We believe that . . . as an industry leader we have to set an example and operate according to ethical principles which are second to none.[/quote]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:PUH-LEASE!!!
If that is true, then why are so many ethically-challenged webmasters promoting 888 via adware, scraping, and blog spamming?
Quote:One of 888’s important marketing channels is our Affiliate Program, which is one of the largest in the global gaming industry. We are very proud of this achievement in the highly competitive affiliate environment and are committed to the highest ethical standards in all its activities.Again with the “ethical standards.” Laughable.
We are very proud of this achievement
888 should be ashamed… not proud.
Quote:No official process of any kind was conducted by ANY authorized party to verify these allegations.Stupid statement of the year. Undeniable, damning facts were presented in various public forums. It doesn’t take a genius (or an “authorized party”) to interpret obvious facts.
Quote:Additionally most of the affiliates who have been singled out for practicing “Immoral” marketing techniques on 888.com’s behalf are providing marketing services to several other large and small online gaming companies. Strangely enough only 888.com was continually accused of working with these affiliates.Strangely enough, this statement is false. Other affiliate programs are being talked to about this, and many of them are taking action when issues are brought to their attention. 888 is the largest offender, though, so it is only logical for 888 to receive the most attention.
Don’t you worry about the “other” programs, 888… focus on your own problems. Other programs are absolutely being looked at, and if these programs decide to adopt 888’s “do nothing” attitude, they too will become rogued and blacklisted.
Quote:It seems resolution is not what the accusations are aimed at achieving but rather damaging 888.com’s hard earned reputation hiding behind anonymous identities as the Web permits.I would love to see a resolution. We have been trying to achieve a resolution for a long, long time. But when you sit there and do absolutely nothing for over a year, it becomes quite clear that 888 is not interested in resolving the issues — it is not the other way around as you would like to have everyone believe.
Quote:Our Affiliate Program has contractual terms that clearly specify our stance against any illegal marketing activity, including “blog spamming” and “site scraping”. All of 888’s affiliates are required to sign and agree to adhere to these contractual terms.If this is true, then why is the internet littered with 888 scraper pages and blog spam? 888 the company was caught blog spamming. How can you enforce anti-blog spamming T&Cs when the parent company engages in this very activity? :banger:
Quote:In a further attempt to clarify our policies, we have also added a notice in our Affiliate Program’s homepage outlining our Ethical Marketing Practices Policy with a link to report any misbehavior of our affiliates.Has anyone tried this yet? Does it work?
Quote:Each and every time we receive a credible allegation that a member of our Affiliate Program has engaged in any sort of illegal or illicit activity we will investigate it thoroughly. If the evidence that is gathered proves wrongdoing there will be decisive action taken, including blocking their affiliate account and suspending all payments, towards the affiliate found in breach of this policySo this is a new thing, I take it? Because for the past year, when complaints were filed, very rarely did anything actually get accomplished. 888 would blame Tradal or some other “marketing partner.” Or 888 would ask for a list of offending URLs (perhaps so that 888 could ask the scraper to remove *only* those pages). Or 888 would take weeks and weeks to respond to an accusation.
Sorry, but I don’t believe you when you say that “there will be decisive action taken, including blocking their affiliate account and suspending all payments, towards the affiliate found in breach of this policy.” Based on my observations, this doesn’t actually happen. Now if this is a “new” policy, and you plan to do this beginning today, then that is great. But I would also wonder why it took such a long time to get this policy in place.
Quote:However, that being said, we will not tolerate baseless accusations by anonymous moderators or members and will take legal action against those who libel 888.It isn’t “libel” if it’s true. Remember that.