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Or is that policy for sites that promote violence?
It is kind of Spawn/Punisher/DrStrange and the hero yanks out the hearts of the real bad guys and tosses them away, I think I'll have Bernie Madoff in the first issue. You don't actually see him do it just the frame before and the frame after.
Do ya think that would fly? Parental protection at least? right?
That said, I mark mature theme material on my site as such (violence, sex, etc. as the case may be) with a parental guidance prominently posted.
Whether that does any good or not I'm not sure. The internet...at the present time...does cross international borders and what is okay in one community might be utter poison in another.
That might be a question for that other Super Hero!
ASA
Would you be uneasy seeing this web page if a family member saw it or if your boss was looking at it over your shoulder?
I would guess the degree of nervousness to that answer probably drives the answer.
Would you be uneasy seeing this web page if a family member saw it or if your boss was looking at it over your shoulder?
In the age of emotion-based political correctness, that really is of little help.
I think of any number of topics where Boss 1 might look over your shoulder and give you an attaboy for being interested in the topic while Boss 2 might get huffy and send you to the company's Diversity and Sensitivity training program before he fired you.
FarmBoy
I am publishing an online graphic novel this spring hopefully supported by Adsense.It is kind of Spawn/Punisher/DrStrange and the hero yanks out the hearts of the real bad guys ...
Do ya think that would fly? Parental protection at least? right?
That's assuming you want to publish a transcript of the text, or extensive alt tags. Remember that Adsense only really works on pages with a reasonable number of words.
You might do better with some well chosen Aff programs anyway.
My rule of thumb is generally "if you have to ask - don't do it"
I came to the same conclusion. I think my content is okay but I decided not to use any content unless I know it's okay. Just not worth it.
E.g.: Auschwitz is topic that is very easy to get into the illegal realm if you're in Germany where Nazi symbolism is outlawed ...
I am actually going to try an print publish it first, may dad was friends with Stan Lee. He's gone now and its been 30 years, I doubt that he will remember me.
Hoping to pic off the HP audience with the mystical element.
Maybe ASA?
There's also a great Help Center entry [google.com] that gives details on what violent content means in the context of AdSense. Here's what it says:
Our program policies don't allow Google ads to be placed on content that contains graphic or gory images such as bloodshed, fight scenes, and gruesome or freak accidents. Publishers are responsible for every page on which their ad code appears and for screening any text, images, videos, or other media which will appear on a page with Google ads.
So if any pages on your site contain violent or disturbing content (things like videos of fights or gory imagery) I'd advise against putting ads on them. And netmeg is right. If you're in doubt about whether your page violates policies, it's better to err on the side of caution and leave the ads off.
ASA
Well I guess am toast right there.
Oh well too bad, lots of lost revenue for Google.
Well just have find another avenue of monetizing it.
It's going to be a 7 figure project, I'll just have to get Stan on the phone.
No big woop, thanks for the answer ASA.
Do the comic with implied bloodshed and all and no adsense and then run ads for a fan bbs for discussion of the different comic issues and another with profiles of the characters both with adsense on them. The two related sites will be non violent and bring in the revenue.
Everybody's happy!
