We wanted to provide some feedback. We would need to close the entire company and website without ads. It costs $1000's per month just in server fees to support the traffic volume we receive. Development costs, editorial, etc., cost a lot too. We have explored other ways to support the site, like public donations, but that has not worked. We are actively working on other methods to generate revenue that do not depend on ads, like subscription services and online product sales. At some point we hope these will allow us to remove advertising. In general, online advertising alone does not pay well, so there are other motivating reasons for us to not use them. If you know anyone willing to cover our costs now we can remove all the ads.
Compared to other sites, we really do try to limit the number of ads shown and avoid ones that are too intrusive. Our ads are set to show contextual ones whenever possible, which means it should only relate to the page content. If no matching ads are available, it might relate to your general location. If you see an ad that is not appropriate, please contact us immediately, or just post the link on KidzTalk (we will not publish it, but can review it). You need to include the url of the ad so we can block them. We rarely get complaints about ads, but some bad ones occasionally sneak in despite our best efforts. We work with the latest technology (Google) plus many editors and site feedback to keep things as clean as possible.
