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Originally Posted by theharvman
We are not trying to tie anyones hands we are trying to control our brand to the best of our ability. There is nothing preventing Affiliates from promoting any of the other 600+ girls we have on our site. This is simply Trademark issue.
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Doing a search for Jesse Jane and Digital Playground on Google, there's only 1 paid result (from Canada). So there is no way to bid in position 3+ or higher. Its a ridiculous change to the ToS to force webmasters to not bid in the top 3 spots, especially when there aren't 3 spots worth of placements.
With a restriction like this, there's only 2 things a webmaster can do: 1) Stop bidding on your TM terms and pick other terms or 2) Bid on them and send the traffic to a different affiliate program that has the models in their tours/members areas. Guess which one webmasters would rather do...
You're a smart guy Harvey, especially in the mobile space, and I know you have to maintain this position for your employer, but really, this move is going to make your PPC webmasters leave DP. Take it from someone who knows the PPC/SEO market inside and out, this move will see a drop in your PPC traffic and not just on your TM'd terms but all pornstar traffic in general that WM's are buying on behalf of your brand.
WG