Ad Choices
Last updated: March 17, 2026
At Rhode Island Business, we are committed to keeping your experience simple, transparent, and respectful. This page explains how advertising works on our platform and the choices you have.
1. How Advertising Works
We may display sponsored content, featured listings, or promotional placements from businesses on our platform.
These may appear as:
- Featured businesses in search or explore results.
- Promoted listings or placements.
- Sponsored content or highlighted opportunities.
All advertising is designed to remain relevant to local users and businesses while maintaining a high-quality experience.
2. Our Approach To Advertising
We believe advertising should enhance, not disrupt, your experience.
- Ads are clearly distinguishable from organic content.
- Paid placement does not override trust signals like recommendations or followers.
- We do not allow misleading or deceptive advertisements.
Our goal is to help users discover great local businesses while giving businesses fair opportunities to promote themselves.
3. Personalization & Relevance
We may show ads based on:
- Your location.
- Businesses you view or interact with.
- Categories or services you explore.
- General platform activity.
We do not sell your personal information to advertisers.
4. Your Choices
You have control over how you experience ads on our platform.
You can:
- Choose how you interact with businesses and content.
- Ignore or engage with promoted listings.
- Adjust browser or device settings that affect personalization.
At this time, we do not offer account-level ad personalization settings, but we may introduce additional controls in the future.
5. Sponsored Vs Organic Content
We make a clear distinction between:
- Organic listings, businesses shown based on relevance, activity, and platform signals.
- Sponsored listings, businesses that have paid for increased visibility.
Sponsored content will always be labeled appropriately.
6. Fairness & Trust
We are committed to maintaining a fair and trustworthy platform.
- Advertising does not directly change a business's recommendation count.
- Advertising does not remove or hide legitimate user activity.
- Trust signals like recommendations and followers remain independent.
7. Updates To This Page
We may update this Ad Choices page from time to time as our platform evolves. Updates will be reflected by the “Last updated” date above.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about advertising or this page, you can contact us at: