This morning, I was notified by friends and blog readers of political ads running on my site … it’s happened quite frequently over the last few months and I’ve gone to Google to put out each small fire using their competitive ad filter (which, by nature, is a reactive process). This time, I got an ad supporting “Yes on Prop 8″ – which is already highly controversial and certainly nothing I would place on my blog (which I work hard to maintain as politically neutral and tech / web / mobile focused):

I am frustrated that Google doesn’t have a meta-filter for ad categories that are political in nature (for instance)… asking me to block domain after domain is not particularly easy or effective.

Furthermore, I was asked by a specific ad-network (Forbes) to run this ad last week at premium CPMs (likely higher than what Google would pay) – and I declined. So you can imagine my frustration that the ads run DESPITE my prior decline at higher ad rates.

Update: TechCrunch just wrote about this exact topic… and the same ads. Glad to know others are also unhappy

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