Well not exactly breaking news. They have been doing it since at least
March of 2005 according to Ben Edelman, a leading anti-adware/spyware consultant.
Check out Ad Number 7776 among several other major adult sponsors on the page below.
http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/ex...ads-adult.html
The link is still valid and I don't see a "rogue affiliate" code anywhere so I would have to agree with him that it appears to be inhouse from IFRIENDS.
What's even more fucked up is their list of keywords that they bid on.
1400 plus keywords including AdultfriendFinder and probably every other adult company out there.
So not only are IFRIENDS stealing your IFRIENDS signups, they are stealing your AFF and most likely every other adult company too.
I would therefore beg all of you Pornographers with squeeky clean ethics to immediately cease and desist promoting IFRIENDS and all the other sponsors that use Adware traffic.
Only promote adult sponsors that can't afford to outbid the big name sponsors that do use adware traffic. Better yet only use mainstream sponsors..oh wait most of them use adware traffic too..ummm ..sorry not sure what to tell you
Maybe rethink your ethics so you won't be broke?
Will76 can you please get the word out to IFRIENDS to stop their support of adware immediately. Failing that can you please cancel your IFRIENDS account and tell all your teamclickcash affiliates and chathosts to do likewise? Thanks Will I knew I could count on you to help get rid of this adware plague, especially when it is happening on your own doorstep.
Will, ... on a related note, I am sure you are now seriously rethinking your business model and I have a proposition for you. I recently registered the domain
http://teamepiccash.com and would be willing to let you have it for a modest sum in appreciation of your valiant anti-adware crusade against
ALL companies using adware traffic. lmk
