Should Government Websites Be Allowed to Post Google Ads to Offset Deficient Budgets?

Vincent Cerf, the head evangelist at Google, was asked a very interesting question recently while he gave an excellent speech at a seminar for eGovernment initiatives. He was asked if he thought that there was a way for Google to have special "Google AdSense" for government websites. He smiled one of his famous smiles and said indicated he liked the question very much.

Well, as a taxpayer so do I, because if the eGovernment initiatives can be partly funded by advertising then we have fewer taxes and will get more robust eGovernment websites. This could be a significant win/win situation for everyone. The light bulb went off and so, I decided to put this on the agenda at the Online Think Tank to discuss. We determined that indeed it would make sense to do this and that certain types of business or non-profits would not jeopardize or put a government agency in a bad light Top Google Ads Agency .

For instance; a group of advertisers might include Graffiti Control Companies, American Cancer Society, Emergency Flood Remediation Services, Leak Detector Businesses, Construction Inspection Companies, the local Cable Company, Water Companies, Taxi Cab Companies, Local Kids Sports Groups, etc. This could easily be done and this would not be a conflict of interest and it would appear with a small disclaimer, and those click-ads would pay for the website. It makes sense.

We know there are reasons not to have advertising on government buildings, vehicles or websites. But there are also good reasons for it. For instance; advertising on school buses might be distracting and cause an accident, so it might not be a good idea. But certain types of advertising on a dog catcher truck, garbage truck, code-enforcement vehicle might be tolerated and it could lower costs for us taxpayer's. I think that if we consider this properly, we might create a win/win situation for all.