June 27, 2013 | Online

Google's Blogger turning its back on porn

Webmasters who rely on Google's free Blogger platform to provide adult content received a nasty surprise yesterday. An e-mail was sent out advising users that the monetization of adult content would not be allowed on Blogger blogs by the end of the month.

"Please be advised that on June 30, we will be updating our content policy to strictly prohibit the monetization of adult content on Blogger," the message read. "After June 30, we will be enforcing this policy and will remove blogs which are adult in nature and are displaying advertisements to adult websites.

"If your adult blog currently has advertisements which are adult in nature, you should remove them as soon as possible as to avoid any potential terms of service violation and/or content removals."

Until now, webmasters could make money through affiliate links to other sites; however, these links could not make up the majority of content on an individual's blog.

Everyone remembers what happened to Yahoo! Groups once they banned porn. You do remember Yahoo! Groups don't you?

Google's Blogger Reportedly Cracking Down on Porn [Xbiz]