April 21, 2009 | Online

BGay too gay for Google?

Question: are online companies owned by homophobes?

First there was the recent 'bug' at Amazon that demoted all gay titles, and now is reporting that Google's AdWords isn't down with the word "gay."

"When we tried to add an ad to Google Adwords, Google's advertising network, containing the term "gay", we where given the error message saying: "Gay - Unacceptable Content," .
 
"What's even worse is the accompanying text: "We've detected that your ad may contain words often associated with pornography. Google policy prohibits the advertisement of pornography unless it involves consenting adults. Related content is not permitted on the website or as ad text or keywords."

Google is not known for its homophobia, and BGay feels the issue is more innocent than the recent incident at Amazon.

"We don't believe Google to be homophobic but they need to do something about their filters," they said. "Defining the term "gay" to be pornographic and suggesting that it does not involve consenting adults is definitely offensive."

sysnab.ru has used Adwords to sell gay porn and never had any messages of this sort so we're not sure what's going on.