounds like they were looking for an excuse
Asshats.
Farhad2000Porn. Trigger word for scanners.
I love how everyone tries to be Wallmart and regulate people's content regardless of the media platform it is on.
Sounds like the Apple / NIN fiasco.
gwiz665Cunts.
turboj0e says...can we get some stats on the loss? Make the budget public and tell us where we should really stand on this issue.
rougyAh, their loss.
That's one page out of thousands that are absolutly nothing like the complaint in question.
The internet still has a lot of growing up to do.
rasch187
vairetubeYou call that a knife, Adconion Media Group? ..
...starring Paul Hogan as Videosift, as CD, vs. hip gangstas AMG.
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
>> ^turboj0e:
can we get some stats on the loss? Make the budget public and tell us where we should really stand on this issue.
It was worth around $60 US per month.
gwiz665What does "impressions of a salacious nature" mean anyway? It sounds dirty and/or edible.
jake says...Hard to believe any Aussie ad network wants to lose a site these days. Dag, I have been wondering if you had any plans of doing an mobile version of the site?
blankfistAustralian advertisers hate parody.
rottenseed$60 a month? Good riddance.
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