ProgressivesOnline.com
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Progressives Online (POL) - powered by Democrats, Greens & Liberals.
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I'm all for keeping this site free. It's important I make that statement at the outset. However, we have an ad for Republican ketchup on our website. It may be good ketchup (although I have my doubts), but I seriously doubt it could be better than Heinz, a ketchup I have grown to know and love over the years. More importantly, it seems a bit against our purpose to have an ad for a ketchup that openly praises Ronald Reagan on our website. Any chance we could screen the ads a bit more, or are we just that stuck for finding sponsors?
That's a good question. The answer is that the Google ads are auto generated. They analyze the current words that appear on the page. If "conservative" or "Republican" appears more than "liberal" or "Democrat" the ads lean in the wrong direction.
The advertiser will pay a few cents per click. I can't complain if conservative advertisers help to support this site. Personally, I find it interesting to keep an eye on what they're selling, literally and figuratively. But if members find it too offensive we could work on correcting it. I'd be interested to hear more feedback.
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