"I agree. Is it me, or does Wetpaint not state that they will only use Google text ads?"

"We’re testing display banner advertising across the Wetpaint network of sites because we’re committed to keeping Wetpaint a free service. The way we defer the costs of Wetpaint is by placing advertising on your Wetpaint sites. Until now, we primarily used Google advertising. Recently, Google made a significant change to their advertising product. You can read more about the change and its impact on its users on TechCrunch at (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/google-ctr-down-due-to-click-area-changes/).

During this test, we’ll be trying an assortment of different ad networks to see which provides the best balance between user experience and revenue. To be clear, we find the aggressively flashing, bouncing, and music playing ads to be 100% unacceptable. We’ve made efforts to remove them from the mix. If you see such advertising, please take a screen shot and send it in to us via email. We’ll do what we can to make sure those don’t appear. If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know."

"We’re testing display banner advertising across the Wetpaint network of sites because we’re committed to keeping Wetpaint a free service. The way we defer the costs of Wetpaint is by placing advertising on your Wetpaint sites. Until now, we primarily used Google advertising. Recently, Google made a significant change to their advertising product. You can read more about the change and its impact on its users on TechCrunch at (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/google-ctr-down-due-to-click-area-changes/).

During this test, we’ll be trying an assortment of different ad networks to see which provides the best balance between user experience and revenue. To be clear, we find the aggressively flashing, bouncing, and music playing ads to be 100% unacceptable. We’ve made efforts to remove them from the mix. If you see such advertising, please take a screen shot and send it in to us via email. We’ll do what we can to make sure those don’t appear. If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know."