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Isn’t This A Violation ?
February 25th, 2008
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Recently, i came across this site, in a comment on one of my posts. It is a copycat page of Mozilla’s Firefox page. There is some difference because of the difference in versions. The copycat site offers only FF1.5. I don’t know the reason. Maybe, Adsense is offering only 1.5.

After closely examining, the site violates many of Google Adsense’s program policies :

  • May not encourage users to click the Google ads by using phrases such as “click the ads,” “support us,” “visit these links,” or other similar language
  • May not direct user attention to the ads via arrows or other graphical gimmicks
  • May not place misleading images alongside individual ads
  • May not place misleading labels above Google ad units – for instance, ads may be labeled “Sponsored Links” but not “Favorite Sites”

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But, the site uses the logo of Firefox and Mozilla without any references to the copyright owner.

So, doesn’t this site need to be reported to Adsense ? I’ve done it already… Hope you do the same… :)

7 Responses to “Isn’t This A Violation ?”
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Asa Dotzler  -  February 25th, 2008 at 4:43 am  -  #1

Thanks, Hari. This is indeed a scam and violates both the Google TOS and Mozilla’s trademarks and copyright content. I’ll add it to our list and make sure someone follows up.

Thanks again.

- A

Singh  -  March 28th, 2008 at 1:50 pm  -  #2

yes it does violate, u r right… I’ve also reported it.. thx..

Watch Shaman King  -  July 15th, 2008 at 12:19 am  -  #3

Report the problem the person’s host as well.

Liebesgedichte  -  October 10th, 2008 at 9:05 am  -  #4

i think you are right! the trademark and copyright of mozilla is violated!

Joan  -  October 11th, 2008 at 10:38 pm  -  #5

I reported him. Nothing have happend yet?

diamond  -  October 16th, 2008 at 2:47 am  -  #6

Whats with all these spam comments! This guy is trying to leech backlinks from your site…

Lisa  -  November 5th, 2008 at 11:34 pm  -  #7

the trademark of mozilla is violated….

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