Questions tagged [advertising]
For discussion about the explicitly commercial advertising that appears on this site (if any), as well as the Community Promotion Ads which are voted on by users of each site.
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Does Stack Overflow Inc. receive anything of value from podcast guests in return for allowing them on the show?
Does Stack Overflow Inc. receive anything of value from podcast guests in return for allowing them on the show? I realized that for a while I had assumed thought that the podcasts were advertorials (...
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Reporting an ad gives an error instead
I visited several Stack Exchange sites today and noticed several ads have improper placement on the page. I have tried to report ads in question and receive an error message no matter what ...
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Updates to advertising guidelines
We’ve shared in the past how revenue sources such as advertising and site sponsorships are important because they allow us to reinvest back into the community. Historically, we’ve had strict ...
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The arrows in the image of "reduce ads" privilege help article is confusing
As of April 2025, the image shown on "reduce ads" privilege help article looks like this.
What will my view look like when these ads are disabled?
After achieving this privilege, the two &...
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Undelete and answer ad announcements
On countless sites (not sure which ones unfortunately), the announcement "Advertising Test beginning [date]" was downvoted, causing Roomba to delete it (example). While I wouldn't stop any ...
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Should moderators of sites joining the advertising test be informed beforehand based on the current moderator agreement?
Today Arqade, a site that wasn't listed neither for Phase 1 or Phase 2 got a post from Philippe telling them that they are joining the advertising test... starting immediately.
As you can see from ...
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More network sites to see advertising test [updated with phase 3]
We’ve been exploring the concept of using open auction to manage advertising on some Stack Exchange sites. Under this model, advertisers (who have been organized into categories based on their ...
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Why am I suddenly seeing ads on Ask Different and other sites?
Why was this Stack Exchange site (Ask Different) and others suddenly filled with ads? It wasn't so before. It's annoying trying to navigate through the ads, which fill the page when I open a question. ...
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How does Stack Exchange verify an advertiser is adhering to its advertising policies?
According to More network sites to see advertising test [updated with phase 2] the company is experimenting with using an open auction system to serve ads, and still I have no idea how the company ...
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"Report Ad" with diagnostic information fails in Firefox
In Firefox, when I checked "Share diagnostic information" on the advertising report form and submitted it, an error occurred and I was unable to report it. This seems to be because navigator....
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The Activity Data section of the user settings page is misleading
The new advertising policy states:
Retargeting pixels are allowed for a limited number of vetted and pre-approved Programmatic partners.
On the settings page of my profile it states:
Stack Overflow ...
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Will the tracking pixels replace the existing advertiser tracking?
The company has recently announced a change to its advertising practices: they plan to allow the use of tracking pixels by select advertisers. I am under the impression that this is merely formalising ...
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Update to our Advertising Guidelines
Today, we have updated our Advertising Guidelines as follows:
“Retargeting pixels are not allowed on any campaign. allowed for a limited number of vetted and pre-approved Programmatic partners.”
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Alpha test for short survey in banner ad slots starting on week of September 25th on SO
TL;DR: Starting on the week of September 25th, we will be showing a short survey in the banner ad slots on Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange tech sites.
[EDIT: Since this post was created, some ...
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Partner content on the blog - what's the value of these?
The Stack Overflow blog was historically a means of communication for the company to the community, and eventually ended up being a way for the company to communicate with potential users of their ...
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