EC Strips “Obscene” Ads

I have been not-so secretly reading some EntreCard blogs (blogs that are listed in EC, in case you didn’t know). I don’t have this blog over there, because, well, I’ve already got one (or two) and I just don’t feel like dropping for one more blog. Recently there have been quite a few ads featuring women in fine lingerie or tacky lingerie, as the case may be. Most of these ads pointed to blogs about making money blogging. HUH? What does making money blogging at home in your dirty underwear have to do with sexy women in sexy underwear?

Well, Graham took action and banned to offending ads from EC. I think this was a wise move. It’s one thing to show a scantily clad lady on your card if your site is all about lingerie (with which I have no problem, owning a few pieces myself), but it’s quite another to try to trick some horny internet surfers to click your boring site.

At any rate, it caused a slight stir with some internet marketers. These are the ones who have no qualms about doing whatever it takes. They didn’t think that their ads should have been censored. The problem was, though, that as soon as one guy put up a sexy woman then 10 more did the same (a bunch of independent thinkers there). I imagine that they did get some clicks, but nothing that would ever cause visitors to come back.

Imagine if you’re looking for something nice to wear on Valentine’s Day and thought “Wow! That site looks like it might be the ticket!” and then you end up reading about how to optimize your page for StumbeUpon users. *Yawn* I imagine that would really increase someone’s “bounce rate” and I really can’t imagine that the visitors looking for the sexy women are going to click on the ads on the make money online blog. Really?

I think I’m becoming burnt out on surfing anyway. I spend too much time reading (and rolling my eyes) than being productive. I think I do much better without online social interaction. I get a lot more done.