David Savage and Carl G sent me screen shots of my photo.net page and alerted me to the fact that non-subscribers don't see the same nice, clean page that subscribers see. I wrote to Josh, the photo.net site director, and told him I wasn't pleased. I included the URLs and screen shots. Here is Josh's reply.
Rick and Paul, I'm replying to the two of you together because you wrote me at virtually the same time regarding the same issue. You can pass this along to the pentax mailing list if you like. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the address that any replies should be directed to. A few things to know: 1. Yes, non-subscribers see more ads on the site than subscribers. 2. International viewers see different ads than N. American viewers, this has to do with the different ad providers we use. A N. American company doesn't want to advertise in Germany and vice versa. 3. From the screenshots that were included with Paul's email, someone is seeing ads that they shouldn't be seeing. Flashing/jumping "you are a winner" ads should not be on photo.net. Now, there are a couple reasons that could be the cause of #3: A. If only one or two people are actually seeing flashing/jumping ads, then their computers may be infected with spyware. B. There may have been a "bait and switch" pulled on the site. Sometimes an advertiser will present one ad for approval that will get through our filters, then switch it with another ad when they think we aren't paying attention. This is a particular problem with international ads. Probably because the crap companies know we are based in the USA and won't catch on as quickly. C. Full screenshots (including the URL bar of your browser) are needed to get rid of these ads. We need to know where on the site they are showing up. Copying the link that they are trying to send you to is also useful (if you know how to do that without actually visiting their site). Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Josh Photo.net Director of Community -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
