ARS referral program - Do NOT abuse! - GoFuckYourself.com

Ambergirl · 03-02-2004, 09:58 AM

This is an official warning to all webmasters who are abusing the ARS Referral Program. The program was NOT created to pay webmasters to post.

The ARS Publisher Referral Program capitalizes on creating a totally new concept in the adult industry; complete 100% monetization of all webmaster/publisher traffic. You now have the opportunity to promote ARS and earn money from each impression AND each click sent! Earn 2X on your traffic. The ARS4Real Publisher Referral Program pays Per Impression COMBINED with Pay Per Click!

HOWEVER, we have noticed much abuse of this feature on some message boards, GFY being the main one. The original intent of the webmaster referral program was not to be used as a message board signature program; although, several people here have used it for that purpose. In an attempt to correct the problem, we will be cutting the payout per CPM in half. 70% of the remaining 50% will be credited to webmasters posting on GFY. The remaining 30% will be credited to GFY. This change will not affect the Per Click Payout. The program and pay rates will continue unchanged for all uses other than a GFY message board sig. To receive the full payout, you must submit your URL, and will receive the full payment amount once approved. Again, this change affects ONLY GFY message board signatures, and not the standard Webmaster Referral Program.

If you are abusing our referral program, we will terminate your ability to utilize this service, period!

Please...post responsibly.

Grammar Police · 03-02-2004, 09:59 AM

I think I love this woman.

brand0n · 03-02-2004, 10:00 AM

yawn.. what a fuckin joke...

psyko514 · 03-02-2004, 10:01 AM

First, a question: Will payouts already earned @ $5 per CPM remain intact and be paid out?

Second, you might want to scroll through this board and see how many affiliates are presently breaking the board's rules.

polish_aristocrat · 03-02-2004, 10:01 AM

GFY already decided to ban the big ARS banners and you are no longer a top sponsor here

jact · 03-02-2004, 10:01 AM

You should work for the government. Seems this announcement should have come out a week ago.

mrthumbs · 03-02-2004, 10:02 AM

she's good

Grammar Police · 03-02-2004, 10:02 AM

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Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
GFY already decided to ban the big ARS banners and you are no longer a top sponsor here

All newbies love to bash ARS.

Ambergirl · 03-02-2004, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jact
You should work for the government. Seems this announcement should have come out a week ago.

LOL jact...if I worked for the government, it would have come out next year - or not at all. hahaha ;-)

Platinum Dave · 03-02-2004, 10:05 AM

"Do not abuse"

are you kidding? this is the internet, and adult industry surely you were not surprised or didnt expect to have SOME abuse.

alias · 03-02-2004, 10:07 AM

fuck ars, noone cares

jact · 03-02-2004, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ambergirl

LOL jact...if I worked for the government, it would have come out next year - or not at all. hahaha ;-)

Well, everything has a faster pace on the internet, so maybe it equals a year in real time. Who knows.

IPK · 03-02-2004, 10:08 AM

Can you define "abuse" for us? Before terminating someone's participation in the program you should let them know that they are "abusing" the program, to give them an opportunity to stop.

psyko514 · 03-02-2004, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by psyko514
First, a question: Will payouts already earned @ $5 per CPM remain intact and be paid out?

*cough*

Holly · 03-02-2004, 10:10 AM

One word for you -

tbabe

IPK · 03-02-2004, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by psyko514
First, a question: Will payouts already earned @ $5 per CPM remain intact and be paid out?

Yes. See Quote:

Quote:

Originally posted by Marc De
We don't play those games guys - this is not retroactive, this is moving FORWARD!

So any money earned up until now is earned... Now the new payment scheme goes into place. Also remember, this is for sig posting ONLY! We weren't expecting this to be a 'sig thing'. We will continue to pay those using the impression / click program in all other instances the rates we have been (as posted).

Those of you using us in your sig, thanks for the support Remember to keep your interaction of a 'normal' informative, enjoyable nature.

Tuga · 03-02-2004, 10:10 AM

Just start canceling the guys with 50 bullshit posts per day and let the rest of us make some coin.

brand0n · 03-02-2004, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Holly
One word for you -

tbabe

IPK

psyko514 · 03-02-2004, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tuga
Just start canceling the guys with 50 bullshit posts per day and let the rest of us make some coin.

This is a prime example of someone who is breaking the board's rules.

http://www.gfyboard.com/showthread.p...hreadid=245437

BradM · 03-02-2004, 10:12 AM

There's still like 20 post whores who ignored Eric @ Adult.com s thread, and who still wont stop absuing the program.

Terming accounts is the only way to get their attention.

Remember, they don't read. They post.

polish_aristocrat · 03-02-2004, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Grammar Police

All newbies love to bash ARS.

I do not bash ARS. I like ARS.

strobi · 03-02-2004, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tuga
Just start canceling the guys with 50 bullshit posts per day and let the rest of us make some coin.

Indeed.. cough tbabe cough... My sig gets 40-50 clicks/day so it's worth it. And people know I respect and push ARS alot. There are ALOT of users here who are just whoring for a few dollars. wonder how mutch the CTR is with these accounts?

IPK · 03-02-2004, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Holly
One word for you -

tbabe

Don't confuse a high post count with abuse of the system. Although we may have some idea of what constitutes "abuse," ARS never really defined it for us.

strobi · 03-02-2004, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by psyko514

This is a prime example of someone who is breaking the board's rules.

http://www.gfyboard.com/showthread.p...hreadid=245437

O ow.. haven't read that... changing now...

psyko514 · 03-02-2004, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by strobi

Indeed.. cough tbabe cough... My sig gets 40-50 clicks/day so it's worth it. And people know I respect and push ARS alot. There are ALOT of users here who are just whoring for a few dollars. wonder how mutch the CTR is with these accounts?

Another affiliate abusing the board's rules.

http://www.gfyboard.com/showthread.p...hreadid=245437

Edit... she/he's changing it now

Ambergirl · 03-02-2004, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tuga
Just start canceling the guys with 50 bullshit posts per day and let the rest of us make some coin.

We'll be terminating the BS posters, yes.

To paraphrase another webmasters comments, Surely people could make one sale a day for $30 by building and submitting sites, rather than trying to get a sig shown 6000 times, busy thread or not.

IPK · 03-02-2004, 10:17 AM

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Originally posted by Platinum Dave
"Do not abuse"

are you kidding? this is the internet, and adult industry surely you were not surprised or didnt expect to have SOME abuse.

Agreed.

brand0n · 03-02-2004, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ambergirl

We'll be terminating the BS posters, yes.

To paraphrase another webmasters comments, Surely people could make one sale a day for $30 by building and submitting sites, rather than trying to get a sig shown 6000 times, busy thread or not.

would you like a list? i have them all on ignore.

Theo · 03-02-2004, 10:22 AM

it's ridiculous what's going on with signatures. The very first moment i read about the ars impression referral i understood it wasn't for boards and I was 100% sure we would see such abuse within hours.

IPK · 03-02-2004, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ambergirl

We'll be terminating the BS posters, yes.

To paraphrase another webmasters comments, Surely people could make one sale a day for $30 by building and submitting sites, rather than trying to get a sig shown 6000 times, busy thread or not.

You guys should probably take into consideration that 95% of the posts by Non-ARS affiliates are also bullshit posts. That a lot of posts are actually contributing to the board, on a comparison basis.

Holly · 03-02-2004, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by IPK

Don't confuse a high post count with abuse of the system. Although we may have some idea of what constitutes "abuse," ARS never really defined it for us.

Oh please. Sell it to someone else, cause I ain't buyin'. The idiot posts here non-stop, daylight till dark and even admitted that's what s/he was doing on one of the other boards s/he's putting in 1000's of posts on. The only one who's confused is you, if you think people are too stupid to realize who's here posting for a living.

brand0n · 03-02-2004, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Holly
Oh please. Sell it to someone else, cause I ain't buyin'. The idiot posts here non-stop, daylight till dark and even admitted that's what s/he was doing on one of the other boards s/he's putting in 1000's of posts on. The only one who's confused is you, if you think people are too stupid to realize who's here posting for a living.

muah

IPK · 03-02-2004, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Holly
Oh please. Sell it to someone else, cause I ain't buyin'. The idiot posts here non-stop, daylight till dark and even admitted that's what s/he was doing on one of the other boards s/he's putting in 1000's of posts on. The only one who's confused is you, if you think people are too stupid to realize who's here posting for a living.

I'm just saying that sig whores come in all shapes and sizes. It's not just people flying ARS banners. A lot of people are sig whores to some degree, even you. Unless of course you own Playboy Cash.

doornx · 03-02-2004, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by strobi

Indeed.. cough tbabe cough... My sig gets 40-50 clicks/day so it's worth it. And people know I respect and push ARS alot. There are ALOT of users here who are just whoring for a few dollars. wonder how mutch the CTR is with these accounts?

nobody on GFY is going to click another ars banner..it's good for name branding but that's about it

psyko514 · 03-02-2004, 10:41 AM

This is a prime example of someone not only abusing your program, but abusing the board rules as well.

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/search...r&userid=30478

He's been bumping old threads all morning to get sig impressions.

Most recently, he bumped tis thread, a month after it died:
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=229697

His account # is 1023128.

psyko514 · 03-02-2004, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by doornx

nobody on GFY is going to click another ars banner..it's good for name branding but that's about it

I had ARS in my sig for about 3 days and I pulled in over 40 clicks. So much for that theory, huh?

Nicky · 03-02-2004, 10:45 AM

Ok, I have ARS in my sig not just cause they pay me, i have it there cause i use their program and it converts good for me, also i do get clicks on my ars sig all the time, I have pretty high post counts, but I dont just reply a thread with a "

" and i also post in most threads that webmasters are needing help or something, i also reccomend people to click my sig when they are looking for good reality paysites etc.......sure there are loads of spammers around, but i love to post and joke and so on but i would not call my self a abuser.......

Holly · 03-02-2004, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by IPK

I'm just saying that sig whores come in all shapes and sizes. It's not just people flying ARS banners. A lot of people are sig whores to some degree, even you. Unless of course you own Playboy Cash.

Once again, don't even try it. When you see me here daylight till dark, posting stupid bullshit in *every* fucken thread on the board, and being paid per post to do it, then come back and tell me about it.

psyko514 · 03-02-2004, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nicky
Ok, I have ARS in my sig not just cause they pay me, i have it there cause i use their program and it converts good for me, also i do get clicks on my ars sig all the time, I have pretty high post counts, but I dont just reply a thread with a " " and i also post in most threads that webmasters are needing help or something, i also reccomend people to click my sig when they are looking for good reality paysites etc.......sure there are loads of spammers around, but i love to post and joke and so on but i would not call my self a abuser.......

You're abusing the board rules by having a full banner in your sig.
And I would say that by abusing the board rules, you're abusing the CPM program.

http://www.gfyboard.com/showthread.p...hreadid=245437

Nicky · 03-02-2004, 10:50 AM

oh fuck, haddent seen that your not allowed full size banner, sorry, will chnge that right away!!

IPK · 03-02-2004, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by psyko514

You're abusing the board rules by having a full banner in your sig.
And I would say that by abusing the board rules, you're abusing the CPM program.

http://www.gfyboard.com/showthread.p...hreadid=245437

psyko514 = Official GFY Sig Police

Wiz · 03-02-2004, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ambergirl

We'll be terminating the BS posters, yes.

To paraphrase another webmasters comments, Surely people could make one sale a day for $30 by building and submitting sites, rather than trying to get a sig shown 6000 times, busy thread or not.

You can term IPK to .. thanks

IPK · 03-02-2004, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Wiz

You can term IPK to .. thanks

why don't you start a thread and cry about it. oh wait too late.

Wiz · 03-02-2004, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by IPK

why don't you start a thread and cry about it. oh wait too late.

I dont live from the sig income like you ;) thats why ;)

Ambergirl · 03-02-2004, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nicky
Ok, I have ARS in my sig not just cause they pay me, i have it there cause i use their program and it converts good for me, also i do get clicks on my ars sig all the time, I have pretty high post counts, but I dont just reply a thread with a " " and i also post in most threads that webmasters are needing help or something, i also reccomend people to click my sig when they are looking for good reality paysites etc.......sure there are loads of spammers around, but i love to post and joke and so on but i would not call my self a abuser.......

Nicky, I would not call you an abuser either - I think it's safe to say that the sig abuse announcement was not directed towards you or anyone else that posts responsibly.

Video-Post · 03-02-2004, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ambergirl
This is an official warning to all webmasters who are abusing the ARS Referral Program. The program was NOT created to pay webmasters to post.

Hi, I like your picture.

cosis · 03-02-2004, 12:19 PM

How do you determine crap posts and posts with substance when 80% of the posts on GFY are one sentance or less anyway

IPK · 03-02-2004, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cosis
How do you determine crap posts and posts with substance when 80% of the posts on GFY are one sentance or less anyway

You can't.

Nysus · 03-02-2004, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cosis
How do you determine crap posts and posts with substance when 80% of the posts on GFY are one sentance or less anyway

All I can do is laugh.

Cheers,
Matt

JohnV · 03-02-2004, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by IPK

You can't.

Well, when someone had a 468x60 banner in the sig area and posted :-) in one post, then lol in another, then some other BS in another post, well, you can. This was a simple message from Amber just asking everyone to not post BS like that and to remind everyone using the ARS Referral Program to please make sure to use the 120x60 buttons....that's all.

03-02-2004, 09:58 AM	#1
Ambergirl Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: East Coast Baby Posts: 1,269	ARS referral program - Do NOT abuse! This is an official warning to all webmasters who are abusing the ARS Referral Program. The program was NOT created to pay webmasters to post. The ARS Publisher Referral Program capitalizes on creating a totally new concept in the adult industry; complete 100% monetization of all webmaster/publisher traffic. You now have the opportunity to promote ARS and earn money from each impression AND each click sent! Earn 2X on your traffic. The ARS4Real Publisher Referral Program pays Per Impression COMBINED with Pay Per Click! HOWEVER, we have noticed much abuse of this feature on some message boards, GFY being the main one. The original intent of the webmaster referral program was not to be used as a message board signature program; although, several people here have used it for that purpose. In an attempt to correct the problem, we will be cutting the payout per CPM in half. 70% of the remaining 50% will be credited to webmasters posting on GFY. The remaining 30% will be credited to GFY. This change will not affect the Per Click Payout. The program and pay rates will continue unchanged for all uses other than a GFY message board sig. To receive the full payout, you must submit your URL, and will receive the full payment amount once approved. Again, this change affects ONLY GFY message board signatures, and not the standard Webmaster Referral Program. If you are abusing our referral program, we will terminate your ability to utilize this service, period! Please...post responsibly. __________________ Adult Business Consultant since 1995

03-02-2004, 10:00 AM	#3
brand0n been very busy Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: the queen city Posts: 26,983	yawn.. what a fuckin joke... __________________ want to buy this spot for cheap? it is of course for sale. long term deals are always the best bet. brand0n/ at/ a o l dot commies.

03-02-2004, 10:01 AM	#4
psyko514 See sig. Join Epic Cash. Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec. ICQ: 214702014 Posts: 22,366	First, a question: Will payouts already earned @ $5 per CPM remain intact and be paid out? Second, you might want to scroll through this board and see how many affiliates are presently breaking the board's rules. __________________ Bad Girl Bucks - 50% Revshare through CCBill. Promote BrandyDDD, Pixie's Pillows, Action Allie and more! Phoenix Forum Pics \| Webmaster Access Montreal pics email: psyko514(a)gmail.com \| icq: 214-702-014

03-02-2004, 10:01 AM	#5
polish_aristocrat Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 40,377	GFY already decided to ban the big ARS banners and you are no longer a top sponsor here __________________ I don't use ICQ anymore.

03-02-2004, 10:01 AM	#6
jact Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oakville, Canada Posts: 9,134	You should work for the government. Seems this announcement should have come out a week ago. __________________ Free agent

03-02-2004, 09:59 AM	#2
Grammar Police So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 727	I think I love this woman.

03-02-2004, 10:02 AM	#7
mrthumbs salad tossing sig guy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: mrthumbs*gmail.com Posts: 11,702	she's good

03-02-2004, 10:05 AM	#10
Platinum Dave Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,441	"Do not abuse" are you kidding? this is the internet, and adult industry surely you were not surprised or didnt expect to have SOME abuse. __________________ Check out Adult Rental - Only Pay Per Signup VOD!

03-02-2004, 10:07 AM	#11
alias aliasx Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 19,010	fuck ars, noone cares __________________ https://porncorporation.com

03-02-2004, 10:08 AM	#13
IPK Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 4,209	Can you define "abuse" for us? Before terminating someone's participation in the program you should let them know that they are "abusing" the program, to give them an opportunity to stop. __________________ DomainerResource.com strategies for monetizing and investing in domain names...

03-02-2004, 10:10 AM	#15
Holly Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Jesusland Posts: 10,017	One word for you - tbabe __________________ War National Damn Champions Eagle

03-02-2004, 10:10 AM	#17
Tuga Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portugal Posts: 7,678	Just start canceling the guys with 50 bullshit posts per day and let the rest of us make some coin. __________________ Go Fuck Yourself! ICQ 101411627

03-02-2004, 10:12 AM	#20
BradM Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: 1123,6536,5231 Posts: 3,397	There's still like 20 post whores who ignored Eric @ Adult.com s thread, and who still wont stop absuing the program. Terming accounts is the only way to get their attention. Remember, they don't read. They post.

03-02-2004, 10:22 AM	#29
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	it's ridiculous what's going on with signatures. The very first moment i read about the ars impression referral i understood it wasn't for boards and I was 100% sure we would see such abuse within hours.

03-02-2004, 10:41 AM	#35
psyko514 See sig. Join Epic Cash. Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec. ICQ: 214702014 Posts: 22,366	This is a prime example of someone not only abusing your program, but abusing the board rules as well. http://www.gofuckyourself.com/search...r&userid=30478 He's been bumping old threads all morning to get sig impressions. Most recently, he bumped tis thread, a month after it died: http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=229697 His account # is 1023128. __________________ Bad Girl Bucks - 50% Revshare through CCBill. Promote BrandyDDD, Pixie's Pillows, Action Allie and more! Phoenix Forum Pics \| Webmaster Access Montreal pics email: psyko514(a)gmail.com \| icq: 214-702-014

03-02-2004, 10:45 AM	#37
Nicky Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 30,070	Ok, I have ARS in my sig not just cause they pay me, i have it there cause i use their program and it converts good for me, also i do get clicks on my ars sig all the time, I have pretty high post counts, but I dont just reply a thread with a " " and i also post in most threads that webmasters are needing help or something, i also reccomend people to click my sig when they are looking for good reality paysites etc.......sure there are loads of spammers around, but i love to post and joke and so on but i would not call my self a abuser....... __________________ gfynicky @ gmail.com

03-02-2004, 10:50 AM	#40
Nicky Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 30,070	oh fuck, haddent seen that your not allowed full size banner, sorry, will chnge that right away!! __________________ gfynicky @ gmail.com

03-02-2004, 12:19 PM	#47
cosis Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Beach Posts: 5,282	How do you determine crap posts and posts with substance when 80% of the posts on GFY are one sentance or less anyway