"You will be paid .60 every time an English speaking user from your site downloads a Screensaver or Wallpaper and accepts our useful toolbar. "
EDIT:::
Comet Systems, Inc., 143 Varick Street, NY, NY 10013, is the same address.
Now this is the place that has 302 redirects to some of my sites and they haven't responded to requests to remove them. Now check the address on the screensavers.com site
Screensavers, 143 Varick Street, NY, NY 10013
Its Mr A solomon who's not responded to several emails from me.
Server Response:
http:/ /www.cometzone.com/handlers/l...co.uk&lid=1864
Status: HTTP/1.1 302 Object moved
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Now .60 isn't bad for giving something away BUT what does their useful toolbar do?
When you go to download something you get "Please read our plain English license agreement and click "Next" to agree and start downloading the security tune-up, toolbar, and Screensaver."
Now I know most people wouldn't bother reading any agreement
"BY CLICKING ON THE "NEXT" OR "YES" BUTTON, YOU AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THESE LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR YOUR USE OF EITHER OR BOTH OF: THE SCREENSAVERS.COM INSTALLER SOFTWARE AND ONE OF THESE PRODUCTS:
realarcade.com
oberongames.com
winferno.com
IN ADDITION, IF THE SELECTION BOX FOR THE SCREENSAVERS.COM TOOLBAR IS CHECKED WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE "NEXT" BUTTON, YOU ADDITONALLY AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THESE LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR YOUR USE OF THE SCREENSAVERS.COM TOOLBAR SOFTWARE
THE SCREENSAVERS.COM INSTALLER SOFTWARE IS REQUIRED TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL SCREENSAVERS AND WALLPAPER FROM THE SCREENSAVERS.COM WEBSITE.
IN ADDITION, THE SCREENSAVERS.COM INSTALLER SOFTWARE WILL (1) PLACE NEW INTERNET SHORTCUTS FOR AMERICA ONLINE OR NETSCAPE ISP ON YOUR DESKTOP, IN YOUR START MENU, AND IN YOUR BROWSER’S FAVORITES, AND/OR (2) REFRESH APPLICATION SHORTCUTS THAT MAY ALREADY BE PRESENT ON YOUR COMPUTER FOR AMERICA ONLINE.
THE SCREENSAVERS.COM TOOLBAR SOFTWARE IS A CUSTOMIZABLE BROWSER TOOLBAR WHICH PROVIDES YOU WITH (1) ONE-CLICK ACCESS TO THE CONTENT AND FEATURES OF SCREENSAVERS.COM, (2) EASY ACCESS TO SEARCH RESULTS FROM YAHOO!, (3) RELEVANT RELATED LINKS AND SEARCH RESULTS IN RESPONSE TO SEARCHES CONDUCTED AT SEARCH ENGINES, SEARCHES CONDUCTED THROUGH THE BROWSER ADDRESS BAR, AND MISSPELLED OR INCORRECTLY FORMATTED BROWSER ADDRESS REQUESTS, AND (4) COMPARITIVE TRAVEL FARES FROM ORBITZ WHEN YOU SEARCH FOR TRAVEL FARES ON POPULAR TRAVEL WEBSITES.
THE SCREENSAVERS.COM INSTALLER AND SCREENSAVERS.COM TOOLBAR HAVE NO SPYWARE AND NO REGISTRATION OR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED FOR USE. "
For a start its all in caps which I know puts people off reading it.
To be honest I can't say I'd like my site visitors having this toolbar installed.
Am I just being overfussy?
Do merchants mind if you write a 3 page guide to removing their toolbar?
Will you be promoting this? I don't think I will.