Re: Advertising.com being Draconian...

From: James Dutton <dutski_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu 6 Jul 2000 17:31:52 +0100

PHILIP MAK <mfraser_at_SEAS.GWU.EDU> WROTE:
> This morning, I received the following message from
> Advertising.com. I had their adsearches.com search box
> on my site. The HTML coding they provided used a
> JavaScript document.write() function that loaded from
> their server. To speed up page loading for the sake of
> my site's visitors, I replaced the script tag with the
> actual search box code.
>
> A couple days later, I get this message saying I'm
> terminated without warning. I realize that the
> agreement allows them to do this, but don't you think
> they could be more accommodating about it? And I'll
> probably have to just apply for another account with
> them, considering they're the best search box program
> that I know of... (highest payout, actual search
> results are good)

Philip,

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you WERE in breach of
their terms and conditions.

I would also assume that the reason for insisting that
you use *their* code is order to track clicks and
impressions from your site - by replacing their code
with your own this is not possible.

James




Received on Thu Jul 06 2000 - 11:31:52 CDT