My Conversation With A Zango Rep: "Today's $3million Ruling Was Good News For Us"
 

Teh BoyAlley decided to talk to Zango peoples about things today. I hit them up on their online real time support system to ask them about the $3 million FTC ruling.

It's long but here's the summary:

*The $3million FTC ruling was good for them, and was all their affiliate's fault.
*Their 30 million users are all opt in, and agree to see TWO OR THREE ads per day in exchange for free online content.

Here's everything that they had to say:


Please wait for a site operator to respond.
Chat InformationYou are now chatting with 'Read'
Read: hello, what can I do for you?
Teh BoyAlley: Hello.
Teh BoyAlley: I read in the news you had to pay out 3 million dollars to the government. That's a lot of monies. Does that mean you've been stealing traffic or what? I'm scurred to use this site. Is it legal for me?
Read: you shouldn't be scared to use our site at all...in fact today's anouncement was a good one for us
Teh BoyAlley: Orly? Why is it good?
Teh BoyAlley: It is safe for me to buy traffic from you and not have to worries about the government wanting me to give them all of my monies?
Read: yes it's definitely safe to buy traffic from us...the FTC's decision is in regards to unacceptable installation pracitices that some of our affiliates engaged in several years ago...the FTC's Order requires us to do something we're already doing and have been doing since Jan. 2006
Teh BoyAlley: Oh good. So it's safe for me to buy traffics, but not to be an affiliate? Cuz if I'm an affiliate the government will make you pay more monies?
Teh BoyAlley: Sorry I'm gay my english isn't very good
Read: sorry, got a call there...didn't mean to not respond
Teh BoyAlley: That's ok.
Teh BoyAlley: I have just not worked with your company but I was going to and am confused because of the news today.
Teh BoyAlley: did your phone ring again hello hi how are you there?
Teh BoyAlley: hello hi yes please thank you?
Teh BoyAlley: Are you trying to install software on my computer while I'm sitting on here or what are you doing I'm getting scurred please talk to me?



Chat InformationPlease wait for a site operator to respond.
Chat InformationYou are now chatting with 'Jen'
Jen: hi how are you?
Teh BoyAlley: Hello there Jen i am goods how are you?
Jen: i am good thank you. how can i help you
Teh BoyAlley: I was talking to a different breeder and we got the disconnecteds i was talkin about buying traffics.
Teh BoyAlley: he kept not responding cuz he was on the phone i think he's wasting company time for personal things you should look into it
Jen: ok.. would you like me to transfer you back to him or can i assist you?
Teh BoyAlley: no i don't want to talk to him thank you
Teh BoyAlley: i just have a quick questions
Teh BoyAlley: I read the news today about the $3million you had to pay the governments and I was scurred to make a deposit in my account.
Teh BoyAlley: what was that about and is it safe for me?
Teh BoyAlley: or will i end up getting in trouble?
Teh BoyAlley: hello hi Jen hey
Teh BoyAlley: don't tell me your on the phone with that Read guy are you the one he's been talking to?
Teh BoyAlley: I want help so I know if it's safe for me to deposit monies.
Jen: the order was all in regards to third party distribution which was elimnated in January
Jen: you are safe to deposit money
Teh BoyAlley: so you don't steal traffic from websites anymore?
Jen: that was not the issue at hand, and not something we participate in
Teh BoyAlley: oh so what websites does the traffic that i will be buying come from?
Teh BoyAlley: i want to go look at them before i deposit monies
Jen: if you woudl like more information regarding our business model and best practices you can visit our website and review our code of conduct
Jen: that way you can get all your questions answered and then let us know when you are ready and we can assist you if you have further questions
Teh BoyAlley: no i don't want to read legal stuff i never understand it i just want to know where the traffics i would buy comes from?
Jen: we have an opt-in user base of about 30 million that have all agrees in a clear EULA to view 2-3 ads per day in exhange for free online content
Teh BoyAlley: wow 30 million peoples?!?!
Teh BoyAlley: that's a lot of peoples!
Jen: what type of business are you looking to advertise for?
Teh BoyAlley: we run gay sites for horny adults
Teh BoyAlley: sorry i'm gay my english isn't very good
Teh BoyAlley: we were told that Zango is a good place to get traffics
Teh BoyAlley: have you heard about Rev. Ted Haggard? see he it turns out was the gays and was hiding it so we think Zango can help get our horny sites in front of peoples like him
Jen: if you would like to create an account feel free to visit our website and creat an account
Jen: our minmum deposit is $100 and you can test out and see it Zango is a good fit for your needs
Teh BoyAlley: so we can have our horny ads just in front of gays with your system?
Jen: i'm sorry we don't collect that information from users and dont' target ads like that
Teh BoyAlley: oh so we would have to pay monies for breeders to look at our sites too?
Teh BoyAlley: that's a lot of monies cuz most breeders don't like horny gay adult websites
Jen: are you interested in signing up? if so please visit http://adservices.zango.com
Teh BoyAlley: you don't like helping me cuz i'm gay does your company not usually do business with gay homosexuals?
Jen: i am helping you and am directing you to our site where you can sign up for an account
Jen: there is nothing more i can assist you with over chat
Teh BoyAlley: are you from teh India? a lot of peoples from there don't like the gays.
Teh BoyAlley: =(

"sorry i'm gay my english isn't very good"

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

starting to read it, sig spot!

spin spin sugar.

no matter what happens in this biz, its never a bad thing, theres always a way to justify and make anything look like a positive to your situation. i don't care who you are, 3 mil is alot of money.

unless you're big as MS or Goog or something.

3 mil to a company like them is huge. bullshit.

:1orglaugh OMG :1orglaugh

That was excellent BA!!

We could all redirect surfers that have Zango infected PCs. Anyone see a legal problem with that?

Redirect to an instruction page for removal. Sure many of you are familar with greenguys efforts on that.

lmao.....

Fuck, I just asked gfy members for a legal opinion.

*LOL*nice chat you hade :1orglaugh
here is a interesting link about Zango from Apr 2006
http://www.vitalsecurity.org/2006/04...-andchild.html
:pimp

lol i love ya ba :)

3 mil is huge but prolly nothing compared to what they are making from theses ads.

LOL... Oh my God.
Fuck ZANGO!

:2 cents: !!!!!!!!!

haha nice convo...

LOL! 2-3 ads per day. suuure.

LOL, funny stuff. I really dont think they liked you much. Being gay and all.

:winkwink:

thats lawlful boyalley!

:1orglaugh Normally your rhetoric annoys me but the idea of it being used against helpless support techs is hilarious :thumbsup

you gay people should really try to learn some english.

good post boyalley

So cracked me up :thumbsup

breeders :1orglaugh

:1orglaugh

LMAOOOOO

great convo. "sorry im gay my english isnt very good" lollllllllll

Well, that dialogue got me my laugh for the day!!

Teh BoyAlley: Sorry I'm gay my english isn't very good


:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

They generate about 100k$ / day in gross revenue is my understanding.

i love you boy alley... in a biblical "god hates gays" sense... keep up the good work...

zingo steals traffic, but alas.. sometimes you have to fight fire with fire...

wait till my zerngo un installer is releaseed for p2p....

the good news is that a zungo affiliate can sell the same people over and over again....

LOL Omg Too Funny!

Teenagers Used to Push Zango on myspace: JULY 9th 2006
http://www.vitalsecurity.org/2006/07...-zango-on.html

http://www.vitalsecurity.org/uploade...ce2-716942.gif


...a popup launches from the Myspace page, prompting you to accept a licence to play a videofile. If you do, you'll be installing the Zango Search Assistant and Toolbar. Of course, in this scenario, the licence agreement makes little sense to the user. It's just some random popup, right? If you saw this appear from a "regular" site that installs Zango Adware, then you'd at least have to click a button to bring up the licence prompt. You could argue that you knew what you were getting into.

Here? On Myspace?

The average user is probably going to assume it's "from Tom", and as such is perfectly safe and endorsed by Myspace. A Myspace feature or something, yes? They don't know it's being popped up via someone gaming the Adware system (again).

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

playing on the interweb is phun!!!!!1111

intreresting....

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

So, if you pay money to government then its ok to fuck over people? :disgust

There is no such thing as bad press. The more people talk about them, the more people that try them out. Everyone know's how to stop this but no one will step up.

wow nice read LOL

That was funny.

got zango ?

that was a really nice readding....hehehe

Outrageous!

Thanks BOY alley, awesome read!

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :thumbsup

not that much to them then