Some time in the last hour or two it appears that the Google Buzz team has re-enabled AdSense ads in RSS Feeds in Google Buzz. Recently I wrote about this, criticizing the service for stripping out ads a blog author was including and importing into Google Buzz. This included both RSS feeds directly imported into Google Buzz and those shared via Google Reader. I argued this was a violation of the authors’ copyrights and their intended method of content distribution.
Google responded quickly, saying they had confirmed the problem, and expected to have it resolved “within the week”. Apparently they meant a month, but I’m glad it’s fixed. As both a book author and blogger, I always hate to see my content being modified in ways I had not agreed to. It is a strict violation of authors’ copyright, and not to mention “evil” in a way. It’s nice to see Google recognizes that and has fixed the problem.
If all goes well, if you visit my Google Buzz profile, you should see an ad now, right below this text. Are you seeing the same?
