Smells Like Yukon Flog

You may have noticed the recent addition of some Google Ads to this Flog. Don’t be too quick to assume this was a crass commercial decision–a “quick” cash grab worth cents every year. In fact, it was all about our editorial desire to offer readers content that might actually be useful.

It’s our understanding that the Google Ads that appear on a site are context sensitive; in other words, Google looks at the content of the site and its pages, and tailors ads based on what it finds. In our case, this would easily explain why most of the ads on the Flog promote Yukon businesses–everything from subscriptions to Yukon magazines to dog sledding adventures.

And then there’s GayBear Dating.

Every now and then, Google serves up an enticing image ad luring Flog readers to “the premier gay hairy men dating site.” As our many, many hairy gay readers will have discovered already, GayBear Dating claims “We dedicate ourselves to those men who have hair on their chest and love that fact. Hairy bears are what we ARE and we are PROUD.”

Now, we can understand where the hairy connection comes in, with all those posts about the Robin Williams hair bunnies that overran our office last week. We can also understand the bear connection, thanks to our ongoing Grizzly Project.

But we have to wonder: What’s so gay about the Flog?

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