More on ads in syndication
A little while back I complained about Google's new beta program adding AdSense ads into syndication feeds. I got some flack for this. I also shared a PHP regular expression that will filter out the Google ads if you happen to be rolling your own reader (or using mine).
The issue continues to be controversial. I think Dave Taylor gets it exactly right in a piece subtitled "Corrupting the idea of information syndication." I'm with Dave.
Here's a somewhat opposing viewpoint in an industry wrap-up from Webpronews: basically, ads in syndication are coming, so get over it! (And you people run AdSense on your blogs, anyhow!)
One issue that gets lost sight of (at least in my opinion) is why Google gets cut so much slack with these kinds of things. Can you imagine the hue and cry if Microsoft began offering to place ads in RSS syndication? Think about it.
Posted by Harold Davis at May 19, 2005 12:15 PM
