Advertising Disclosure

ByteOrbital is funded by advertising and, in some cases, affiliate links. This page explains how that works and what protects our independence.

Types of advertising

• Programmatic ads: when enabled, we use Google AdSense. These ads are chosen by the ad network, not by us. They only load after you consent through our banner. See the cookie policy.
• Direct-sold ads: banners we sell to advertisers directly. These are labelled and we keep records of advertisers and campaigns.
• House ads: promotions for our own newsletter or content.
• Sponsored content: if we ever run it, it will be clearly marked "Sponsored" and kept apart from our editorial work. We are not running any at launch.

How ads are labelled

Ads sit in clearly defined slots, such as the top of a page, the sidebar, within long articles and at the end, and are marked as advertising where the format allows. We reserve space for them so the page does not jump around as they load. We aim to keep ads out of the way of the reading experience and to follow the advertising network's policies on placement and invalid traffic.

Editorial independence

• Advertisers do not see or approve our articles before publication.
• Advertising revenue does not change what we cover, our conclusions or our benchmark results.
• We do not accept payment to publish, remove or soften coverage.
• Our editors do not choose which ads appear against individual stories, and we may block categories of advertiser we consider inappropriate.

Reporting a problem ad

If you see an ad that is misleading, offensive or inappropriate, send us the page link and a screenshot via the contact page. For ads served by a network, we will pass the report to them.

Our reporting

We will never present projected or speculative earnings as real income. Anything we say about our revenue reflects actual reported figures.

Related

See affiliate disclosure and editorial policy.