Comments on: Double Standards On The Beach http://www.pfft.co.uk/2008/08/double-standards-on-the-beach/ Chris Clarkson - Just another Affiliate Manager Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:33:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.pfft.co.uk/2008/08/double-standards-on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Mark Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:02:15 +0000 http://www.pfft.co.uk/?p=18#comment-71 They are still there with an ad on the keyword 'sunshine' .. with the same sunshine.co.uk stuffed / targeted advert. They are still there with an ad on the keyword ’sunshine’ .. with the same sunshine.co.uk stuffed / targeted advert.

]]> By: Chris Clarkson http://www.pfft.co.uk/2008/08/double-standards-on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Chris Clarkson Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:21:19 +0000 http://www.pfft.co.uk/?p=18#comment-70 Gary - I'm guessing you're going to be rushing to add them to RHR then :P Fingers crossed it looks like the ad has disappeared for now. Gary – I’m guessing you’re going to be rushing to add them to RHR then :P

Fingers crossed it looks like the ad has disappeared for now.

]]> By: Gary http://www.pfft.co.uk/2008/08/double-standards-on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Gary Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:58:49 +0000 http://www.pfft.co.uk/?p=18#comment-69 We had a similar problem with this lot recently, but Google came down firmly on their side. They still run ads with Real Holiday Reports in etc, yet when I started some with 'On The Beach' in, Google ruled I'd infringed their copyright. I argued for a few weeks that 'On the beach' was a generic term, but they wouldn't have it. We can't even use the words 'On the beach' in the description of any of our ads. We had a similar problem with this lot recently, but Google came down firmly on their side.
They still run ads with Real Holiday Reports in etc, yet when I started some with ‘On The Beach’ in, Google ruled I’d infringed their copyright.
I argued for a few weeks that ‘On the beach’ was a generic term, but they wouldn’t have it.
We can’t even use the words ‘On the beach’ in the description of any of our ads.

]]> By: David Fiske http://www.pfft.co.uk/2008/08/double-standards-on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-68 David Fiske Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:55:43 +0000 http://www.pfft.co.uk/?p=18#comment-68 Agree with shane and Jason. Unethical IMO. It would be childish to enter a match of doing to them what they do to you but it's better than a kick in the teeth. Any merit in contacting Google? Agree with shane and Jason. Unethical IMO. It would be childish to enter a match of doing to them what they do to you but it’s better than a kick in the teeth.

Any merit in contacting Google?

]]> By: Looking for batman insurance http://www.pfft.co.uk/2008/08/double-standards-on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Looking for batman insurance Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:32:51 +0000 http://www.pfft.co.uk/?p=18#comment-67 Oh Chris you do whine) We have the same problem with lots of our partners unfortunately. They bid on our brands and ask us not to bid on theirs. Two months ago we just started bidding on everyones as we got bored of playing the nice guy. They are all still paying us and oddly they stopped complaining.....strange once we told them we were sick of catching them. Use <a href="http://www.brandwatcher.com/" rel="nofollow">brandwatcher</a> and you will see all the dirty stuff going on....... Doug Oh Chris you do whine)

We have the same problem with lots of our partners unfortunately. They bid on our brands and ask us not to bid on theirs. Two months ago we just started bidding on everyones as we got bored of playing the nice guy.

They are all still paying us and oddly they stopped complaining…..strange once we told them we were sick of catching them.

Use brandwatcher and you will see all the dirty stuff going on…….

Doug

]]> By: shane http://www.pfft.co.uk/2008/08/double-standards-on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-66 shane Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:23:32 +0000 http://www.pfft.co.uk/?p=18#comment-66 Yikes.. wonder if they could cram your brand name in there any more ? they can't really say it's a mistake, that's blatant attempt to mislead users to click their listing. 1) your.co.uk in title when search term isn't that 2) subdomain of "sunshine" 3) sunshine.co.uk in adcopy keywords aren't there by dynamic insertion so it's a specific adgroup directed at sunshine.co.uk word of advice for onthebeach "do unto others as you would have done to you" and also.. check out how big the guy you could be annoying is ! Yikes.. wonder if they could cram your brand name in there any more ? they can’t really say it’s a mistake, that’s blatant attempt to mislead users to click their listing.

1) your.co.uk in title when search term isn’t that
2) subdomain of “sunshine”
3) sunshine.co.uk in adcopy

keywords aren’t there by dynamic insertion so it’s a specific adgroup directed at sunshine.co.uk

word of advice for onthebeach “do unto others as you would have done to you”

and also.. check out how big the guy you could be annoying is !

]]> By: Happy http://www.pfft.co.uk/2008/08/double-standards-on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Happy Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:11:58 +0000 http://www.pfft.co.uk/?p=18#comment-65 Mine too! Mine too!

]]> By: Jason http://www.pfft.co.uk/2008/08/double-standards-on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Jason Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:00:39 +0000 http://www.pfft.co.uk/?p=18#comment-64 If they're using the url in the advert as you have posted above, I'd say that was highly questionable in terms of "passing off" - it's misleading most certainly and any clever legal person might be able to advise you on whether you have cause to kick some butt. If they’re using the url in the advert as you have posted above, I’d say that was highly questionable in terms of “passing off” – it’s misleading most certainly and any clever legal person might be able to advise you on whether you have cause to kick some butt.

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