Manny Villar on Adsense: The perks of being “mahirap”
Posted by: Roy in Uncategorized, tags: 2010 elections, campaigning, comelec, Gibo, Gordon, Manny Villar, Ninoy, philippines, presidentiables, trapo, tri-media, violationsWe know and expect that the internet would be explored (exploited) by politicians in the oncoming national and local elections this year. Candidates are on Facebook, Twitter, Friendster, and some even have their own blogs too, while most have a website.
But I was definitely surprised to see Manny Villar on Adsense of some blogs!
There’s nothing really wrong about it right?! Right??
Well, if the Comelec said there was no violation committed, then there’s none. If ever there was some violation, they’ll just say “I haven’t seen it yet.” (Well, then a look at it!)
So far now, I haven’t seen any other candidates yet who are on Adsense too. The perks of being “mahirap.”
What could be some problem here (aside from other things that the Comelec has to say once they “see” it) is that, if you’re a blogger and is rooting or promoting a particular candidate on your blog, and at the same time you have Adsense on your blog… prepare to be called a two-timer.
Because Adsense promoting Villar could appear right in the middle of your blog post for a particular candidate! What a shame!
Whether you’re rooting for Ninoy, Gibo, Gordon, etc., you might want to remove or disable your Adsense, unless there is a way to block a particular ad from appearing on site, otherwise, you will really look bad… really bad.
What am I to say about it?
Nothing really, what concerns me is that, with all these exuberant spending for the election, years before the campaigning actually began, exploring all media available - internet, print, TV (and how much did he pay Dolphy?), how does he intend to get it back, should he win? Again, that is, if he wins.
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He must have really thought he’s God’s gift to the Philippine presidency. He’s helping web searchers find answers to real, pressing problems AdSense is highly contextual, right? So every occurrence of his name, or perhaps his buzzwords can mean his ads will be displayed on a blog. But there’s a problem. What if you write a comparative analysis of these candidates strong and weak points. His ad is bound to come up on your blog to the disadvantage of the other candidates! Or what if at the if your analysis has led you to decide in favor of one of his rivals? Well, unless his opponents wise up and have their own AdSense ads we’d see a surfeit of Villar ads on blogs. Ahahaha.
hehe… see, it even appeared on this blog, all because I mentioned his name (dang!). Actually, other blogs never mentioned him, but I guess one keyword bought was Philippines, so I mention of the word, and he will surely pop-out (like a “jack-in-the-box?” lol
like I said, there will always be the possibility of his ad appearing on his political rival’s post.
It will take more than AdSense ads to make him a serious contender in my short list of presidential candidates.
hehe… right you are Jan! so right you are
apparently it is not only him who’s only google adsense thing… his running mate loren legarda has google links… dati si mar roxas meron din… pero yan ay nung hindi pa sya umaatras sa pagkapangulo… i think noynoy will also come up with a google adsense banner… not sure kung kelan… hehehe
Lagi ko ngang nakikita si Villar sa adsense eh, I clicked the ad the first time I saw it, sa FB Fan page nya pala yun. Magkano kaya bayad nya dun? Di pa yata kasi naliligaw ads nya sa site ko. Meron din akong nakitang ad ni Bayani altough once ko lang nakita.
@yatot
di ko pa yata nakikita yung kay mar or loren, si noynoy may napansin ako sa mga text links
@Amor
lately, marami na rin akong nakikitang enrile sa mga ads