I don't see any reason to ban a banner that is designed to make a teenage boy click on something. Yes a quality click is nice, but honestly when I run nice banners showing game scenes I rarely get the generous ctr that a banner such as this will get. (Exception is FK... I don't know how you do it Mark... I really don't)
When I changed my own opinion on this matter, I now run several banners, and the one with anime chics still wins, while the traffic quality remains virtually the same.
The reality is we are all trying to make teens click ads or anything that pays us. To get so uppity that you think anime pics of girls are offensive in some way is absolutely silly. Its what you would click on if you where a teenage boy. Now if that banner was on my site and lead to a porn game site, I would then be a little pissed off. But it doesn't it leads to a harmless game site.
ON THE OTHER HAND
If I ever open an arcade designed to cater to PRETEEN children (like a dress up site, or a spongebob site) then this banner would not be appropriate. In that case I would not use the exchange.
Since I am trying to direct my site at teenage boys I see no problem with giving them something to waste time on... like clicking that banner.
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