{"id":122,"date":"2009-08-04T11:43:38","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T16:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/04\/sedocom-reinstates-porn-ad-thousands-of-domains-affected-including-dnjournalcom\/"},"modified":"2009-08-05T08:17:50","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T13:17:50","slug":"sedocom-reinstates-porn-ad-thousands-of-domains-affected-including-dnjournalcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/sedocom-reinstates-porn-ad-thousands-of-domains-affected-including-dnjournalcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Sedo.com reinstates porn ad; Thousands of domains affected, including DNJournal.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I reported in my previous blog post<\/strong><\/a>, Sedo.com responded to my reaction towards their pornographic banner invasion, by removing the text referencing certain adult domain names for their upcoming adult auction.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, their amendment of the original ad retained the main image, which displays a semi-nude blonde seen from behind. This version of the banner was deemed borderline acceptable for the thousands of unsuspecting visitors to the offer pages of my non-adult domain portfolio, parked at Sedo.com, and for the millions of other domains owned by other Sedo customers.<\/p>\n

Only a day later, on August 1st, I discovered that Sedo reversed the changes and re-instated the explicit banner ad<\/strong><\/a>, which contains the names of pornographic domains rolling over the image of the semi-nude blonde.<\/p>\n

As of now, Sedo displays this pornographic ad<\/strong><\/a> on millions of pages of Sedo customers’ domains; visitors who want to place an offer or go through the sign-up process are facing an image and words which are completely incompatible with the average visitor’s definition of conducting business<\/strong>. The ad is *not* displayed on adult domains only, as it should have been the case.<\/p>\n

Sedo has yet to comment on this reversal of a decision. Meanwhile, other vendors and publications that innocently pull in ads from Sedo, are displaying the explicit version – this is an image from DNJournal with editor Ron Jackson’s picture next to the Sedo porn ad<\/strong><\/a>. (image was captured from this URL<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Knowing Ron Jackon and his professional role in the domain industry, I am certain that he would not approve of this adult image being displayed next to his picture – if only he were aware of it!<\/p>\n

This unexplained change leaves Sedo exposed as a company with a focus on the domain business and tarnishes the image of thousands of domain owners<\/strong> that are unaware of the pornography being displayed at the offer pages of their non-adult domains. Sedo has been advised to remove the image without any further delays.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sedo has now changed the image so that it does not contain the offensive domains, for all English-speaking traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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