Hello Ish,
You did answer my question! ^^ Thank you so much!
Regards.
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 21:44:56 +0400
> From: ish_at_hacklog.in
> To: mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com
> Subject: Re: Ads on websites in Mauritius
>
> Hi Shelly,
>
> On 06/27/2015 08:58 PM, Shelly Hermia Bhujun wrote:
> >
> > Do the companies having websites in Mauritius have control over the ads
> > appearing on their websites?
> >
>
> What you saw in that screenshot is a Google ad box.
> Companies/individuals that allow Google ads on their website do not have
> full control on what appears and when it appears.
>
> I have Google ads on my blog. A few days ago, I learned that Google
> enables all ad categories by default. There are general categories such
> as apparel, finance, health etc. There are also sensitive categories
> such as black magic & astrology, dating, politics, religion etc. I did
> some search about these categories and how to block them when someone
> pointed to me that "religious" ads appear on my website. That seemed to
> make the person uncomfortable. I blocked the category as I do not want
> my readers to feel uneasy with what appears on my site.
>
> I haven't disabled the "dating" category. So the "download girlfriend"
> options should also appear on hacklog.in too :-) Good luck to those
> who'd try to download one.
>
> One could not control either at what particular moment which particular
> ad should appear. These are limitations in Google Adsense (the ad network).
>
> Those who register to advertise on Google can select the country or
> region in which they want their ads to display.
>
> E.g Emtel ads would only be visible to people having an IP address that
> is allocated to Mauritius. If someone from Mauritius uses a proxy or a
> virtual private network and surfs the web through a non-Mauritian IP
> address, he/she will less likely see Emtel or MCB ads.
>
> I hope that answers your question.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> ​Ish Sookun
>
> - Geek by birth, Linux by choice.
> - I blog at HACKLOG.in.
>
> https://twitter.com/IshSookun ^^ Do you tweet?
>
Received on Sun Jun 28 2015 - 10:54:16 PST