Run a Thumb TGP? same thing happening?

**liquidmoe** · 10-01-2003, 10:56 AM

Happens all the time.

**rowan** · 10-01-2003, 10:58 AM

Yes. One of my affiliates runs a large TGP, and I noticed that traffic with his refid was coming from some odd URLs. It turned out that they were sites that ripped off his thumbs and galleries. The refid was preserved so I presume the owners are either idiots, or are using it for pumping TGP traffic - they're hosted galleries so they could have just signed up themselves if they wanted the $...

**rowan** · 10-01-2003, 11:13 AM

One deterrent is to watermark your thumbs with your URL, but the text may not always be sharp because of the jpeg compression. It won't stop the fully automated sites either.

<img src="http://media.sensationcontent.com/rowan/s18g0034.jpg">

**strobi** · 10-01-2003, 11:15 AM

TGP's are know for stealing for one another

Just be one step ahead and you'll do just fine!

**rowan** · 10-01-2003, 08:08 PM

bump

**Jer** · 10-02-2003, 04:48 AM

I've seen many brazilian TGPs with the thumbs copied from other sites, but they keep the hosted gallery affiliate IDs.

**sheldonjuan** · 10-02-2003, 06:24 AM

Originally posted by rowan
One deterrent is to watermark your thumbs with your URL, but the text may not always be sharp because of the jpeg compression. It won't stop the fully automated sites either.

<img src="http://media.sensationcontent.com/rowan/s18g0034.jpg">

is that avril?

Run a Thumb TGP? same thing happening?

Run a Thumb TGP? same thing happening?

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