The anti-gay marriage ads on DU can be blocked.

[Duncan Grant]

FYI...

[Zuiderelle]

1. That's good information for the ADMINS here.

I imagine it would take some team effort to give them the links to the offending ads though, so that they can block them. And I don't want to turn ads back on myself to do that, so, not sure how much they could do, unless they are provided the sources of the ads from users who are offended by them.

Pasted from your link (steps that DU ADMIN would need to do for each ad source):

1. Log in to AdSense.

2. Click on the Adsense Setup tab.

3. Click on the Competitive Ad Filter tab.

4. Enter the URL of the offending ad (which can be found by copying the link of the ad; the actual URL is at the very end).

If the offending ad is a Flash ad, knowing where it leads would allow the Webmaster to enter the URL of the destination site, with and without “www.” just to be on the safe side.

If the offending ad persists, the Webmaster should contact Google for assistance — they’re very nice, helpful folks (although I can’t remember the last time I needed to contact AdSense support, because the system is so self-explanatory and easy to use).

Good info! Thanks for posting.

[racaulk]

2. Wow! I really didn't think it was possible for them to do that.

This is good information. Thank you for sharing, and I hope our admins take advantage of this.

[Greyskye]

3. Or you can simply download (for free) AdBlock Plus

www.adblockplus.org

The Firefox plugin works brilliantly. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

[Utopian Leftist]

4. Fury

It makes me furious to see these ads on Democratic Underground. Someone needs to do something about this!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. WHAT???? Happy Anniversary, Sapph and Buffy?????

wtf??

am i the only one who didnt know?

[jonnyblitz]

6. hell, even I knew that and I am not in anybody's "loop".

:P

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. really? how did you know?

why do i never know?

[jonnyblitz]

8. one of the LLF "moles" told me.

:rofl:

[FreeState]

9. K&R to get admins attention n/t

[cloudythescribbler]

10. Maybe DU should have a policy of a mechanism to "alert" ADVERTISEMENTS