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Don’t Just Blame Affiliates for Belly Fat Ads

Written on
July 11th 2011
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – A weary Internet public sighs in relief. Finally the Federal Trade Commission is coming down on the people responsible for the animated belly fat ads — no more crudely drawn cellulite jiggling above tight jeans! No more images of French newscaster Melissa Theuriau (who reportedly didn’t know her [...] more...

DOJ Investigating Google Over Rogue Pharmacy Ads

Written on
May 13th 2011
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Google didn’t much feel like talking about the $500 million charge it listed on a U.S. Securities Exchange Committee filing as being set aside for a settlement with the Justice Department over advertising practices. But The Wall Street Journal got some insiders to squeal: the DOJ investigation is looking [...] more...

DigitalMoses: CPA Network… No, CPC!

Written on
May 6th 2011
Author
DM Confidential

DM CONFIDENTIAL: Performance marketing has always been about that — performance — which explains why historically, those servicing the sector, e.g., networks and aggregators focused on the furthest point along the funnel, namely a lead or a sale. It was a point of differentiation, and it lowered the risk as [...] more...

DigitalMoses: Flogs and Farticles — The Crackdown Begins

Written on
April 21st 2011
Author
DM Confidential

DM CONFIDENTIAL – On what has historically been tax day, April 15, the FTC sought to impose a tax of its own, this time against those associated with fake blogs and fake news sites. Last year, we said that it was not a matter of if but when the FTC would [...] more...

Affiliate Marketing Garners FTC’s Concern

Written on
January 15th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Jon Leibowitz entered the position of Federal Trade Commission chairman with three priorities: privacy, poverty and health. According to FTC Northeast Region Director Leonard Gordon, who spoke to a packed conference room at the offices of marketing and advertising firm Venable LLP yesterday, the FTC is focused on [...] more...

World of Free – Lay of the Land

Written on
June 1st 2009
Author
DM Confidential

DM CONFIDENTIAL — Admittedly, we still don’t understand what the “1 Simple Rule” being touted by many flogvertisers actually is. Every time we see the line, “1 Rule to Weightloss: Obey” or its related iterations, all we think of is Andre the Giant Has A Posse instead of the “miraculous” combination [...] more...

Bride of Flogenstein

Written on
April 29th 2009
Author
DM Confidential

DM CONFIDENTIAL — Some what out of necessity, the fake blogs have started to grow-up. While still a confusing mess, two types of players seem strongest – those attempting to buy on slightly more premium inventory, i.e. non-self service, and the duck and weave arb boxers. The latter continues to find [...] more...



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Take the Display Advertising Survey for the Chance to Win a Jawbone Jambox!ADOTAS – Industry discussions about cookies, privacy and the impact on display advertising have been frequent — and, in some [...] more...

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