Advertising Policy

How We Use Advertising

Smart Curiosity is free to use. Advertising revenue allows us to produce and maintain high-quality educational content. We use Google AdSense to display contextual ads across the Site.

Google AdSense

We participate in Google AdSense, which uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our Site and/or other sites on the Internet.

• You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• You can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.

Ad Placement Standards

We follow Google's Better Ads Standards and place ads in a manner that does not interfere with content consumption:

• No pop-up ads that block content.
• No autoplay video ads with sound.
• No ads that expand over content without user interaction.
• Ad slots have fixed dimensions to prevent layout shifts (CLS).

Editorial Independence

Advertising revenue does not influence our editorial decisions. Advertisers have no control over the topics we cover, the positions we take, or the content we produce.

YouTube Monetization

Smart Curiosity also publishes content on YouTube, where videos may display ads served by YouTube/Google. This is governed by YouTube's monetization policies.

Contact

For advertising inquiries or to report a problematic ad experience, contact us via our Contact page.

Last updated: May 2026