LA Times contacts Spyware advertisers

Rich · 11-05-05

Intresting article from the LA times: - http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...or9may09.story

Quote:

Until this month, Commission Junction's 70,000 affiliates included 180Solutions and a firm called Exact Advertising, which makes a "Bargain Buddy" pop-up that has been installed through a security flaw in Web browsers. Bargain Buddy recently carried ads for 1,000 merchants, including Dell Inc., British Airways and Gap Inc.

After The Times asked about the practices of Exact Advertising and 180Solutions, Commission Junction said it was going to stop doing business with both.

This doesn't quite tie in with what CJ told me over two months ago that using 180 was against the Code of Conduct (link). Although I've asked a few times this has never been publicly announced to publishers so people are probably still using them without knowing its agains the COC.

Azam.net · 05-06-05

Thanks Rich. Don't know what we'd do without you.

Link doesn't work anymore. Tried doing a few searches at LA Times site, but nothing came up.

Wouldn't believe a word that CJ say, certainly not about spyware. ABestWeb.com has many threads about how they have let affiliates down. Wasted two hours on Friday seeing a solicitor regarding CJ and so not feeling too loving towards them.