George, why do you allow advertising for things like Sytropin?

[fugetaboutit]

This is an oral HGH spray. We all know that stuff is basically bogus and it kind of makes me upset to see such an ad about it on Elite Fitness. It's like you are allowing such a company to profit from the ignorance of one of our members if they don't know better about these oral HGH sprays. Does anyone else feel this way as well? Or am I the only one that gets upset when I see such advertisements? These companies just drive me nuts with all of their bullshit claims!

 

[mrdeeznuts]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Prizz]

This is an oral HGH spray. We all know that stuff is basically bogus and it kind of makes me upset to see such an ad about it on Elite Fitness. It's like you are allowing such a company to profit from the ignorance of one of our members if they don't know better about these oral HGH sprays. Does anyone else feel this way as well? Or am I the only one that gets upset when I see such advertisements? These companies just drive me nuts with all of their bullshit claims!

It's all about having a buisness and making money from that buisness.... Sure the constant ads get annoying, but what you gonna do? Can't blaim George for wanting to run a successful buisness..

rizz

 

[fugetaboutit]

I know he wants to run a successful business, and rightfully so, but it's kind of like having a website devoted to cancer survivors and letting the tobacco companies advertise on it. You just don't do it. He's letting a company on here take advantage of his members by selling bogus crap. I just got cranky when I saw that ad about oral HGH. I got nothing against George, I just thought that he'd be a little more selective about who he lets advertise on here.

 

[Ulter]

He doesn't select those ads. He just sells the space to google and they select the ads. The ads come up based on the content of the post. So yes, if someone is seeking legitimate information and asks a question about GH they are likely to get ads from several bogus companies selling bad products with bad information and it gets conflated with what should be legitimate and good information in the posts. It does distort the content of the information for some people who can't tell the post from the garbage inserted into the post.

 

[satchboogie]

ULTER said it best!

its not elite, its google!

 

[rush74]

So are you saying that George has no power to remove it if he sees
fit. ??

 

[baby arnold]

So are you saying that George has no power to remove it if he sees
fit. ??

he would then be breaking his agreement with google.

 

[George Spellwin]

Hi fugetaboutit,

This is a great thread - thanks for bringing it up.

First, why are you seeing ads at all? Did you know that as a Platinum Member, you can turn all ads off. Just click the "Profile" link at the top of the page, then click "Edit Options" and select the Platinum option at he bottom of the page to turn off all ads. You won't have ads any more and the pages will load even faster. And thank you for supporting the site as a Platinum Member.

Second, regarding GH spray - I agree, total waste of money, but Ulter's right, Google serves many of our ads including that one and we do not have much say on what is displayed - unless you're Platinum, then you can choose to turn them all off.

Now, if that GH spray company came to me to buy ads directly, would we sell ads to them? The answer is yes we would. But, unlike many sites, we would let you be critical of the advertiser, and we would encourage the advertiser to respond to your criticisms.

In bodybuilding and especially in supplementation, the differences of opinions on what works and what does not work are enormous. My job is to give you the best forum possible to discuss, debate, and learn - not to censor. To that end, I like to think that I have a pretty good track record myself - with this thread being an example. Several years ago, before I sold my supplement company, Mass Quantities, you could find many postings about our supplements. They are still in the archive. The posts were overwhelmingly positive, but you can find negative ones too - especially around the time the new owner took over production. But, I like to think that even when it comes to my own brands, you are free to criticize as well as praise. The same goes for the Platinum Memberships. Most Platinum Members, love their membership, but there are a few guys who think that I am Lucifer the Antichrist for wanting and needing to make some money to keep Elite online.

Again, thank you for making such a great post and thanks for your support as a Platinum Member - you make the site possible.

 

[Advisor_x]

<Great the freedom to choose and exprese in an apropiate way to express aproval or plain disgust for the product , techninque etc....