Bunch of new thiefware testing 4 U

[Useless]

Does a Zango pop-up at a site mean that that particular domain is somehow sponsoring that pop? Or does it mean that the scumware is targetting that domain for some other reason?

[tickler]

Maybe both, or maybe they are popping because of a sponsor link on the page.

Apparently Hoes isn't the only LL/TGP that it is happening on.

Until sponsors put in place backend checks for this shit, canning individual affiliates using it isn't going to accomplish much.

I believe there is a way for sponsors to get on an excluded list also, so perps can't send traffic to their sites, or use their trademarks/domains.

Remember these low lifes can even steal your typein/SERP traffic, thus causing you to payout to them, what should have been 100% profit signups.

[walrus]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Does a Zango pop-up at a site mean that that particular domain is somehow sponsoring that pop? Or does it mean that the scumware is targetting that domain for some other reason?

Anyone willing to pay the price can purchase keywords from them. So I could target my keywords for any domain and basicly redirect the traffic from them.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by walrus

Anyone willing to pay the price can purchase keywords from them. So I could target my keywords for any domain and basicly redirect the traffic from them.

So basically, scumbags are purchasing popular free porn site names, like Hoes, Tommy's, etc, in order to steal their traffic through Zango infected browsers. And the surfers getting the pop-ups are going to naturally assume that it is Marc and/or Tommy producing those pops, since they appear at their sites. Fucking wonderful. Any one of us could be falling victim to this type of keyword theft and we wouldn't even know it.

[walrus]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

So basically, scumbags are purchasing popular free porn site names, like Hoes, Tommy's, etc, in order to steal their traffic through Zango infected browsers. And the surfers getting the pop-ups are going to naturally assume that it is Marc and/or Tommy producing those pops, since they appear at their sites. Fucking wonderful. Any one of us could be falling victim to this type of keyword theft and we wouldn't even know it.

Yep and what is even worse....they are being trained that popups and crap is normal and something that you just got to live with rather than realizing some scum sucking dirtbag has infected their computers with something that could actually be very dangerous.

Or worse they actually buy into the "voluntary install" crap and actually believe that this is a service to them and not a huge disservice.

[Jim]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

So basically, scumbags are purchasing popular free porn site names, like Hoes, Tommy's, etc, in order to steal their traffic through Zango infected browsers. And the surfers getting the pop-ups are going to naturally assume that it is Marc and/or Tommy producing those pops, since they appear at their sites. Fucking wonderful. Any one of us could be falling victim to this type of keyword theft and we wouldn't even know it.

I never thought of using zango for buying free site keywords. And I don't think anyone is really doing that yet. Of course, I would imagine a free site keyword would still be cheap at this moment.

Just as an example, adwaresucks is getting about 180k unique visitors/month. And it doesn't seem to be dropping.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Jim

I never thought of using zango for buying free site keywords. And I don't think anyone is really doing that yet. Of course, I would imagine a free site keyword would still be cheap at this moment.

I don't mean free sites as in the kind we submit to link lists. I meant BIG free porn link sites like Tommy's, Hoes, and the LOR. That zoo thread reported Zango pops on Hoes and Tommy's, which I assume means that some scumbag has purchased those domains as keywords.

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

I don't mean free sites as in the kind we submit to link lists. I meant BIG free porn link sites like Tommy's, Hoes, and the LOR. That zoo thread reported Zango pops on Hoes and Tommy's, which I assume means that some scumbag has purchased those domains as keywords.

Yep, that's what I got out of that thread too UW. They are bidding on popular site names... And some are then selling that traffic back to us.