Feature request: exclusion of "Rated R+" sites

I'm suprised this has not been brought up before:

I know an upgrade is in the works; this may be too late to be included in that - but it would probably be appreciated by quite a few site owners that run "family friendly" websites.

It would be nice if there were a checkbox to allow or disallow sites from being displayed that were adult oriented / explicit content sites. The advertisers would have to check a box stating that the link was to an adult site, though I don't think there would be any way to enforce that.

I see when an ad is submitted it says "pending review" but I just assumed that meant checking for proper links etc. I would assume also that it is not checked by a human, which would probably be one of the only ways to ensure compliance.

This brings up a lot of questions as to when a site would be considered "adult" or "explicit", but at least it is worth discussing (the feature request - not censorship etc.)

my .05

 

I just want to block ads from one GUY.

 

There is an ad on the network right now titled "Stag Night."

I followed the link and it looked "Adult" to me.

Just curious, does this qualify as adult oriented?

 

They advertise "stag weekends" in fact the site is stagweekends.co.uk. If a surfer did not know what a "stag party" (Usually includes strippers and drinking) was, the site would seem tame, except for the link to:

http://stagweekends.co.uk/?page=lapdancingnottingham

under the anchor text "lap dancing nottingham" which offers a preview of what you'll get if you sign up for their lap dancing club membership.

Not something I would really want kids looking at - Little Susie: Mommy, what is lap dancing? And why does daddy's site link to it?

I guess if you can't sell hustler panties through the network, you shouldn't be able to sell lap dancing / bachelor / bachelorette parties.

Just my $.02

 

It must have been removed. I am no longer seeing it.

 

Ok, I found it.

Title: Stag Night
URL: http://www.drstag.co.uk/

 

this doesn't look adult? http://stagweekends.co.uk/?page=lapdancingnottingham

are you french?

 

a rating system is a great idea... i'm sure there are plenty of sites that wouldn't mind this at all... and that's fine!

but what if you were trying to increase ranking for something like this? - http://www.kidinnovation.com/

 

i would definitely consider that an adult site, maybe it doesn't have pictures on the front page, but the information is enough - things like stripppers and lapp dannnces.

 

come one skattbrain , its no more adult then swimsuit models in the sears catalog or the front of vogue

oh wait maybe lap dacning is

 

I don't class that as adult either & no SE algo would either.

 

I could see a site like the above not wanting the link stag party to come up on their site.

And if you do look around that other site, there is nudity.

 

Fair point but I wouldn't class it an "adult site".

 

I am the webmaster of said site.

There is nothing I would consider questionable. Ok theres speak of lapdancing but only the words lapdancing and a price.

No swearing, nudity is on the site however there is ample ample warning before you get to see any and by default it is hidden. So people squeemish about such things have plenty of "opt out" moments.

Example: http://www.stagweekends.co.uk/?page=nottingham.club.offer

Only people who would want to see it see it....

I'll happily ammend things if it upsets you.

However where is the line drawn? Coop link to a site that then links to a porn site?

If the word "lapdancing" offends im on a non winner. I'll happily edit/remove pictures but the site isn't adult, or close (in my biased opinion)

 

I don't think it's the site that bothers people as much as the anchor text... I wouldn't want to see the anchor text of lap dancing on my site. What if I just used the word "sex" as anchor text and link to my photography forum? The forum is clean...

 

Another fair point. Maybe there should be some forbidden words from the anchor text like Google Ad-Words uses...