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Mon, 9 Jun 1997 18:52:03 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi gang,

I'm deliberately sending out this post outside of the regular digest format.

In Sunday's Ad Bytes, we ran an a "NEW PRODUCTS, SERVICES, & REPORTS"
notice for a company called "Just Hits!!"

We've had several responses to this item (good to know you folks read it
through to the end!). One list member wrote in to tell us that he was
surprised to find text and graphics on the Just Hits site nearly identical
to copyrighted text and graphics on his site. Another list member
attempted to contact the organization by phone, and when he was unable to
do so, he contacted their provider who told him that they could find no
record of the account for the web site ever being authorized.

This may very well be a legitimate company, but I want to caution list
members that it is always prudent to, at a minimum, learn the street
address, phone number, and name(s) of the principal(s) before giving out
credit card numbers on the web.

Entries we list in Ad Bytes under "NEW PRODUCTS, SERVICES, & REPORTS" are
free listings that any list member is welcome to submit. They are not paid
ads. Other than to check that the submission is on-topic and the URL
works, we do not perform any further research on the submitting entity.
Part of the mission of the Online Advertising Discussion list is to
disseminate information on new products and services for online
advertising, publicity and promotion, and this mechanism is one we created
to do just that.

Anyone on the list is welcome to submit a listing using the form at:

http://www.o-a.com/oa-submit.html

as long as the rules outlined on that page are met. We regret that in this
case, we failed to notice that one of the rules was not met -- namely, that
the e-mail address of the submitter be subscribed to the list. For the
record, the submitted name and e-mail address with the entry was Matthew
Splitt, matt_at_justhits.com.

If someone from Just Hits wants to submit a post clarifying the above
items, we would be happy to run it.

--Cliff Kurtzman (moderator)

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