G'day Paul, It's good to see that they got back to you & seem to be taking your concerns seriously.
WRT how these banner ads work, it's true that the ad's target the web users country of origin. I visit may US & UK based sites and many show ads for Australian banks, telco's, Dell Australia etc. As Josh mentioned spyware can also be an issue, but I'm pretty sure my system is clean. I've checked on 3 different computers, on 2 separate networks (at home & work) & I'm still seeing similar animated Adobe Flash ads. Here are some more examples that you may wish to pass along: 1) Photo.net home page screen shot <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/PnPS/PnHome_1.jpg> Upper right banner ad link: <http://content.yieldmanager.edgesuite.net/atoms/90/94/9094837ca2eb5d5225302f10d9d05f0c.swf?clickTag=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%2Fclick%2CRwQAAAHxAwAPgwgAswMDAAIAAAAAAP8AAAACFgIAAgMMvwQAjEcFANOiBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAItXi0cAAAAA%2C%2Chttp%253A%252F%252Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%252Fiframe3%253Fvvmaadobawb6uqgabrodaaiaaaaaap8aaaacfgiaagkksgqab8aeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanejcd0k19m%2E16nwpqrx0z%2Exo3a9ctftp9ejcd0k19m%2Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaexhsvwy81amaktkn9e3%2C> Lower banner ad link: <http://content.yieldmanager.edgesuite.net/atoms/67/05/67055ae772dabcae1096eb3bf0403022.swf?clickTag=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%2Fclick%2CRwQAAAHxAwBycwgAtAMDAAIABAAAAP8AAAACFgIABgMMvwQAjEcFANSiBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI9Xi0cAAAAA%2C%2Chttp%253A%252F%252Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%252Fiframe3%253Fvvmaaggoawb8uqgabrodaaiabaaaap8aaaacfgiabgkksgqab8aeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanejcd0k19m%2E16nwpqrx0z%2Exo3a9ctftp9ejcd0k19m%2Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajxk3aw81anon%2Egykjf9mfkatt6m%2C> 2) Random Paul S image 1 screen shot: <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/PnPS/PnPS_4.jpg> Upper banner link: <http://content.yieldmanager.edgesuite.net/atoms/84/d1/84d126e256ba9977ade07aa555fc8e29.swf?clickTag=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%2Fclick%2CRwQAAAHxAwAh9gkA1H4DAAIACAAAAP8AAAACFgIABgMMvwQAJZ8EAERMBQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJtZi0cAAAAA%2C%2Chttp%253A%252F%252Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%252Fiframe3%253Fvvmaad0bawb8uqgabrodaaaadaaaaayaagacfgiabgi1raqab8aeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanejcd0k19m%2E16nwpqrx0z%2Exo3a9ctftp9ejcd0k19m%2Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa5mk9%2Ehg%2D1aoy62ntu3ic0zr4d6an%2C> Lower banner ad Link <http://content.yieldmanager.edgesuite.net/atoms/84/d1/84d126e256ba9977ade07aa555fc8e29.swf?clickTag=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%2Fclick%2CRwQAAAHxAwAh9gkA1H4DAAAADAAAAAAAAQACFgIABgMMvwQAJZ8EAERMBQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJ1Zi0cAAAAA%2C%2Chttp%253A%252F%252Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%252Fiframe3%253Fvvmaaggoawb8uqgabrodaaaadaaaaayaagacfgiabgi1raqab8aeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanejcd0k19m%2E16nwpqrx0z%2Exo3a9ctftp9ejcd0k19m%2Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajycxxro%2D1an%2Dj20u6thfoos4ygtw%2C> 3) Random Paul S image 2 screen shot: <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/PnPS/PnPS_5.jpg> <http://clkag.targetpoint.com/Redirect.tpr?ur=http%3a%2f%2fnetwork.adsmarket.com%2fclick%2fjGRpnY2ff5WNkGnEXsp9nIphbMRhnX6Xt2NxlmbKf5mJaQ%3fdp%3d72890&mui=931653d5-d08d-473b-a450-519b6bc6d3d0&lid=5910&gol=YR2QtkootR7uRMxLwzJteA%3d%3d&qry=-1&cid=13&dir=4&kw=-2&pid=247054&sid=0> 4) Random Paul S image 3 screen shot: <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/PnPS/PnPS_6.jpg> Upper banner link: <http://h10085.www1.hp.com/hho/mosaic/index.html> This is the page the ad linked to. I couldn't get the original pagead link to work. All but the last have nothing to do with photography. HTH Cheers, Dave On Jan 14, 2008 8:18 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
