Why we don’t have Google ads on PetConnection.com
By Gina Spadafori
April 29, 2008
Because our heads would explode, of course. Google pet-related ads are little more than millions of pitches for:
- Scum who run puppy mills;
- Snake-oil “magic cure” sellers;
- Sellers of bad dog-training and pet-feeding advice; and
and
and
ads like this one, which I just saw on my Gmail account. You can’t make up stuff like this:
Quality
personal
protectionTrained German Shepards
from imported lines.
No in-breading.
So they bread them on the outside only?
Prolly hard to train them to “ard” sheep too. I hope it’s Italian breading - mmm…
Comment by slt — April 29, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
Well, thank god…. those in-bread dogs cost a lot of dough.
Thank you, I’ll be here all week.
Comment by Christie Keith — April 29, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
Two shows daily, or just one?
Comment by Gina Spadafori — April 29, 2008 @ 3:22 pm
I HATE those Google ads!
So many of the discussion boards have them, and frequently they’re serving up ads for things the folks participating wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot-pole. But there are no options to exclude ads with objectionable content - and Google has to get their $$$, doncha’ know!
Comment by The OTHER Pat — April 29, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
Git a laugh outta me :)
Christie,
An update on Kyrie? Was wondering about her today.
Comment by Sharon H — April 29, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
There was no spelling test for the breading exam I took. What’s the prob?
:)
Comment by Laura Bennett — April 29, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
I’ll have the breaded shepard, please. I hear they’re great this time of year.
Yes, please update us on Kyrie.
Comment by Susan Fox — April 29, 2008 @ 7:29 pm
I don’t think my cat Batman was bread—neither was he a hero sandwich. However, his coat has that buttery sheen.
Google, Koogle, got to make that dough.
Comment by Colorado Transplant — April 29, 2008 @ 7:57 pm
ROTFLMAO!!!
Comment by Stephanie — April 30, 2008 @ 6:01 am
A good illustration of the kind of breader who would sell dogs over the internet.
Comment by Caveat — April 30, 2008 @ 8:18 am
That’s the best typo since Kirsty Alley’s legal representatives complained to a magazine that Scientologists were insulted in a way “Jews, Christians or Muslins” wouldn’t be.
Personally, I always make fun of linens.
Comment by Alex — April 30, 2008 @ 8:32 am
In-bread breader?
Corn-bread stuffed shepard?
Comment by Nadine L. — April 30, 2008 @ 10:23 am
I’ve seen worse ads. My favorite was one that said they had “Terriers bred to Brian Plummer.” Which is doubtful, as I do not think the dog would have stood for it ;)
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Comment by PBurns — April 30, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
I prefer breaded eggplant to breaded German shepherds. I don’t like it when my food attempts to lick my face.
Comment by Elaine — May 1, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
This is a subject near and dear to my heart. My developers are always trying to get me to use interstitial (halfway down the page) Google ads. I keep explaining that I will not fence for scumbags. They can’t completely wrap their heads around why I’m willing to foego *free* money. As you’ve explained nicely with your examples, “free” money often comes at a hefty price—to my reputation, my readers’ having to look at the dregs the Internet has to offer, the animals being peddled…need I go on?
Comment by Dr. Patty Khuly — May 2, 2008 @ 5:47 am
Pfizer is better than Google ads?
Comment by Walt — May 5, 2008 @ 1:42 am
In my book, beyond a doubt Pfizer is better than Google ads. While there are certainly issues regarding and criticisms deserved by pharmaceutical companies, I can honestly say I wouldn’t even be here to write this comment without them, and neither would my brother.
And neither would a lot of people reading this.
I am asthmatic, almost died twice before the advent of Advair (SmithKline) and Singulair (Merck), which turned me from person who worried about dying on a daily basis to a person who enjoys life with mild to moderate daily symptoms.
My brother is diabetic, has been since birth. He almost died six years ago in a perfect storm of Guillain-Barre Syndrome and cascading diabetic neuropathy. Without meds in intensive care and Neurontin and a Medtronic insulin pump since, he wouldn’t be living a near-normal life today.
So … you have drug companies vs. puppy mill scum and snake-oil scammers.
Hmmmmm … tough choice there … not.
The bigger question is why have ads at all? And until we win the lottery or people are willing to pay for content … we don’t have a whole lot of choice. We spend thousands every year running our Web sites. But … they buy space. They don’t buy content. That’s the deal we made.
Comment by Gina Spadafori — May 5, 2008 @ 6:01 am
EXACTLY the reason why I do not have google ads on my blog. I simply can not risk having an ad for some South Pacific Island dog training company that believes shouting and throwing bags of chains is the best way to train a puppies appear on my blog. My head would definitely explode. Then, ofcourse, there is the dog food company that has a food that promotes “seven signs of healthy vitality.” WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Water promotes seven signs of healthy vitality. If you have a healthy dog food just say so … list the sources of your ingredients. Rendering plants anyone? Then there was the offer I received in my e-mail to be the editor of a website that has been around for 10 years and should be called puppymills.com … geez talk about scum!!!
Comment by Deborah P. Mullis — July 7, 2008 @ 7:31 pm