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  • polish_aristocrat
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Jul 2002
    • 40377

    #1

    ARS is now redirecting traffic from old links to Platinum Bucks.

    I hope Platinum Bucks aren't shaving

    Anyway, I am not so much concerned about it since i don't have many links to ARS now, but I know many webmasters are really worried about the recent changes.

    Best luck to ARS, I hope they find the best solution to make the most from the old links for both them and their loyal webmasters.
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  • IPK
    Confirmed User
    • Sep 2003
    • 4209

    #2
    yeah i just went out of my way to change all my old links. i'm sending that traffic to topbucks now.
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    • riosluts
      Confirmed User
      • Sep 2003
      • 5250

      #3
      which links are you talking about. the oral lovers, hardcore digital, ones. Ive noticed that and i get like 7 cents per click. but my surfers goes to popup hell

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      • strobi
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        • Nov 2002
        • 7383

        #4
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        • cluck
          Confirmed User
          • Dec 2002
          • 5248

          #5
          I noticed there's some galleries up on places like madthumbs for cutegirlfriend that are redirecting to pb sites.
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          • bluff
            Too lazy to set a custom title
            • Jan 2004
            • 6253

            #6
            Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
            I hope Platinum Bucks aren't shaving

            Anyway, I am not so much concerned about it since i don't have many links to ARS now, but I know many webmasters are really worried about the recent changes.

            Best luck to ARS, I hope they find the best solution to make the most from the old links for both them and their loyal webmasters.
            that is crazy! I thought they'd only use their FMAO SE.

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            • Paparazzi
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2002
              • 3488

              #7
              Originally posted by bluff
              that is crazy! I thought they'd only use their FMAO SE.
              yeah I thought so too. If they didn't have a matching site in their current listing they send your traffic for their ppc se. Thanks ars for redirecting my old links to pb sites with like 10 pop ups and not informing your webmasters first. Time to remove my links...

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              • IPK
                Confirmed User
                • Sep 2003
                • 4209

                #8
                Originally posted by Paparazzi
                yeah I thought so too. If they didn't have a matching site in their current listing they send your traffic for their ppc se. Thanks ars for redirecting my old links to pb sites with like 10 pop ups and not informing your webmasters first. Time to remove my links...
                yeah they should have given more notice
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                • Axeman
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2004
                  • 5201

                  #9
                  The thing that sucks most is the excessive consoles that Platinum pops.

                  I switched out most of my links already, still looking for a few stragglers.

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                  • TheSwed
                    Confirmed User
                    • Feb 2004
                    • 3483

                    #10
                    Go and sign up 4 ARS4REAL and send your traffic to them insted
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                    • IPK
                      Confirmed User
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 4209

                      #11
                      Originally posted by TheSwed
                      Go and sign up 4 ARS4REAL and send your traffic to them insted
                      Check my sig
                      We're talking about the traffic redirected from old ARS sites. Therefore, we're already signed up for ARS4REAL. You got to be fucking kidding.

                      That and your sig is too big.
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                      • tootie
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jun 2003
                        • 6041

                        #12
                        ARS is paying $25 per signup for these redirects, plus you STILL get credit for FMAO on the exits. This is a good thing.


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                        • Paparazzi
                          Confirmed User
                          • Mar 2002
                          • 3488

                          #13
                          Originally posted by tootie
                          ARS is paying $25 per signup for these redirects, plus you STILL get credit for FMAO on the exits. This is a good thing.
                          Ohhhh really?! You missed the part that ars makes $40 per signup, so this means a $15 profit for every fucking signup WE are sending them. If I want to promote platinum bucks I do it with my codes and make $35-40 instead...

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                          • IPK
                            Confirmed User
                            • Sep 2003
                            • 4209

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Paparazzi
                            Ohhhh really?! You missed the part that ars makes $40 per signup, so this means a $15 profit for every fucking signup WE are sending them. If I want to promote platinum bucks I do it with my codes and make $35-40 instead...
                            Yeah seriously. It doesn't even make any sense. Just send the traffic there directly. Or at least to another sponsor like topbucks.
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                            • The Other Steve
                              Confirmed User
                              • Dec 2001
                              • 2106

                              #15
                              Originally posted by IPK


                              Yeah seriously. It doesn't even make any sense. Just send the traffic there directly. Or at least to another sponsor like topbucks.
                              For some women it makes perfect sense - it's what they call feminine logic.

                              I bet she's blonde too.
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                              • IPK
                                Confirmed User
                                • Sep 2003
                                • 4209

                                #16
                                Originally posted by The Other Steve


                                For some women it makes perfect sense - it's what they call feminine logic.

                                I bet she's blonde too.
                                hehe yeah, i'll agree with that.
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                                • tootie
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jun 2003
                                  • 6041

                                  #17
                                  Paparazzi, there are a couple of points that you're missing, though. First, there are a ton of people who have hundreds or thousands of links that they don't have time to change or can't because they might get banned from TGPs, etc. FMAO wasn't making anyone much, so ARS had to find an opion fast. Now you're getting $25 per signup instead of nothing.

                                  Secondly, yes, ARS is making some money in the deal. Maybe they are making $15 a signup, maybe not. Whatever. I'm sure they made a hell of a lot more money than that per signup before. If not, they wouldn't be in business very long. I doubt Platinum Bucks is giving them recurring like they had before.

                                  ARS is trying to do what's best for everyone, and getting these signups is better than getting a few cents here and there from FMAO.


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                                  • The Other Steve
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Dec 2001
                                    • 2106

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by tootie


                                    ARS is trying to do what's best for everyone,
                                    Total and unmitigated BULLSHIT

                                    ARS is doing what's good for ARS and despite all the spin they churn out they don't give a five dollar fuck about their affiliates.

                                    We're just cannon fodder to them.
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                                    • IPK
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Sep 2003
                                      • 4209

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by The Other Steve
                                      We're just cannon fodder to them.
                                      hehe
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                                      • snowpimp
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                                        • Feb 2002
                                        • 1099

                                        #20
                                        Can someone please post the email or explain to me why they're doing this??
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                                        • IPK
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Sep 2003
                                          • 4209

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by snowpimp
                                          Can someone please post the email or explain to me why they're doing this??
                                          read the ARS support message board, it's all there
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                                          • Martin
                                            "Assassins"
                                            • Dec 2001
                                            • 17274

                                            #22
                                            ARS facked your asses

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                                            • The Other Steve
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Dec 2001
                                              • 2106

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by snowpimp
                                              Can someone please post the email or explain to me why they're doing this??
                                              desperation

                                              bastardry

                                              desire to maximise profits

                                              because somebody thought it would be a good idea

                                              all of the above

                                              You choose the option that best fits with your view of the company
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                                              • tootie
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Jun 2003
                                                • 6041

                                                #24
                                                If ARS didn't have its webmasters they wouldn't make ANYTHING. They know that and YOU know it as well. If it wasn't an urgent thing, ARS would never have made these changes.

                                                I don't know about YOUR logic, but I'd rather make $25 than $.25, which is what so many were making with FMAO.

                                                I'm not saying that ARS is ONLY looking out for webmasters. If they were then they'd go out of business PDQ, but they have to make the choices that they feel will help keep their valuable webmasters while still ensuring their profitability. They don't do ANYONE any good if they're out of business.


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                                                • Tornado
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Feb 2002
                                                  • 287

                                                  #25
                                                  Nobody saw this coming right? the solution is rather simple. It may take a long time to switch your links but who told you to put up 10 million links to one sponsor. You saw their reality shit wasnt converting.

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                                                  • Paparazzi
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Mar 2002
                                                    • 3488

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by tootie
                                                    Paparazzi, there are a couple of points that you're missing, though. First, there are a ton of people who have hundreds or thousands of links that they don't have time to change or can't because they might get banned from TGPs, etc. FMAO wasn't making anyone much, so ARS had to find an opion fast. Now you're getting $25 per signup instead of nothing.

                                                    Secondly, yes, ARS is making some money in the deal. Maybe they are making $15 a signup, maybe not. Whatever. I'm sure they made a hell of a lot more money than that per signup before. If not, they wouldn't be in business very long. I doubt Platinum Bucks is giving them recurring like they had before.

                                                    ARS is trying to do what's best for everyone, and getting these signups is better than getting a few cents here and there from FMAO.
                                                    Yeah I know there are a ton of people out there that can't change their links etc, but I think it's a BAD thing to do not even informing webmasters first. I send my traffic to FMAO any day over that platinum bucks popup hell. Ars does what's best for them and not for us. Ars needs some extra money for sig whores spamming the boards...

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                                                    • The Other Steve
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Dec 2001
                                                      • 2106

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by tootie
                                                      If ARS didn't have its webmasters they wouldn't make ANYTHING. They know that and YOU know it as well. If it wasn't an urgent thing, ARS would never have made these changes.

                                                      I don't know about YOUR logic, but I'd rather make $25 than $.25, which is what so many were making with FMAO.

                                                      I'm not saying that ARS is ONLY looking out for webmasters. If they were then they'd go out of business PDQ, but they have to make the choices that they feel will help keep their valuable webmasters while still ensuring their profitability. They don't do ANYONE any good if they're out of business.
                                                      All you're really saying here Tootie is that you're an idiot.

                                                      If they really cared about their webmasters they would have handled the whole situation far better than they did.

                                                      The simple fact is that they were in bad financial trouble - even Marc De admitted that they were bleeding money and had been for a long time.

                                                      To survive they needed a very quick fix and they took the one that was good for the company and not for the webmaster.

                                                      In any situation like this there is always a win/win option.

                                                      They seem to have chosen the win/lose option instead and if this really was the win/'win option then they were and still are in deeper shit than many of us imagined.

                                                      Now let the ARS spin doctors and arse lickers queue here and tell us that it just isn't so.
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                                                      • aflex
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Oct 2002
                                                        • 3127

                                                        #28
                                                        i wish they were more prepared when the new system took over.. i did well with a few niches there, i have moved a couple niches to different sponsors and im doing well with them, well enough to stay with the newer sponsors.. but i do like ars, and i hope they get new sites up in a hurry.
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                                                        • magicmike
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Feb 2003
                                                          • 2384

                                                          #29
                                                          If you don't like it change your links.

                                                          I'm sure platinum bucks will get you an account if you want to get that extra $15 yourself.

                                                          Or you can send it wherever you want.

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                                                          • snowpimp
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • Feb 2002
                                                            • 1099

                                                            #30
                                                            At least they were nice enough to set something up that doesn't just kill all my links and hard work. My conversions might go to shit, but at least I'll still be making some money.

                                                            BTW, for those of you with A LOT OF POINTS, here's some fine print you might want to read:

                                                            "In order to get your points transferred, you must send a signup to a site in the ARS 4 Real portfolio within 30 days of 2/23/04. If you do not, you will lose your current points. "
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                                                            • Argoz
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                                                              • Aug 2002
                                                              • 3006

                                                              #31
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                                                              • TDF
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                                                                • Mar 2002
                                                                • 27296

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by magicmike
                                                                If you don't like it change your links.



                                                                this is the gist of the problem
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                                                                • jennym
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                                                                  • May 2003
                                                                  • 1622

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by snowpimp
                                                                  "In order to get your points transferred, you must send a signup to a site in the ARS 4 Real portfolio within 30 days of 2/23/04. If you do not, you will lose your current points. "
                                                                  That is no longer the case.

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                                                                  • media
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                                                                    • Apr 2002
                                                                    • 9853

                                                                    #34
                                                                    I dropped 1675 gallery page links listed on google and changed them to links to goto Epic Cash Sites...
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                                                                    • Drake
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                                                                      • Mar 2003
                                                                      • 12508

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by media
                                                                      I dropped 1675 gallery page links listed on google and changed them to links to goto Epic Cash Sites...

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                                                                      • magicmike
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                                                                        • Feb 2003
                                                                        • 2384

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Originally posted by toodamnfli




                                                                        this is the gist of the problem

                                                                        Yup, but you can complain or do something basically.

                                                                        Extended search and replace at the least and then a lot of uploading.


                                                                        Sure the promo's etc wont match, but they already don't.

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                                                                        • Sylver7
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                                                                          • Nov 2003
                                                                          • 489

                                                                          #37
                                                                          ARS is dead. Move Along Folks

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                                                                          • The Other Steve
                                                                            Confirmed User
                                                                            • Dec 2001
                                                                            • 2106

                                                                            #38
                                                                            Originally posted by magicmike



                                                                            Yup, but you can complain or do something basically.

                                                                            Extended search and replace at the least and then a lot of uploading.


                                                                            Sure the promo's etc wont match, but they already don't.

                                                                            That's why it pays to run your traffic through home made full page ads.
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                                                                            • Doctor Dre
                                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                              • Jan 2001
                                                                              • 51692

                                                                              #39
                                                                              I've taken a good look at ARS4REAL and their new sites and they will kick major ass before the end of the world. I think they can only get bigger
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                                                                              • Gompo
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                                                                                • Aug 2001
                                                                                • 133

                                                                                #40
                                                                                Originally posted by Sylver7
                                                                                ARS is dead. Move Along Folks
                                                                                I agree... did lots of sales!
                                                                                since their sites SUCK now I just move on... ARS wake up and fix your shit!!

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                                                                                • magicmike
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                                                                                  • Feb 2003
                                                                                  • 2384

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Originally posted by The Other Steve


                                                                                  That's why it pays to run your traffic through home made full page ads.
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                                                                                  People that do this are able to divert their traffic around much easier.

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                                                                                  • pushpills
                                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                                    • Jan 2004
                                                                                    • 3700

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    ars jacked a shitload of my traffic, didn't inform me that the tax info was due at date xxx, and of course no emails sent to me


                                                                                    so they just take the traffic. seems fair.


                                                                                    have better converting sponsors now anyway.

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                                                                                    • FUCKuPAYme
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                                                                                      • Jan 2003
                                                                                      • 1023

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Pornkings is converting amazing there was a thread and most everyone converted under 50
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                                                                                      • Dveron
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                                                                                        • Dec 2002
                                                                                        • 2794

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        Originally posted by FUCKuPAYme
                                                                                        Pornkings is converting amazing there was a thread and most everyone converted under 50
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                                                                                        • Argoz
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                                                                                          • Aug 2002
                                                                                          • 3006

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          Originally posted by Sylver7
                                                                                          ARS is dead. Move Along Folks
                                                                                          ARS suck!
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                                                                                          • jimmyf
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                                                                                            • Feb 2001
                                                                                            • 12651

                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            heck I wish someone would tell me what they really think of ARS
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                                                                                            • magnatique
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                                                                                              • Jan 2001
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                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                                                                                              I hope Platinum Bucks aren't shaving

                                                                                              There's no need to hope here, Platinum Bucks has some of the best crew I ever had to deal with... Hell, I've seen Dave bring his company from the ground up to the big player he is now... he did that through good marketting and hard work, I can vouch for that ;)

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                                                                                              • Alex Xe

                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                ha....intresting....i have on some old galleries old links....

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                                                                                                • mcmc
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                                                                                                  • Feb 2004
                                                                                                  • 1705

                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  i guess WEG is happy about my old ARS traffic. There are enough sponsors in the market to choose from.
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