InterTracker, a free traffic-reporting service I have spoke highly of, has resorted to the following tactics without notifying any of its customers first:
- Changing, without warning, from invisible JavaScript code to an "InterTracker" label that busted many sites' designs
- Changing, without warning, from the "InterTracker" label, to a "Start Making Money Online" ad that was not sanctioned by me or any other site
- Changing, without warning, from the "Start Making Money Online" ad to a pop-up with the same message, a third strike and the cruelest form of sabotaging one's site — to give it the impression that it would patronize its visitors with disruptive forms of advertising
I am now looking for another free stats service. Or pay service. I will not pay InterTracker the $30/year it wants to eliminate the ads, not because the service wasn't flawless, but because it has lost my trust. I will not tolerate being taken advantage of, or having my visitors taken advantage of.
Again, these pop-up ads are not my doing. I do not endorse them. And I am fuming.
I signed up for a stats service, not an advertising service. You motherfuckers.
I was kinda wondering, but I was so busy winning my bozzie award I didn't have time to email you and give my best "i'm so disappointed in you" lecture...now, fortunately for you, I don't have to..
Those jerks. What about site-meter?
Posted by lucy at March 23, 2003 10:14 PM