Can you trust phone support?

Discussion in 'Publisher Network' started by icfire, Jul 31, 2006.

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  1. #1
    I phoned yahoo to ask about the ad placing of this site-
    http://www.myspacescripts.ws/

    And I asked the guy about 5 times just to make sure that it was fine, and he said it was. However, I'm not sure if the guy was right. If you look at the center ad, it is practically hidden.

    First, is my ad placing against the TOS? If yes- How so?
    Second, Can you trust phone support?
     
    icfire, Jul 31, 2006 IP
  2. inferno3387

    inferno3387 Banned

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    #2
    He was wrong... Phone support is mostly wrong...

    Reason:
    You are pretty much hiding the ad inside the content. That is against the TOS, your ad has to be different then the surround content, or that is considered a "click incentive". You need to take it out of there or you might get suspended, or at least a bad email in your inbox ;)
     
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  3. icfire

    icfire Peon

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    #3
    Shux...
    Well anyone else reading this thread the grey ads on the front page were white when I phoned yahoo
     
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  4. ROAR

    ROAR Well-Known Member Affiliate Manager

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    #4
    Yahoo hosts my site. The few times, I have had the "pleasure" of speaking to them I almost slit my wrists.
     
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  5. icfire

    icfire Peon

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    So... why exactly would they have phone support then? I much prefer live chat.
     
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    karagold Peon

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    #6
    you cant have Sponsors above your skyscraper.
     
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  7. icfire

    icfire Peon

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    You mean the text "Sponsors"?

    What is wrong about that?
     
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    inferno3387 Banned

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    #8
    Its against their TOS ;)
     
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    shamess Well-Known Member

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    #9
    No it isn't. It's perfectly fine. Go read it again.

    Also, why is this in the YPN section of the forums if you're using AdSense?
     
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    imagenesis Active Member

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    #10
    You Been Geo Targetted Biatch! :d
     
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    inferno3387 Banned

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    From what I heard, any kind of thing like "sponsors" is not allowed.

    He is using YPN thats why he is posting it here...
     
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    shamess Well-Known Member

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    Say what now?


    Google's terms allow you to put "Sponsors" or "Advertisements" but nothing else.

    Then why do the ads say "Ads by Goooogle"?
     
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  13. icfire

    icfire Peon

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    Lol you live in england. I only show YPN to US visitors.

    And I'm still talking about YPN, not google.
     
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    shamess Well-Known Member

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    Ah ^^;; Hokay.

    Is that a Yahoo thing that they do, or did you write that coding yourself?
     
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  15. icfire

    icfire Peon

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    Did it myself

    They offer no support for that sadly...
     
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    dshah Well-Known Member

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    Did you use category targetng to get Car Insurance ads on your myspace site?

    You better read this at YPN Blog : What not to do

     
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  17. icfire

    icfire Peon

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    There is no targeting. That is also what the guy said on the phone, that I shouldn't do any ad targeting because it doesn't fit in any of the categories, so I guess he was right about that.
     
    icfire, Jul 31, 2006 IP