Best thing to do when a sponsor goes belly up or just stops paying?

hincapie · 2010-08-05, 01:04 PM

Might depend how they close as well - if they go out of business, close the sites and disappear - youre not likely to be hit by a DMCA. If theyre just not crediting anymore, it might be more risky...so yeah, 404 prolly isnt so dumb on second thought, though that might piss of alot of people linking/listing etc...

Cleo · 2010-08-05, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by hincapie

404 prolly isnt so dumb on second thought, though that might piss of alot of people linking/listing etc...

I can't speak for others but these days I just delete the stuff that went 404 each morning.

The only thing that would piss my off is if someone left the index page up on a free site and deleted the sub pages since my bot wouldn't catch that.

Although on my own stuff I've started putting up a 404 page that explains that the page is missing hoping that I don't piss off anyone.

View Poll Results: What do you do when a sponsor goes belly up or just stops paying
Delete and 404 the promo	4	16.67%
Do a search and replace of your sponsor code	18	75.00%
Leave the stuff up and continue sending traffic to the sponsor	0	0%
Something else, please post what it is	2	8.33%
Voters: 24. You may not vote on this poll

2010-08-05, 01:04 PM	#1
hincapie You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cyprus Posts: 963	Might depend how they close as well - if they go out of business, close the sites and disappear - youre not likely to be hit by a DMCA. If theyre just not crediting anymore, it might be more risky...so yeah, 404 prolly isnt so dumb on second thought, though that might piss of alot of people linking/listing etc... __________________ Hinc Linklists/TGPs: Adult List Loasex.com