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The Hun · 06-30-2004, 01:26 AM

I was checking sites today when I came across a blind banner by SexTracker:

Well, no news there...

Clicking it brought me to http://start.sextracker.com/Pornstars/ which has the text 'FREE XXX DOWNLOAD! NO BULLSHIT - FREE HARDCORE DOWNLOAD! NO CREDITCARD NEEDED'. The instant you click the FREE download you'll be hammered with a dialer that doesn't take 'no' for an answer. I always thought advertising a dialer (that charges a lot of money) is advertised with 'FREE XXX DOWNLOAD' was a big no-no. Also, a dialer that doesn't take the simple two letter word 'no' for an answer. VERY annoying.

In detail... I click the 'FREE XXX DOWNLOAD' and get the FCI dialer right away. Obviously I click 'no'. I get a popup after that: 'You must click "yes" to continue'. HELLOOOHOOO!! BULLSHIT! A stupid, cheap attempt to make people click yes... I click 'ok' on the popup and get the dialer again. I click 'no' and get a page with blind thumbs and movies, all linked to the dialer. Many people will be fooled by those still. A blind thumb is NOT a decent way to promote a dialer... Also, there are no charges shown before the dialer is installed. In much of Europe such thing is ILLEGAL... I'm pretty sure this mtree-dialer works in the Netherlands for instance though...

Anyway, I click 'back' in an attempt to return to where I came from. Unfortunate I don't go 'back'... instead I go to http://www.mtreexxx.net/cpd/?cat=5&w...s=1+317632+the and get another dialer load. I close the dialer and check the text. 'More Free XXX Movies' linking directly to the dialer, 'Free XXX Movie Archives' linking directly to the dialer, 'Free XXX Image Archives' linking directly to the dialer. The site is titled 'Today's FREE XXX DOWNLOADS'... well... every single link on that site goes direcly to a dialer which is far from FREE... Might even be a nice case for the FTC to check out...

By now I know clicking 'back' doesn't work (ok, to make the story complete I did try more than once, came across more 'free download'-promises that linked straight to the dialer). I close the window...

I get http://www.freepicturepage.com/index.html pop up... It's a TGP, or at least it's supposed to look like that. On top of the site are blind thumbs to downloaddollars.com which start loading a dialer once you click 'em. And then, after the trades, the TGP starts...

If this is how they want to do business, fine, and I must admit that being on SexTracker is a good option for me to show advertisers the kind of traffic we draw. I know it has been good for my business. I know I send a little under 2000 people a day to that page and I have extra text on there to tell people sextracker is a counter. On other sites they're promoted with blind links like the one of top of this header.

I'm considering (as I did before) to no longer allow sextracker on galleries posted on The Hun. Surfers are tricked into installing and running dialers. Dialers are not a problem, as long as it's clear to the consumer what it is and that it's definately NOT free. These tactics are definately a blunt attempt to mislead consumers, which is why I don't want to link to it... Also, the fact that people are trapped and as a bonus a popup to another TGP is shown makes me post this here.

Now, some will be temped to say 'take this up with SexTracker'... I did. More than once. With obviously no result. I will have to take stronger measures. If there are good counters out there that don't have these tricks behind 'em let me know here, and I'll forward people that submit a sextracker counter on a gallery to a page with alternatives. I can not accept this much longer. It goes against pretty much everything The Hun stands for.

06-30-2004, 01:26 AM
The Hun Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,207	sextracker VERY close from getting blacklisted on The Hun's I was checking sites today when I came across a blind banner by SexTracker: Well, no news there... Clicking it brought me to http://start.sextracker.com/Pornstars/ which has the text 'FREE XXX DOWNLOAD! NO BULLSHIT - FREE HARDCORE DOWNLOAD! NO CREDITCARD NEEDED'. The instant you click the FREE download you'll be hammered with a dialer that doesn't take 'no' for an answer. I always thought advertising a dialer (that charges a lot of money) is advertised with 'FREE XXX DOWNLOAD' was a big no-no. Also, a dialer that doesn't take the simple two letter word 'no' for an answer. VERY annoying. In detail... I click the 'FREE XXX DOWNLOAD' and get the FCI dialer right away. Obviously I click 'no'. I get a popup after that: 'You must click "yes" to continue'. HELLOOOHOOO!! BULLSHIT! A stupid, cheap attempt to make people click yes... I click 'ok' on the popup and get the dialer again. I click 'no' and get a page with blind thumbs and movies, all linked to the dialer. Many people will be fooled by those still. A blind thumb is NOT a decent way to promote a dialer... Also, there are no charges shown before the dialer is installed. In much of Europe such thing is ILLEGAL... I'm pretty sure this mtree-dialer works in the Netherlands for instance though... Anyway, I click 'back' in an attempt to return to where I came from. Unfortunate I don't go 'back'... instead I go to http://www.mtreexxx.net/cpd/?cat=5&w...s=1+317632+the and get another dialer load. I close the dialer and check the text. 'More Free XXX Movies' linking directly to the dialer, 'Free XXX Movie Archives' linking directly to the dialer, 'Free XXX Image Archives' linking directly to the dialer. The site is titled 'Today's FREE XXX DOWNLOADS'... well... every single link on that site goes direcly to a dialer which is far from FREE... Might even be a nice case for the FTC to check out... By now I know clicking 'back' doesn't work (ok, to make the story complete I did try more than once, came across more 'free download'-promises that linked straight to the dialer). I close the window... I get http://www.freepicturepage.com/index.html pop up... It's a TGP, or at least it's supposed to look like that. On top of the site are blind thumbs to downloaddollars.com which start loading a dialer once you click 'em. And then, after the trades, the TGP starts... If this is how they want to do business, fine, and I must admit that being on SexTracker is a good option for me to show advertisers the kind of traffic we draw. I know it has been good for my business. I know I send a little under 2000 people a day to that page and I have extra text on there to tell people sextracker is a counter. On other sites they're promoted with blind links like the one of top of this header. I'm considering (as I did before) to no longer allow sextracker on galleries posted on The Hun. Surfers are tricked into installing and running dialers. Dialers are not a problem, as long as it's clear to the consumer what it is and that it's definately NOT free. These tactics are definately a blunt attempt to mislead consumers, which is why I don't want to link to it... Also, the fact that people are trapped and as a bonus a popup to another TGP is shown makes me post this here. Now, some will be temped to say 'take this up with SexTracker'... I did. More than once. With obviously no result. I will have to take stronger measures. If there are good counters out there that don't have these tricks behind 'em let me know here, and I'll forward people that submit a sextracker counter on a gallery to a page with alternatives. I can not accept this much longer. It goes against pretty much everything The Hun stands for.