Run a Thumb TGP? same thing happening? - GoFuckYourself.com

{fusion} · 10-01-2003, 11:52 AM

People noticed spidering activity?

Ive been working on a thumb tgp mainly just today and yesterday. Got the hosted galleries up which I thumb by hand. The tonight i was surfing and noticed sites with exactly the same thumbs and hosted galleries

thing is my thunbs done by hand, so seeing thumbs identical even by 1 pixel is highly unlikely unless there spidering as my site not even launched properly.

anyone else seen this type thing?

i just think its freaky as i havnt even gave out my url.

liquidmoe · 10-01-2003, 11:56 AM

Happens all the time.

rowan · 10-01-2003, 11:58 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, 12:13 PM

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, 12:15 PM

TGP's are know for stealing for one another

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

rowan · 10-01-2003, 09:08 PM

Jer · 10-02-2003, 05:48 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, 07:24 AM

Quote:

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?

10-01-2003, 11:52 AM	#1
{fusion} Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,650	Run a Thumb TGP? same thing happening? People noticed spidering activity? Ive been working on a thumb tgp mainly just today and yesterday. Got the hosted galleries up which I thumb by hand. The tonight i was surfing and noticed sites with exactly the same thumbs and hosted galleries thing is my thunbs done by hand, so seeing thumbs identical even by 1 pixel is highly unlikely unless there spidering as my site not even launched properly. anyone else seen this type thing? i just think its freaky as i havnt even gave out my url. Last edited by {fusion}; 10-01-2003 at 11:55 AM..

10-01-2003, 09:08 PM	#6
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	bump

10-01-2003, 11:56 AM	#2
liquidmoe Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NY Posts: 4,994	Happens all the time.

10-01-2003, 11:58 AM	#3
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	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 $...

10-01-2003, 12:13 PM	#4
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	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">

10-01-2003, 12:15 PM	#5
strobi Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 7,383	TGP's are know for stealing for one another Just be one step ahead and you'll do just fine!

10-02-2003, 05:48 AM	#7
Jer God is Brazilian Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Brazil Posts: 10,601	I've seen many brazilian TGPs with the thumbs copied from other sites, but they keep the hosted gallery affiliate IDs.