The Trouble With Another Ad On Tv.com

[kayo]

Today (saturday) almost on every page I've visited there has been this ad. I find it annoying and it makes me a bit restless> It ain't exactly an ad is it?

[Crossy]

I don't think Admin have any control over what appears in these Google(?) ads.

We're certainly not supposed to discuss the content on the open forum (upsets the advertisers I suppose).

Yes, I agree, not exactly a good advertisment for Thailand

[bkkmadness]

It ain't exactly an ad is it?

It is exactly an ad. Why does it bother you?

[PeaceBlondie]

People in the ad industry may not appreciate this, but I just screen out certain ads. They are there and visible, but I never see them, don't notice them, totally unaware....what ad?

[Thai-Spy]

I don't think Admin have any control over what appears in these Google(?) ads.

We're certainly not supposed to discuss the content on the open forum (upsets the advertisers I suppose).

Yes, I agree, not exactly a good advertisment for Thailand

Admin should be able to reject advertising from specific AdWords advertisers, but only on the advertiser level; not on a per campaign or per ad basis.

As to whether it's good advertising for Thailand, in the context of ThaiVisa that matters little. We have here the CTB (Chronic Thai Bashers) and the KJD (Knee-Jerk Defenders) and not very much middle ground for the undecided.

[bkkmadness]

To be honest if I did notice the ads that might be something I would click on, and I expect a lot of people here would rather than Thailand Hotels etc.

TV could block words like 'murder' I think, but why should they? It's a perfectly good ad, it'll get clicked on here by many of posters Thaivisa has that don't click on ThaiSingles dating or whatever.

And end of the day its linking to a reputable website so not a problem there.

Edited March 26, 2007 by bkkmadness

[cdnvic]

You can screen ads out by advertiser, but really, it's an ad that matches several topics on the subject already running on the forum. Servers and bandwidth aren't cheap, you have to watch how much potential income you screen out.