Blind/Misleading Links Question

meloncash · 2009-10-16, 03:28 PM

Would you link list owners consider video chat ads from adultfriendfinder like the one on this page

http://38dds.com/asiansTEST/asian.html

to me misleading? Note that I have explicitly above the ad that clicking on the banner will send the surfer to a new website. It's probably still misleading because of the chat box, which really isn't a chat box, but let's face it, you'd have to be a brain-dead moron not have seen these kinds of ads before. They are on yahoo and other HUGE mainstream websites all the time.

This brings me to a general question about blind/misleading links. Do your surfers really complain when they see these kinds of ads? I can see how consoles and pop up would be annoying, but these don't seem too bad to me.

But I want to make sure I follow the rules so I can continue to get my sites listed with you guys. So is the ad a thumbs up or a thumbs down? If a thumbs down, is there any way to make it a thumbs up?

NOTE - this is not a live website and does not appear in any of your directories, although the page is based on a site that does.

NY Jester · 2009-10-16, 04:56 PM

Many directories will not list pages with iframes, flash (other than a flash gallery), java scripts, etc. That page seems to have all of that and more.

Maj. Stress · 2009-10-16, 05:49 PM

I won't list anything with an aff ad of any type

LD · 2009-10-16, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meloncash

Would you link list owners consider video chat ads from adultfriendfinder like the one on this page

http://38dds.com/asiansTEST/asian.html

to me misleading? Note that I have explicitly above the ad that clicking on the banner will send the surfer to a new website. It's probably still misleading because of the chat box, which really isn't a chat box, but let's face it, you'd have to be a brain-dead moron not have seen these kinds of ads before. They are on yahoo and other HUGE mainstream websites all the time.

Seems kind of fucked up...an explanation that the chat box is not really a chat box. And probably misleading too. I could overlook all that, but AFF has such a bad reputation around here I doubt I would list it.

SheepGuy · 2009-10-16, 07:43 PM

It's a wicked ad and I would have no problem with it if it wasn't from AFF.

meloncash · 2009-10-17, 07:33 AM

OK! What's the scoop on AFF? And what would you recommend as a dating sponsor?

thefandango · 2009-10-20, 07:33 AM

AFF seem to have been found out on a few things in the past from what I understand.

2009-10-16, 03:28 PM	#1
meloncash Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15	Blind/Misleading Links Question Would you link list owners consider video chat ads from adultfriendfinder like the one on this page http://38dds.com/asiansTEST/asian.html to me misleading? Note that I have explicitly above the ad that clicking on the banner will send the surfer to a new website. It's probably still misleading because of the chat box, which really isn't a chat box, but let's face it, you'd have to be a brain-dead moron not have seen these kinds of ads before. They are on yahoo and other HUGE mainstream websites all the time. This brings me to a general question about blind/misleading links. Do your surfers really complain when they see these kinds of ads? I can see how consoles and pop up would be annoying, but these don't seem too bad to me. But I want to make sure I follow the rules so I can continue to get my sites listed with you guys. So is the ad a thumbs up or a thumbs down? If a thumbs down, is there any way to make it a thumbs up? NOTE - this is not a live website and does not appear in any of your directories, although the page is based on a site that does.

2009-10-16, 04:56 PM	#2
NY Jester ICQ:147079406 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: RockMEHardplace Posts: 2,996	Many directories will not list pages with iframes, flash (other than a flash gallery), java scripts, etc. That page seems to have all of that and more. __________________ The Sexy Side of Porn

2009-10-16, 07:43 PM	#5
SheepGuy It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,527	It's a wicked ad and I would have no problem with it if it wasn't from AFF. __________________ If the Environment was a bank, they would have saved it by now.

2009-10-20, 07:33 AM	#7
thefandango Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 23	AFF seem to have been found out on a few things in the past from what I understand. __________________ The No B.S. Guide To Adult Website SEO & Link Building.

2009-10-16, 05:49 PM	#3
Maj. Stress Progress rarely comes in buckets, it normally comes in teaspoons Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dark Side Of Naboo Posts: 1,289	I won't list anything with an aff ad of any type

2009-10-17, 07:33 AM	#6
meloncash Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15	OK! What's the scoop on AFF? And what would you recommend as a dating sponsor?