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Cashing Out: Week of March 1st -7th, 2009 in Online Marketing News

Mar 9, 2009
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Frank Moves to Repeal U.S. Online Gambling Ban

Gambling can be a resource during tough economic times; at least Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank seems to think so. Frank announced he would be pushing legislation in the House to repeal the U.S. ban on online gambling. The repeal of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act would bring in an estimated $52 billion in tax revenue over the next decade.

Ebay Puts New Affiliate Applications on Hold

Eager to become an Ebay affiliate? Well you are out of luck this week since Ebay has put what looks to be a temporary moratorium on new affiliates. The move maybe an indicator that rumors of the company moving away from the PepperJam network are true.

Google Docs Privacy Breach

Google sent out a notification to users of Google Docs that their information may have been inadvertently shared with others unauthorized on the users account. The glitch affects .05% of documents. A troubling breach came on the same week Google announced its launch of a new sharing feature on Google Health. Such lapses in security only emphasize that you should be careful what you share.

Adzilla Hit with Class-Action Lawsuit

In continued fallout from companies like NebuAd using Deep Packet Inspection, the now defunct in the US Adzilla was hit with a class-action lawsuit (pdf) this week. Filed by Joseph Malley and KamberEdelson, the same team who went after NebuAd, the suit alleges that Adzilla and various ISPs violated anti-hacking and anti-wiretapping laws by digging into the contents of customers’ web packets.

Google Looses $721 in Small Claims Court

In a small victory for any AdSense user who has ever had their account mysteriously closed, Aaron Greenspan won a small claims lawsuit against Google for the $721 owed to his company when their account was terminated. The case was filed Santa Clara County courthouse in Palo Alto and was heard on March 2nd. True, more often than not Google often has good reason to permanently close the accounts of users that abuse AdSense through such things as click fraud. However, the methods the company uses to communicate have never been very transparent and honest users should have some means to remedy a mistake.

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  • http://www.pepperjamnetwork.com Kris Jones

    I can confirm that eBay IS NOT removing the eBay program from Pepperjam Network.

    In addition, while eBay does review each publisher application submitted to Pepperjam Network, applications ARE NOT on hold for the eBay Program on PJN.

    As for the eBay Partner Network I can't confirm or deny that applications are on hold there ( we do not manage that program for them like we do the PJN program).

    However, I'm confident in saying that if there is a hold on EPN apps it will be temporary.

    Feel free to contact Mandy Foley – mfoley @ pepperjam.com or Katharine Dempsey – kdempsey @ pepperjam.com if you have any Q's about the eBay program on PJN.

    Kris Jones

    Pepperjam Network

  • http://www.revenews.com Angel Djambazov

    Hi Kris,

    Thank you for the clarification. On our news briefs in Cashing Out we usually don't reach out for comments, so I am glad you took the time to post. The news brief post was spurred by two sources, a post on TinyComb: http://tinycomb.com/2009/03/06/ebay-seals-the-doo… and a related thread on ABestWeb.com: http://forum.abestweb.com/showthread.php?t=116996…

    Angel Djambazov

    Managing Editor

  • http://www.pepperjamnetwork.com Kris Jones

    Angel,

    We appreciate the opportunity to respond.

    As mentioned, the eBay program on PJN continues to accept applicants and we expect a long and prosperous relationship with eBay.

    Anyone interested in joining eBay on PJN or asking any questions can contact one of the managers listed in my initial comment.

    Kris

  • VanceCramer

    I'm not sure why any company would want to associate their good name with ebay's these days. Ebay's reputation, under current CEO, Donahoe, has plummeted to an all time low. Due to his "Disruptive Innovation" scheme against ebay's users, it's shareholders and it's own employees, ebay stock prices have taken an precedented nosedive. Ebay has lost and continues to lose significant portions of it's core marketplaces to it's competitors, which offer fairer and safer trading, such as Amazon and Bonanzle. Donahoe's inept policy changes have decreased the items average selling prices and conversion rates and is responsible for the ongoing decline of ebay's GMV rates. Their policy forcing the majority of members to use Paypal only (owned by ebay) has further reduced trust in the ebay monopoly. With sellers businesses, finances and reputations being ruined by the un-level playing field thrust upon them by ebay's current CEO's callous and misdirected actions, there is plenty of negative press and media coverage circulating to cause any business to think twice about associating themselves with anything "ebay".

  • http://www.relevantlyspeaking.com/2009/03/11/relevantly-speaking-031109/ Relevantly Speaking – March 11, 2009 | Relevantly Speaking

    [...] Revenews is reporting that Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, is looking to overturn the U.S. ban on online gambling. Frank announced he would be pushing legislation in the House to repeal the ban. The repeal of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act would bring in an estimated $52 billion in tax revenue over the next decade. [...]