Kris and all-- I'm sorry if I misunderstood your inquiry, but this one seems a little different. It is prohibited to include advertisements on a UThink blog. However, I don't see any problems with using Google Ad Words to drive traffic to a blog. You are just advertising the blog through Ad Words, right? That seems completely reasonable to me. I would check with the policy library, but this seems very appropriate and still within U of M guidelines and policies. If no advertisements appear on the blog, and the blog is not set up to make money in any way, I think this is fine. Shane Head UThink geek Kristofer Layon wrote: > I asked the UThink people this very question last year, and they did > say it was prohibited. But I'm just the messenger here, so I can't > provide details or explanations... > > Kris > > > Kristofer D. Layon > Director of Web Design & Online Collaboration > 612.624.4545 : [log in to unmask] : http://blog.lib.umn.edu/layo0002/work/ > - - - - - - > Office of the Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration > University of Minnesota Twin Cities > http://www.academic.umn.edu/system/ > > > > On Feb 4, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Jacob Portnoy wrote: > >> Hello- >> >> I'm working with a psychologist who is studying 2-year old temper >> tantrums. His goal is to >> get several hundred people to send in video recordings of their >> children throwing fits. The >> researcher is offering $75 in compensation for the footage. Proper >> privacy protocol will be >> followed with the tapes. >> >> My question is this: are there any U of M policies that prohibit the >> use of a Google Ad Words >> campaign to drive traffic to a uThink blog set up to explain the >> study and solicit videos? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> -Jacob Portnoy >> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> Academic Health Center Office of Communications > -- ******************* Shane Nackerud Web Services Coordinator Interim Co-director, Digital Library Development Lab University of Minnesota Libraries 320 Walter Library 612-625-7880 [log in to unmask] GTalk/Jabber: [log in to unmask]