Thanks David. I'll send these to Josh. Much appreciated. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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/90/94/9094837ca2eb5d5225302f10d > 9d05f0c.swf?clickTag=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%2Fclick%2CRwQAAAHxAwAP > gwgAswMDAAIAAAAAAP8AAAACFgIAAgMMvwQAjEcFANOiBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAItXi0cA > AAAA%2C%2Chttp%253A%252F%252Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%252Fiframe3%253Fvvmaadobawb > 6uqgabrodaaiaaaaaap8aaaacfgiaagkksgqab8aeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanejcd0 > k19m%2E16nwpqrx0z%2Exo3a9ctftp9ejcd0k19m%2Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa > aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaexhsvwy81amaktkn9e3%2C> > > Lower banner ad link: > <http://content.yieldmanager.edgesuite.net/atoms/67/05/67055ae772dabcae1096eb3bf > 0403022.swf?clickTag=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%2Fclick%2CRwQAAAHxAwBy > cwgAtAMDAAIABAAAAP8AAAACFgIABgMMvwQAjEcFANSiBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI9Xi0cA > AAAA%2C%2Chttp%253A%252F%252Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%252Fiframe3%253Fvvmaaggoawb > 8uqgabrodaaiabaaaap8aaaacfgiabgkksgqab8aeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanejcd0 > k19m%2E16nwpqrx0z%2Exo3a9ctftp9ejcd0k19m%2Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa > aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajxk3aw81anon%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/d1/84d126e256ba9977ade07aa55 > 5fc8e29.swf?clickTag=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%2Fclick%2CRwQAAAHxAwAh > 9gkA1H4DAAIACAAAAP8AAAACFgIABgMMvwQAJZ8EAERMBQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJtZi0cA > AAAA%2C%2Chttp%253A%252F%252Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%252Fiframe3%253Fvvmaad0bawb > 8uqgabrodaaaadaaaaayaagacfgiabgi1raqab8aeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanejcd0 > k19m%2E16nwpqrx0z%2Exo3a9ctftp9ejcd0k19m%2Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa > aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa5mk9%2Ehg%2D1aoy62ntu3ic0zr4d6an%2C> > > Lower banner ad Link > <http://content.yieldmanager.edgesuite.net/atoms/84/d1/84d126e256ba9977ade07aa55 > 5fc8e29.swf?clickTag=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%2Fclick%2CRwQAAAHxAwAh > 9gkA1H4DAAAADAAAAAAAAQACFgIABgMMvwQAJZ8EAERMBQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJ1Zi0cA > AAAA%2C%2Chttp%253A%252F%252Fad%2Eyieldmanager%2Ecom%252Fiframe3%253Fvvmaaggoawb > 8uqgabrodaaaadaaaaayaagacfgiabgi1raqab8aeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanejcd0 > k19m%2E16nwpqrx0z%2Exo3a9ctftp9ejcd0k19m%2Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa > aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajycxxro%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=93165 > 3d5-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.
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