Is this stealing traffic?

abe · 2004-03-11, 05:19 AM

Hi all. I wonder what you think about this.

First of all, "stealing" might be a big word for what it is, but I don't find any better.

Yesterday I used a sponsor for the 1st time on a gallery to Pichunter. When I tested the sponsor code from my PC, there was no problem.
But, after a couple of houres, I tested the code again from the gallery on Pichunter itself. And to my surprise I was redirected to a different site (in the same niche and in my mothertongue). Apparently the sponsor in question is geotargetting the traffic I send him.
The new site also disabled the back button on the browser.

I didn't like this. My point of view is that, as long as the surfer is not on the site I promess he will go to, the traffic is still mine.
I immediately deleted the gallery on Pichunter.

I don't want to bash on the sponsor. It's his business model. I only would have preferred if he would have mentioned the geotargetting thing somewhere.
Perhaps and probably the sponsor would pay me for possible su's. I don't know. I sent him an email but didn't got any answer yet.

I would like to ask what you think about this. Is my point of view old fashioned or too idealistic or even completely wrong? Should I adapt it?

2004-03-11, 05:19 AM	#1
abe Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Belgium Posts: 99	Is this stealing traffic? Hi all. I wonder what you think about this. First of all, "stealing" might be a big word for what it is, but I don't find any better. Yesterday I used a sponsor for the 1st time on a gallery to Pichunter. When I tested the sponsor code from my PC, there was no problem. But, after a couple of houres, I tested the code again from the gallery on Pichunter itself. And to my surprise I was redirected to a different site (in the same niche and in my mothertongue). Apparently the sponsor in question is geotargetting the traffic I send him. The new site also disabled the back button on the browser. I didn't like this. My point of view is that, as long as the surfer is not on the site I promess he will go to, the traffic is still mine. I immediately deleted the gallery on Pichunter. I don't want to bash on the sponsor. It's his business model. I only would have preferred if he would have mentioned the geotargetting thing somewhere. Perhaps and probably the sponsor would pay me for possible su's. I don't know. I sent him an email but didn't got any answer yet. I would like to ask what you think about this. Is my point of view old fashioned or too idealistic or even completely wrong? Should I adapt it?