GreenguyandJim Fighting Zango

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by eman

...The makers Greenguy and Jim did not return a request for comment.

DAMN SPAN FOLDERS! Not to worry, I know Jim will have a comment for them tomorrow

Originally Posted by eman

...Zango spokesperson Steve Stratz called the Zango Warning site "blatant lies and scare tactics", and provided vnunet.com with a copy of an ad that the company will soon be running.

The ad, which is set to appear every time a user is re-directed to the Zango Warning site, tells the user "The Web page in question is designed to 'scare the surfer', as its 'creator' has confessed...

I've already come up with a possible solution - assuming they are detecting it based on the domain adwaresucks.com (how else would they be detecting it?) all you really have to do is put it on a different domain.

Each of us is going to have to host it on our own domains. And yes, they'll eventually get a list of domains that are doing it together & pop-up the anti-ad every time a user goes to those domains, but they won't get every domain if everyone uses a different one

Yes, this will take time on our parts & yes, it does seem like work you've already done, but think of the workload they'll have surfing around to all our sites seeing if the ad pops up

[virgohippy]

How about a speedy redirect with htaccess that's set to point to one of many recently designated "info" pages?

Kind of a shame this is turning into a pissing match. As they adapt, we're forced to do so. Seems to me fighting with these people with code, and web tricks seems like a battle of wasted efforts. We need to fight them on a level on which they can't easily compete.

Find something in their documentation and harass them legally through the judicial system... maybe even a class action lawsuit for stolen revenues?

[tickler]

Originally Posted by Greenie

I've already come up with a possible solution - assuming they are detecting it based on the domain adwaresucks.com (how else would they be detecting it?) all you really have to do is put it on a different domain.

Each of us is going to have to host it on our own domains. And yes, they'll eventually get a list of domains that are doing it together & pop-up the anti-ad every time a user goes to those domains, but they won't get every domain if everyone uses a different one

Yes, this will take time on our parts & yes, it does seem like work you've already done, but think of the workload they'll have surfing around to all our sites seeing if the ad pops up

you have a PM with some code to look at! Figured I would let you take a look before I posted it.