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[Christine]

Hi all.
I´m not sure if we all have the same frame here but when I´m on the ES-site I always have ads on the right side of the screen that lead to so called breeders who sell IS-puppies for very low prices. Don`t get me wrong I don`t what to accuse anyone for anything but is this a good idea to give these breeders such a platform? Here in this forum?
I would be very interested in your opinion.
Thank you.

[Ingrid Noyelle]

Hi Christina,
I totaly agree with you ! These breeders are not the kind of breeders we want to be linked with !

[colette tuite]

I too agree with you Christina.Does this web site have to share its space with google advertisers???? I would prefer it if it didnt.

[Rosie Dudley]

I think it is the advertisers that help pay for this site to exist, Gene has asked us in the past to click onto the adds! without them perhaps we might expect to have to pay a membership fee? looking on the blog visable page today, there are 3 members advertising the arrival of a litter of puppies, free of charge. I believe in not judging a book by it's cover, the sellers in the ads and the ES members could be good people or not, you have to investigate to make a judgement.

Fran there is a litter of field trial puppies in the freeads site!

[Susan Morriss - South Africa]

Well said Rosie...

Susan
et al

[Catherine Carter]

I also notice that there is for sale a 6 months old Irish setter puppy dog for sale or rather who needs rehoming as the owners circumstances have changed. I wonder if the breeders know about him. If it were one of mine , I would be taking him back first!

[Ilona Crotogino]

I totally agree with you. These ads are unethical and should not be seen on this page. The thing is, a webpage like this depends on Googe Adsense. Adsense matches your topics with ads, and you get a share per click. I believe that as the owner of a webpage one can object to certain ads that appear on one's page, as not all ads are ethical, and they do not seem to be scanned properly. To answer colette's question: no, one does not have to share space with adsense. One applies for it. Basically, adsense it is a good principle to earn at least some money with a webpage. However, some things just go wrong (There is another ad agency, but it costs lots of money to take part in their scheme).

Maybe it would be an idea to complain with Google? I am sure they would even be grateful for our input. After all, they want to be taken seriously, too.

[Gennadi]

According to Ning.com rules Gene has to pay some money for no ads presence at his network.

[Carmel Stringfellow]

Hi All,
here is Australia we don't get ads for puppies. Usually it is for mobile phones, dog training or weight loss. I always ignore the last ones.
Carmel

[Christine]

Interesting: There are no puppy ads anymore. Did we cause this?

[Christine]

EDIT: I´m afraid, the ads are back :-(

[Catherine Carter]

Christine,
I think the ads refer to what we write on the page....so if you write something about pups....there will be an ad about pups appearing....on the other end if you write about another topic....you will see an ad about that! The computer picks up words in the conversation and looks for ads to go with it!

[Christine]

This is spooky, I guess you are right!