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1 | 1 | Ethical Advertising
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2 | 2 | ===================
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| -Read the Docs is a large, |
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| -free web service. |
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| -There is one proven business model to support this kind of site: |
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| -**Advertising**. |
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| -However, |
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| -instead of using Google, |
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| -we are building the advertising model that we want to exist. |
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| -We only work with companies we like and respect, |
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| -and offer products that are relevant to developers. |
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| -We hope that you'll discover new products and services that are relevant, |
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| -and also new companies that care about supporting the open source community. |
| 4 | +Read the Docs is a large, free web service. |
| 5 | +There is one proven business model to support this kind of site: **Advertising**. |
| 6 | +Instead of using an existing ad network, we are building the model we want to exist. |
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16 | 8 | **We're building an advertising model that respects users while providing value to advertisers.**
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| -We feel like this is something we can be proud of, |
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| -and we can start leading the ad industry in the right direction. |
| 9 | +We don't track you, sell your data, or anything else. |
| 10 | +We simply show ads to users, based on the content of the pages you look at. |
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| 12 | +We talk a bit below about :ref:`our worldview on advertising <ethical-info>`, |
| 13 | +if you want to know more. |
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20 | 15 | .. note::
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22 | 17 | **Are you a marketer?**
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23 | 18 | `Learn more <https://readthedocs.org/sustainability/advertising/>`_ about how you can connect with the millions of developers who Read the Docs each month.
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| 20 | +Feedback |
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| -We talk a bit :ref:`below <ethical-info>` about our worldview on advertising. |
27 | 23 | We're a community,
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28 | 24 | and we value your feedback.
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29 | 25 | If you ever want to reach out about this effort,
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30 | 26 | feel free to ` shoot us an email < mailto:[email protected]>`_.
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| -You can also :ref:`opt out <opt-out>` if you prefer. |
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| -We have gone into more detail about our views in our `blog post <https://blog.readthedocs.com/ads-on-read-the-docs/>`_ about this topic. |
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| -Also, |
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| -Eric Holscher, |
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| -one of our co-founders also `talks a bit more <http://ericholscher.com/blog/2016/aug/31/funding-oss-marketing-money/>`_ about funding open source this way on his blog. |
| 28 | +You can :ref:`opt out <opt-out>` of having paid ads on your projects, |
| 29 | +or seeing paid ads if you want. |
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| 31 | +We have gone into more detail about our views in our `blog post <https://blog.readthedocs.com/ads-on-read-the-docs/>`_ about this topic. |
| 32 | +Eric Holscher, one of our co-founders `talks a bit more <http://ericholscher.com/blog/2016/aug/31/funding-oss-marketing-money/>`_ about funding open source this way on his blog. |
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39 | 34 | .. _ethical-info:
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