How does advertising on MetaFilter work?
MetaFilter carries a bit of advertising space devoted to Google’s Adsense keyword-matching text and image ads, and also Federated Media image ads. If you are a member of MetaFilter, you won’t see any ads on comment threads but you may see the occasional small ad on the front pages of each subsite. Ads that run on Federated Media are approved ahead of time. Ads from Google’s Adsense program are automatically generated and matched and aren’t approved ahead of time. If you spot an annoying, obnoxious, and/or offensive ad, your best bet is to use the contact form to let us know where you saw the ad, what it said, and the URL of the site it led to, and we’ll be able to filter it out of the ad system. If you’d like to place an ad on MetaFilter, contact Federated Media directly or follow the link on Google Ads.
