I’m slightly annoyed by the fact that some ad sponsors and blog directories have been categorizing this website as “XXX”; it makes me wonder if they’ve really even bothered to actually read anything that I’ve posted. I noticed that even on StumbleUpon, I’m classed as pornography. That’s an interesting feat to accomplish when the only photo/video hosted on this entire website is the vector graphic of a fully-clothed woman in the header. I’m left to assume that either even just mentioning the “P” word gets you classed as an adult website/objectionable content, because really… most of what I discuss here (especially lately) has been mainstream affiliate programs, sales, etc. I do link to OTHER websites that have adult content, but I wasn’t really aware that linking to a website meant you were in the same category. Maybe I’m just applying too much logic here and not enough knee-jerk reaction on the basis of the domain name/my job.
All I know is, I wanted to have the ads served on this website to be actually RELEVANT to the content (ie hosting, affiliate programs, seo/traffic tips, etc), not the hardcore triple-x stuff that AdBrite starting pulling up when they decided this was a porn site. But from what I’ve been reading at Digital Point, I’m hardly alone in this phenomenon. One poster seems to have had their AdBrite account that was serving ads on a mainstream website switched to Black Label Ads solely due to one swear word in their comments section. I’m sorry, but that’s a little overzealous.
They’re not the only ones, though. Blog Catalog decline to list this website as well, I’m assuming due to classifying it as adult. Same goes for Net Audio Ads, though that’s not terribly upsetting as this website probably attracts more of an other-webmaster crowd than their target ad audience, anyway. It is slightly misleading, though, that when I read their terms prior to signing up, there was nothing in them excluding adult websites (or websites that talk about adult websites, for that matter).
I’ve asked for a few people’s opinions on how they would personally class this blog, and I’ve received mixed results. Some have said it’s obviously an adult blog, others have said it can’t be because there’s no photos, videos, or even erotic text on it! I’d like to hear more opinions, so leave me a comment and let me know where exactly you think I stand.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Alright, that kinda makes sense. I was actually just hoping I could stick some scandalous pay per post type things on my site.
Interesting post about Sacred’s Renee. I remember when she used to just have a blog. She left me one comment on my site ever and I was so excited, as if a celebrity had commented me LOL.
I don’t think this site is adult. Discussing adult content in a non-explicit way, conversationally.
Aww thanks for putting me on links too, I’m flattered, and I’m sure you bring me hits.