The information I provided to 888 was modest to say the least. I questioned on a few points I felt where revelant in order to move forward. I provided them with 50% of their property domains, one scraper, one unethical practice and a software question.
I feel sharing is important, I feel scattering sheep amongst wolves is the wrong approach.
Here is the email the only thing I am omitting is the name I used.
Hello Peter,
We understood (from the forum) that you haven’t revived this email, and I am therefore re-sending it. Kindly read below.
Please note that our reply was on the 8th of July.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if any further information is needed
Thanks and best regards
Ben (Ze’ev) Foux
Director of Affiliate general support
T +972-3-7103751
F +972-3-5606507
From: VIP Affiliates [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: ש 08 יולי 2006 17:06
To: ‘peter ‘
Subject: RE: greek39 questions
Hello Peter,
My name is Ben Foux and I am the director of the affiliate program support at 888.com group.
1. 888.com is strictly against any advertising in children’s sites. Please do not hesitate to report us such matters, as we are very strict in this issue. The site you have mentioned (xxxroulettewinning.com) is not a children toys company, but a parked domain in Fabulous.com, which was assigned by mistake a “toy” template. This mistake has been fixed now.
2. None of 888.com client software has adware in it. Obviously, our client is communicating to our servers data relevant to the game and user status, but this is defiantly not an adware. (One possibility I can think of is that AceClub.com Casino client was confused with ours as both files are called casino.exe)
3. The affiliate that you have mentioned (the owner of xxxwww.money-poker-club.info[/url]) was indeed blocked, but this is the only action we can do. We do not have control over the site.
4. As for the long partial list of 888.com group’s sites, could you be more specific and explain what was wrong with these sites?
Please do not hesitate to contact me if any further information is needed.
Thanks and best regards
Ben (Ze’ev) Foux
Director of Affiliate general support
T +972-3-7103751
F +972-3-5606507
From: peter
Sent: ה 06 יולי 2006 04:47
To: [email protected]
Subject: greek39 questions
Provided is a parial list of 888.com properties. This will be my first installment on what I believe will be a ongoing journey of discovery. Perhaps 888.com has been misinformed by your seo experts.
1. Almost all carry the same title tag and decription then redirect to 888.com
For example Search on Google for “wagerguide.com” the result I receive is the following:
The World’s No.1 Online Casino & Online Poker Room – 888.com888 Casino-on-Net is The Best, Largest and Most Trusted Online Casino in The World. Enjoy Gambling Casino Online Games!
xxxwww.wagerguide.com/ – 7k – Cached – Similar pages
You may want ask Google if this sort of marketing lies within their guidelines. I personally think it does not.
2. Do you think this is appropriate http://xxxwww.roulettewinning.com/ selling childrens toys while at the same time selling gambling?
3.Adware-Casino-on-Net is an online gambling adware program. The adware collects personal information including your name and e-mail address, address, telephone number, debit/credit card data and lifestyle and other information collected on registration or through surveys. These information may be disclosed for processing to third party advisers or contractors. Many sites accuse 888.com of such vandalism. Makes me wonder, I am in the process of going through your software.
4. Why is the scrapers already mentioned on CAP still promoting your brand?
For instance this Url xxxmoney-poker-club.info in the past it has scraped many sites.
I personally feel there multiple domains owned by 888 do not follow Google’s policies and guidelines. greek39