> Please don't do it off-list, several of us could be interested. In case anyone is interested, as Claude recommended, It was relatively easy to check for the foreign script injection by myturfads.com. There is a test page with the code located at http://www.uxb.net/adtest/ that will look to see if your client is seeing the Google ad being replaced by the myturfads.com
In case you are wondering what I am talking about. Some ISP's are using a proxy technology that in real time intercepts the Google Ad JavaScript code and replaces it with their own advertising from a company (MyTurf - www.myturfads.com) that specializes in injecting local advertising into existing ad spaces for Local ISP's. They replace the google or double click JS code with their own and can add/inject pop-up and video ads into sites that only use text or image advertising from Google. Very Annoying! Based on the testing I have done with one of my more trafficked sites that have ads on them (hce.halomaps.org) there are at least two ISP's that are using the ad-replacement proxy technology in three different regions: Brewster NY, Denver CO. and Boise ID. NY and CO were Comcast and ID was CenturyLink. I am seeing multiple IPS from each area, mostly in the same B and C blocks. The way the test page works is that after loading it looks for any script called from "myturfads.com" on the page and then lists the scripts and warns if one was found. If one was found it performs an AJAX call and sends me an email with the client IP. I have contacted and opened a case with Google about this and they were very interested, but of course I only get to deal with the front line support person so I have no idea what they intend. I also contacted a copyright law firm and they were interested but because it is Google's Code and not mine that is being replaced an infringement case would be tough. Not only that but apparently there is no case law that says the ISP cannot replace or inject scripts. To proceed further it would require I cover legal research costs to see if there was a case to be had. It gets all muddy, especially now with the FCC's new Net Neutrality regulations still not fully defined and already under legal attack. I find this behavior on the part of the ISP's abhorrent and dangerous. Right now they are replacing advertising and stealing revenue from the advertiser and Web Publisher. But they could just as easily replace articles or any real content on the fly as well. And the worst of it is that there is apparently no legal precedent to the contrary. Thanks for listening. Dennis Powers UXB Internet - A website Design and Hosting Company P.O. Box 6028, Wolcott, CT 06716 - T:203-879-2844 W: http://www.uxbinternet.com W: http://www.ctbusinesslist.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:360348 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
