Re: Search400 blackmail? Webwasher banners!

Jerome:
Thanks for the tip, I am downloading now.  I guess I can put up with a few
more Synapse plugs <VBG>
CJG

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jerome Draper <jdraper@wco.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: Search400 blackmail? Webwasher banners!


>Yes, sounds like BM to me but banners suck anyway.
>
>I use and recommend Web Washer as an add-in to my browser that eliminates
>banner ads from browsing completely.  I never see them so I don't know if
>they are there or not.  BTW, my browser runs faster too.  Greatest thing
>since sliced bread but doesn't make advertisers happy.
>
>Free Webwasher can be downloaded from:
>
>http://www.siemens.de/servers/wwash/wwash_us.htm
>
>Jerry
>
>At 03:10 PM 12/15/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>>I'd be interested in any other software vendors opinion of this item
>>received from Search400. Bear in mind that our company is a search400
>>customer - we place banner ads with them. Does this not sound like a
>>form of blackmail?
>>
>>>Search400.com has had vendors approach us about buying search keywords
>>>that are their competitors' company name or product name.  Here's a
>>>fictional example --  Microsoft might buy the keywords "IBM" and
>>>"AS/400" so that all user searches on these terms will result in a
>>>Microsoft banner above Web results relevant to IBM and AS/400.
>>
>>>This is not an uncommon occurrance on other search engines.  For
>>>example, Yahoo regularly sells keyword banners associated with company
>>>names to either the company or their competitors.
>>
>>>Before we begin to accept these orders, we want to offer you the
>>>opportunity to lock up the keywords for the name of your company and
>>>products.  We've developed a special vendor keyword package where you
>>>can buy your company name and three of your company's product names for
>>>only $250 per month. This special is effective until December 31st.
>>
>>>If you're interested in taking advantage of this special offer please
>>>call me or reply to this email.  We will not accept any insertion
>>>orders for competitive "keyword" names until January.
>>
>
>
>Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
>Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to the AS/400
>Representing Synapse, Apple, IBM, UDS, Nlynx, MI, Perle, Netsoft, etc.
>(415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com
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