DatingGold.com Official Announcement on Zango, Spyware, Malware, etc
 

DatingGold has been a little quiet about this issue in the past, however we would like to state that we do not in any way knowingly purchase or allow inhouse or affiliate traffic that comes from Zango, Spyware or similar sources.

If you do find anyone promoting us in this manner, please do contact us.

We have had the "opportunity" to work with Zango after seeing them at AdTech, however upon reviewing where their traffic comes from, we thought that would be highly unethical to ourselves, affiliates and other sponsors.

We do not feel this is a proper way to run a business, we feel that the only parties who will gain from this kind of marketing is the Network ie. Zango, the Search Engine ie. Google and the Sponsor.

We believe that our affiliates and ourselves work to hard to generate traffic to just turn around and steal it. We also do not feel that this way of doing business is legitimate and we believe there will be liability involved.

My best example of what is happening is the following:

You go to a Chevrolet dealer to buy a truck. Before you get to the door a guy jumps right in front of you and says "Hi I'm Ford, come with me", he grabs your arm and starts pulling you away until you hit him on the X.

This would never happen in the real world because it's pretty much illegal. It shouldn't be happening online.

We encourage affiliates to make better deisions about what kind of companies they want to work. We think companies that allow this kind of marketing have reduced their integrity and are just out to make a quick buck, with total disregard for their affiliates or competitors.

If you have any information that may help us stop this, please contact us.

:2 cents:

Awesome news, time to clean the industry a little bit and with this stand you guys will be seeing some good traffic from me:)

I heart zango.

thanks for the info, good to know where sponsors stand

Good to ead your statement here....Good job...DG is rock solid

:thumbsup

If anyone has ideas on how to catch this, icq me.. we're currently working on some backend tracking to see if any affiliates are currently doing this. And if you notice another site popover ours please let me know.

That is refreshing.

great statement!

good shit dating gold:thumbsup

good stuff guys

OTHER PROGRAMS?????

DG is putting the smack down!

Good stuff Allen.

Good Move Guys !!

This is an excellent stand and you should be commended. Too many times, I see companies get greedy by doing things to "bend the rules". Dating Gold is always ethical and it is surely ones of the reasons why you continue to be so successful.

Mitch

Congrats on being one of very few sponsors who have stepped up to publically disallow this form of traffic.
WG

Hopefully we can get others to do the same.

Nice move!!!

May the others follow, DG rocks :)

I totally agree with Mitch here.

Nice to hear.

Thanks Mitch :thumbsup

Great read, there is still hope. I want to see more sponsors saying this.

Good for you DG keep up the good work!!:pimp :pimp :pimp

great post, more need to follow

Hallelujah, great post.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh ...

:thumbsup :thumbsup

Definitly more sponsors should take that seriously

Way to be DG :)

nice move :)

great move guys

Thanks for letting us know....

:)

DG is the business :thumbsup

:) :thumbsup

Good to see a sponsor taking a stance on this

Great move DG!

good job guys!

Stand up post, glad to hear it

I know one that you are not going to get to stop doing this... but i think what you guys did was awesome.

Even though another site is buying your keywords you took the high ground. You will win in the long run.

Some sponsors feel it is necesary for them to fight with each other over their keywords on zango. It's a damn shame because while they are at war with each other we are the ones that lose. They lose too, but we lose the most from it.

You guys are a stand up company and are doing the right thing for you company, for your affiliates, and for all of us.

I am curious, if you and some of the other big companies got together would you be interested in sueing zango to get your keywords removed. I think you have the best case of all to sue them.

Great post. DatingGold :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

good to hear sponsors are stepping up and opposing this scum :thumbsup

what email can i contact you at?

ahenning at gmail

Allan i miss u

I miss greg also but i caught him cheating on me

Outstanding! :thumbsup
I very much appreciate the position you've taken on this situation. Great to hear from you and to do it in a sticky thread announcement is even better!

and for the sponsors who have been so conspicuously silent on this subject
..see how easy that was?
..see what a positive respose they got for being honest and taking a stance?
..see how they are going to benefit and the silent ones are going to lose?

the clock is ticking...

Thanks again Dating Gold!

Fuck you SIG is bigger than mine :sadcrying

Sorry to break it to you, but that't not all that is bigger :1orglaugh

Going to any shows coming up, haven't seen ya in a while.

Great news, hopefully more sponsors try to block this shit.

Very nie

good stuff Al :thumbsup

can we cyber tonight?