Are they one of both AdSense and YPN Violator??

Discussion in 'Guidelines / Compliance' started by a3196, Nov 10, 2005.

  1. #1
    Hey...

    Check out this site
    http://www.megaupload.com/

    They have both adsense and YPN on the same page... Very nicely aligned:D :D :D

    I think they are definitely violating both adsense and YPN....

    But I've never seen this big site violating this very easy and well known TOS...

    I saw some small sites having both ads but Look at them....

    Their Alexa ranking is 576, eventhough everyone says Alexa isn't reliable source, that's not something someone can manipulate...right??

    and I searched DP and found out they have bad history...Displaying Adsense in popups..http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=21637&highlight=megaupload

    How come google still let them serve ads?? Google looses TOS to big sites??
     
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    I am not seeing any Yahoo ads on the page.
    they have Adsense and adbright ads.
    Where is YPN?
     
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    a3196 Well-Known Member

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    Right next to Adsense

    Are they showing both to only certain range of IP or something??

    I checked again and I'm seeing them... and I'm also seeing Adbrite in the popup and at the top!!

    Here is screenshot... from my PC

    http://www.southimage.com/images/21260174.gif
     
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    Yepp that is a clear Violation of TOS.
    they are using geotargeting. because I am seeing Friendsfinder ad instead of YPN.
    I wonder how come big sites like this always manage to escape from TOS violation.
    these site make those n00bs, who come here and post "Adsense banned me last night/this morning" look like innocent kids.
     
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    a3196 Well-Known Member

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    Maybe google just ignore them because this site brings google lots of money...
    and googe don't care about that some innocent kids....

    If they are using Geo-targeting, shouldn't guy from google be seeing ads?? since I'm in California so as google...

    Maybe you, The Webmaster, can't see ads because your location is "Some Random Place on Earth":):)
     
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    dzcap Well-Known Member

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    premium publishers get the benefits i guess
     
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    a3196 Well-Known Member

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    I don't think they are premium publisher (I've never seen premium publisher with same usual ad formats that I can even publish)...and I don't think Premium publisher can publish both ads on same page....
     
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    #8
    Everyone knows Google's IPs ; it's easy enough to change the site for any IP in the range. Or it could be, as others have noticed, that Google just doesn't care.
     
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    a3196 Well-Known Member

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    Mr. Larry and Google Cops should use dynamic IP for their computer...
     
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    At 576 they must be surely getting a lot of traffic.

    Just because they didnt change the formats doesnt mean they arent a premium publisher.
     
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    I mean I just don't think they are a premium publisher...and I thought Premium have different code structure.... but they have the same structure... like mine:)
     
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    #12
    Does it matter that much? Report them if you want, don't need to tell everyone about a violation..
     
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    #13
    are you planning to give IamNerd some sort of competition??
     
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    dzcap Well-Known Member

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    #14

    I won't let the risk of neg rep hold back my opinion. In fact, what worries me is my income, not red rep on a forum. I see he's got 4 reds but it doesn't seem to bother him much, and it shouldn't bother him much.
     
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    Or more likely they either don't know about it or haven't had a chance to do anything about it.
     
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    If he'd have bothered then he wouldnt be 4 redder.
     
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    #17
    Well if your income is actually a concern of yours, being so laissez-faire about violators is a contradiction. People violating the TOS ultimately impact all of our abilities to earn money.

    Perhaps you need a bit of practice in seeing the bigger picture. :)
     
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    LOL are you trying to say that Megaupload hasnt reached $100 mark yet. :D :D
     
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    They probably reached the $1 million mark with those numbers.
     
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    And with that kind of fraud.....
     
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