As Michelle Malkin found out a little while back, some advertisers do not offer advertising to Conservatives.
That’s right people, Google actually denied me advertising on their “Google Affiliate Network” advertising system.
What happened is, a little while back, I received an e-mail from Google Adsense, letting me know that Google was retiring it’s referral ads program. For an alternative, the e-mail told me that I could sign up for DoubleClick Performics, which I found out, after that I went over to the signup page, that this company had been bought out, by, of course, Google. So, I thought, “Well, I’m already a member of Google Adsense, I’ll just join up here.”. No such luck. I was denied.
An excellent way of controlling their advertising, however, it is total discrimination against me. Because my Blog is a Conservative Blog, I am being denied.
Here’s the e-mail that I received:
Delivered-To: tpblogeditor@gmail.com Received: by 10.142.70.19 with SMTP id s19cs5602wfa; Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:01:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.113.5 with SMTP id q5mr11201618ybm.120.1215558116422; Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:01:56 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <noreply@performics.com> Received: from thcppprfrly01.doubleclick.net (thcppprfrly01.doubleclick.net [216.73.92.201]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id x72si9830156pyg.26.2008.07.08.16.01.55; Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:01:56 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of noreply@performics.com designates 216.73.92.201 as permitted sender) client-ip=216.73.92.201; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of noreply@performics.com designates 216.73.92.201As permitted sender) smtp.mail=noreply@performics.com Received: from thn-lb1-mip3.doubleclick.net (HELO bh1.performics.com) ([10.20.192.23]) by thcppprfrly01.doubleclick.net with ESMTP; 08 Jul 2008 17:01:51 -0600 Received: from thpfxadmin1.internal (thpfxadmin1 [10.32.0.53]) by bh1.performics.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56486456C1 for <tpblogeditor@gmail.com>; Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:01:09 -0600 (MDT) Received: by thpfxadmin1.internal (Postfix, from userid 2001) id 3E35B9D4; Tue, 8 Jul 2008 18:01:09 -0500 (CDT) Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="_----------=_12155580695531109" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 3.01 (F2.73; T1.13; A1.60; B3.05; Q3.03) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:01:09 UT From: affiliatesupport@google.com Subject: Google Affiliate Network Application DeclinedTo: tpblogeditor@gmail.com Message-Id: 20080708230109.3E35B9D4@thpfxadmin1.internalDear PoliticalByline,
Thank you for your interest in Google Affiliate Network, formerly DoubleClick Performics. At this time we cannot approve your application. Your application has been reviewed and may have been declined for one or more of the following reasons:
1. We were unable to access and review your site or determine your business model based on the URL or profile information provided.
2. The profile information provided is inconsistent or doesn’t match registered domain information.
3. Your site does not meet our content guidelines, which prohibit the following:
* Violent content, racial intolerance, or advocacy against any individual, group, or organization
* Pornography, adult, or mature content
* Hacking/cracking content
* Illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia
* Excessive profanity
* Gambling or casino-related content
* Any other content that is illegal, promotes illegal activity, or infringes on the legal rights of others
4. Your site or business model is generally not a good fit for Google Affiliate Network and our advertiser programs.
Reasons 1 & 2 are the most common reasons for declining applications. If there are updates to your Web site you are welcome to reapply. Please contact us with any questions.
Sincerely,
Google Affiliate Network
I supposed if I had a blog, that advocated the mindless and wholesale killing of unborn babies, or a Blog that advocated the unproven science of Global Warming, or if I had a website that advocated the promiscuous sex of 14 year old girls. That I would be accepted with no problem at all. However, because my website is against all these things, my site is considered a unacceptable website to Google.
I am seriously considering removing ALL of Google’s ads here. I have to think about it. But I intend to let the world know about this.