Thursday, January 29, 2004

Is Norton Internet Security Taking Money Out Of Your Pocket?

Warning!

You may be losing affiliate commissions and advertising revenue through no fault of your own!

The 2004 version of the popular Internet firewall and protection software - Norton Internet Security - is causing you to lose money right now.

How is this possible?

This software has ad-blocking capabilites built in, and the DEFAULT SETTING IS "ON".  This means that anyone who installs this software to protect their computer from the Internet bad guys will NOT BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR ADS!  If they can't see them, they can't click on them, and YOU lose the sales and commissions as a result.

This software blocks banners, common affiliate links, Google AdWords Ads, and even Google AdSense Ads.  Instead of the ads, the user sees big white spots where they used to be, making YOU look like a rank amateur web designer.  Not only do you lose commissions, but you are made to look like an idiot as well...

The word is just now getting out, and advertisers are scrambling to find a solution.  The only solution may be pressure on Symantec to set the default ad-blocking behavior to "OFF".  Most users of the software will not even be aware that it is blocking ads, and never even miss them - this is bad news for web publishers.

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