You can hide the Google Ads on your personal page in Ning. Ning is a Social Networking platform where you can create your own Social Networking site. Well you could say it’s mean to hide the ads that will generate income for the creators and I sympathize with that but let me tell why I want to hide them. I joined a Social Networking created by a Christian Friend and during my first few visits I caught a few ads that were not quite appropriate for the content of the group, one of them being “Married Dating”, not sure I want to advertise that on a Christian Social Network - or anywhere else. Anyway excuses apart, here is how you do it (based on your own conscience).
- Log on to your ning site and click on “My Page”
- click on “Customize appearance”
- Scroll down and click on the Advanced tab
- add the following text to the textarea available
- .xg_ads { height:0px; width:0px; }
.xg_module { background:#FAF7D8; } - change #FAF7D8 to the background color of your template - if you change the template you will need to change this line also
- Done
Now you do this based on your own conscience, I’m just sharing my tips, Im’ not talking you into doing this ;).
3 responses so far ↓
1 Fabricio Zuardi // May 12, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Alternatively, you could simply pay the 19.95/month service “run your own ads” to remove the ads in a more christian/honest way, and avoid having to enter in gray areas of the TOS of an ads-supported website
2 Bill Hutchison // May 12, 2008 at 10:46 pm
When we decide to go live with Ning we’ll be paying the monthly fee to remove the ads, or replace them with our own.
It was good to see what it will look like though once the ads have been removed.
3 Alex Costa // May 12, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I agree with Fabrizio, the paid option is the best option and the more honest/christian way of doing it. Not being the owner I can only find this temporary workaround. Espero que o Google nao cancele minha conta tambem!
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