Writing about sexuality implies, having your advertisement disabled?

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   Escobanaposted 12 years ago

   I wrote a Hub about Manic Hypersexuality. Advertisement got disabled for writing about a topic related to sexuality. It stays published though as the team told me so.
   
   The other one is about advice to men and women. Sexuality isn't the main part at all, but I got the same warning. I don't know yet if it stays published.
   
   Writing about sexuality means you won't be able to earn money through it by Google, however decent you write about it? Seems a bit unfair to me.

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      Will Apseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I can't think of anything likely to scare advertisers more that Manic Hypersexuality! lol.
      
      Unfair or not, it is the reality. Sex sells unless you talk about it.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It does, doesn't it? That's because it is.  Unfortunately Google is a prude, and that's just the way it is.

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         relacheposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         This. And Google operates on a double standard, because they allow adult businesses to advertise with them.

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            WriteAngledposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Which leads to the paradox that potential clients of these advertisers are not going to find the ads on the most relevant content.

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               Escobanaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Thanks for all the response! I felt there was a double standard and the paradox I see as well:-)

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      Stevennix2001posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It could be the site's automatic filters that disabled your ads, and not the moderators themselves.  If I were you, I'd just e-mail the hubpages staff, and ask them to review your hub for you.  Once they review it, they should reinstate the ads as long as your hub doesn't violate any of the site's policies.  I know a similar thing happened to me when the ads were disabled for my hub, "Kick-Ass", simply because of the word "Ass."  However, once I e-mailed the staff, they knew immediately the hub was a film review over the movie, "Kick-Ass"; which I have no control over.  Anyway, long story short, they reinstated the ads on there manually, since the automatic filters disabled them the first time. 
      
      Anyway, I hope that helps, and I hope the staff reviews your hub soon to reinstate the adds.  Just like I said, e-mail them about this issue first, along with a link to the hub in question, then I'm sure things will resolve themselves.   
      
      Here's a link to contact the hubpages staff:
      
      http://hubpages.com/contact_us/

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         IzzyMposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I wouldn't hold my breathe on that working.
         
         My hub on breast cancer had ads disabled after manual review for suing the word 'breast'.
         
         Tsk! tsk! Must be a bad word That is taking things too far, IMO.

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            Stevennix2001posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            That's kind of surprising.  How could the word, "Breast" be any different than the word, "ass?"  Hmmm...maybe it has more to do with the context of the word used versus what it actually means...

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               IzzyMposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               That hub passed the automatic filters too! It was a manual review. The context in which certain words are used seem to be disregarded.

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                  Stevennix2001posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  That wouldn't explain why my film review, "Kick-Ass", was deemed "okay" by the moderators then after having the staff review it though.    Oh well.  I stand by what I said in my theory, but I hope one of the staff members comes by to clear this up.

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                     Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     The word "kick-ass" is a slang term and a compound word. I'd say they're thinking the two words would not be read separately. I suspect that if you'd used the word "ass" on its own, it would've been a different story.

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         Escobanaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Below you'll find the answer I got back from the team about why my adds were disabled on the Hub about Manic Hypersexuality. I don't know if it means they reviewed it actually but like Izzy says...I'm not holding my breath either but I still think, this should not be possible on Hubpages.
         
         It's a MENTAL HEATH PROBLEM! Not a crave for writing about dirty stuff.
         The context should definitely be looked at and taken seriously. Thanks for explaining me anyway how this can affect your Hub and what risks you might take in using "wrong words".
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         Hi Escobana,
         
         This hub includes information on sexuality. This content is considered too sensitive for advertisers. We want hubs that are well-written and important to remain published, even if they cover topics that are too sensitive to be advertiser-friendly. Your hub will remain published, your HubScore will not be impacted, and you may use Amazon capsules. Let us know if you have any questions.

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   wildernessposted 12 years ago

   The problem is two fold:
   
   1) HubPages wishes us to write about whatever we want; this keeps us happy and productive, making money for HP.
   
   2)  At the same time HubPages absolutely must remain in the good graces of Adsense.  It is necessary for survival.
   
   The two are sometimes incompatible and it is #1 that has to give.  We don't like it, I doubt that HP likes it, but it's required.  If you want to see adsense ads you WILL cooperate with Big G and that means not talking about some subjects or using certain words.

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      IzzyMposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That is it in a nutshell, wilderness.
      
      It is better to avoid writing about anything to do with sexuality, sexual health or personal health if it involves any area of the body that might be deemed sexual.
      
      As well as any writing about the sale of booze (even if you are a wine connoisseur), guns, gambling, tobacco,or any product deemed spammy etc.
      
      Write about anything? That's what the ad says. Trades description might have something different to say.

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         Escobanaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I'll definitely think twice now before starting to write a Hub. My Hub 'Sweet heart? What about bigger boobs?" apparently crosses all these lines, even though it is a very innocent, non vulgar Hub about advice for women and men in relationships:-)
         
         Like some of you said here. It is what it is:-) I can deal with that....I think:-)

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            psycheskinnerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            I have had two websites dropped from adsense for sexual material when one was only talking about romance novels and the other a slightly saucy but not explicit blog about general interest topics.  Adsense casts a broad net when it comes to these things, and it would be safer to just mark those hubs as 'no ads'.

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   LuisEGonzalezposted 12 years ago

   Like some of you have said, it seems quite unfair that the level of "sensitivity" is so high since Google and many other search engines are full of sexually explicit sites and adds.
   
   Removing advertising is HP's decision no matter how ridiculous their standards are or their reasoning. I wrote a hub about photography with a title that included the word nude, therefore the automatic sensors disabled the adds and HP staff agreed.
   
   Well their loss (adds) since it's the hub with the highest number of visitors, plus on a recent email communication with Google, I was lead to believe that they wouldn't had have an issue with it.....

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   Maralexaposted 12 years ago

   I am waiting for approval by AdSense, hopefully within a week.  Would this be a good time to remove my hub entitled "Lust......."?  It does talk about the sex industry and how sexuality is regarded today.  I'm really concerned about this.  Is there somewhere I can go to get a better idea of what is acceptable and what is not....to AdSense.

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      LuisEGonzalezposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      The decision of whether or not to make adds available on a hub is done by the HubPages staff. wait and see or email the staff about your hub...

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      Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Maralexa, I disagree with Luis. If you're trying to get approved by Adsense then you need to be squeaky-clean.
      
      Luis is right, it is HubPages not Adsense who decides what is acceptable on a Hub.  They do it for a very good reason - to protect our Adsense accounts.
      
      If Google finds its Adsense ads on a Hub or website that breaks its rules, they  may warn the writer and remove the ads, but they're just as likely to ban you from Adsense without any warning at all. Once you've lost your Adsense account, it's highly unlikely you will ever be allowed to get it back.
      
      To make matters worse, Google doesn't issue a definitive guide to what is or isn't acceptable, so website owners have to draw their own conclusions as to how to interpret the vague guidelines.
      
      So you can see why HubPages errs on the safe side when deciding whether Google will like something or not.

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         LuisEGonzalezposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Marisa, at least she can email the staff and find out if her hub will pose any issues, so she can then take the next step of publishing it without adds or not at all, however, even if she published the hub HP will certainly disable the adds and  prevent any issues with Google....

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            Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Yes, eventually.  But Hubs go into a moderation queue and sometimes, can take several months to be noticed.  It's just the luck of the draw. 
            
            That's why you'll occasionally see people posting on the forums, complaining their Hub has been suddenly unpublished even though "there wasn't a problem with it last month".  It's just that the moderators hadn't noticed it.  During the time it's published with Adsense ads on it, it's a risk.
            
            Personally, I don't believe in taking chances with my Adsense account.  If Maralexa is in the middle of applying for an Adsense account, she shouldn't be taking any chances either!

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   Maralexaposted 12 years ago

   Thanks for the clarification, Luis.  I will wait.

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   Maralexaposted 12 years ago

   I don't think I have the time to do anything but pull the hub!  I want AdSense and it doesn't make any sense to blow it at this point in time. 
   
   Every time I email the team I have not been satisfied that 'they' have really read my email.  On two occasions they have written back to say what I said to them in my memo.  The third time they took action not on what I was talking about, and left open what I was concerned about.  So my experience with team at hubpages isn't great.
   
   So, I guess I had better delete the hub.

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   Aficionadaposted 12 years ago

   Deleting and unpublishing are not the same thing!

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   Maralexaposted 12 years ago

   I have just unpublished the hub I wrote on lust.  I'm not happy that HubPages (or someone more experienced than I) didn't flag the hub.  Oh well.  I would rather write on HubPages with AdSense than worry about one little potential bomb of a hub!  Thanks guys.

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