Wow, this is surely adsense abuse.

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  2. TheNetCode

    TheNetCode Peon

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    I am only seeing Google Ads. So maybe they changed it. If they were showing both at same time though then yes that is a violation of both companies policies and TOS.
     
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  3. ForgottenCreature

    ForgottenCreature Notable Member

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    Are you in the United States?
    They're probably using some kind of tracker thingy to display YPN ads to US visitors.
     

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    Now I see it there, but when I view it the pink area is empty for me. I went and pulled the code and I see it in the code and yes that is a huge violation on their part.
     
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    poseidon Banned

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    ya though I am in india, I can see both ads at a time
     
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    chachacallis Well-Known Member

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    they are displaying both ads at the same time, the first page has so many ads.
     
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  7. TheNetCode

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    LOL I am in U.S. and I cannot see the Yahoo ads. That is pretty funny.
     
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    I see both - many Yahoo ads in the pink boxes.

    There is a possibility they are Premium Advertisers and thereforen allowed to do this. Before we hang them perhaps someone can check their visitor stats as I don't know how to do that. That will give an indication as to whether they may be Premium or not.
     
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    Really? I'm in the USA and I can see it fine. Besides the fact that they have Yahoo and Adsense ads on the same page, they have, from what I can tell, 10 Yahoo ad blocks on the same page. I don't have YPN, but I doubt if they allow 10 ad blocks on the same page. Right? If that's the case, then this guy is violating both networks. Wow. Quite amazing... Too bad Yahoo doesn't have the easy reporting method of Adsense...
     
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    iowadawg Prominent Member

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    I see the adsense, but not a single ypn, just blanks where they are supposed to be at.
    So report his butt to google!
     
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    I doubt if they are premium publishers. According to Alexa, which is admittedly not all that accurate, one of my sites has more traffic than them, and I'm not a premium publisher. As well, I doubt if being a premium publisher allows you to show both Adsense and Yahoo ads on the same page.
     
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    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    :) ditto (on reporting). On of curiousity, which browser are you using? I'm wondering of the lack of visible Yahoo! ads (sometimes) is browser dependent. Epiphany (a Gecko-based browser) shows them fine.

    The best I found (as a non-ypn publisher, too) was an a snail mail address. :-( Although the site (http://www.gamerfreak.net/) I wanted to report is no longer running ypn, but adsense instead - and 4 adunits (!). Also reported, several times, but I guess it will be the end of the month when it's pulled.
     
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    I am using ME on this particular computer. I see ads fine on every site I go to, but this one. I can see the code just fine in the source, but the ads do not display.
     
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    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    I see it now. There's an error in an anchor tag just before the ads. An extra quotation mark.
     
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    Eh, if Yahoo is not going to make it easy for strangers to help them out, screw'em. :cool:
     
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    Jack - you're probably right about them not being Premium but Premiums make individual arrangements and some of them (at least) are allowed to carry yahoo and Google Ads on the same page.

    Take a look at Zorpia.com - allegedly 2m individuals a day and carry both.
     
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    If that's true, then I stand humbly corrected. :) Ah, to be a Premium Publisher... /sigh
     
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    :rolleyes:
     
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    Ah, I see, so it's part of a larger network. Quite possibly premium, then. Are Yahoo publishers allowed to have 10 ad blocks, though?
     
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    4 according to Nintendo's FAQ.
     
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