Yahoo pulling out of porn? - GoFuckYourself.com

cygnet74 · 04-13-2001, 08:27 AM

I'm sure the rest of you have heard the new stories about Yahoo selling porn tapes on Yahoo Shopping. Well, according to this new story they are pulling it. The story goes on to say that they will no longer accept further banner advertising from adult sites. I'm worried that this means removing adult listings isn't far behind. Should I be?

the story is at: http://biz.yahoo.com/st/010413/23692.html and I have also posted it here:
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Yahoo Pulls the Porn
By Ari Weinberg

The portal giant doesn't want to be a porno giant.

An article in the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday pointed out various pornography offerings on Yahoo Shopping. Other news outlets picked up on the story. On Friday morning, Yahoo issued a press release saying that it would remove "adult-related products" from Yahoo Shopping and Yahoo Classifieds. The company also said that it would not sign up any new adult-related banner advertising.

"While Yahoo has offered controlled access to adult products available via the Internet since launching our commerce services more than two years ago, many of our users voiced concerns this week about some of the products sold by merchants on Yahoo shopping. We heard them and swiftly responded," Yahoo COO and President Jeff Mallett said in a statement.

As of Friday morning, Yahoo had already pulled down the Yahoo Shopping link to its adult offerings. However, its search engine, powered by Google, still returns pornographic links, and runs banner ads for sex sites on adult-related searches.
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Fart · 04-13-2001, 09:26 AM

Yeah Yahoo, now pull the porn listings in the directory as well and you'll be fucked. A fucking lot of people SEARCH for porn that is why we are here.

Fart · 04-13-2001, 09:30 AM

These people are SOO lame. Rude and despotic as if there was no tommorrow to all of the webmasters/submitters = customers, paying $600, and one fucking article and they instantly shit a massive load in their pants.

Gemini · 04-13-2001, 12:59 PM

They put millions in to that shop and sure won't pull it now when they are financially down!

We were wondering if when the instituted a 600 dollar adult search engine insertion that they planned to do their own adult/porn stuff.

They recently bought out egroups which wasn't a sound move with financial decline in a possible offing.

Bottom line they may MOVE their shop shomehow but no way they'd kill it off!!

titmowse · 04-13-2001, 01:29 PM

i'm sorta of wondering about them listing other adult sites now. i'm wondering if they will undercut us all by trying to charge users to search for "adult" links.

i knew things were changing a few months back when they started charging sellers to list stuff on their auction section.

charging users to search for adult. or maybe just getting them to verify their cc# as proof of age. hmm.

but yeah. like gem said. i don't think they are "out" of the porn biz completely.

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xtconline · 04-13-2001, 02:36 PM

So is yahoo removing adult links in the http://shopping.yahoo.com/ or the http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Ec..._Services/Sex/ or both???? I really want to know becuase I'm in the process of buying 3 adult domains listed in yahoo.

Regards,
XTC

Tomahawk · 04-13-2001, 06:40 PM

I think they just want to remove porn banner not the adult listing itself!
The porn will live forever like the prostitution no matter how hard people try to eliminate it. The porn is arise from within mankind, it's a human nature! Beside there's a lot of money involved!

If yahoo remove it then another company will take it over!

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MattressKing · 04-14-2001, 01:08 AM

Shit, this is tough

It doesn't seem like they'll delist their porn directory listing, but if these bastards stop submitting them, then they're just screwing themselves over.

04-13-2001, 08:27 AM	#1
cygnet74 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 41	Yahoo pulling out of porn? I'm sure the rest of you have heard the new stories about Yahoo selling porn tapes on Yahoo Shopping. Well, according to this new story they are pulling it. The story goes on to say that they will no longer accept further banner advertising from adult sites. I'm worried that this means removing adult listings isn't far behind. Should I be? the story is at: http://biz.yahoo.com/st/010413/23692.html and I have also posted it here: ----------------------------- Yahoo Pulls the Porn By Ari Weinberg The portal giant doesn't want to be a porno giant. An article in the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday pointed out various pornography offerings on Yahoo Shopping. Other news outlets picked up on the story. On Friday morning, Yahoo issued a press release saying that it would remove "adult-related products" from Yahoo Shopping and Yahoo Classifieds. The company also said that it would not sign up any new adult-related banner advertising. "While Yahoo has offered controlled access to adult products available via the Internet since launching our commerce services more than two years ago, many of our users voiced concerns this week about some of the products sold by merchants on Yahoo shopping. We heard them and swiftly responded," Yahoo COO and President Jeff Mallett said in a statement. As of Friday morning, Yahoo had already pulled down the Yahoo Shopping link to its adult offerings. However, its search engine, powered by Google, still returns pornographic links, and runs banner ads for sex sites on adult-related searches. ----------------------------- ------------------ Addison Brock III webmaster at MyGirlz.com traffic trade?

04-13-2001, 09:26 AM	#2
Fart Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 144	Yeah Yahoo, now pull the porn listings in the directory as well and you'll be fucked. A fucking lot of people SEARCH for porn that is why we are here.

04-13-2001, 09:30 AM	#3
Fart Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 144	These people are SOO lame. Rude and despotic as if there was no tommorrow to all of the webmasters/submitters = customers, paying $600, and one fucking article and they instantly shit a massive load in their pants.

04-13-2001, 12:59 PM	#4
Gemini Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: o-HI-o Posts: 7,183	They put millions in to that shop and sure won't pull it now when they are financially down! We were wondering if when the instituted a 600 dollar adult search engine insertion that they planned to do their own adult/porn stuff. They recently bought out egroups which wasn't a sound move with financial decline in a possible offing. Bottom line they may MOVE their shop shomehow but no way they'd kill it off!!

04-13-2001, 01:29 PM	#5
titmowse Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: TEXAS Posts: 5,320	i'm sorta of wondering about them listing other adult sites now. i'm wondering if they will undercut us all by trying to charge users to search for "adult" links. i knew things were changing a few months back when they started charging sellers to list stuff on their auction section. charging users to search for adult. or maybe just getting them to verify their cc# as proof of age. hmm. but yeah. like gem said. i don't think they are "out" of the porn biz completely. ------------------ tit, Mowsebytes Porn Newsletter: Webmasters submit your sites here.

04-13-2001, 02:36 PM	#6
xtconline Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Lansing, Michigan Posts: 16	So is yahoo removing adult links in the http://shopping.yahoo.com/ or the http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Ec..._Services/Sex/ or both???? I really want to know becuase I'm in the process of buying 3 adult domains listed in yahoo. Regards, XTC

04-13-2001, 06:40 PM	#7
Tomahawk Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Mars Posts: 57	I think they just want to remove porn banner not the adult listing itself! The porn will live forever like the prostitution no matter how hard people try to eliminate it. The porn is arise from within mankind, it's a human nature! Beside there's a lot of money involved! If yahoo remove it then another company will take it over! ------------------ http://offshoreclicks.com NO CONVERSION RATIO EVER! 3 cents/raw click 0.35 cents/impression or 0.1 cents/impression with 100% traffic back! Realtime stats

04-14-2001, 01:08 AM	#8
MattressKing Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 204	Shit, this is tough It doesn't seem like they'll delist their porn directory listing, but if these bastards stop submitting them, then they're just screwing themselves over.