Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Come on MSN adCenter, We Know Better!
Here is the conversion tracking script that is supposed to go inside the [Body] tag:
[SCRIPT]
msn_adcenterconversion_domainid = XXXXX;
msn_adcenterconversion_cp = 5050;
[/script]
[SCRIPT SRC="https://adcenter.msn.com/
scripts/msn_adcenterconversion.js"]
[/SCRIPT]
[NOSCRIPT][IMG width=1 height=1 SRC="https://XXXX.r.msn.com/?type=1&cp=1"/][/NOSCRIPT]
[a href="http://advertising.msn.com/MSNadCenter
/LearningCenter/adtracker.asp" target="_blank"]::
Ad Center::[/a]>
Notice anything odd? Yep, thats right, MSFT wants you to put a text link ad on your conversion page.
Before I made a stink about it, I decided to see what adCenter had to say about it and buried in their help form I found this:
Why do I need to display the MSN Keywords text link on my conversion pages?
The MSN Keywords text link must be displayed on your conversion pages to inform customers that their visit to this page might have been tracked. By clicking this link, visitors to your site can learn that tracking information is only used to improve the quality and relevance of the ads they view. Visitors can also read instructions about how to disable cookies if they do not wish to be tracked.
Get real MSN! You track every click, program and activity a Windows user does but now you want to inform visitors that their vist "may have been tracked"? Puhhhlease! You just want free advertising. At least man up to it. Almost every commerce site on the web has some sort of tracking on it and 99% of them don't bother to tell their users, why does MSN feel the need to start now? Because they want free advertising. I removed the link with no problem because it is more then tacky, but MSN please show your advertisers a bit of respect and not try to pull the wool over our eyes..
Posted By Evan Roberts at 01:59 PM
Permanent Link: Come on MSN adCenter, We Know Better!
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